Author: Todd Jacobson
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KNIGHT TO REMEMBER
For 24 soldiers, completing a timed 12-mile foot march on Friday was all that stood in the way of obtaining a prestigious badge. But as the finish line clock at Fort Carson’s Founder’s Field ticked up to the three hour time limit, it became clear that about half would return home without one. Only 14…
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Utes’ Bogut more than just a scorer
The U.S. military has been launching cyberattacks against its opponents in Afghanistan, a senior officer said last week, making an unusually explicit acknowledgment of the oft-hidden world of electronic warfare. Marine Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills’ comments came at a conference in Baltimore during which he explained how U.S. commanders considered cyberweapons an important part…
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Bracket basics
MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Kid Rock has helped surprise an injured soldier with a new, custom-built home that the musician helped finance. Rock and others were on hand Saturday to present the suburban Detroit house to Army Sgt. Davin Dumar and his wife, Dana. Dumar was released Friday from a military hospital. Dumar lost a…
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Falcons will stay at home
BROOKLYN, Mich. — The Army National Guard is staying on as a sponsor of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s No. 88 NASCAR Sprint Cup team. The National Guard has extended its relationship with Hendrick Motorsports through the 2013 season. The contract was scheduled to expire at the end of 2012. Hendrick Motorsports announced the extension Friday, a…
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Familiar finish for the Falcons
For the first time, the Army is deploying special scientists and self-contained, mobile laboratories to the warzone capable of designing and producing problem-solving inventions for soldiers operating in remote outposts in Afghanistan. The service’s Rapid Equipping Force, known as the REF, took a standard 20-foot shipping container and packed it with high-tech, prototyping machines, lab…
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Falcons set gaze on next obstacle
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2012 – At age 28, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Armando Arias had a bachelor’s degree in international business and was working as a real estate agent when he decided to make a drastic life change and enlist. Arias, a religious program specialist with 1st Marine Logistics Group, had family…
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Little choice but to NIT-pick
Military researchers are getting better clues into a suspected link between combat-related traumatic brain injuries and whether the shocks and jolts that come along with a battlefield blast or concussion may have long-term neurological effects. Studies on the biological changes in the brain being done in collaboration with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel…
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AFA’s Fitch goes from QB to RB
The roofs of hundreds of houses at two local Air Force bases could boast a distinctive shine in the coming months. Contractors expect to begin installing thousands of solar panels atop 619 houses across Peterson and Schriever Air Force bases this month — a move that should leave slightly more than two-thirds of the homes…
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Fond farewell
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage was expected to plead not guilty to the charges Wednesday, less than a week before his murder trial starts, some military law experts said. A military judge ordered a hearing Wednesday for Maj. Nidal Hasan, where he must plead…