The five-kilometer St. Patrick’s Day race being held March 13 in Colorado Springs is in its 27th year.
For the first time, it will have a sister race held the same day in Afghanistan, with Soldiers from Fort Carson heading it up.
Soldiers from 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, have volunteered their off-duty time to serve as referees for the Pikes Peak Wrestling League, which holds events at various schools in the Colorado Springs area.
Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, got their first taste of full-spectrum operations training as they learned how to fight with both their rifles and their minds in mock engagements at Camp Red Devil on Fort Carson, Feb. 16-March 5.
The Mountain Post is blessed with some of the finest fitness centers in the Colorado Springs area. If the Army is going to be capable of fulfilling its mission of being “Fit to Fight,” it is imperative that facilities like the ones at Fort Carson exist to give the Soldiers the best chance it can to succeed.
Soldiers from the 4th Engineer Battalion and their Family members were treated to a big welcome-home steak dinner Feb. 24 at the Special Events Center, thanks to a group called the All-American Beef Battalion.
A free concert and comedy show Feb. 24 entertained the crowd with rhythm and blues, jazz and hip-hop, but unlike most concerts, this show focused on a serious issue.
MOUNT CRESTED BUTTE — Standing up a new battalion is a complicated mission, but starting training while having less than half the personnel assigned is a challenge.
Terrance D. McWilliams was the first black to attend an all-white school in Volusia County, Fla. Looking to improve his life, McWilliams walked away from his 50-cent-a-week job picking oranges to pursue his only other option at the time — joining the military.
Soldiers from the Warrior Transition Unit at Fort Carson enjoyed indoor rock climbing, kettlebell training and much more Feb. 19 when nonprofit group LifeQuest Transitions hosted an adventure day at its downtown Colorado Springs facility at CityRock climbing gym on north Nevada Avenue.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FENTY, Afghanistan — A recent re-enlistment ceremony had observers seeing double at Forward Operating Base Fenty in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province.
