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Job fair for veterans, military, spouses Oct. 6
Unemployment continues to hold steady at record highs and veteran unemployment stays in step with this trend surging to 9% from just 3% at this time last year. The good news: there are organizations hiring this specific... — Updated 10/2/2020 Full story
4ID Foundational Readiness Day
Spc. Hunter Stoner, above, a signals intelligence analyst assigned to Delta Company, 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, leads... — Updated 10/21/2020
By Data Breach Impacts 46,000 Veterans
A data breach occurred at the Department of Veterans Affairs when thieves attempted to divert medical payment funds at the Financial Services Center away from community health care providers that take care of veterans outside the... — Updated 10/21/2020
Congratulations!
Congratulations to the U.S. Army's NCO of the Year: Sgt. 1st Class Alexander Berger, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group - Airborne, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort... — Updated 10/21/2020
Local author releases Fort Carson book
There's a surprising amount of information that most people don't know about Fort Carson. For example, many don't know the base (then known as Camp Carson) hosted a Greek army... — Updated 10/21/2020
Soldier discusses roots in Belize
A Google search of Orange Walk, Belize, reveals a vibrant, colorful town with a population of more than 13,000. Once the site of the large Mayan Empire, Lamanai, Orange Walk is... — Updated 10/21/2020
VA Innovation Center invites veterans, public to submit ideas
Passage of the VA MISSION Act of 2018 authorized the creation of a center for care and payment innovation focused on achieving cost savings without hurting quality. The VA Innovation Center (VIC) is that Center. The Secretary of... — Updated 10/21/2020
Veterans Post: Coffee Shop Vets Are One Man Short
I didn’t know if they’d be there, what with the weather snapping cold like it has, but there they were, the elderly veteran crew, arrayed in a wide half circle on the sidewalk outside the coffee shop. Or at least most of them... — Updated 10/13/2020
Veterans Post
What’s going on in Florida? It appears more criminals are operating there than in other areas of the country. One criminal near Tampa worked at the Department of Veterans Affairs as a transportation assistant who awarded... — Updated 10/7/2020
Veterans Post: COVID Cancellations
Between March 15 and May 1, the Department of Veterans Affairs canceled 7.3 million medical appointments. The VA’s rationale at the time was to protect staff and veterans from the COVID-19 virus and to conserve their supplies.... — Updated 9/30/2020
Change of responsibility
At left, Command Sgt. Maj. Jerry Higley, brigade Command Sgt. Maj., 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, gives remarks to the audience at the 1st SBCT change of... — Updated 9/30/2020
Army Reserve Soldier shares experience supporting mental health needs of federal COVID response in Texas
Army Reserve Medical Command "This was a great mission of mercy and humanity," reflected Capt. Eric Wilkins. "I will take things I learned from this with me throughout my life." An... — Updated 9/30/2020
Veterans Post: New Scheduling Tool
Struggling to get a medical appointment will be a thing of the past once the Department of Veterans Affairs rolls out its Centralized Scheduling Solution (CSS). Remember when trying to make an appointment involved talking to a cler... — Updated 9/23/2020
Congressman Lamborn accepting applications for Military Service Academies until this Friday
Congressman Doug Lamborn is now accepting applications for students interested in seeking a nomination to one of our nation’s military service academies Class of 2025. The deadline for submitting a completed application to his of... — Updated 9/23/2020
General Election ballots mailed to military, overseas
The Office of the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder has sent approximately 5,200 ballots for the General Election to voters classified under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA). These voters with specia... — Updated 9/23/2020
Veterans Post: OnStar Help Available for Veterans in Crisis
We’ve all seen the ads for OnStar gadgets in vehicles that provide instant help for people who are in wrecks. Press the button and an emergency certified adviser is right there, ready to help. The Department of Veterans Affairs h... — Updated 9/16/2020
Military notifies employees of tax deferral implications
The Defense Military Pay Office announced that starting Sept. 15 and continuing through the end of 2020 payroll, or FICA, taxes will stop being deducted from your paycheck as a result of the payroll tax deferral executive action... — Updated 9/16/2020
Things that go 'boom'
U.S. Army Soldiers from Dakota Troop, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, conduct gunnery table V on Fort Carson on Sept. 9. Tank Crew members... — Updated 9/16/2020
Army nurse on a mission
Story by Col. Meritt Phillips, Army Reserve Medical Command Most brides spend the final week leading up to their wedding day making sure that all the last minute details are... — Updated 9/16/2020
Nanette Brédé Mueller Named El Paso County Veteran of the Year 2020
Last week, El Paso County's Veterans Service Office and the El Paso County Board of Commissioners announced Col. Nanette Brédé Mueller as the Veteran of the Year at their... — Updated 9/16/2020
Sustainment Brigade welcomed home after 'no-notice' deployment
FORT CARSON - Every day millions of people around the world return home to their families from business trips, conferences and other forms of business traveling. The celebrations... — Updated 9/9/2020
Yvonne Coombes named Fort Carson, U.S. Army Spouse of the Year by AFI
Yvonne Coombes, wife of Lt. Col. Mike Coombes, commander, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division., was named Fort... — Updated 9/9/2020
Springs officials respond to bid to be permanent home of U.S. Space Command
Recently the city of Colorado Springs, together with the Colorado Springs Chamber and Economic Development Commission, submitted a questionnaire response as the next step in its effort to be named the permanent home of U.S.... — Updated 9/9/2020
U.S. Service Academies, ROTC virtual info night coming 9/15
On Tuesday, Sept. 15, between 5 and 7 p.m. the five Service Academies (U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy) and four college ROTC Programs (Air... — Updated 9/9/2020
