Author: Meri-Jo Borzilleri
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Former Boston champ at it again
KABUL, Afghanistan — Nobody wants a repeat of the bloody ethnic fighting that followed the Soviet exit from Afghanistan in the 1990s — least of all 32-year-old Wahidullah who was crippled by a bullet that pierced his spine during the civil war. Yet as the Afghan war began its 12th year on Sunday, fears loom…
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USOC lays off six in Springs
Connor Dietz, Air Force’s senior quarterback, stood motionless at the 35-yard line, his eyes fixed on his devastated teammates and their jubilant conquerors. Air Force’s two-game winning streak over Navy ended after the Midshipmen’s bold, unlikely comeback. Navy overcame an eight-point, fourth-quarter deficit to take a 28-21 overtime victory. Dietz had seen the Falcons power…
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Youth is served as Pioneers repeat
A vacant lot in Fountain will be transformed into a sea of orange Wednesday and it won’t be pumpkins in the patch. It will be an army of 400 or so Home Depot volunteers in company colors who will there to build six homes in a new project by the Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity.…
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Youth is served as Pioneers repeat
Pikes Peak Community College and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs have both been named as military-friendly school for the fourth consecutive year.The list, by G.I. Jobs and Victory Media, honors the nation’s top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools doing the most to embrace America’s military service members, veterans, and spouses…
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Youth is served as Pioneers repeat
A Fort Carson chaplain spoke slowly, stressing that Spc. Kyle R. Rookey would be defined for the people he loved. He’d be defined for the people he touched. “Victoria, Kyle’s final act doesn’t define him,” said the chaplain, Capt. Joseph Moffitt. Inside a half-full chapel, Fort Carson troops remembered the 23-year-old soldier during a memorial…
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Marty’s party
WASHINGTON — A new study says substance abuse among troops has become a “public health crisis” and Pentagon methods for dealing with it are outdated. The study by the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, says about 20 percent of active duty service members reported they drank heavily in 2008, the…
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TITLE SHOT OUT OF REACH
The rotors of a seldom-seen aircraft in the Pikes Peak Region plan to test themselves soon against the area’s thin air.Eight MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft plan to train downrange at Fort Carson and at the post’s Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site this month, said Chief Warrant Officer Michael Madura, who plans aviation exercises at Fort Carson.About…