Author: Mary Shinn

As the Air Force works to cut 5,000 positions before October, the Air Force Academy expects to eliminate 140 jobs. Acting Dean Col. Steven Hasstedt outlined the cuts and the $10 million budget shortfall for civilian employee pay in an email last week. The email stated that most of the positions have already been vacated…

Don Hardin’s hillside was largely cleared of trees killed by the mountain pine beetle in April with help from his neighbors but now, in early July, an overwhelming number stand dead.  Some of the trees have died in just a few weeks with Ips beetles munching their tops and mountain pine beetles coming through their…

Capt. Leonard Schroeder Jr. was the first of about 21,000 4th Infantry Division soldiers to land on Utah Beach in France on June 6, 1944. He made the trip among nervous men in the dark, who prayed and told jokes, as they awaited the landing on Utah Beach, Maj. Gen. David Doyle said Thursday during…

Three transgender senior cadets earned their diplomas from the Air Force Academy on Thursday, but they did not commission as officers with their peers. Hunter Marquez is among the three, earning degrees in aeronautical engineering and applied math and meeting the Air Force’s physical standards for men. The cadets can’t commission because of a U.S.…

Ahead of proposed layoffs across the Department of Veterans Affairs, nurses described facilities already at a breaking point within the agency at a recent congressional briefing. The briefing ahead of Memorial Day brought together nurses from across the country to lobby lawmakers from the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees to help protect care at…

When Colorado Air National Guard members deployed in the wake of the coup in Niger during late 2023 to help deny enemy communications as part of the 138th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron, they brought their civilian expertise with them. “They were able to write code to get past some of the challenges that we were experiencing…