Fort Carson Retiree Council

07/08/2010

FORT CARSON, Colo.—Randy Hart, human resources assistant, helps a Warrior Transition Unit Soldier with paperwork July 1 at the Soldier and Family Assistance Center on Fort Carson.

by Rick Emert, Fort Carson Mountaineer

FORT CARSON, Colo.—Twenty years of taking care of troops as a personnel Sol...

06/30/2010

The DEERS Office/ID Card Section is moving to a new location. Please read the linked article for more infomation.

Brittany Mutton, verifying official, left, explains the Privacy Act statement to Spc. Chris LeClair, 3rd Battalion, 61st Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, June 28 at the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting Service/Identification Card Section. The section will be mo...

06/22/2010

Military retiree helping our wounded Soldiers. Thank you for your concern.

WESTCLIFFE, Colo.---Dave Roever was a Navy riverboat gunner with the elite brown-water, black-beret unit in Vietnam when he suffered severe combat injuries from a phosphorous gr***de exploding in his hand, burning the majority of his body. Roever was hospitalized for 14 months and underwent numerous...

06/18/2010

Be sure to visit U.S. Army Fort Carson's pages.

https://home.army.mil/carson/

06/18/2010

Retirees who want to help out with supporting Fort Carson's Soldiers can do so through the Warrior Family Community Partnership.

Fort Carson and local community members met at Alternate Escapes to discuss ways to better support Soldiers and their Families through the Warrior Family Community Partnership.

06/17/2010

The Army turned 235 on Monday and Fort Carson celebrated.

FORT CARSON, Colo.---Cpl. Jason Daniels, a food service specialist with 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, puts the final touches on one of two Army Birthday cakes served at the celebratory lunch June 14 at Fort Carson's Raider Dining Facility. Abou...

06/17/2010

Fort Carson extends our welcome to retirees from all eras.

Veterans, from the 213th Assault Support Helicopter Company "Black Cats," toured the Fort Carson Butts Army Airfield as part of their biennial alumni reunion. The vets were mechanics, pilots and flight engineers of CH-47 Chinooks who served in Vietnam in the late 1960s.

06/15/2010

Keep in touch with Fort Carson on-line with the Fort Carson Mountaineer. The Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group publishes the paper through a Civilian Enterprise contract weekly. Paper published Fridays (Thursdays preceding federal/training holidays). CSMNG also prints the papers for the U.S. Air Force Academy, Peterson Air Force Base and Shriever Air Force Base.

As Soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, continue coming back from war, more and more welcome home ceremonies are taking place.