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Governor orders flags lowered Monday in Colorado to honor Green Beret Mihail Gohlin
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Gov. John Hickenlooper has ordered flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide on Monday to honor Sgt. 1st Class Mihail Golin, a Green Beret stationed at Fort Carson, who was killed while on patrol in Afghanistan. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset. Golin, 34, a native of Riga, Latvia, was killed…
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Bill forging better military-community ties en route to guv’s desk
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Gov. John Hickenlooper soon could ink legislation to help combine overlapping services – like schools, restaurants, parks and shops- that are provided at military bases and by the local communities that host them. House Bill 1054, which was OK’d unanimously by the state Senate, was touted today in a press release by the Senate Democrats as “creating a closer…
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Brauchler promoted to colonel in Colorado Army National Guard
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District Attorney George Brauchler, an officer in the Colorado Army National Guard, was promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel Sunday in a ceremony attended by military brass and the prosecutor’s family. “Some want to serve, but cannot. Some can serve, but choose not to. I have been blessed to have the ability to serve my…
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Noonan: Fort Carson soldiers in Zagan, Poland meet up with tragic European history
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The U.S. military is sending 3,500 American troops to Zagan, Poland, from Fort Carson to meet NATO commitments. The Polish defense minister called the American mission a “fulfillment of a dream Poles have had for decades,” according to the Chicago Tribune. The last time American military were in Zagan was from 1943-1945. Many U.S. airmen…
