Tag: deployment
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Cook sharp in final outing
The gym Kenny Jenkins uses resembles many in Colorado Springs.Curl bars and bench press apparatus constitute some of the roughly 50 pieces of weight-lifting equipment scattered throughout the facility. Mirrors line some of the walls to ensure each person practices proper form, while about 20 exercise machines take up any extra space.The difference comes in…
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It’s not a collapse if you still prevail
Locking eyes, Angie Moore clutched her husband and gave him a kiss months in the waiting. Their daughter, Brooklyn, latched onto his leg, competing for the first hug.Two feet back, Owen Moore, 6, refused to flinch and gazed silently at his father. A homemade sign in his hands delivered the message that Owen refused to…
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Bailey hopes to improve this year
The Pentagon confirmed its plan on Wednesday to send the headquarters of Fort Carson’s 4th Infantry Division to Afghanistan. About 450 soldiers with the division’s headquarters will deploy this summer to the country, the Defense Department said in a statement — a scaled-back force from the headquarters’ full roster of about 700 soldiers. While deployed,…
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Down 5, still alive
Post-2014 Afghanistan Troop Levels Remain Undecided By Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2012 – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has yet to forward a recommendation to the White House on how many U.S. troops should remain in Afghanistan after 2014, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said…
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Opinion: Watching Annika a treat, even if she’s not at her best
Hundreds of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with post-traumatic stress have recently contacted a husband-and-wife team who work in suburban South Carolina to seek help. Many are desperate, pleading for treatment and willing to travel to get it. The soldiers have no interest in traditional talking cures or prescription drugs that have given them little relief.…
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Down, but surely not out
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 19, 2012 – This holiday season, at more than 200 locations in Afghanistan, service members will dine on a feast reminiscent of home, a Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence senior official said today. Rich Faso, the supply chain’s director of customer operations, lauds the workforce and industry partners for making the Thanksgiving…
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Story lines abound as race day nears
KABUL, Afghanistan — For former CIA director David Petraeus, it was a one-year stint as top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. His replacement is scheduled to leave next year after 18 months in the job. And now the sex scandal that draws them together — Petraeus’ career toppled and Marine Gen. John Allen’s possibly on hold…
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Rockies’ Francis perfect at Coors
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan, Nov. 6, 2012 – A pair of Marine Corps brothers had a chance to get together briefly before an operation over Afghanistan’s Helmand province. Capt. Dustin Kerlin, a pilot with Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161, recently enjoyed flying with his brother, Lt. Col. Matthew Kerlin. Matthew, an embedded training team deputy commander, arrived…
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Opinion: Broncos’ Bell welcomes pressure of being starter
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Asadullah Ramin has lost all hope in his homeland — he’s so worried about what will happen when U.S. and international troops leave that he’s ready to pay a smuggler to whisk his family out of Afghanistan. It would cost the 50-year-old, self-employed electronics engineer tens of thousands of dollars to…
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Gold is the goal as U.S. turns to ‘Iron Hammer’
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2012 – Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., flew aboard the USS Wasp Nov. 1 to prepare to provide assistance to New Jersey, New York and Connecticut in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Within less than a day of receiving the order from…