Author: Todd Jacobson
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Utah quarterback’s work ethic leads to victories
Defense attorneys don’t argue that Sgt. Vincinte Jackson killed a fellow Fort Carson soldier in January. Jackson confessed to waking Spc. Brandy Fonteneaux in her room in a barracks, putting his arm over her mouth and slashing her throat, his close friend said. A pathologist later counted 74 stab wounds. Whether Jackson knew what he…
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Air Force football starters have been teammates for 13 years
Construction on the north gate at Peterson Air Force Base, near the intersection of Platte Avenue and Peterson Boulevard, started Tuesday. Commuters can expect delays because inbound and outbound lanes are each reduced to one lane. The project is expected to be complete in mid-July. Those who need to access Peterson are encouraged to use…
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Carney named player of the week
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2012 – Combined Afghan-coalition forces seized 1,180 pounds of hashish during operations conducted over the past two days in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, military officials reported. An Afghan-coalition patrol discovered more than 220 pounds of hashish in the Panjwai district today, officials said. Yesterday, officials said, combined patrols discovered…
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Falcons defense does not want to forget Vegas
The Senate Armed Services Committee has agreed with its House counterpart to block the Obama administration’s plan to phase in some new and some significantly higher Tricare enrollment fees and deductibles for military retirees and their families. But the Senate panel has signaled that the administration can use existing authority to raise beneficiary co-pays on…
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AFA Falcons play best game to start conference
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — After waiting a lifetime, Josie Tibbitts on Thursday brought home the father she never knew. Master Sgt. Elwood Green, was captured in 1950 in North Korea and died at age 33 on Feb. 18, 1951, in a prisoner of war camp. Some of his remains were recovered in 2005 by a…
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Air Force player’s case is dismissed
A simple dust cloud betrayed the enemy’s advance.Perched high in the sky, a Shadow drone spotted the movement on a Fort Carson training range. Apache helicopters circled overhead, scanning for more enemy forces while soldiers with the 7th Squadron of the 10th Cavalry Regiment watched a meadow draped in dusk.A blast from a 25 mm…
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Falcons use DVDs in quest to improve performance
WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday soundly rejected the Pentagon’s call for military base closings to cut costs as lawmakers worked on a defense budget that adds billions to President Barack Obama’s spending proposal. The committee fleshed out a blueprint that calls for a base defense budget of $554 billion, including nuclear…
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Witness: ‘I think I was in error’
An Iraqi war vet is selling a medal on eBay that he earned for his service in hopes of making money to support his wife and three children, and the bidding has topped $3,000. Bill Shephard, 43, of Woodbury, N.J, returned home in 2009, but could not even find an entry level job in information…
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Opponents criticizing Falcons for blocking technique
WASHINGTON (AP) — For $235,000, you could indulge in a shiny new Ferrari — or raise a child for 17 years. A government report released Thursday found that a middle-income family with a child born last year will spend about that much in child-related expenses from birth through age 17. That’s a 3.5 percent increase…
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Gridiron a fine fit for snowboarder
“Homeland,” a montage of patriotic music performed by the Tri-Lakes Music Association, will show June 29 to July 1 at the Palmer Ridge High School auditorium in Monument. The show begins at 7 p.m. on the June 29 and 30, with doors opening at 6:30. On July 1 the show begins at 2 p.m. with…