Jan
31
2009
This is the year of the boom at Fort Carson, where thousands of soldiers are expected to relocate this summer.
The post’s population of troops will climb to 24,600 from 18,100 in 2008, and officials there will continue building at a furious pace to house the soldiers with $580 million in construction planned this year. The [...]
Jan
29
2009
TOM ROEDER
THE GAZETTE
Another long wait is ending for thousands of families.
Two hundred soldiers from Fort Carson’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team came home to cheering crowds Wednesday morning, and they’ll be followed in coming weeks by 3,500 of their comrades who are wrapping up a grueling 15-month deployment in Iraq.
The soldiers marched into the gymnasium where [...]
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