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 [...]
Nov 18 2008
Fort Carson will get an Apache attack helicopter battalion, which is moving from its base in Korea in March to replace a scout helicopter unit leaving the Colorado Springs base for Fort Riley in Kansas.
The Army announced Monday that about 500 soldiers, their 150 dependents, and the 24 AH-64 Longbow helicopters of the 1st Battalion, [...]
May 22 2008
Fort Carson
Fort Carson officials unveiled options to house thousands of new troops Wednesday night, including even more growth than had already been announced.
The post is preparing an environmental impact statement on how it will deal with a planned fifth combat brigade and the possibility of a large helicopter unit.
Pentagon officials plan to house [...]
May 21 2008
FORT CARSON
BRIGADE HEADING TO IRAQ
Troops expected to leave in September for 12 months
A Fort Carson brigade will head to Iraq this year, the Pentagon announced Monday, formalizing a decision that’s been known for months.
The 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division, which recently wrapped up a month [...]
Apr 14 2008
April 1,2008
Fort Carson soldiers bore the brunt of a surge of Shiite violence in Baghdad over the past week and were instrumental in restoring an uneasy calm to the city, commanders said today.
In six days of fighting in and around Sadr City, 36 soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team were wounded as Shiite fighters [...]