Tag: military life
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Colorado Springs area military events starting June 3, 2018
THROUGH NOV. 11 Military Museum Tour – 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sundays, Dragonman, 1200 Dragonman Drive; 683-2200, dragonmans.com. THROUGH NOVEMBER “Trenches to Treaties: World War I in Remembrance” – 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, Money Museum, 818 N. Cascade Ave., $5, $4 for seniors, military and students, free for ages 12 and younger; 632-2646, money.org. THROUGH DEC.…
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Shulkin’s ouster a win for group pushing privatized health care for veterans
Concerned Veterans for America, a group of policy advocates funded by the billionaire Koch brothers that wants to shrink the size of federal bureaucracies including the Department of Veterans Affairs, appears to have won a major victory with President Donald Trump’s firing of David Shulkin as VA secretary. Trump announced by tweet he wants his…
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Colorado Springs area military events starting April 1, 2018
THROUGH NOVEMBER “Trenches to Treaties: World War I in Remembrance” – 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, Money Museum, 818 N. Cascade Ave., $5, $4 for seniors, military and students, free for ages 12 and younger; 632-2646, money.org. THROUGH DEC. 31 “The League of Wives: Vietnam’s POW/MIA Allies and Advocates” Exhibit – Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, 215…
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Shulkin: more Agent Orange claims
VA Secretary David Shulkin suggests he favors expansion of Agent Orange-related health care and disability compensation to new categories of ailing veterans but that factors like cost, medical science and politics still stand in the way. Shulkin told the Senate VA Committee last week that he made recommendations to White House officials last year on…
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Colorado Springs car dealer named Fort Carson’s ‘Good Neighbor’
Celebrating 40 years of community outreach, Fort Carson last week named car dealer Mike Jorgensen the post’s “good neighbor” for 2018. The annual award was first given in 1978 to honor one member of the community who has excelled in supporting soldiers. Jorgensen earned the title, which comes with a green sports coat, for backing…
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Colorado Springs area military events starting March 25, 2018
THROUGH NOVEMBER “Trenches to Treaties: World War I in Remembrance” – 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, Money Museum, 818 N. Cascade Ave., $5, $4 for seniors, military and students, free for ages 12 and younger; 632-2646, money.org. THROUGH DEC. 31 “The League of Wives: Vietnam’s POW/MIA Allies and Advocates” Exhibit – Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, 215…
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Pentagon may merge on-base stores
The three military exchange services and Defense Commissary Agency would be merged into a single resale enterprise under a proposal backed by John Gibson II, the Defense Department’s new chief management officer. Gibson and a team tasked with reviewing military community services – base stores, recreation services, family support services and base schools – have…
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Colorado Springs area military events starting March 18, 2018
THROUGH NOVEMBER “Trenches to Treaties: World War I in Remembrance” – 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, Money Museum, 818 N. Cascade Ave., $5, $4 for seniors, military and students, free for ages 12 and younger; 632-2646, money.org. SATURDAY League of Wives Panel Discussion – Will explore the unique experiences of local POW/MIA wives, 2-3:30 p.m., Colorado…
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Wood-burning robotic trucks could be part of Army’s future
Editor’s Note: The article was edited to clarify that liquid fuel derived from wood-pulp and other “bio-mass” could power future machines being researched at Army Research Laboratory. Efficient drones with “intelligent” engines and ground vehicles burning liquid fuel from processed wood-pulp are part of the Army’s vision of a fully modernized force, according to a…