Tag: piñon canyon maneuver site
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State official says Fort Carson employed ‘unjustified threat’ in negotiations over historic sites
A Fort Carson training exercise set to start this weekend in southern Colorado at the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site has put the state office charged with historic preservation at odds the Army officials, following what the state called an “unjustified threat” to end their working relationship. Fort Carson said discussions to end the relationship were…
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Thousands of Fort Carson soldiers getting back to basics of warfare at Piñon Canyon
Survival tactics from generations past are making a comeback in Fort Carson training as soldiers prepare for a potential ground war in Europe. “How do you survive in a battlefield that is transparent because you’re always under observation?” asked Col. Tony Keller, commander of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Camouflage nets, face paint, masking…
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Prescribed burns planned at Fort Carson and Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Crews will be lighting prescribed fires on Fort Carson training areas and the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site northeast of Trinidad starting this week through April 15. The intermittent prescribed burns are meant to reduce heavy vegetation that can fuel wildfires, a news release stated. The…
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Prescribed burns planned at Fort Carson and Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site
Crews will be lighting prescribed fires on Fort Carson training areas and the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site northeast of Trinidad starting this week through April 15. The intermittent prescribed burns are meant to reduce heavy vegetation that can fuel wildfires, a news release stated. The Directorates of Emergency Services and Public Works Conservation Branch will…