Tag: Fort Johnson
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Reporters’ notebook: A taste of Fort Johnson’s challenges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In heavy body armor that can make you feel like a life-sized Lego character, my colleague Parker Seibold and I got a very small taste of some of the physical challenges facing the Fort Carson soldiers training in Louisiana at the Joint Readiness Training Center…
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Reporters’ notebook: A taste of Fort Johnson’s challenges
In heavy body armor that can make you feel like a life-sized Lego character, my colleague Parker Seibold and I got a very small taste of some of the physical challenges facing the Fort Carson soldiers training in Louisiana at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson. My shoulders were screaming at me by…
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In the trenches: Fort Carson troops train for large-scale warfare in the woods of Louisiana
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FORT JOHNSON, La. — A barrage of machine gun fire filled the air as Fort Carson soldiers attacked a trench dug into an open field. Shielded by a low rise, the machine gunners fired on an enemy hidden below ground. Then abandoning the natural cover, soldiers…
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In the trenches: Fort Carson troops train for large-scale warfare in the woods of Louisiana
The WWI-style trench warfare, common on the battlefields of Ukraine, also includes drones.
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Possibly dangerous AWOL Army sergeant found deceased
The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division announced over the weekend an Army sergeant who went missing from Fort Johnson, La. was found deceased. Sgt. David Lee Johnson was believed to be en route to Colorado and may have been in possession of firearms. The agency said it is working with local police to…