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Blue Water Navy Agent Orange Claims
One of the first lawsuits brought against the Department of Veterans Affairs for benefits for veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange was in 1986. At issue in Nehmer v. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was the fact that the on... — Updated 6/16/2021
Women's Army Corps honors fallen soldiers
Dee Dunlap, Susan Stephens, Dawn Lisbon and Darlene Hurley, members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) Chapter 75, left flags at veterans' graves at Fairview Cemetery on May 29 in... — Updated 6/16/2021
By Volunteering at the VA
The Department of Veterans Affairs just celebrated its 75th year of using volunteers to run programs for veterans. In that time they’ve toted up 1 billion hours of volunteer time. Last year alone, 46,000 volunteers worked 4.4... — Updated 6/9/2021
Fort Carson honors its fallen soldiers
Fort Carson honored two fallen soldiers in a ceremony Thursday at the Mountain Post Warrior Memorial in Kit Carson Park. This is the 18th annual ceremony at the memorial, and this... — Updated 6/1/2021
City of Fountain Memorial Day ceremony
The crowd braved cool, drizzly weather to attend this year's Memorial Day ceremony.... — Updated 6/1/2021
Career retraining
If you’ve lost your job due to the pandemic, to the extent that you know you need a different career, the Department of Veterans Affairs might be able to help. The Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program is in place and... — Updated 6/1/2021
Pikes Peak National Cemetery commemorates Memorial Day
Pikes Peak National Cemetery, the region's cemetery for U.S. veterans, held a private ceremony in honor of Memorial Day last Friday. Existing COVID-19 restrictions prevented... — Updated 6/1/2021
Homeless vets study
A recent Department of Veterans Affairs press release about a study of homelessness among veterans said it found “issues related to financial strain are significant risk factors for becoming homeless.” Those types of financial... — Updated 5/25/2021
Once-homeless vets test job market
In the month since the homeless veterans had moved into the attic dormitory, three of them had gotten jobs of one kind or another. Sarge had gone banging on doors up and down the main street, looking for available work within... — Updated 5/18/2021
Fort Carson's new Intrepid Spirit Center to treat TBI
Officials at Fort Carson gathered last Thursday to break ground on the new Intrepid Spirit Center, which will diagnose and treat traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stre... — Updated 5/18/2021
VA vaccine clinic gets a thumbs-up
I wasn’t the only one walking down the street toward the Department of Veterans Affairs pop-up vaccine clinic. In fact, there were about six guys who were doing the same thing I was: scoping out the situation before actually... — Updated 5/11/2021
First Lady meets with military spouses at Fort Carson
First Lady Jill Biden visited Fort Carson last Thursday to commemorate Military Spouse Appreciation Day. Biden spoke to a crowd of service members and spouses, and she took some... — Updated 5/11/2021
Emergency exercises scheduled
Fort Carson will conduct a full-scale exercise, dubbed Mountain Guardian 21, May 19-20 to test the installation’s emergency response and recovery systems and capabilities. It will include several scenarios including an aircraft... — Updated 5/11/2021
Still waiting on records?
Weeks ago, I wrote about the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) being mostly closed due to COVID-19 with staff unable to process requests for information. I warned that unless you have one of a very short list of essential... — Updated 5/4/2021
Secretary of Defense visits area installations
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III departs U.S. Space Command with USSPACECOM Commander Gen. James H. Dickinson during a visit to Schriever Air Force Base on Thursday, April... — Updated 5/4/2021
Group seeks veterans for upcoming division reunion
The Second (Indianhead) Division Association is searching for anyone who served in the Army’s 2nd Infantry Division at any time. For information about the association and its 99th annual reunion in Kansas City, Mo., from Sept.... — Updated 5/4/2021
After 59 years, the families of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 Receive Closure
On May 15 a memorial will be unveiled in Columbia Falls, Maine Very little is known about what happened to Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a military mission plane that went missing on March 16, 1962, with 93 U.S. Army Soldiers on b... — Updated 5/4/2021
Army hospital launches new GENESIS health record system
Evans Army Community Hospital (EACH) launched MHS GENESIS, a new electronic health record and patient portal, last week at Fort Carson. “Our service members and families deserve the best care,” said Col. Kevin Bass,... — Updated 5/4/2021
4th CAB Soldiers deploy for Guardian Response Exercise
About 50 Soldiers with the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division recently deployed to Camp Atterbury, Ind. (CAIN), to participate in the Guardian Response (GR) exercise in April and return to Fort Carson in May.... — Updated 5/4/2021
All Vets now eligible for COVID vaccine
With the SAVE Act (Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts), the Department of Veterans Affairs is opening the doors to vaccinating all veterans, spouses and caregivers. This is a major step forward from the previous... — Updated 4/27/2021
USAFA cadets getting familiar with aircraft
U.S. Air Force Academy cadets participate in an aircraft familiarization event at Peterson Air Force Base, April 17. Cadets spoke with crew and toured the AC-130W aircraft from... — Updated 4/27/2021
Fountain native Andrew Long training in Japan
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Andrew Long, a native of Fountain, and Chris Barraza of Kearney, N.J., both field artillery cannoneers with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine... — Updated 4/27/2021
Getting a 'general' sense of things at Peterson AFB
U.S. Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, speaks with U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command... — Updated 4/27/2021
Top Army general tours Fort Carson, promotes soldiers
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville (center) speaks to Ivy Soldiers on April 21 at 4th Infantry Division Headquarters about mask safety after he promoted Pfc.... — Updated 4/27/2021
Army reserve space battalion takes aim at new Army weapons qualification
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Rognstad 1st Space Brigade Soldiers of the U.S. Army Reserve 2nd Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade, the Army's only Reserve space battalion,... — Updated 4/21/2021
