March 20, 2015

Vol. 73, No. 11 March 20, 2015

Mission bound AF Europe RRegionally Aligned Force

Photo by Sgt. William Smith 4th Infantry Division Soldiers board a plane March 14 at the Arrival/Departure Airfi eld in an exercise in support of the Regionally Aligned Force (RAF) mission. This is one of Control Group in Colorado Springs destined for Europe where the Soldiers will participate many RAF exercises planned over the next two years. Guard opens new training facilities By Army National Guard old facilities … under the tutelage of our outstanding Area Training Equipment Site, which was completed Staff Sgt. Aimee J. Felix Zentkovich staff,” said Col. Jesse Morehouse, 168th RTI commander. in 2003. It provides equipment and vehicle storage and 104th Public Affairs Detachment However, he added, “this new facility will ensure today’s maintenance for Soldiers training at the CTS facilities. leaders achieve even more than those in the past.” The CTS is essentially self-sustaining, said Maj. The Colorado Army National Guard marked the The opening of the facilities is the culmination Robert J. Weeks, 168th RTI administrative offi cer. Soldiers completion of the largest construction project in its of a vision that began a quarter of a century ago can maintain their equipment, as well as be housed, fed, history March 8, during an opening ceremony for two when Colorado National Guard leadership identifi ed and trained all within the same general vicinity, at the training facilities on Fort Carson. inadequacies and set out to secure resources to improve site located near Fort Carson’s training ranges. In stark contrast to the converted prison that the facilities, said Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, the “The land around the buildings offers current and formerly housed the Regional Training Institute (RTI), Adjutant General of Colorado. future opportunities to train on a variety of individual the new RTI and the Training Center Complex (TCC) The RTI and TCC were the two fi nal phases of the and collective tasks without any transportation or other offer more than 300,000 square feet of state-of-the-art Centennial Training Site (CTS), a 160-acre enclave on logistics issues,” Morehouse said. training accommodations. Fort Carson that the state leases from the federal gov- “(Training) was executed exceptionally well in the ernment. The fi rst phase of the CTS was the Maneuver See Training on Page 4

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Chief, Print and Web Communications: Dietitian, Evans Army Community Hospital Buying pre-cut and packaged fruit and vegetables can be Rick Emert convenient but often more expensive. If fresh items are too The moment you enter a grocery store, you have been expensive, try buying them frozen or canned. ChooseMyPlate. Editor: Devin Fisher targeted. Food items are carefully placed throughout grocery gov recommends that half of your plate be made up of fruits Staff writer: Scott Prater stores to increase the amount of time you spend shopping and vegetables so select a variety of these nutrient-rich foods. and entice you to buy more. In bread and cereal aisles make sure to look for items that Happenings : Nel Lampe Shoppers spend an average of 41 minutes shopping contain whole grains. Make sure at least half of the grains S p o r t s w ri te r : Walt Johnson in a single trip and about $2.17 every minute they shop, you eat are whole grains because they contain nutrients and

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Directive opens 4,100 jobs to women By David Vergun active Army overall, according The recent directive will not Army News Service to the command. MISO replaced affect specialties closed Armywide to the term psychological operations All Soldiers are women. It will only open USASOC WASHINGTON — A directive signed by Army in 2010. evaluated in a positions in MOSs open to women Secretary John M. McHugh Feb. 25 opened more than There are more than 1,000 elsewhere in the Army. 4,100 positions to women in the U.S. Army Special women assigned to USASOC, and, gender-neutral Operations Command (USASOC). “based on the recent opening of Studies and standards Directive 2015-08 opened positions in the U.S. additional positions, that number environment with Regarding the 75th Ranger Army Special Forces Command, National Guard will increase over time based on how the end goal of Regiment, USASOC “is synchro- airborne battalions and tactical psychological teams. Human Resources Command (HRC) nized with the Army and U.S. Special Although recent news has focused on female Soldiers locates and assigns Soldiers to the identifying the Operations Command (SOCOM) attending the pre-Ranger course, USASOC offi cials command,” according to USASOC. efforts as we move forward between said the directive is signifi cant because it opens unit Most positions with the 160th Army’s best now and January toward making a positions in direct operational roles. Special Operations Aviation performers and recommendation” regarding gender “In the aggregate, there have been approximately Regiment — all pilots, crew chiefs integration, offi cials said. 5,000 positions opened within the command since 2013,” and enabler positions — opened those with the “(USASOC) is collaborating according to a USASOC statement. to women July 23, except for 13F, with the Army and SOCOM on About 1,000 positions were opened to women fi re support specialist, as it is still greatest potential the physical standards validation following the 2013 rescinding of the Direct Ground a closed (MOS) in the Army. for future service. for Special Forces Assessment Combat Rule by the defense secretary. This paved the Women have filled many and Selection and the Ranger way for more women to serve in direct combat roles positions and some are now Assessment and Selection Program, and in military occupational specialties (MOS) that “operationally employed into and with SOCOM’s social science were previously open only to males. combat missions,” according to a USASOC studies focused on (Special Operations Forces) Over the last two years, USASOC has been reviewing statement. Additionally, women have been assigned specific issues,” according to the command. all positions that were closed and has maintained a to non-aviation, battalion-level positions within the The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command “phased approach to opening of previously closed 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. has been studying all aspects of gender-integration positions in order to remain synchronized with the The secretary of the Army’s directive has resulted efforts, offi cials added. All Soldiers are evaluated in Army,” an offi cial said. in the Army recoding about 4,000 “enabler positions” a gender-neutral environment with the end goal of Since 2013, the integration of women into down to the battalion level in 1st Special Forces identifying the Army’s best performers and those with USASOC has been so rapid that the proportion of Command and Special Warfare Center and School. the greatest potential for future service. females to males serving in USASOC’s civil affairs “Most likely, this will allow women to be assigned “HRC rightly considers factors other than and military information support operations (MISO) during the normal assignment and move cycle this is now comparable to that of women serving in the summer or coming fall,” a USASOC offi cial said. See Jobs on Page 4 I AM NO ORDINARY STUDENT At Colorado Technical University, our strong support of the military is evidenced by the policies we have in place to help you pursue your education and achieve your personal, professional and academic goals.

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Jobs The Colorado Army National Guard ofﬁ cially opened the Training From Page 3 Center Complex along with the new Regional Training Institute during coding of a position for gender in locating a ceremony on Fort Carson March 8. The two facilities offer more and assigning Soldiers to USASOC,” than 300,000 square feet of state-of-the-art training accommodations. according to the command. “Other factors, such as airborne qualiﬁ cation, or willingness to attend Airborne School, and higher deployment tempo considerations bear on the decision to assign the right Soldier to a USASOC unit.”

Phased approach The USASOC Implementation Plan is a deliberate, phased approach that fi rst “assigns senior, experienced female Soldiers to support the expansion of opportunities in USASOC enabler positions and also to newly opened units and positions previously closed Photo by Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Aimee J. Felix Zentkovich to women,” according to the command. administrative offi ces and physical fi tness areas. USASOC is conducting a review of Training The TCC, which is approximately 185,000 square feet all special operations jobs and assessing From Page 1 and cost $47 million to build, will provide year-round how to further integrate women to support training support to all components of the military, as well the Army Special Operations Forces 2022 The 168th RTI, which is about 150,000 square feet as state and federal agencies. Additionally, the new facility priority — Invest in Human Capital. and cost $55 million to build, provides offi cer and NCO can support about 500 people at one time. “The desired end state is enhanced education to more than 2,000 Soldiers annually. Additionally, “These state-of-the-art facilities are critical for building capability, supporting the Army chief of it is the fi rst Warrior Leaders Course with permanently effi cient and effective leaders who will lead troops in future staff’s strategic priority to build adaptive assigned instructors and cadre from all three components of combat or domestic operations,” Edwards said. Army leaders for a complex world,” according the Army — National Guard, active duty and Reserve. Since construction of this facility began in December to the USASOC statement. “USASOC Since construction began in November 2011, as many 2012, as many as 1,050 people were employed as part is committed to maintaining the highest as 1,300 people were employed as part of the overall of the overall design and construction of the project. standards and delivering the most qualifi ed design and construction of the project. The facility will The TCC includes several multimedia classrooms, operators to the nation, irrespective of gender.” continue to provide full-time employment to nearly 60 a dining facility, storage areas, weapons vaults, admin- USASOC was actually pursuing gender- Service members. istrative offices, billeting for 500 people and simulated integration prior to the 2013 rescinding of The new RTI building can accommodate regional and firearms training equipment. the Direct Ground Combat Rule, offi cials national level conferences and training events. It houses Both buildings are on track to achieve Leadership in said. Women have been serving in civil several multimedia classrooms, an auditorium, dining Energy and Environmental Design Silver ratings, fully affairs and MISO now for nearly 20 years. facility, 219 barracks rooms, storage areas, locker rooms, certifi ed through the U.S. Green Building Council.

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Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, prepare to download an M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzer in Southwest Asia March 9. After removing the Paladin from the trailer, Soldiers and Airmen worked together to maneuver it onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III for transport. 3rd ABCT is currently deployed to Kuwait as a part of an ongoing security cooperation and partnership mission in the Southwest Asia region. Photo by Spc. Gregory Summers March 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 5

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Above: The 4th Infantry Division Band participates in the Colorado Springs St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Colorado Springs Saturday. Right: The 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson Mounted Color Guard presents the nation’s colors as it leads the Colorado Springs St. Patrick’s Day Parade entries down Tejon Street in downtown Colorado Springs Saturday. Photos by Alexandra Flodin 6 MOUNTAINEER — March 20, 2015 Intel training moves in decisive direction Story and photo by Sgt. Nelson Robles they need in order to plan operations and combat a these classes should help build a solid knowledge base. 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs much more complex threat,” said Spc. Tyler Dane, “I want them to be familiar with this software, Office, 4th Infantry Division HHC, 4th IBCT. “I’m excited about (these changes), be able to implement it into their daily duties and the concept of force-on-force conventional warfare take advantage of its new functions,” said Beverly. As U.S. military actions in the Middle East end, needs a different Army, it means a much more advanced “This software will be our go to software in our the Army’s counterinsurgency doctrine will evolve battlefield, and I look forward to learning more.” upcoming training and deployments, so we need to combat the challenges it may face in the future. To many of the junior enlisted in the intelligence field, them to be proficient with it.” The 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, held classes March 5 to prepare junior enlisted intelligence analysts for a threat they may not have trained for previously. “As far as intelligence analysts’ initial training, there was a shift away from conventional force-on- force training in 2005 toward counterinsurgency doctrine,” said Chief Warrant Officer 2 Debbie Perez, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th IBCT. “Since we are done in Iraq and Afghanistan, we are shifting back toward a conventional warfare focus.” With new software technology and programs, Soldiers should be able to create better products faster. “The software is used to manage and track enemy unit strength, what kind of equipment they have, the capabilities of each unit, the advantages they’ll have and vulnerabilities,” said Staff Sgt. Kevin Beverly, HHC, 4th IBCT. “We collect information and use this software to keep it organized so we can create different products. It’s pretty big for us because the past decade has been (focused on) counterinsurgency, so this is the first time we are training our (Soldiers) for a conventional fight.” Unlike previous software used, the new program was designed with the intelligence analyst’s mission in mind. “The main function of the program is to allow us to more easily create products for our command at a Sgt. Dane Dedmon, personnel security NCO in charge, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat much faster rate, giving our command the intelligence Team, 4th Infantry Division, educates junior enlisted intelligence analysts on new software March 5.

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Soldiers from the 43rd Sustainment New Master Resilience Trainers receive Brigade were certified as master resil- about each other,” said Sgt. 1st Class Sean effort to increase resilience and enhance their initial training from instructors at Fort ience trainers (MRTs) during the latest Heath, Fort Carson’s Mission Support the performance of Soldiers, their Family Carson Army Wellness Center. round of training at the Fort Carson Wellness Element Installation CSF2 program members and the civilian workforce. Center as part of the post’s expanding manager. “We increase communication Command-designated volunteer Comprehensive Soldier and Family skills, we increase self-awareness, and Soldiers, Army Civilians and spouses, and learn and grow from setbacks. Fitness campus. that makes for a better team.” MRTs are graduates of the 10-day, 80- In addition to conducting MRT Since graduating its first class in Fort Carson’s program classifies as a hour course taught at the University training and providing resources for 2009, the Army has successfully trained Mobile Training Team and, since 2012, of Pennsylvania; Fort Jackson, South active MRTs, Fort Carson also supports more than 19,000 MRTs, and Fort Carson conducts courses every quarter and hosts Carolina; Fort McCoy, Wisconsin; and the resiliency programs for Peterson continues to participate in this continually about 60 students per course. Fort Fort Custer, Michigan; by way of Mobile and Buckley Air Force Bases as well as evolving program. Carson boasts around 500 MRT-qualified Training Teams or at CSF2 Training National Guard and Reserve Soldiers. Five “Rough Riders” Soldiers Soldiers and civilians, going a long way Centers. The course, which centers on a “Positive psychology has been graduated the course March 6, bringing toward meeting the Army’s goal of one train-the-trainer approach, prepares MRTs around for more than 20 years and it’s the brigade up to 30 MRT-qualified MRT per company. to assist their community with the mental, only growing,” said Heath. “Sports Soldiers and two instructors. MRTs work in support of the Army’s physical, emotional and behavioral psychology (and) now big business are “Just watching leaders interact with Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness ability to face and cope with adversity, doing it, the Army is doing it. I see the vast Soldiers, it’s a change in how people think (CSF2) program, which was created in an adapt to change, recover from hardships potential for growth (of this program).”

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Miscellaneous Leader Development Course — Fort Carson Training Fort Carson dining facilities hours of operation Center Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness will DFAC Friday-Monday (training holidays) Tuesday-Thursday conduct the course April 13-17 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 Stack Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. p.m. Target audience for the course is specialists to Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. staff sergeants and first and second lieutenants. The Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m. course is designed to enhance the capability of Soldiers Wolf Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. to recognize the key factors of optimal performance in Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. themselves and in others and develop the ability to apply Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m. and communicate specific mental techniques designed Warfighter Closed Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m. to maximize mental strength and set the conditions for (Wilderness Road Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. consistently high levels of performance. Applicants need Complex) Dinner: Closed first line supervisor approval and must be capable of performing short sprints, jumping and light lifts. Call LaRochelle Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. 526-0828 to sign up or for more information. 10th SFG(A) Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Balfour Beatty offers single Soldier leasing — Dinner: Closed Balfour Beatty Communities now offers leasing or emergency service is required. • SFL-TAP Computer Lab and Clearing Station, to single Soldiers in the ranks of staff sergeant and • Facility custodial services — Call Bryan Dorcey building 1118 room 133, 526-1002 — located above, as well as leasing to active-duty military at 526-6670 or email [email protected] behind the Garrison Headquarters, services Families. Call 888-957-9366 or visit http://www. for service needs or to report complaints. include Individual Transition Plan review and fortcarsonfamilyhousing.com for more information. • Elevator maintenance — Call Bryan Dorcey at appointments with career counselors; computer 173rd Airborne Brigade National Reunion —Southern 526-6670 or email [email protected]. labs for required pre-separation briefs, job searches California Chapter XIV of the 173rd Airborne Brigade • Motor pool sludge removal/disposal — Call Dennis and résumé writing; and clearing (only location Association will commemorate its 50th deployment Frost at 526-6997 or email dennis.j.frost.civ@ to clear, Monday-Friday at 7:30 a.m. or 1 p.m.) anniversary to Vietnam during the 173rd National mail.mil. • Transition University, building 6237, 526- Convention May 2-6 at the Town and Country Resort, • Self-help/troop construction — Call Tony Haag 1001/6465 — five-day program includes classes 500 Hotel Circle North in San Diego. Cost through April at 526-2859 or e-mail anthony.d.haag.civ@mail. on transition overview, Military Occupational Skill 7 is $99 a night for two people and includes breakfast. mil. Use this number to obtain self-help tools Crosswalk, financial planning, U.S. Department of Reservations can be made by calling 800-772-8527. and equipment or a motorized sweeper. Labor employment workshop and Veterans Affairs Contact Wambi Cook at 626-663-0219 or wambicook@ • Base operations contracting officer representative benefits. Elective classes available following the aol.com for more information on the reunion. — Call Terry Hagen at 526-9262 or email program include social networking, employer day, U.S. Army Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame — [email protected] for questions on snow advanced résumé, federal résumé and dress for induction ceremony and alumni association reunion removal, grounds maintenance and contractor success. Optional track days consist of entrepre- are scheduled April 25-29 at Fort Benning, Georgia. response to service orders. neurship, technical and higher education. Contact Retired Col. John Ionoff at 813-917-4309 or • Portable latrines — Contact Jerald Just at 524-0786 • Soldier Family Assistance Center, building visit http://www.ocsalumni.com for more information. or [email protected] to request, for service 7492, 524-7309/7310 — services are for Warrior 2nd Infantry Division Association reunion — is Sept. or to report damaged or overturned latrines. Transition Unit Soldiers. 22-26 in San Antonio. The association is open to • Signs — Call Jim Diorio, Fort Carson Support Logistics Readiness Center Supply and Services anyone who served in the 2nd Inf. Div. Contact Bob Services, at 896-0797 or 524-2924 or email • Central issue facility, building 1525 — Monday- Haynes, at [email protected] or 224-225-1202 [email protected] to request a facility, parking Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30-4 p.m. Last for information about the association. or regulatory traffic sign. customer served at 3:30 p.m. Ongoing The Fort Carson Trial Defense Service office — is • Reparable exchange/directed exchange or turn-in First Sergeants’ Barracks Program 2020 — is located able to help Soldiers 24/7 and is located in building — Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30- in building 1454 on Nelson Boulevard. The hours of 2354. During duty hours, Soldiers should call 4 p.m. on a walk-in basis. For faster turn-in service, operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The 526-4563. The 24-hour phone number for after hours, call 526-3321 for an appointment. office assists Soldiers with room assignments and holidays and weekends is 526-0051. • Ammunition supply point, building 9370 — terminations. Call 526-9707 for more information. Briefings Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. Sergeant Audie Murphy Club — The Fort Carson Casualty Notification/Assistance Officer training — Last issue/turn-in to ASP is at 2:30 p.m.; exceptions Sergeant Audie Murphy Club meets the second The 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson com- coordinated on case-by-case basis. Tuesday of each month from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 manding general has directed all Soldiers, sergeant first • Subsistence Support Management Office, building p.m. at the Stack Dining Facility, building 2330. class through command sergeant major, chief warrant 350 — Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and The club is named after Audie Leon Murphy, the officer 2-5 and officers, captain and above, must attend 12:30-4 p.m.; call 526-4086/5195. most highly-decorated Soldier in American history. Casualty Assistance Officer and Casualty Notification • Post Supply Support Activity, building 330 — To be a member, a Soldier must be recognized as Officer Training. The three-day training course is Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30-4 p.m. an NCO of the highest quality, demonstrating both held monthly at Veterans Chapel. Soldiers must Last customer served at 3:30 p.m.; call 526-9094. leadership and performance. Armywide, SAMC register through their school NCO for attendance of • Installation Property Book Office, building membership is between 1 and 2 percent. Contact this training. The next classes are April 14-16 and 330 — Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and SAMC president Sgt. 1st Class Gilbert Guzman Jr. May 19-21. Call 526-4551 for details. 12:30-4 p.m.; call 526-5984. at 526-3576 or email [email protected]. Retirement briefings — are available at http://www. • Post Laundry, building 310 — Monday-Friday, Physical Exam Clinic — is located in building 1056 carson.army.mil/dhr/DHR/MPD/PPB/Retirement 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30-4 p.m. Last customer and performs physicals for Soldiers assigned to Fort Services.html. Call 526-2840 for more information. served at 3:30 p.m.; call 526-8803. Carson and surrounding bases without a primary care ETS briefings — are available at http://www.carson. • Bulk fuel point — Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. manager. Physicals, except flight physicals, are available army.mil/dhr/DHR/MPD/PPB/Transitions.html. to midnight. by appointment from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday- Call 526-2240/8458 for more information. • Hazardous Material Control Center, building Friday, except federal holidays. Physical packets can Reassignment briefings — are available at http://www. 400/406 — Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. be obtained at the clinic or online at http://www.evans. carson.army.mil/dhr/DHR/MPD/PPB/Briefings/ Contact administration operations at 526-5349 or amedd.army.mil/srp/srpc(underscore)pe.html. Visit Levy.html. the warehouse at 526-2979. building 1056 or call 526-7170 for more information. Disposition Services — Defense Logistics Agency Education Center hours of operation — The Mountain Directorate of Public Works services — Services range Disposition Services Colorado Springs, located Post Training and Education Center, building 1117, from repair and maintenance of facilities to equipping in building 381, conducts orientations Fridays 526-2124, hours are as follows: units with a sweeper and cleaning motor pools. Below from 12:30-3:30 p.m. The orientations discuss • Counselor Support Center — Monday-Thursday are phone numbers and points of contact for services: DLA processes to include turning in excess 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. • Facility repair/service orders — Fort Carson property, reutilizing govern ment property, web- • Army Learning Center — Monday-Friday Support Services service order desk can be reached based tools available, special handling of property 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at 526-5345. Use this number for emergencies or and environmental needs. To schedule an orienta- • Defense Activity for Nontraditional Educa tion routine tasks and for reporting wind damage, tion, contact Arnaldo Borrerorivera at arnaldo. Support and Army Personnel Testing — Monday- damaged traffic signs or other facility damage. 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Claimants must Briefs every Wednesday: Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program submit the claim on DPS line through http://www. Special Forces: noon, (SFL-TAP), formerly known as Army Career and move.mil within nine months for FRV compen sation for Civil Affairs/PSYOP: 1 p.m. Alumni Program, is open Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to certain items. All other claims, submit to Fort Carson http://www.bragg.army.mil/sorb 4 p.m. (closed Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.); open Claims Office within two years of delivery or date training holidays but closed on federal holidays: of incident. Call 526-1355 for more information. March 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 15

The 4th Infantry Division Band’s Barkeley Avenue group opens the “Tell Me a Story” event at the Special Events Center Sunday. The band ‘Tell Me a Story’ entertained Families with a set list composed especially for young children.

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Children listen to instructions during their craft activity at the promotes smooth transitions end of the “Tell Me a Story” event at the Special Events Center Sunday. Story and photos by Scott Prater reading, along with music and Mountaineer staff activities for the attending children. As Families ﬁ ltered in from More than 30 Fort Carson community Families the warm spring sunshine, they joined Garrison Commander Col. Joel D. Hamilton were greeted by a few contempo- at the Special Events Center Sunday for an event that rary hits. The 4th Infantry Division doesn’t occur too often in today’s world of advanced Band’s Barkeley Avenue group put media — reading books made of ink and paper. on a free show for the kids, and Hamilton was on hand to read to Joint Task Force they didn’t disappoint. Their up- Carson children as part of the Military Child Education beat tunes set a relaxed mood and Coalition (MCEC) “Tell Me a Story” Program. created a smooth transition for each Fort Carson’s Parent to Parent Program, which of the event’s segmented activities. is funded by the MCECC, hosted the event and Hamilton had a captive organized all activities, which included Hamilton’s audience as he sat down to read. “We put on these types of events twice a year at Fort Carson,” said Parent to Parent Program Team Lead Louise Webb. “We also host workshops for military parents at Fort Carson and the “I liked it,” he said. “It’s made up of three surrounding area. Our goal is to educate parents about separate stories that entail some of the challenges transitioning issues involved with children. Military our military kids encounter, how a person can Families change locations often and we want to help handle those challenges while maintaining a positive ease their children’s educational transitions.” attitude and that there are a lot of things to be Organizers selected the book “Zen Shorts” thankful for despite adversity.” by Jon J. Muth, in part because it addresses some of Barkeley Avenue followed the reading with a the issues transitioning children often face. set composed of songs most children might Hamilton’s smooth delivery and easy speaking recognize, including numbers from the “Muppet voice mesmerized the children as they spread out on Show” and “Toy Story.” the ﬂ oor around him. Event organizers also projected Families then gathered in smaller groups to the book’s graphics onto a large screen nearby, discuss the story in an interactive format and the so the children could follow along. event ended with an arts and crafts activity. “This format is interesting because we often The Parent to Parent program provides workshops educate Soldiers in a similar way — by telling stories,” for military Families in areas of transitioning children Hamilton said. “In the Army, we call them vignettes, from post to post, resiliency, early literacy and math Garrison Commander Col. Joel D. Hamilton reads “Zen but they serve to teach Soldiers valuable lessons.” literacy. For more information on the Parent to Shorts” by John J. Muth to Fort Carson community children Hamilton explained that though the book was Parent team and the next “Tell Me a Story” event, at the “Tell Me a Story” event hosted by the Fort Carson Parent geared for 4-12 year olds, the story really related to tentatively set for this fall, contact Webb at 808- to Parent Program at the Special Events Center Sunday. all age groups. 258-5961 or email [email protected]. 16 MOUNTAINEER — March 20, 2015 Fair provides spouses with opportunities Story and photos by Scott Prater and job fair March 11-12. to Europe, to set up hiring fairs.” employers at the fair, including Mountaineer staff All told, 55 employers collected The Hiring our Heroes Program companies such as Federal Express, more than 600 resumes at the hosted a networking reception March USAA, Lowes and La Quinta Inns & Army Community Service at reception and fair. As of Monday, 11 at a local hotel. Suites, passed a vetting process and Fort Carson and the Hiring our 298 spouses were offered jobs. “The reception is a more relaxed met several criteria, including current Heroes Program hosted a military “Our mission is to bring atmosphere that allows spouses to local employment openings. spouse networking reception employers in and connect military get their feet under them and feel out Garrison Commander Col. Joel D. spouses with different opportunities so that the Hamilton and Garrison Command jobs,” said Elizabeth next day they can target the businesses Sgt. Maj. Clinton J. Reiss attended Gorkowski, coor- they want to go to,” Gorkowski said. both the reception and job fair. dinator for the Hiring Employers set up booths inside the “It was great to have such a Our Heroes Military Special Events Center the following big commitment from our military Spouse Program. morning to converse with potential leadership,” Gorkowski said. “They “We travel the employment candidates. interacted with our spouses and country, and even Gorkowski explained that all supported our efforts.”

Deanne Funkhouser, left, USAA representative, speaks with potential employment candidates at the Hiring our Heroes Military Spouse Reception and Job Fair March 12 at the Special Events Center. Funkhouser informed candidates about USAA, its business segments and the types of jobs the company was looking to ﬁll, including telecommuting and call-center positions.

Employment candidates speak with potential employers during the Hiring our Heroes Military Spouse Reception and Job Fair March 12 at the Special Events Center. March 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 17

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NOTES Mountaineer Ad Code 18 MOUNTAINEER — March 20, 2015 Proper spill response prevents pollution By Emma Buccambuso or absorbent pads. If the spill occurs on a hard Directorate of Public Works Environmental material such as concrete or asphalt, dry sweep Division pollution prevention should be used to draw up any material that may have absorbed into the surface. Dry sweep can be Material spills are a common occurrence used multiple times until it is spent, and no longer on Fort Carson because of the number of industrial provides absorption. If a spill enters the soil, the facilities on the installation and the nature and contaminated soil must be dug up and removed. number of training exercises that occur on post Spent dry sweep and contaminated soil must be and downrange training areas. delivered to the Hazardous Waste Storage Facility, The most common types of materials spilled located in building 9246, for proper disposal. Used include petroleum, oils and lubricants (POL) such absorbent pads or booms must be bagged and also as JP8 and lubricating oil, but spills of any nature delivered to the facility. These materials should can cause harm to the environment. never be placed in the trash. Proper and efficient spill response is essential to When spills are greater than five gallons, enter keeping Fort Carson in compliance with numerous a storm drain or waterway or may be potentially environmental requirements. Spills are regulated harmful to those who attempt to clean it up, the by the Fort Carson Spill Prevention, Control and person who causes or discovers the spill must Countermeasures Plan. immediately call the Fort Carson Fire Department “Immediate and thorough spill response by dialing 911. ensures compliance with Clean Water Act permit The fire department will respond and provide requirements,” said Suzanne Rohrs, Directorate guidance and direction on how to proceed. The of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division second phone call that must be made is to the DPW Photo by Susan C. Galentine Stormwater Program manager. “Without proper Environmental Division Spill Line at 526-0973. This Pvt. Stephen Davis, Company B, 10th Combat Support spill response, contaminants and residues are allows the staff to also respond, provide cleanup Hospital, demonstrates proper spill control procedures. picked up as stormwater flows across the area.” support, give guidance on reporting procedures and Spills left unattended can enter waterways make regulatory determinations. DPW requires through storm drains or can move into waterways that a Fort Carson Form 1200-E, Spill Report, be Do not perform any oil changes or services in or into groundwater through rain or snow events. submitted to the Environmental Division staff for parking lots; only perform these services in covered This causes pollution of water used for recreation proper tracking of all spills that are five gallons or buildings such as the motor pool maintenance as well as sources for drinking water. When more or enter a storm drain or waterway. facilities. When changing oil on personal vehicles, polluted water leaves Fort Carson, the responsible The best practice is to avoid spills in the first people can use the Directorate of Family and Morale, parties are at risk of fines for violations of place. Best management practices are procedures that Welfare and Recreation Auto Craft Center, building environmental requirements. will anticipate the occurrence of spills and prevent 2427, located at 7001 Wetzel Ave. Accidents happen, but individuals must make them from being released to the environment. The Environmental Compliance Assistance certain the proper spill reporting and response The use of drip pans under parked vehicles Team (ECAT) is available to all units, directorates procedures are followed to ensure environmental will catch any leaks before they hit the ground. and tenants on Fort Carson for questions regarding compliance. When spills of POL or other materials Secondary containment must be used for containers spill prevention or response. The ECAT can be are less than five gallons and have not entered a of POL that are 55 gallons or more. contacted at 524-3534 to arrange a visit to provide storm drain or waterway, immediately proceed to Any containers of POL must be stored under guidance and education on site-specific environmental clean the material with absorbent dry sweep cover, and must be labeled and in good condition. compliance best management practices. March 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 19 EFMP hosts ‘Lunch and Learn’ By Andrea Stone Attendees at the event learned need to be available, to Special to the Mountaineer that the purpose of the program is include the frequency that assignment coordination. the individual needs. There are a lot of misunder- “It’s so the Service member, Another common standings and misconceptions about when he comes down on orders, he’s misconception is that the the Exceptional Family Member not going to go somewhere where program is only for Program (EFMP), but a “Lunch and services are not available for his children, but it is open to Learn” hosted by the Fort Carson Family member,” Ginter explained. any child or adult enrolled EFMP offi ce March 12 was designed If a Soldier with an exceptional under the Service to set the record straight. Family member is on orders to go to member’s Defense The informational lunchtime a location, the medical EFMP offi ce Enrollment Eligibility meetings are held quarterly at Army at that location will receive a query Reporting System who Community Service. asking if services exist to support has a physical, emotional, “A lot of people seem to be that Family member. developmental or intellec- confused about the purpose of EFMP, “Typically, the Service member tual disorder that requires why (they) need to be enrolled, how will never know that this is happening,” treatment, Ginter said. it assists (them),” said Sunny Ginter, Ginter said. In addition to the systems navigator, EFMP. The Grabitz Family experienced assignment coordination “I’ve had Service members and the value of EFMP when they received role, representatives from EFMP can also services are available wherever the their spouses come into my offi ce orders to go to Fort Bliss, Texas. assist Families in dealing with special Service member (moves),” she said. before and say, ‘My husband is getting “(Fort Bliss) didn’t have (our education services through the schools. The meeting was also an oppor- ready to deploy, and I was told that daughter’s) services available, so we “We can go into the school with tunity for attendees to learn about the if I enrolled in EFMP, he wouldn’t stayed here,” said Tricia Grabitz. the Families if they’re having concerns many events available through the have to (deploy),’” she said. Services for the Family member with the Individualized Education EFMP offi ce, such as the upcoming Program or the services that they’re visit with the Easter Bunny April 4. receiving, or maybe it’s that they (don’t Children enrolled in EFMP for certain know) how special education works,” disorders can get an appointment for a “ We assist (the Families) in she said. “We assist them in knowing photo with the Easter Bunny, avoiding their rights and responsibilities.” the large crowds that can cause Enrollment in EFMP can be medical, problems for some children, she said. knowing their rights and educational or both, and needs to be “A lot of Families aren’t aware validated every three years or as the of just how many resources we have Family member’s condition changes. that can help,” Ginter said. responsibilities.” “If the exceptional Family member Families interested in learning — Sunny Ginter has a new provider or new diagnosis, more about the Easter Bunny visit it needs to be updated because that’s or other EFMP activities can contact what the Army is looking at to ensure ACS at 526-4590.

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A military funeral honor team from Fort Carson marches alongside a caisson carrying the repatriated remains of U.S. Army Sgt. Floyd J.R. Jackson to his ﬁ nal resting place at Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary and Cemetery in Centennial March 7.

Photos by Army National Guard Sgt. Manda M. Walters

By Devin Fisher to serve as the Jackson Family CAO. He “We provided full military honors once Mountaineer editor recalled thinking it would be interesting the horse-drawn caisson stopped,” he said. and a privilege to assist the Family in this The pallbearer Soldiers made facing Members of the military, Boy Scouts of America, Patriot Riders and the American Legion line the Sixty-four years after being declared special time in their lives. movements, pulled the casket from the path for the horse-drawn carriage carrying the casket of U.S. Army Sgt. Floyd J.R. Jackson at Olinger Korean War POW dead at Valley Number One POW Camp in “I was sure (the experience) caisson, walked it in a straight line before Chapel Hill Mortuary and Cemetery March 7. North Korea, Army Sgt. Floyd J.R. Jackson would help bring closure to the setting it on the lowering device, he said. was returned home to full military honors Family,” he said. They stood by the casket while the chaplain courtesy of Fort Carson. He joined Michael J. Mee, chief of conducted services and the national anthem Coordinated through the Fort Carson identifi cations, Past Confl ict Repatriations played. In unison, the pallbearers pulled Casualty Assistance Center, 20 Soldiers from Branch, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to offi cially the U.S. fl ag off the casket and held it tight Family gets closure gets final salute 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 1st notify the Family of the process leading as the fi ring detail fi red volleys. Story and photo by Army National Guard Sgt. Manda M. Walters Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry up to the funeral. Taps played, the fi ring party presented 104th Public Affairs Detachment Division, honored the Korean War hero and Then Carrillo became the face of the honors as the pallbearer team folded the his Family with planeside honors at Denver military for the Family, assisting them in fl ag. 1st Lt. Joey Zarella, offi cer in CENTENNIAL — A prisoner of war, whose remains were recently identifi ed International Airport March 5. They then completing disposition forms and working charge of the detail, presented the fl ag to after missing for 64 years, was laid to rest next to his mother in Centennial March 7. served as pallbearers and a fi ring detail at his contracts with the funeral home to ensure Jackson’s niece, Joanna Mueller. The U.S. Army Sgt. Floyd J.R. Jackson, who served with Headquarters Company, memorial service March 7 at Olinger Chapel the Family’s desires were met. pallbearers and fi ring party marched 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was missing in action Hill Mortuary and Cemetery in Centennial. “From that point on I remained in a few feet away as the ceremony concluded. after the Korean War Battle of Chosin Reservoir, and declared dead Feb. 3, 1951. “As a veteran, it is an honor to know contact with the Family, keeping them The group waited until the Family left the Joanna Mueller, Jackson’s niece and oldest surviving female Family member, that a Soldier that we have lost 50-60 years up to date, getting information and burial site before departing. was asked to give a DNA sample to confi rm Jackson’s potential remains. In ago, and in some cases 70 years ago, fi nally helping them set up the funeral Romiti said his team of Soldiers will not September 2014 the DNA evidence confi rmed Jackson’s identifi cation. Jackson was can come home and his Family can lay him arrangements,” Carrillo said. forget this experience. reinterred at the Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary and Cemetery March 7. to rest … it’s an honor,” said Zita Ephron, “On behalf of my Soldiers, my team, “To fi nally bring a Soldier home who made the ultimate sacrifi ce is such an mortuary affairs coordinator, Fort Carson Full military honors being that we are infantrymen, our normal important part to help bring the Family closure,” said Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, Casualty Assistance Center (CAC). “We just Jackson’s repatriated remains arrived everyday job is not an honor guard type the Adjutant General of Colorado, who served in Korea in 1976, 1993 and 2006. make sure that the Soldier comes home.” in Colorado in the early morning detail, (but) it was the most honorable thing “We are all here to show the Family how much we all care and how much it means to Jackson, who served with Headquarters hours March 5. we probably could do,” he said. bring home a fallen warrior,” he added. Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry As the Jackson Family waited on the The Jackson “story is one of 250,000 Edwards offered the Mueller Family support and condolences, as did many other Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, was Denver International Airport tarmac, they that never got to come back, never got guests who held U.S. fl ags as they lined the path for the horse-drawn carriage on missing in action after the Battle of Chosin got the fi rst glimpse of the casket as it closure. The (Jackson) Family got that which Jackson was being carried. Members of the military, Boy Scouts of America, Reservoir and declared dead Feb. 3, 1951. emerged from the ramp of the airplane. closure, and that’s an amazing thing. We Patriot Riders, and the American Legion stood in observance as the casket passed. DNA evidence confi rmed Jackson’s Eight Fort Carson Soldiers served as were extremely honored and touched “This is a happy day,” Mueller said, through teary eyes, after the funeral. identifi cation in September and Joint POW/ pallbearers as the detail NCO trailed, to provide them with the best honors that Jackson was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal and MIA Accounting Command transferred calling out commands until the casket we could for their loved one,” said Romiti. many other awards acknowledging his exemplary service and sacrifi ce. Mueller accepted the case to the Fort Carson CAC, which is was securely loaded in a hearse for But it was not easy for Soldiers who these on behalf of her uncle in late February. responsible for a fi ve-state area. The CAC transport to the funeral home, awaiting have lost brothers in battle. “I was so moved,” she recalled. “I just couldn’t believe it.” coordinated the arrival of the remains, the funeral service. “It was hard to do,” he said. “If you’ve According to the Department of Defense, more than 7,800 MIA and POW personnel assigned a casualty assistance offi cer Staff Sgt. Benjamin K. Romiti, NCO deployed and lost battle buddies, you know from the Korean War remain unaccounted for. (CAO) to assist the Jackson Family and in charge of the detail, recalled the exactly what the volleys sound like, you Mueller offered words of encouragement to their Families. Joanna Mueller holds the identifi cation tags of her uncle, U.S. Army Sgt. Floyd J.R. Jackson at work with the funeral home and arranged events of March 7, as his team helped know what the fl ag being presented to the “They don’t ever give up,” she said. “Families of MIAs and POWs should never Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary and Cemetery March 7. an honors team. lay Jackson to rest. loved ones feels like. It’s a hard thing to lose hope.” He said a team of nine Soldiers walked conduct, but you rely on your training and Caring for Family alongside the horse-drawn caisson as it drilling constantly, and you provide the Sgt. 1st Class Abel Carrillo said he was carried Jackson’s remains from the chapel Family the best honors you can. It was notifi ed in February that he was selected to his burial site. pretty amazing to say the least.” 22 MOUNTAINEER — March 20, 2015

Upcoming events Mercedes Jamieson, ERP program manager, or Summer Volunteer Youth Program — The Fort the ERP staff at 526-0452/0467 for information. Carson American Red Cross, on behalf of Evans Veterinary clinic hours — The Fort Carson Army Community Hospital, offers a unique Youth Veterinary Center, 1535 Sheridan Ave., building Volunteer Summer Program May 26-July 31. 6190, is open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday This program is designed so that participants can and closed on federal holidays. The center offers “try on” a career in health care, learn new skills, wellness exams, vaccination, microchip implanta- serve the community and earn volunteer hours. tion, dental appointments and sick call as well as Interested youths must be between the ages of some surgeries, including spaying and neutering. 14-17, have a military identification card and The center also has X-ray, ultrasound and other submit an application by April 17. Applications will advanced imaging capabilities. Call 526-3803/4520 be available at the hospital Red Cross office, room for information or to make an appointment. 1011, starting March 23. Contact the American Wait time information available online — Patients Red Cross at 526-7144 for more information. with appointments for radiology and specialty A teen career fair — for military high school care at Evans Army Community Hospital can visit and college students will be held April 30 EACH’s website to learn when the next appointment from 3:30-7 p.m. at the Youth Services Center, is available. The information is updated every two building 5939. Contact Mercedes Jamieson at hours for specialty clinics and weekly for radiology. 526-0467 or mercedes.jamieson.civ@mail. EACH attempts to see patients at the hospital, mil, or Capt. Katie Wurzbach at 526-8535 or but if appointments are not available within the [email protected]. 28 day standard for specialty care, patients may General announcements receive a letter with instructions for how to book After-hours hospital access — Access to Evans an appointment with a network specialist. Army Community Hospital from 10 p.m. to Visit http://www.evans.amedd.army.mil/VS/ 5 a.m. is limited to the Emergency Room NextAvailable.aspx to check wait times. entrance. The Emergency Room entrance is JAG assists with name change, adoption — The on the hospital’s north side and is open 24/7. Legal Assistance Office provides help in adult Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation name changes and simple stepparent adoptions. The scholarship — Applications for the 2015-2016 office cannot provide court representation but can academic year from high school seniors, furnish the necessary documents and procedural undergraduate and graduate students who are information. Call 526-5572 for more information. children of Balfour Beatty Communities military 4th Infantry Division Gift Shop — A variety Family housing residents must be postmarked by of division and customizable unit-specific April 15. Applicants must attend an accredited merchandise is available. The gift shop is college or university on a full-time basis in the located in The Hub, building 1532. Hours are fall or be enrolled in a program of study designed 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays. to transfer directly into a four-year program. Voting assistance — The Voting Assistance Office from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visit http://www.facebook. Visit http://www.bbcommunitiesfoundation.org is located in building 1218, room 105. The office is com/shuttlefortcarson for route maps. Call for an application and more information. open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday-Friday. Call 526-1140 526-6453 for more information. Army Provider Level Satisfaction Survey — Patients or email the installation voting assistance officer at Ambulance service — Post officials urge commu- may fill out and return the APLSS to help minimize [email protected]. Visit nity members to contact emergency personnel by the impact of budget cuts on medical care. Evans http://www.fvap.gov for more information. calling 911 instead of driving personal vehicles Army Community Hospital receives funding based Pediatrics clinic — Evans Army Community to the emergency room. In the event of a life- or on patients seen and customer satisfaction. Positive Hospital’s pediatrics clinic has an embedded limb-threatening emergency, skilled paramedics surveys returned can bring in up to $900. Help behavioral health psychologist/counselor available and ambulance crew will be able to administer keep providers and departments and clinics fully to work with parents who have concerns about critical care and aid. Contact the Emergency functional. Call 526-7256 for more information. their child’s behavior, discipline or attention-deficit Department at 526-7111 for more information. Payday loan complaints — The Consumer Financial hyperactivity disorder. A pediatric pharmacist is Ongoing events Protection Bureau is accepting complaints from also available to manage children’s medication. The Mountain Post Running Club — meets borrowers encountering problems with payday Fort Carson Police Records — The Fort Carson Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. at the Exchange. There loans. Visit http://www.consumerfinance.gov/ Police Records section has moved to building 2757, will be giveaways and stamps available for $1 off complaint or call 855-411-2372. MOD 4, on the corner of Barkeley Avenue and Osan meals at the food court. The club is open to every- Snow removal — Occupants of military or civilian Street. Hours of operation are 9 a.m. to noon and one. Walkers, children, strollers and pets are welcome. government facilities are responsible for clearing 1-4 p.m., Monday-Thursday. Fingerprinting hours Contact Kris Spiller at [email protected] or snow and ice on sidewalks leading from their at the Fort Carson Police station, building 2700, 579-1606, ext. 256 for more information. doorstep to the first main sidewalk along parking have changed to 2-4 p.m., Monday-Friday. The Fort The Mountain Post Spouses Club — is a lots or roadways. Ice melt is available from Fort Carson Police complete fingerprints for on-post nonprofit, all ranks spouses group at Fort Carson, Carson Support Services warehouse, building employment. For any other fingerprint needs, dedicatedto giving back to Soldiers and their 214. Call 526-9271 for information. On-post contact the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. families. Membership is open to all spouses of Families can get information on snow removal Civilian Assistance Services — provides short-term the Armed Forces, both active duty and retired. by contacting Balfour Beatty Communities. assistance to Department of the Army Civilian Visit http://www.mpsc.us for more information. VIN verification — Colorado Vehicle Identification employees, active-duty spouses and Family Military Appreciation Breakfast — The Southeast Number verifications will be conducted at the Fort members, and retired military personnel and eligible Armed Services YMCA hosts a monthly military Carson Police Station, building 2700, from 8 a.m. family members with adult living problems, sub- appreciation breakfast the fourth Friday of every to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. stance use concerns and issues affecting workplace month from 7:30-9:30 a.m. Open to all people Nurse advice line available — A nurse advice line is productivity and well-being. Worksite interventions affiliated with the Department of Defense. Email available 24/7 and is a resource Families can use if are offered and consultation is available to super- Drew Aquino at [email protected] for details. they become ill while traveling. Call 800-874-2273, visors and managers regarding workplace matters. Breakfast at VFW — Breakfast at VFW Post option 1, to talk to a registered nurse who can Services are free to eligible civilians and DA civilian 6461 is held the first Sunday of each month from answer urgent care questions, give health care employees. Services are made available through 9-10:30 a.m. at 753 S. Santa Fe Ave., Fountain, advice and help find a doctor in the area. the Fort Carson Employee Assistance Program and is open to the public. Suggested donation Computer lab open later — The Education Center located at 1638 Elwell St., building 6236, room 210. is $3. Call 382-7957 for more information. Computer Lab/Learning Center is now open Call 526-2196 for a confidential inquiry. Triple Threat expands — The Southeast Family Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Call Same day appointments — Evans Army Community Center and Armed Services YMCA hosts Triple 526-2124/8077 for information. Hospital Family Medicine Clinics, Internal Medicine Threat meetings for Family members of military Military spouse competitive employment — Spouses Clinic and Pediatric Clinic are operating under an personnel dealing with post-traumatic stress of active-duty Service members upon arrival to appointment model called “Open Access,” offering disorder. Groups meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays in new duty stations from the contiguous U.S. may same day appointments. Beneficiaries may not be the Warrior Transition Battalion day room and apply for competitive employment under Executive offered the exact hour they want. Call the Access to at 6:30 p.m. Thursday evenings at the YMCA Order 13473. There is a two-year restriction from the Care Line, 526-2273, to make an appointment. located at 2190 Jet Wing Drive in Colorado date of the sponsor’s order to use the authorization. Transfer military hospital or clinic when relocating Springs. Contact Larry Palma at 559-376-5389 Spouses returning from overseas may apply under — TRICARE Online users must update their or [email protected] for details. Executive Order 12721, which gives three years to military hospital or clinic location online each Support group — The Pikes Peak Share Pregnancy use the authorization. Spouses of a veteran with 100 time they relocate. Transferring military hospital and Infant Loss Support Inc. holds a monthly sup- percent service connected disability may be eligible or clinic affiliation in TOL does not automatically port group for those whose lives have been touched for employment under different circumstances. transfer the TRICARE enrollment in Defense by pregnancy loss, stillbirth or loss in the first few The Employment Readiness Program, Army Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System. months of life. The group meets the second Tuesday Community Service, Directorate of Family and Free Post Shuttle — circulates the cantonment of each month at 7 p.m. at St. Luke’s Lutheran Morale, Welfare and Recreation, can assist spouses area and makes regular runs to Wilderness Road Church, 5265 N. Union Blvd. Visit http://www. in applying for education and employment. Contact Complex. The shuttle operates seven days a week pikespeakshare.org for more information. March 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 23 2-12 FA helps judge science fair Story and photos by in Colorado Springs. Staff Sgt. Nancy Lugo The students waited nervously for 1st Stryker Brigade Combat their turn to explain their hypotheses Team Public Affairs Office, to judges, which included Soldiers Fourth-grader 4th Infantry Division of 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Devin Swiatek Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat demonstrates how COLORADO SPRINGS — Team, 4th Infantry Division, during to operate the robot Presentation boards representing almost the March 6 science fair. he made to make two months of independent research “My problem is (that) it takes cleaning his room from 130 fourth- and fifth-graders someone too long to clean their room,” faster and more applying scientific methods lined the said fourth-grader Devin Swiatek. “It fun during the hallways at Bricker Elementary School can take up to one or two hours for Bricker Elementary someone to clean their room School science and you can get bored when fair March 6 in you are cleaning.” Colorado Springs. To solve the problem, “I made this robot so you can clean your room a little bit faster; it could make it only take 30 minutes.” kids,” said 2nd Lt. Kirstin Schwager, to our kids,” Aldridge said. “It’s a col- A Soldier who arrived to field artillery officer, 2nd Bn., 12th FA laborative effort between (the school), the 2nd Bn., 12th FA Reg., a Reg. “It’s pretty creative and fun,” the battalion and the neighborhood, the month ago said that volun- Schwager said she has come to kids really appreciate their time.” teering in the community wasn’t enjoy volunteering at the school. Maj. Tim Gatlin, executive officer, something she was expecting. “It is a fun change of pace from the 2nd Bn., 12th FA Reg., has volunteered “I love coming to the workday, and it’s great just helping judge in the community at every post school and interacting with the the kids’ science fair projects,” she said. where he’s been stationed and said The battalion has sponsored he feels it’s important to show the 2nd Lts. Kierstin Schwager and David Bricker Elementary School the last human side of Soldiers. Sheppard, both field artillery officers, 2nd four years and has helped out with “I make it a point at each military Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, many different school activities. installation to be a part of some kind 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Stacy Aldridge, school principal, of community service as a way to give Infantry Division, listen as fifth-grader said the Soldiers have done everything back (to the community),” said Gatlin. Jessica Garcia explains what liquid from planting trees to posting the colors “I would never be in this uniform if cleans pennies the best, during a at school events. She said she is glad someone hadn’t come to my high science fair at Bricker Elementary that the unit is there for the children. school to talk to me about being in the School in Colorado Springs March 6. “It has really been a gift of service United States military.”

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Chapel briefs Facebook — Search “Fort Carson Chaplains (Religious Support Ofﬁ ce)” for events and schedules. Stations of the Cross — with soup supper will Chapel schedule begin at 6 p.m. Fridays through March 27 at Soldiers Memorial Chapel. Roman Catholic Holy Week — The following services are planned: Soldiers’ Chapel • Sunday, 10:30 a.m., religious Healer Chapel  April 2 - Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord’s Nelson Boulevard and Martinez Street education, 524-2458 Evans Army Community Hospital Supper at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel at 6 p.m. • Saturday, 4:15-4:45 p.m., • Sunday, 10:30 a.m., RCIA, • Sunday, 11 a.m., Mass, 526-7386  April 3 - Good Friday, Service of the Passion reconciliation, 526-8583 524-2458 • Monday-Thursday, noon, Mass, • Saturday, 5 p.m., Mass, 526-8583 • Monday-Friday, 11:45 a.m., 526-7386 of the Lord at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel • Sunday, 8:15-8:45 a.m., mass, 526-8583 • First Friday, noon, Mass, 526-7386 at 6 p.m. reconciliation, 526-8583 • Wednesday, 9:30-11:30 a.m.,  April 4 - Easter Vigil, Mass of the • Sunday, 9 a.m., Mass, 526-8583 CWOC, 526-5769 Resurrection at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel at 8 p.m. Protestant  April 5 - Easter Sunday, Mass of Easter Veterans Chapel • Sunday, 9:30 a.m., Sunday school, Healer Chapel Sunday at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel at 9 Magrath Avenue and Titus Boulevard 526-5744 Evans Army Community Hospital a.m.; and Mass of Easter Sunday at Evans • Sunday, 10 a.m., Chapel NeXt, • Sunday, 11 a.m., gospel, 526-9640 • Sunday, 9 a.m., worship, 526-7386 Army Community Hospital Chapel at 11 a.m. 526-8889 Soldiers’ Chapel Vacation Bible School — takes place June 8-12 Prussman Chapel Nelson Boulevard and Martinez Street for ages 4 through completed ﬁ fth grade. Barkeley Avenue and Prussman • Sunday, 11 a.m., worship, 524-4316 For more information, contact Pat Treacy Boulevard • Tuesday, 9 a.m., PWOC, 524-4316 at 524-2458 or Heidi McAllister at [email protected]. Eastern Orthodox Islamic Eagle Lake Camp — takes place July 27-31 from 8:30 Fort Carson does not offer Eastern Orthodox services Fort Carson does not offer Islamic services on post. a.m. to 4 p.m. for ages 7-12. Registration opens May on post. Contact Chap. (Capt.) George Oanca at Contact the Islamic Society at 2125 N. Chestnut, 1. Space is limited. For more information, contact 612-432-6099 for Orthodox services. 632-3364 for information. Heidi McAllister at 526-5744 or heidi.a.mcallister. [email protected]. Youth Ministries — Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel Jewish Colorado Warriors youth group members are invited to attend Fort Carson does not offer Jewish services on post. Contact the U.S. Air Force Academy Chapel for Jewish Sweat Lodge the Prussman youth group Tuesdays at 6 p.m. services information at 333-2636. The chapel is located at Meets once or twice monthly and upon special request. or the Veterans Chapel youth group Sundays 2346 Academy Place on the U.S. Air Force Academy. Contact Kevin Cheek at 554-7709 for more information. at 6:30 p.m. Catholic Women of the Chapel — Child care is available by emailing children’s names and ages to [email protected]. Call Mattie Guthrie at 520-444-9141 for more information on child care. Chapel. Free child care is available. Email Latter Day Saints Soldiers — meet Wednesday at CWOC meets Wednesdays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. [email protected] or visit “PWOC Fort Carson” 6 p.m. for pizza and social, followed by an at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel. Call 526-5769 or on Facebook for details. Institute (Bible study) at 6:30 p.m. at Soldiers’ visit “Fort Carson Military Council of Catholic Knights of Columbus — a Catholic group for men Memorial Chapel. Contact elder Ott Dameron at Women” on Facebook for information. 18 and older, meets the third Wednesday of the 433-2659 or [email protected] or Chap. Protestant Women of the Chapel — meets Tuesday month at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel. Call (Capt.) Jacob Snell at 330-3120 or Jacob.r.snell. from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Soldiers’ Memorial 526-5769 for details. [email protected] for information or a ride.

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Active shooter tabletop

Photo by Dani Johnson More than 90 people from numerous Fort Carson units and agencies, the FBI, the American as short a time as possible. “This is about rolling up our sleeves and evaluating current Red Cross, Colorado Offi ce of Emergency Management, South Central Region Offi ce, El plans at the garrison, division and interagency levels,” said Col. Joel D. Hamilton, garrison Paso County Offi ce of Emergency Management, and Fountain-Fort Carson School District commander. “Incidents (such as an active-shooter scenario) know no boundaries, 8 gathered March 12 to conduct an active shooter tabletop exercise. The exercise was they don’t pay attention that there is a gate separating the post from the community.” an opportunity for those who would be involved in an active-shooter situation to sit down The exercise was a continuation from a December seminar on the same topic and and develop products and procedures to increase the ability to respond and recover in is the second of three preparatory exercises before the full-scale exercise in the fall. 26 MOUNTAINEER — March 20, 2015 March 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 27

Champions fi nish perfect seasons Story by Walt Johnson Juggernauts’ Mountaineer staff forward Randy Iron Horse Sports and Fitness Center was the Howard site for two championship contests March 12, and drives to neither disappointed the fans. the basket The Juggernauts kept their undefeated season during the intact by defeating Team Extreme, 70-64, to net the company- company-level championship. The Steel also fi nished level title off an undefeated season with a 46-45 victory over game three-time defending champion Old School. March 12. In company-level action, both teams advancing to the title game had easy fi rst-round games, but tough second-round contests. The Juggernauts defeated the Savages, 59-39, to advance to the semifi nals. Team Extreme blew out The Return, 92-62, in the fi rst round. In the fi rst semifi nal played March 11, Team Extreme pulled away from a stubborn Outlawz team to win the game 71-61. The Juggernauts had even more of a scare as the Spartans played them shot for shot before the Juggernauts eventually pulled out a 50-47 victory.

The title game was a classic as both teams made Photo by Walt Johnson play after play to keep the game close before the Juggernauts pulled away for the 70-64 victory. going to not only taste defeat, but get blown out in In battalion-level action, Old School began the process. defense of its title with a 62-39 victory over the Old School showed why it was a champion, Ballaholics to move into the semifi nals where it beat battling back to take a lead late in the second half as it AMEDD to advance to the title game. The Steel, the looked like Old School would pull out the improbable only undefeated battalion level team coming into victory. The Steel had other thoughts as it outscored the tournament, continued its perfect season by the reigning champions 6-2 in the last minute of the defeating the MPs in the semifi nals. game to take a 46-45 lead with fi ve seconds left. After Photo by Brianna Thompson Early in the contest it looked like the Steel rebounding a missed free throw, Old School had a Steel forward Edward Kershaw dunks the ball over defenders was going to roll over Old School. The Steel built up chance to win the game but mishandled the ball and during the battalion-level championship game March 12. a double-digit lead as it looked like Old School was The Steel became the new battalion-level champions.

Mountaineer Athlete of the Week Rico Middlebrook Slam dunk champion

How did you get started because I love being able to see playing sports? athletes who play the sport I love My mom told me that my dad put so much, play it at the highest level a basketball in my hand when I came with the highest stakes. out of the womb. Since I was 5 or What is the most disappointing 6 years old I have been playing thing that has happened to you basketball, football and running track. in sports? What was your fi rst dunk? When I was in high school, we My fi rst dunk was actually a lost in the district semifi nals. We normal, one-handed dunk with the played a perfect game, but late in right hand off of one leg. I really the game one of our guys forgot to started dunking consistently after box out and they were able to put my senior year in high school back a missed shot at the buzzer after the track season. to beat us by one point. What is your favorite moment People who don’t know me in sports? will be surprised to know that … When I walked on at the I sing and write poetry. I got University of North Florida. People started singing because of my dad, thought that I wouldn’t be able to who was a singer in Europe. I started do it, but I practiced hard and was writing poems in the ninth grade able to make the team. when one of my football coaches If you could go to the Super was also a creative writing teacher. Bowl, NCAA Final Four, World He showed me I could be who I Series or NBA Championship, was and could be sensitive and which would you go to? funny in that environment, but I would go to the NBA Finals strict in other areas of life.

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Champions vs. champions

The Steel’s Fort Carson will host the 2015 Armed Forces Demetrius wrestling championships March 27-28. Smith goes up The best wrestlers from the Army, Navy, for a layup as Air Force and Marines will battle in both Juggernauts Greco-Roman and freestyle formats. The defenders tournament is free to anyone with access attempt to stop to the post. him Monday Action will begin at 9 a.m. March 27 during the and 28 with a morning session and continue company-level in the afternoon. The Army wrestling team champions vs. has traditionally dominated both events. battalion-level The Pikes Peak Sergeants Major Association champions will hold its fourth annual golf tournament game at Iron May 22 at the Country Club of Colorado. Horse Sports The tournament will be a four-person and Fitness scramble and includes 18 holes of golf, cart, Center. The range balls and lunch. Awards will be company- presented for fi rst, second and third place. level champion Contests include longest drive, closest to Juggernauts the pin and a $10,000 hole in one. defeated the Player fees for the tournament are $85 previously for active duty and retirees and $120 for undefeated civilians. For an additional $15 golfers can Steel, 56-51, to bring their families out to enjoy the club’s fi nish the year amenities which include a beach, lake, as the only tennis courts, indoor and outdoor pools, undefeated spa, sauna and tennis courts. intramural The tournament is limited to the fi rst team on post. 144 players. Register by May 15 at http://www.sgmaco.org. A Commanding General’s Golf Scramble Photo by Brianna Thompson See Bench on page 29

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Bench ages and skill levels. Online registration is underway for From page 28 athletes who wish to compete in the 41 Tennis time sports for this year’s event, held July is scheduled for April 3 at Cheyenne 17-19 and 24-26 at various venues in Shadows Golf Club. Colorado Springs. Registration is underway at the golf course The event is open to all Colorado for the event that begins with a shotgun start residents, students who are enrolled in a at noon. The golf course is scheduled to Colorado college or university are eligible, hold a CG scramble the fi rst Friday of each as are U.S. military personnel and their month March-November. Call 526-4102 for Family members stationed in Colorado. The more information. Rocky Mountain State Games have been Tryouts for the Fort Carson women’s organized in accordance with NCAA varsity softball team will be held Wednesday guidelines with some exceptions. Registration and Thursday at the Mountain Post is available at http://www.RockyMountain Sports Complex’s South Tower. StateGames.org. The tryouts are open to active duty, Cheyenne Shadows golf course will host its retirees, Family members 18 and older annual free Clubs for Kids event from and DOD civilians. Call 526-2706 for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 28. more information. Participating children will be given a golf The Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare club to keep and a gift bag with some swag, and Recreation staff will host the second golf course offi cials said. Children will receive Spartan Military Sprint May 2-3. a free 10-minute lesson and an opportunity to The competition will consist of a 4-mile hit golf balls on the range. There will be birdie obstacle course. Visit http://www.spartanrace. ball and the infl atable targets as well as com to register for the event. representatives from the SNAG (Starting The National Physique Committee 2015 Nutrition New At Golf) organization. Company Denver Open Bodybuilding, The golf course will be introducing a whole Figure, Bikini and Physique Championships new way to enjoy the course without golf will be held in Denver Saturday. balls and clubs. The event takes place at the Infi nity Park The golf course is in the process of building Event Center, 4400 E. Kentucky Ave., in an 18-hole foot-golf course. Foot golf is one of Glendale. Prejudging begins at noon and the the fastest growing sports in the country and fi nals begin at 4 p.m. Visit http://www. is played similar to traditional golf. Instead of jefftaylor.com for tickets. hitting a small ball with a club, players kick a The Colorado Springs Sky Sox will offer a soccer ball. Sounds tough to get a soccer ball Photo by Walt Johnson job fair Saturday. in a golf hole? Don’t worry, 21-inch holes Scott Josephson serves the ball at the Mountain Post The job fair is dedicated to concessions will be placed just off the fairways near the Sports Complex tennis courts Sunday. The Josephsons and catering for suites and the picnic area. greens. Stay tuned for more information and took advantage of the springlike weather for a family outing. Registration for the 2014 Rocky Mountain a grand opening date for the course. State Games is open for athletes of all — Compiled by Walt Johnson

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The Royal Gorge Route Railroad daily train Call 719-583-4961, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to leaves at 12:30 p.m. A club car has been added 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for tickets. to the route and there’s also coach and Vista The Pueblo Zoo has Half Price Day Wednesday Dome classes. There’s a “Spring Fling” discount from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The zoo is at 3455 of $10 per ticket in any class until mid May. Ask Nuckolls Ave. in City Park, off Pueblo for the Spring Fling discount when calling for Boulevard. Regular admission is $10 for adults, reservations at 888-724-5748. Royal Gorge Route $9 for ages 13-17 and $8 for children. A new exhibit “Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Railroad leaves from the Santa Fe Depot at A Family Life Scout Program designed for fi rst- Unicorns and Mermaids” is at the Denver 330 Royal Gorge Blvd. in Cañon City. fourth grade-Scouting groups is available at Museum of Nature and Science. Bigfoot, the Loch “Tilly the Trickster,” is a high-spirited musical the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. The Ness monster and mermaids — have captured adaptation of the children’s book about a program aligns with badge requirements for imaginations, inspired culture and spurred mischievous girl and her talking dog. Shows Tiger Cubs, but all Scouting groups are welcome. speculation. In this exhibit these creatures “come are an hour long and appropriate for ages 2 and Scouts will learn about family life in the last to life” in statues and models. The exhibition is up. Tickets are $20 each in the Fine Arts Center, century through interactive and educational free with general museum admission. The museum 39 W. Dale St. through March 29. Performances exhibits. Call the museum at 385-5990 to make is at 2001 Colorado Blvd. and is open daily, 9 a.m. are Wednesdays-Sundays. Call the box offi ce arrangements. The museum has free admission to 5 p.m. Free parking is in front of the museum or at 634-5583 for showtimes and tickets. and is at 215 S. Tejon St. in the garage in front of the nearby Denver Zoo. Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., has Veronika String Quartet marks its silver Spring Break “Tinkering” at the Space these upcoming concerts: jubilation with “Celebration,” a concert of Foundation Discovery Center is Tuesday to • John Hammond and Charlie Musselwhite music by Haydn, Ginastera and Tchaikovsky March 28. Activities are offered at 11 a.m. present “Blues Hall of Fame Tour” Saturday Sunday at 2 p.m. in Packard Hall at Colorado and 2 p.m. Tuesday’s activities are “Junk Art at 8 p.m. College. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for Creations.” Wednesday’s activities are “Spray • “Mama Mia!” is on stage April 8-9 at 7:30 p.m. students and available at the door. Paint Space Art.” Thursday visitors will “Create • “Mythbusters: Jamie & Adam Unleased” is on “Disney on Ice: Worlds of Fantasy” is April 2-5 an Automaton” and Friday’s activities are “Make stage at 7:30 p.m. April 11. in the Broadmoor World Arena. Tickets start Photograms.” Saturday visitors will build and Call 520-SHOW for more information. at $15 and there’s a $5 discount for active-duty prep for a “Chain Reaction Machine” that will Get on the bus with Outdoor Recreation’s military with identifi cation cards at the box offi ce. be launched at noon. Admission is $10 for adults, Adventure Program Education’s trips to Shows are April 2 at 7 p.m.; April 3 at 7 p.m.; and $4.50 for ages 4-17. There’s a $5 discount popular Colorado ski resorts. March trips April 4 at 11 a.m. and 3 and 7 p.m.; and April 5 for active-duty military with identifi cation. To include Monarch, Keystone, Ski Cooper, at 1 and 5 p.m. Call TicketsWest at 576-2626. register call 576-8000 or go online to http://www. Loveland, A-Basin and Breckenridge. Buses “Xanadu, the Musical” will be in Pine Creek High spacefoundation.org. The Discovery Center is leave at 6 or 7 a.m. and transportation is $25. School auditorium, 10750 Thunder Mountain at 4425 Arrowswest Drive. Skiers must purchase lift tickets. Call the Ave., April 3-4 and 9-10 at 7 p.m. Reserved tickets Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Information, Tickets and Registration Offi ce are $13 for adults, $8 for students ages 12-18 is offering kids 18 and under free general at 526-5366 to make a reservation or stop and $6 for children 11 and under available online admission Saturday to April 5 and access to by the Outdoor Recreation building. at http://www.pinecreektheatre.org. There’s a activities related to Joan Miro: Instinct & Memorial Hall theater, 1 City Hall Place in small service charge. Imagination. 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Show schedule: Monday-Thursday - 11 a.m. Friday - 11 a.m., 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday - 11 a.m., 1, 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday - 11 a.m., 1 and 2:30 p.m.

Dining room shows: Monday-Thursday - noon Visitors watch ﬁ sh and Friday - noon, 6 and 8 p.m. sharks swim in one of the Saturday - noon, Downtown Aquarium’s 2, 6 and 8 p.m. gigantic tanks. Sunday – noon and 2 p.m.

A mermaid swims in the 50,000-gallon tank that serves as a wall in the Aquarium Restaurant dining room as diners watch. Mermaids perform at noon on weekdays Just the Facts in the dining room. Other mermaid shows are listed above left. • TRAVEL TIME – about an hour • FOR AGES – anyone Diners eat lunch in the unique • TYPE –AQUARIUM, RESTAURANT dining room of the Aquarium • FUN FACTOR – ##### Restaurant at the Downtown (OUT OF 5 STARS) Aquarium in Denver. • WALLET DAMAGE – $$$$ + FOOD $ = Less than $20 $$ = $21-$40 Provides glimpse $$$ = $41-$60 $$$$ = $61-$80 of sea life in Denver (BASED ON A FAMILY OF FOUR) Story and photos by Nel Lampe after eating to watch the fi sh, sharks, The Downtown Aquarium also habitat that can Mountaineer staff stingrays and the occasional has an upscale bar and a ballroom. survive a rough mermaid or diver. Entry to the aquarium exhibit environment, such If Colorado residents want to The Aquarium Restaurant is open is $18.99 for adults ages 17-64. as rockfi sh or sea see colorful and unusual fi sh, a visit Sunday-Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 Children ages 3-11 are charged anemones. Sea anemones, sea urchins, sea horses and starfi sh are in an to Downtown Aquarium in Denver p.m. and Friday-Saturday 11 a.m. to $12.99, and those 2 and under are “The Rainforest” is where the exhibit in the Downtown Aquarium in Denver. is the place. Although millions of 9:30 p.m. The lunch menu is served admitted free. There’s a 10-percent Sumatran tigers live. years ago what is now Colorado was until 3 p.m. Monday-Friday, which military discount available for “Coral Lagoon” has ridges of coral covered by a large sea, it receded, includes soups and salads in the $6-10 exhibit and ride tickets with valid that serve as barricades and are ideal leaving Colorado with rivers and range; sandwiches priced from active-duty military identifi cation. homes for lobsters and angel fi sh. lakes, but far from an ocean. $9-$11; and entrees including chicken There are 500 species of fi sh in “Sunken Temples” are underwater In 2003 the Landry chain and fi sh choices, from $10 to $14. the 107,000 square-foot building on and are home to sharks and lionfi sh. purchased the Ocean Journey, a $93 The Aquarium Kid’s menu is for a 17-acre site next to the Platte River. “Shipwreck” has paintings million aquarium that had opened in children 10 and under and is $5.99 for The aquarium also has snakes, that show a shipwreck at the edge Denver in 1999, the only million- grilled chicken breast, mini cheese- birds, bearded dragons, macaws, of a coral reef, typically where a gallon aquarium between Chicago and burgers, mini corn dogs, breaded tigers, sharks and lots of fi sh. There’s shipwreck occurs. California. After renovation, it opened chicken tenders, grilled cheese, pasta, a rock exhibit and a park-like area “At the Beach” is home to several in 2005 as the Downtown Aquarium. pizza or macaroni and cheese. Shrimp outside the building. species that live in shallow water, Landry’s Inc. has 500 restaurants meals and a fi sh stick plate are $6.99. Downtown Aquarium hours are such as eels and stingrays. and entertainment venues, including Kid’s meals include a side and drink. Sunday-Thursday, 10 a.m. Friday and Visitors can touch a stingray at Salt Grass Steak House, Rain Forest The upscale dinner menu is Saturday, it’s open 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. the touch tank or purchase fi sh food Cafe, Morton’s Steak House, available after 3 p.m. and weekends, Visitors can explore the nine to feed them. Landry’s Seafood, Bubba Gump and includes appetizers, soups, exhibits in the Downtown Aquarium. A Snack Shack is at the end of A tank of jellies Shrimp Co., and Aquarium salads, beef, chicken and pasta The “North America” exhibit is the aquarium tour, selling hotdogs, is staffed from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. can be seen in Restaurants in Nashville, Tennessee, entrees, burgers and signature fi sh the fi rst exhibit entered. Snapping pizza, ice cream and soft drinks. The restaurant validates the downtown Houston and Kemah, Texas, and now plates, priced from $16.99 for fi sh turtles, rainbow trout, river otters Aquarium visitors have several parking passes for diners eating Aquarium. Jellies the Aquarium Restaurant in Denver. tacos to $25.99 for grilled mahi-mahi and sturgeon are in this exhibit. opportunities to participate in in the restaurant after 6 p.m. existed 650 The restaurant is a fun place to and shrimp. A broiled fi sherman’s “In the Desert” is the second activities at the Downtown Strollers can be rented for $6.99 million years ago. have lunch with the 50,000-gallon platter, with lobster tail, shrimp, exhibit that shows how quickly Aquarium for an extra charge. at the entry. aquarium tank in view of all diners scallops, mahi-mahi and stuffed fl ash fl oods can happen. Animals There’s a gold panning station, a Downtown Aquarium is at 700 in the large dining room. More crab tops out the menu at $35.99. are in the exhibit that have adapted 4-D movie, an Aquatic Carousel Water Street in Denver. Call 303- than a hundred species of colorful To reserve a table call 303-561- to dry conditions: diamondback on the plaza near the aquarium 561-4450. The website is http:// fi sh constantly swim past diners. 4450 or go online at http://www. rattlesnakes, bearded dragons, entrance, the Aquarium Express www.aquariumrestaurants.com/ Occasionally, diners may catch a aquariumrestaurants.com/ tarantulas, and poison dart frogs. Train and a coconut tree to climb. downtownaquariumdenver. “mermaid” show or see a diver downtownaquariumdenver/dining.asp. “Under the Sea” includes nurse Sharkey’s Fun Zone is an indoor From Fort Carson, drive cleaning the tank or feeding the fi sh. Diners will want to stop by the sharks, groupers, southern stingrays playground for children up to 48 Interstate 25 north to Denver, take Colorful “fi sh” mobiles hang Treasure Chest gift shop, which has and other fi sh that use the reef for inches tall. It’s behind the restaurant. Exit 211, 23rd Avenue, and go from the dining room ceiling and the a large inventory of aquatic-themed protection and food supply. Mermaid Across the street from the east. The aquarium will be on your huge glass tanks are framed by rock- merchandise, including clothing, shows are in this exhibit. aquarium is a parking lot that charges right. It’s in the vicinity of Elitch Places to see in the like walls. Children linger stuffed animals, toys and souvenirs. “At the Wharf” has species in this $7 for self-parking. The parking lot Gardens and the Pepsi Center. Pikes Peak area. 34 MOUNTAINEER — March 20, 2015 March 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 35 36 MOUNTAINEER — March 20, 2015 March 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 37 38 MOUNTAINEER — March 20, 2015 March 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 39 40 MOUNTAINEER — March 20, 2015

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