Tag: military life
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Colorado Springs area military events starting March 11, 2018
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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,…
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Colorado Springs area military events starting March 11, 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. ONGOING Pikes Peak Chapter/Military Officers Association of America – Open to active-duty, retired and former officers in seven uniformed…
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Mattis aims to boost deployable forces
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is concerned enough about strengthening the lethality of U.S. forces that he broke with tradition last month to impose a first-ever “universal retention policy” across the four service branches. For decades,…
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Active military and veterans express themselves during Creative Forces Summit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: Photo captions have been updated to include that the masks displayed at the Creative Forces Summit were created by military members during art therapy sessions at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda,…
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Colorado Springs area military events starting March 4, 2018
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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,…
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Mattis aims to boost deployable forces
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is concerned enough about strengthening the lethality of U.S. forces that he broke with tradition last month to impose a first-ever “universal retention policy” across the four service branches. For decades, the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force have been responsible for retention rules that dictate whether individuals get…
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Colorado Springs area military events starting March 4, 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. MONDAY Living History Series – The Buffalo Soldiers – 1:45-2:45 p.m., Colorado Springs Senior Center, 1514 N. Hancock Ave.,…
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Active military and veterans express themselves during Creative Forces Summit
Editor’s note: Photo captions have been updated to include that the masks displayed at the Creative Forces Summit were created by military members during art therapy sessions at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. A recent summit of art therapists, mental health experts and veterans in Colorado Springs highlighted a strong desire to…
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Veterans Day events and closures around Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Events around the Colorado Springs area and the Pikes Peak region in observance of Veterans Day. FRIDAY Combat Paper Workshops – Dedicated to honoring the stories of veterans and active duty service members by giving…
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Veterans Day events and closures around Colorado Springs
Events around the Colorado Springs area and the Pikes Peak region in observance of Veterans Day. FRIDAY Combat Paper Workshops – Dedicated to honoring the stories of veterans and active duty service members by giving them a creative outletc whereby they turn memories into personal documents. Military uniforms are turned into paper pulp and workshop…