Tag: military life
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Fort Carson doctors saved Iraqi troops with battlefield surgeries
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Carson doctors, nurses and medics gave battlefield treatment to wounded Iraqi troops during a nine-month deployment to the Middle East that ended last week. The 10th Combat Support Hospital held a celebration of its…
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Colorado Springs area military events starting Sept. 25, 2016
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SUNDAY Spaghetti dinner – To benefit the Sons of Italy Pikes Peak scholarship fund and The Home Front Cares, noon-5:30 p.m., BPO Elks Lodge, 3400 N. Nevada Ave., $10, $5 for children younger than 12;…
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Colorado Springs area military events starting Sept. 25, 2016
SUNDAY Spaghetti dinner – To benefit the Sons of Italy Pikes Peak scholarship fund and The Home Front Cares, noon-5:30 p.m., BPO Elks Lodge, 3400 N. Nevada Ave., $10, $5 for children younger than 12; Lila, 535-0488. SATURDAY Air Force vs. Navy football – 1:30 p.m., Falcon Stadium, Air Force Academy. Go online to goairforce…
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Fort Carson doctors saved Iraqi troops with battlefield surgeries
Fort Carson doctors, nurses and medics gave battlefield treatment to wounded Iraqi troops during a nine-month deployment to the Middle East that ended last week. The 10th Combat Support Hospital held a celebration of its homecoming at the post, and the unit’s commander, Col. Kimberlee Aiello, praised her troops for saving Iraqi lives. “You provided…
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Lawmakers want perjury investigation over costly Colorado VA hospital
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — A bipartisan group of lawmakers formally asked the U.S. Justice Department Thursday to investigate whether Veterans Affairs Department executives lied to Congress to conceal massive cost overruns at a Denver-area hospital. Twelve Republicans…
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Lawmakers want perjury investigation over costly Colorado VA hospital
DENVER — A bipartisan group of lawmakers formally asked the U.S. Justice Department Thursday to investigate whether Veterans Affairs Department executives lied to Congress to conceal massive cost overruns at a Denver-area hospital. Twelve Republicans and nine Democrats on the House Veterans Affairs Committee made the request in a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch.…
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Senators seek inquiry into concerns about Colorado veteran’s suicide
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — Two U.S. senators said Tuesday they asked for an investigation into a whistleblower’s report that an Army veteran killed himself while awaiting treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder at a U.S. Department of Veteran…
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Grass fire on Fort Carson spreads overnight
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Training exercises on the southern part of Fort Carson sparked a grass fire Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Initially reported as a small fire of 10-15 acres, the blaze now spans about 470 acres, according to…
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Senators seek inquiry into concerns about Colorado veteran’s suicide
DENVER — Two U.S. senators said Tuesday they asked for an investigation into a whistleblower’s report that an Army veteran killed himself while awaiting treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder at a U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs clinic in Colorado Springs. Sens. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said they also asked the department’s inspector…
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Grass fire on Fort Carson spreads overnight
Training exercises on the southern part of Fort Carson sparked a grass fire Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Initially reported as a small fire of 10-15 acres, the blaze now spans about 470 acres, according to a 9 p.m. update from Fort Carson. It began at about 3 p.m. near Range 155. Fort Carson firefighters will…