Archive for January, 2009

Jan 31 2009

Big year for mountain post, city

Published by Ken Asher under News

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 [...]

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Jan 29 2009

Thousands reunite after Fort Carson unit’s tough tour in Iraq

Published by Ken Asher under News

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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