Author: Mary Shinn
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CSPD chief: Military warning about Juneteenth event at The Citadel had ‘no real factual basis’
Editor’s note: The Peterson Space Force Base Anti-Terrorism Office recently issued a security notice about an upcoming Juneteenth festival at The Citadel mall. An earlier incorrectly stated the security alert originated at the Air Force Academy and representatives with the academy agreed to pull it back. The Colorado Springs Police Department erred in attributing the…
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Fort Carson’s history: From training heroes to housing POWs
In the flurry of January 1942, weeks after the U.S. declared war on Japan, the first building went up on what was then called Camp Carson, just south of Colorado Springs. During construction a sign on base read: “Work boys — We’ll drown them in our sweat,” according to a book the Army gifted to…
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Mental health episode locked down Peterson Space Force Base Thursday
El Paso County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man who was having a mental health episode outside Peterson Space Force Base’s west gate Thursday. The man was detained and placed on a mental health hold, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Space Force Base Delta 1 locked down Peterson and Schriever Space Force…
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New enlisted leader takes command at Fort Carson
On Thursday morning, Fort Carson welcomed its new senior enlisted leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Waylon D. Petty, who previously worked at the U.S. Army Armor School. Petty was also the command sergeant major at Armor School in Fort Benning, Ga., an institution focusing on developing leaders and training soldiers on the Abrams tank, Bradley Fighting…
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Karman Line questions: Schriever commander outlines risks, needs ahead of annexation vote
While Colorado Springs voters weigh whether to annex almost 2,000 acres east of the city over the next week, the commander of Schriever Space Force Base outlined the risks of encroachment around the base and the need for affordable housing for service members in a letter to local leaders. About 6,500 single-family homes and a…
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Fort Carson sending soldiers to Army’s birthday parade
Fort Carson soldiers are expected to participate in the Army’s 250th Birthday Parade on Saturday in Washington, D.C. As part of the celebration, about 400 4th Infantry Division soldiers with attend and of those 150 will be dressed in Civil War-era uniforms, Fort Carson said in a statement. They will participate as part of “celebrating…
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Censorship concerns: As Air Force Academy reviews books for removal, group forms to push back
As library staff at service academies and war colleges review books for removal under a Department of Defense directive, a new group is starting to push back on what they perceive as censorship at libraries serving military members and their families. Castle Rock resident Kelly Wilson said she is helping found the Committee of Military Families…
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Veterans push back on cuts to VA at the National Mall in Washington
Iraq War veteran Kris Goldsmith tried to end his life with Percocet and vodka after getting an unexpected mandatory extension of his service. The Army let him go with a general discharge and, for five years he was in crisis, but his doctor at the Department of Veterans Affairs always made time for him, even…
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Fort Carson memorializes D-Day heroes 81 years on
Capt. Leonard Schroeder Jr. was the first of about 21,000 4th Infantry Division soldiers to land on Utah Beach in France on June 6, 1944. He made the trip among nervous men in the dark, who prayed and told jokes, as they awaited the landing on Utah Beach, Maj. Gen. David Doyle said Thursday during…