Tag: artillery
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Fire danger high ahead of May artillery training at Piñon Canyon
Fort Carson officials expect soldiers to fire training artillery for the first time in May across the expansive Piñon Canyon Maneuver Training Site northeast of Trinidad, sparking concerns about fire amid drought conditions. “I think it’s dangerously dry,” said Doug Holdread, a Trinidad resident, who noted southern Colorado has felt like spring for much of…
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‘We love him’: Vietnam veteran continues service through volunteerism
With a deafening crack, Vietnam veteran E. Paige Lanier pulled the lanyard on an M777 howitzer, sending a shell soaring over the prairie at Fort Carson’s vast training grounds south of Colorado Springs. On that sunny fall day, Command Sgt. Maj. Rob McGinnis introduced Lanier to the crowd gathered for a demonstration of new technology…
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‘We love him’: Vietnam veteran continues service through volunteerism
With a deafening crack, Vietnam veteran E. Paige Lanier pulled the lanyard on an M777 howitzer, sending a shell soaring over the prairie at Fort Carson’s vast training grounds south of Colorado Springs. On that sunny fall day, Command Sgt. Maj. Rob McGinnis introduced Lanier to the crowd gathered for a demonstration of new technology…
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‘We love him’: Vietnam veteran continues service by volunteering at Fort Carson
With a deafening crack, Vietnam veteran E. Paige Lanier pulled the lanyard on an M777 howitzer, sending a shell soaring over the prairie at Fort Carson’s vast training grounds south of Colorado Springs. On that sunny fall day, Command Sgt. Maj. Rob McGinnis introduced Lanier to the crowd gathered for a demonstration of new technology…
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Extra noise expected around Fort Carson
Residents near Fort Carson for about the next two weeks can expect to hear field artillery training, which started Monday. The post expected the 4th Infantry Division Artillery’s training, schedule to run through Dec. 12, to cause an increase in noise and dust during the day and throughout the night south of the main post,…
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Fort Carson starts testing new Army-wide communications system
When two M777 howitzers fired at Fort Carson Wednesday the blasts were identical, but the computer systems behind the explosions were decades apart in sophistication. One from 1995, still used across the Army, carries a name matching its clunky nature. The Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System is slow to reboot, taking 45 minutes at…
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Fort Carson trains for large-scale conflict, innovates with small drones
As troops used Apache helicopters, artillery and rockets to attack fictional armored personnel carriers at Fort Carson on Monday, a small drone buzzed in front of the crowd — a symbol of battlefield innovation. The exercise focused on large-scale combat, bringing together firepower from across military branches, and represented the culmination of seven days of…