Author: Scott Prater
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Driver is ‘still in shock’
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2012 – Defense Department officials are sending a new spouse survey to select active-duty families to assist in determining programs that best suit their needs. During an interview with the Pentagon Channel, Cathy Flynn, a program analyst with the Pentagon’s military community and family policy office, discussed how these surveys affect future…
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Regester off to fast start
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2012 – The commander of U.S. Special Operations Command said yesterday that a post-raid assessment concluded there is no evidence that the Pakistani government knew the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden. Navy Adm. William H. McRaven told attendees at the Hero Summit that Pakistan wasn’t informed of the raid that led to…
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Sibling rivalry rises to another level
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Nov. 15, 2012 – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he retains “absolute confidence” in Marine Gen. John Allen’s ability to command NATO’s international Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey called Allen a man of integrity during an interview aboard an Air Force…
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Drivers will race up, down and all around
Those who showed up late Monday morning to a Veterans Day assembly at Columbine Elementary School had to stand. The Woodland Park school’s gymnasium was packed with kids, parents, veterans and other members of the community and fully adorned in red, white and blue to celebrate the holiday. Patriotic banners with handprints from each Columbine…
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Boxer on hectic pace for success
Fort Carson families plan to hold Run for the Fallen The families of Fort Carson plan to honor soldiers killed at war with an annual run though Iron Horse Park. The Run for the Fallen will take place Saturday, featuring a five-kilometer run and a one-kilometer walk through the park. Check-in for the event begins…
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Mountain no obstacle for Air Academy
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The enormous obstacles and emotional torment that a female solider confronts in reporting a sexual assault in the military are the focus of the three-part Web series “Lauren” debuting Monday on YouTube’s new channel WIGS, which focuses on drama for women. Featuring “Flashdance” star Jennifer Beals and Troian Bellisario, “Lauren” gives…
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Defending champs cannot stop Chow
Paula Ozzello’s voice raised ever so slightly a half-hour into a meeting at the Trinidad Community Center, her words zeroing in on the topic of calving. One newborn calf disturbed by helicopters and left for dead could cost her $1,000, she said. Across the room, Col. David Grosso worried about another cost — that of…
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Kadets move on after drawn-out win
Small details become exaggerated when the dust from an insurgent’s bomb settles.Fine chemical compounds left behind near the blast zone — as tiny as the dust from a package of TNT, sometimes invisible to the naked eye — could unlock clues about the explosives used in the blast and who detonated it.Such investigations depend on…