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ASPEN SECURITY FORUM | What’s keeping generals up at night? Cyber threats
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ASPEN ? The Pentagon is recruiting a new cadre of computer geeks to address a threat that the military’s top intelligence officer says keeps him up at night. At the Aspen Security Forum, Pentagon leaders and industry chiefs said the biggest arms race that America faces might be in cyberspace, where even smaller nations such…
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ASPEN SECURITY FORUM | Amid Fort Carson bloodshed, Afghanistan seeks an end to war
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ASPEN ? The Aspen Security forum spent much time pondering conflict with American rivals China and Russia, but little on the war that is still costing the lives of Colorado-based troops. The fighting in Afghanistan that has left five Fort Carson soldiers dead this year comes as America seeks a peace deal to end 18…
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Colonel gets schooled by parachuting Air Force Academy cadets
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“Stand in the door!” Never before had four words caused such extreme anxiety. Circling above the Air Force Academy in the back of our trusty Twin Otter at 4,500 feet, I sat shoulder-to-shoulder in nervous anticipation with seven cadets. A warmer day than usual, sweat covered our faces. Maybe nerves were a factor? This would…
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Military’s health boss seeks lessons in Colorado
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The military’s health boss says lessons learned in Colorado Springs are helping her merge the military’s health system into a single management scheme that she says will cut costs while improving care. Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, who heads the Defense Health Agency, visited the five bases in the Pikes Peak region last week to learn…
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Canadian troops compete for chance to come to Colorado
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They miss their cheap maple syrup and they have to import ketchup chips, but for Canadian troops, Colorado remains the most sought foreign assignment. Lt. Gen. Christopher Coates, Canada’s top officer on U.S. soil and the deputy commander for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, said his 140-strong Canadian contingent and their families have come…
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Air Force Academy Class of 2023 gets the basic welcome
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The Air Force Academy welcomes the class of 2023. (Video by Katie Klann) Traci Stine began to cry as she gave her son Caden a last hug Thursday . The hug would have to suffice – she couldn’t put into words how she felt as her son entered the Air Force Academy along with the…
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Fort Carson celebrates National Pride Month with LGBTQ soldiers
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Transgender Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik recently had to explain to her 7-year-old son why she spends so much time advocating for LGBTQ people in the military. “I got down on a knee and looked him in the eye and told him this: ‘Some people don’t think that people like me should exist. Some people don’t…
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Time of change brings new leaders to Colorado Springs, Pentagon
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Welcome to summer, when flowers bloom and the military brings in new bosses. At Fort Carson, several brigades have gotten new commanders in recent days, and its hospital has a pair of new leaders. One Fort Carson brigade even got a new boss while stationed overseas. The 3rd Brigade Combat team held a change of…
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Pentagon probing secret Space Command spy satellite program
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Investigators will examine whether a secretive spy satellite program designed to snoop on other satellites in geosynchronous orbit is being properly managed, the Pentagon’s Inspector General announced on Wednesday. The probe into Air Force Space Command’s Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program will determine if the program meets “quality assurance standards.” “In addition, we will determine…
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Trump border wall plan threatens $77M in spending at Fort Carson
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The Trump administration’s border wall project could raid $77 million in construction money from Fort Carson, according to a Pentagon list released to Congress on Monday. The list, released to The Gazette by U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, puts more than $10 billion in military construction projects…
