Tag: Pinon Canyon 2
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Fort Carson soldiers test new communications system for the battlefield at Piñon Canyon
As Fort Carson soldiers made their way through shrubby evergreens, their boots sinking into the powder-dry soil, their task was to take an enemy trench. A small drone hummed above them, a monotone contrast to the sharp crack of their machine-gun fire. The company of soldiers arrived at the battleground in hulking eight-wheeled Strykers. They…
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Letters: Jaw-dropping beauty; voice for disabled Coloradans
Protect canyon’s jaw-dropping beauty The front page of Sunday’s Colorado Springs Gazette reported that the U.S. Army plans to fire test artillery shells during a month-long exercise beginning this weekend at the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site. According to the article, the Army acknowledges the testing will cause permanent damage to historic sites in Piñon Canyon,…
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Comments due Tuesday on Army’s plan for Piñon Canyon
Public comments on the Army’s plan to change operations at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, northwest of Trinidad, are due Tuesday. The proposed plan would allow weapons such as artillery shells and rockets that would land in designated impact sites, according to an earlier Gazette story. Service members who train on the expansive site currently can’t…
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Controlled burns planned at Fort Carson and Piñon Canyon site near Trinidad
Crews will be conducting controlled burns across Fort Carson and at the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site northeast of Trinidad starting through the winter and into the early spring. Fort Carson will not be announcing each individual burn, but the Mountain Post will work with local fire departments to ensure they are aware of the planned…