Author: Todd Jacobson
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THE COST OF COACHES
Defense Department officials have no official plans to deal with half-a-trillion dollars in pending automatic budget cuts that the department’s chief has described a “meat ax” and a “disaster.”“We haven’t received the detailed guidance … that would be necessary to begin planning for sequestration,” said Lt. Col. Elizabeth Robbins, a Pentagon spokeswoman.“You need guidance to…
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Athletics in the red at academy
The Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 community sent two messages to Washington, D.C.: • Don’t let the looming $1.2 trillion in mandatory “sequestration” federal budget cuts go through. It will wreak havoc on education. • Do help military families nationwide by adopting programs similar to what D-8 uses to help military students more easily transitions…
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CC’s ready for Frozen Four
A former Fort Carson officer accused of trying to organize a four-person kill team and a national drug-trafficking ring pleaded guilty Wednesday to three charges stemming from the alleged plots. Kevin Corley, 29, a Fort Carson 1st lieutenant who was discharged from the Army in March, faces 10 years to life in prison and a…
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Tigers are hoping for a breakthrough
A special court-martial began Thursday for an Air Force Academy cadet accused of using synthetic marijuana. Kami Bohannon, a junior at the academy, faces charges of failure to obey an order or regulation and making false official statements in connection with an investgation into the use of “Spice,” a substance that mimics the effects of…
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Focus off the ice leads to success on it for Tigers senior goalie McElhinney
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman who claims her military husband’s deployment overseas left her too stressed to care for their three young children, one of whom died, remained jailed Friday in connection with their alleged neglect. Tiffany Nicole Klapheke is charged with three felony counts of injury to a child in connection with her…
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CC’S 2 OUT OF 3
Two Fort Carson soldiers were killed Monday in Kalagush, Afghanistan, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Sgt. Christopher J. Birdwell, 25, of Windsor, Colo., and Spc. Mabry J. Anders, 21, of Baker City, Ore., were killed by enemy gunfire, the Defense Department said. Both will be sorely missed by family and friends. Dustin Birdwell, Christopher’s brother,…
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WCHA makes its case as nation’s best
LUDOWICI, Ga. — Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks, prosecutors told a judge Monday. Prosecutors in rural Long County, near the sprawling Army post Fort Stewart, said the…
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FINALLY AT FOUR
WEST POINT, N.Y., June 8, 2012 – Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter sat down with some of the U.S. Military Academy’s leading thinkers on military strategy, doctrine and history here this week to gain their insights into the Army’s past and future. Carter visited West Point as the keynote speaker for a cyberdefense conference.…
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Second chances
If you’re headed downrange or you are based in some other place where it is wicked hot, you will soon be able to buy the new lightweight airman battle uniform. The new uniform will be available in Army and Air Force Exchange Service military clothing stores on 16 bases by mid-June, and it will be…
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Offensive burst drives Louisville past Huskies
On Wednesday, thousands of people will flood the Air Force Academy to watch about 1,000 cadets greet President Barack Obama while receiving their diplomas. The event is steeped in tradition and is one of the most colorful graduations in the nation, complete with a flyover by the Air Force Thunderbirds in F-16 jets. Security is…