Tag: soldier
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Fort Carson soldier killed in Saudi Arabia memorialized Thursday
Soldiers filled a chapel on Fort Carson on Thursday to remember Staff. Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, one of the 13 American service members killed so far in the Iran War. Scenes of the 26-year-old at the gym, at church, with dogs and in his Army garb played across the screen ahead of the service, highlighting his…
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Fort Carson soldier’s wife could be deported
As the country’s largest immigration enforcement crackdown continues in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, a Fort Carson sergeant is fighting a personal immigration crisis — one that may implode his family. Sgt. Tyler Garza’s wife, Jennifer Maradiaga Baca, is not a legal U.S. citizen and an immigration judge’s 15-year-old deportation order from 2011 hangs over her head.…
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Soldier plans to give away more than $50,000 donated for his cancer treatment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After donors gave more than $50,000 to Fort Carson Sgt. 1st Class David Hong to cover the cost of a new cancer treatment, the soldier now expects to give it all away to other cancer patients. “I was just blown away,” Hong said, about the outpouring…
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Why would you enlist after 23? Fort Carson soldiers share journeys from HR, Nepal and Port of Houston to the Army
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FORT JOHNSON, La. • In recent years as the Army has struggled to meet its recruiting goals, the average age of those enlisting has crept up. “We are seeing a more mature applicant pool,” said Maj. Gen. Johnny K. Davis, who leads the Army Recruiting Command…
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Why would you enlist after 23? Fort Carson soldiers share journeys from HR, Nepal and Port of Houston to the Army
FORT JOHNSON, La. • In recent years as the Army has struggled to meet its recruiting goals, the average age of those enlisting has crept up. “We are seeing a more mature applicant pool,” said Maj. Gen. Johnny K. Davis, who leads the Army Recruiting Command during a panel in October. The average age of new…
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Fort Carson soldier acquitted of rape charges, found guilty of indecent recording and aggravated assault
A Fort Carson soldier was acquitted this week of sexual assault charges, but found guilty of indecent recording and aggravated assault. Spc. Gonzalo Michael Perez, a military police officer, was the third and last soldier to face a court-martial related to an alleged gang rape during May 2021. Mariano Rosendo was found guilty of sexual…
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Fort Carson soldier’s murder unsolved almost a year later
Family, friends and hundreds of strangers lined a Michigan highway last year to welcome home Fort Carson Spc. Braden Peltier, as he made his way from Detroit to West Branch, Mich., for the final time after he was fatally shot in Colorado Springs. Many residents gathered on overpasses with flags to honor the soldier. The…
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Fort Carson soldier’s murder unsolved almost a year later
Family, friends and hundreds of strangers lined a Michigan highway last year to welcome home Fort Carson Spc. Braden Peltier, as he made his way from Detroit to West Branch, Mich., for the final time after he was fatally shot in Colorado Springs. Many residents gathered on overpasses with flags to honor the soldier. The…
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Court-martial in Fort Carson gang rape case begins
The court-martial of a Fort Carson private accused of rape started Monday with the victim taking the stand to recount how she believes the man and two other soldiers assaulted her. Pvt. 1st Class Stedman Bell, a military police officer, is the second man to face a court-martial over an alleged assault that took place…