Soldiers with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, completed a weeklong training course on incipient firefighting and safety at Camp Nathan Smith Feb. 3.
In the mud of Brown’s Quarry in Training Area 10, the engines of two 10-ton dump trucks, a skid-steer loader, grader and scoop loader roared to life Feb. 9. At the controls, Soldiers from 46th Engineer Detachment and Airmen from 21st Civil Engineer Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base practiced scooping piles of dirt and rocks, leveling ground and creating and moving stockpiles of dirt.
In an aged photograph, Erve Turner sits, writing. On the table next to his writings sits his coffee mug and framed photographs of his wife, Carlene Turner, and his son, Wayne. Brandi Cook, Erve Turner’s granddaughter, doesn’t know when or where the photograph was taken, just that it pictures the young Soldier, sleeves rolled up, focused on his writing.
“Bullets don’t last forever,” said Sgt. 1st Class Stephen Martin. “I have buddies who were actually captured by insurgents during deployment, and they said that, even with a basic knowledge of Combatives Level 1, they could have been able to free themselves.”
Addressing a small crowd at Army Community Service Monday, Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, thanked Colorado Springs community members for their continued support of Soldiers and Families at Fort Carson.
Fort Carson, Soldiers and community leaders welcomed Brig. Gen. Darsie Rogers to the 4th Infantry Division during a ceremony at the “Ivy” Division Headquarters Monday.
Stratmoor Hills Elementary School students have a new bridge to walk across on their way to and from school. The B Street pedestrian bridge, part of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Carson rail yard expansion project, opened Jan. 20.
Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation officials held a Fitness Expo at The Hub Jan. 27 to showcase fitness opportunities available on and off post.
Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in January.
A company of Army Reservists stepped inside the Special Events Center Jan. 21 after completing a one-year deployment handling detainee operations in Afghanistan.