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Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey addresses Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Tuesday. Photo by Staff Sgt. Nancy Lugo SMA sets sights on military education By Sgt. William Smith “We are the largest academic institution in the world system to ensure Soldiers will earn maximum credit 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Offi ce and have the largest online delivery system in America,” for the schools they attend while they are in the Army.” said Dailey. “We have the academic ability to accredit There is a new grassroots program being developed The importance of improving military education our own courses, to give you the maximum amount of which Dailey said stemmed from his approach to while continually improving the Army profession were credit for the work that you do, especially the ones that leadership when he was a squad leader. It is called two topics Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey translate into work that is done out in the civilian sector.” “Not in My Squad.” shared with members of the Fort Carson community Dailey addressed about 600 Soldiers and Family Dailey said he recommended to the chief of Monday and Tuesday. members at McMahon Auditorium Tuesday, discussing staff of the Army that he thought they need to back “As the Army gets smaller we have to invest in the topics affecting the future of all Soldiers and Families, off the requirements coming down from big Army people who will lead us into the future,” Dailey said. and answered questions about any concerns they had. and put it into the hands of the people who can “We are revamping the entire military education system. “We will continue to be the smartest, most-educated actually infl uence it. Our education system doesn’t transfer well into the and well-trained fi ghting force in the world,” Dailey said. Dailey explained the Not in My Squad concept civilian sector. While we rebuild our courses forcewide, “My goal is to make sure that Soldiers are getting all is about leaders taking charge and Soldiers taking we are focusing on maximizing opportunity for two they deserve when they exit the Army. We are making programs: credentialing and academic equivalency. changes to the noncommissioned offi cer education See Dailey on Page 4

By Sgt. Nelson Robles “Today we merge the histories of two stellar units 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (that have) both made indelible marks within the 4th Public Affairs Offi ce, 4th Infantry Division Infantry Division,” said Commanding General Maj. Gen. 4th IBCT Paul J. LaCamera, 4th Inf. Div. and Joint Task Force The 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Carson. “While the ‘Mountain Warriors’ are changing Division, held a refl agging ceremony, changing its unit their moniker (to ‘War Horse’), I’m confi dent they will designation to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team not lose the warrior ways that they are known for.” at the Special Events Center April 16. Before casing its colors, the 4th IBCT deployed in refl ags to As the fi nal step in the Department of the Army support of Operation Enduring Freedom three times, Realignment plan for the 4th Inf. Div., the 4th IBCT colors twice into Regional Command – East and most recently were cased for the last time. This ceremony also activated into Regional Command – South. Two of its Soldiers the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment and realigned 2nd IBCT the 52nd Brigade Engineer Battalion under the 2nd IBCT. See Refl ag on Page 4

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Commanding General: Maj. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera Can supplements improve mood? Garrison Commander: Col. Joel D. Hamilton Commentary by Jessica Ford multi-ingredient vitamin supplementation has been shown to Psychologist, U.S. Army Public Health Command improve mood and reduce stress and anxiety. Despite evidence Fort Carson Public Affairs Offi cer: Dee McNutt that vitamin supplementation can be helpful for people without Most people do not plan on feeling depressed, but depression, the Department of Health and Human Services Chief, Print and Web Communications: depression is called the “common cold” of behavioral and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s dietary guidelines Rick Emert health issues. for Americans advise that nutrient needs be met primarily Editor: Devin Fisher Almost one out of fi ve people will have depression through the food that you eat. These guidelines only recom- Staff writers: Scott Prater during their lives. Some signs of depression are losing mend supplement use in addition to a nutrient-dense diet if Andrea Stone interest in things you used to enjoy or feeling sad most of you are over the age of 50, a woman of childbearing age or the time for two or more weeks. Finding help for behavioral Happenings : Nel Lampe if you have dark skin or are not exposed to enough sunlight. health issues, like depressed mood, is an important part The Food and Drug Administration warns against taking in S p o r t s w ri te r : Walt Johnson of maintaining personal readiness. too many vitamins since there are upper limits of safety. L a yo u t / g ra p h i c s : Jeanne Mazerall When you are seeking out resources, you may feel At the end of the day, taking supplements without a health overwhelmed with information. care provider’s help may result in wasted money or time

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Carson welcomes deputy secretary of Defense Right: Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert O. Work speaks with 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Soldiers inside a hanger at Butts Army Airfield April 15. Work toured Fort Carson, meeting with first with Commanding General Maj. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, 4th Infantry Division and Joint Task Force Carson and later stopping to talk with Soldiers at the 4th CAB. Below: Work learns about facilities and equipment from 10th Special Forces Group Soldiers outside of the group’s shooting range during his visit to Fort Carson April 15. He ate lunch with Soldiers and toured both the shooting range and fitness center. “On behalf of Secretary Carter and all of us at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, I’d like to thank all those serving and supporting our military forces all across Colorado,” Work said following his visit to the Mountain Post. “As you well know, our country has asked a lot of our servicemen and women over the past 13 years of war — and you have shouldered a heavy burden. What you are doing is extremely important for the security of the great nation we serve together. It’s clear that U.S. military presence plays an invaluable role,” he added. “Your efforts continue to strengthen our relationship with allies and partners, which underwrites our military activity across the globe. Our people are our secret weapon. Thank you so much for your service, sacrifice, and dedication.”

Photos by Scott Prater 4 MOUNTAINEER — April 24, 2015 Carson limits Spartan Race access to Gate 7 Garrison Public Affairs Offi ce Spartan Race signs will alert traffi c to the offi ce at building 2700 in accordance with U.S. Army entrance. Vehicles will be screened through a security and Fort Carson regulations and policy. Only law The Spartan Military Sprint will take place May checkpoint. The driver of the vehicle must have a valid enforcement personnel in the performance of offi cial 2-3 in Training Area 7 on Fort Carson with events driver’s license, vehicle registration and current proof duties may possess a concealed weapon on Fort Carson. starting at 7:30 a.m. each day. of insurance. All passengers in the vehicle 18 and It is important to note that county, state and federal The only access to the area for race participants older will be required to show IDs. Participants will civilian concealed carry permits are not recognized and spectators, to include DOD identifi cation (ID) card be restricted to the race venue only. or valid on Fort Carson. holders, will be Gate 7 off Highway 115 about 4 miles Presenting a DOD ID card at the entrance will Despite Colorado amendment to legalizing recre- south of Gate 1. All roads on the installation leading waive the parking fee. All weapons brought onto ational marijuana, wrongful use or possession of marijuana to the event site will be blocked. installation must be registered with the provost marshal’s on a federal installation is a violation of federal law.

Soldiers about concerns they had From left, Dailey about the future of the Army. Commanding From Page 1 “To meet the sergeant major General Maj. Gen. of the Army was truly inspira- Paul J. LaCamera, ownership of their actions, while tional,” said Spc. Nick Barta, 4th Infantry Division making the Army a better combat medic, Company C, 64th and Joint Task Force organization. Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Carson; Col. Brian L. “When I was a young staff Armored Brigade Combat Team, Pearl, commander, sergeant, I had nine Soldiers in my 4th Infantry Division. “The fact 2nd Infantry Brigade squad. I didn’t know everything, he took the time to address our Combat Team, 4th I wasn’t the most experienced concerns in person shows how Infantry Division; and individual, I wasn’t the best or the much he cares about taking care 2nd IBCT Command brightest. What I did know was of Soldiers. I really like the SMA’s Sgt. Maj. Sammy that those young men and women Not in My Squad concept. If Sparger uncase the were mine — they fell under everyone had that mentality the 2nd IBCT colors my charge. Nothing was going to Army would be that much better.” during a refl agging happen to them on my watch. Dailey challenged every ceremony April 16 “If someone is harassing your Soldier to ask themselves two at the Special Soldier then you need to do some- questions everyday: Who do Events Center. Photo by Sgt. Nelson Robles thing about it,” he said. “We have you trust? And do your Soldiers to get past this thing where we trust you? three times to Iraq, and once to Afghanistan, steal from each other. That might “If you can get through those R e fl a g Kuwait and Jordan. be a Soldier’s pride; might be their two questions without any guilt From Page 1 “We are proud to join the contributions honor; might be their tape player. then you are doing your job,” he of 4th Brigade with those of 2nd Brigade,” We don’t steal from each other. said. “If there is any guilt associ- were awarded the Medal of Honor and 20 Pearl said. “We are absolutely honored to pick The concept Not in My Squad is ated with those two then you need earned the Silver Star. up and carry the storied 2nd Brigade colors about taking charge. I can’t think to change the way you are leading “The courageous actions of these men forward. This is a proud day for us all.” we are stealing from each other. your Soldiers or change the people and woman and those of their comrades saved With this refl agging, the 4th Inf. Div. I need NCOs to take charge and you are hanging around with.” countless lives and represent the very best in will become the fi rst balanced division in say ‘this is the best squad in the The trip marked Dailey’s fi rst our country,” said Col. Brian L. Pearl, com- the U.S. Army, explained LaCamera. Army’ and if it isn’t, then ‘I am visit to Joint Task Force Carson mander, 2nd IBCT, 4th Inf. Div. “The efforts “The 4th Infantry Division has Stryker, going to do something about it.’” since he became the 15th Sergeant of our Soldiers will be remembered in our light and armored forces, as well as an aviation The Army’s top enlisted Major of the Army, Jan. 30. He nation’s history as will the 56 Mountain Warriors brigade,” LaCamera said. “The 4th Infantry adviser visited with Soldiers from was the 4th Infantry Division who paid the ultimate price for their country.” Division remains a strong, ready and viable various units, observed training command sergeant major from Before being inactivated the 2nd Armored force ready to conduct decisive action when and spoke one-on-one with March 2009 to November 2011. Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div., deployed called upon.” standards Kudos korner &discipline Nominate a Mountain Post community member who has gone above and beyond. Submit your write up to [email protected]. Combat and special badges Include name, rank and unit. on combat uniforms Based on a shortage of Army substance abuse counselors at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Installation Management Command implemented a Telehealth pilot Badges are worn one above the other, centered above the U.S. Army program to assist Soldiers assigned to Fort Wainwright with the necessary tape, in order of group precedence, from top to bottom and from the wearer’s counseling they need. Three counselors from the Fort Carson Army Substance right to left. Badges must be either all sew-on or pin-on. Soldiers may only Abuse Program stepped up to volunteer for this program. Rachel Anne Hollar, wear badges in a deployed environment if sewn on. Lourdes Diaz and Eva Martinez-Klich provided more than eight hours of clinical Personnel may wear up to fi ve badges above the U.S. Army tape so long time each week for the past 10 weeks to over 25 Fort Wainwright Soldiers while as space allows for the badges on the individual’s uniform. Personnel may still providing their excellent care and counseling for our Fort Carson Soldiers. This only wear one combat or special skill badge from either group 1 or group 2. pilot program has proven to be very successful and will be fully implemented to Soldiers may wear up to fi ve badges from groups 3 and 4. other installations with personnel shortages, to include locations in Korea and Japan, One badge from either group 1 or group 2 may be worn with badges later this year. Thank you for your unwavering desire and support to all Soldiers. from groups 3 and 4, so long as the total number of badges on the Mike Webb combat uniform does not exceed fi ve. Director, Human Resources One or more badges are worn as follows: When one badge is worn, it is centered 1/8 inch above the U.S. Army tape. When two badges are worn, they are centered 1/8 inch above the U.S. Army tape and worn vertically with 1/4 inch between badges. The Auto Craft Center on Fort Carson is the perfect affordable place to paint When three badges are worn, they are centered 1/8 inch above the U.S. your car. Matthew Schellenger, a vehicle collision repair instructor at the Auto Army tape and worn vertically with 1/4 inch between badges. Craft Center, provided guidance and instruction at Auto Craft Center. As a high When four badges are worn, they are centered 1/8 inch above the U.S. school senior, my son, Dean Danis, managed to paint not one, but two, late model Army tape, and worn vertically and side-by-side in stacks of two with 1/4 Chevrolet S10 Blazers. Prior to painting, both vehicles required a great deal of inch between badges vertically and 1/2 inch between badges horizontally. preparation to include rusty sheet metal removal, new sheet metal welding, body When fi ve badges are worn, they are worn the same as four badges with fi ller work and numerous hours of sanding. Hard work and a new paint job the additional badge centered 1/4 inch above the top two badges. helped make these 23 year old vehicles look almost new. 4th Infantry Division and Joint Task Force Carson Standards Retired Navy. Lt. Cdr. Kurt Danis April 24, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 5

K-9 detachment eyes its eagle prize Story and photo by Scott Prater Mountaineer Staff

Maj. Gen. Kendall P. Cox, III Corps and Fort Hood deputy commanding general, visited Fort Carson April 16 and offi cially presented the 69th Military Police Detachment with the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) Eagle Award. The award signifi es the 69th MP as the best military working dog detachment in FORSCOM. “This is quite an honor,” Cox said as he presented the Eagle Award to Staff Sgt. Nicholas Buchanan, 69th MP plans NCO. “I understand this detachment has only been in existence for two years. I know you’ve had bits and pieces here, but that, in and of itself, speaks volumes in regards to your ability to ramp up that fast and achieve such lofty accomplishments in such a short period.” FORSCOM is the highest level in which MP detachments can compete. Soldiers with the 69th MP, part of the 759th MP Battalion, have been anticipating Cox’s visit since they heard the news of their award win back in February. “It’s the only award that recognizes military working dog detachments,” said now deployed Sgt. 1st Class John Hughey, 69th MP kennel master. “We can send a military working dog and handler to a competition, and they could win that competition hands down, but it would still represent an individual award. This Eagle award recognizes the effectiveness, readiness and accomplishments of an entire MP (Detachment) unit throughout the last year.” To be considered for the award, military police units develop packages that detail their experiences and accomplishments throughout the year, then submit those packages to FORSCOM for review. A board of offi cers and sergeants major then comb through packages Maj. Gen. Kendall P. Cox, III Corps and Fort Hood deputy commanding general, presents the 69th Military Police Detachment with the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) Eagle Award April 16. Staff Sgt. Nicholas Buchanan, See Eagle Award on Page 8 69th MPD plans NCO accepts the award, presented to the top military working dog detachment in FORSCOM. Your Donations Change Lives!

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CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait — Company guidons and unit colors waved in sandy desert winds as senior NCOs carried them in formation during a three-mile run on Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Sergeants major and first sergeants from across 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, held a professional development physical training event, April 10. “The purpose of this event is to build esprit de corps and camaraderie for our senior enlisted command advisers across Above: 1st Sgt. Vincent Grace, Company our entire brigade formation,” said C, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Command Sgt. Maj. Todd Sims, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th ABCT, 4th Inf. Div. “It was also to Infantry Division, weighs in April 10 as show first sergeants that we don’t have Sgt. Maj. Lawrence Jordan, operations to have a fancy gym to conduct tough, sergeant major, 1st Battalion, 66th Armor realistic training.” Regiment, 3rd ABCT, 4th Inf. Div., reads The event kicked off with an the scale, during height and weight testing Army height, weight and body fat as part of a senior NCO professional percentage test. Height, weight leadership development event. and body fat percentage standards apply to every Soldier in the military, regardless of rank or time in service, said 1st Sgt. Eric Gustafson, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd ABCT. “All Soldiers can be tested for Left: Command Sgt. Major Todd Army height and weight standards Sims, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat at any time,” said Gustafson. “As Team “IRON” Brigade, 4th Infantry senior leaders, we set the example Division, speaks to sergeants major for physical fitness for our and first sergeants from across respective units in accordance with 3rd ABCT, April 10, 2015, during Army regulations.” a senior NCO professional The senior NCOs ran three leadership development event. miles in formation, each one holding his or her unit’s colors. “The colors run was to show everyone on Camp Buehring the senior NCOs of our brigade stand together,” Sims said. Following the run, the leaders conducted a physical fitness event with three timed sets of a variety of exercises including box jumps, jump rope, sandbag carries, sandbag tosses, massive tire flipping, pullups, air squats, tricep dips and weighted litter drags. “Today’s event consisted of different exercises using different things, such as sandbags and barricades, that we can use to conduct vigorous physical training in a forward deployed environment,” Gustafson said. “The Skedco litter drag was great realistic training.” Going through the series of exercises was a good learning event for leaders conducting physical fitness training in a deployed environment, said Gustafson. The physical presence of a unit’s senior enlisted member in the sand, Left: 1st Sgt. Jason doing work with the Soldiers, shows what right looks like, said Gustafson. Cypherd, Company A, This event was the first time many of the participants worked together 1st Battalion, 68th Armor face-to-face. Regiment, 3rd Armored “3rd ABCT is a large unit with only about 39 first sergeants (and) 13 Brigade Combat Team, positions for sergeants major out of about 4,300 Soldiers,” said Gustafson. 4th Infantry Division, “Getting all the first sergeants and sergeants major together allows us to performs chin-ups April network with each other in order to know who to contact for advice or 10 during a senior NCO support and better complete the brigade’s mission as a team.” professional leadership Being an NCO in the Army comes with unique challenges, said 1st Sgt. development event. Royce Scheck, Company I, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd ABCT. “NCOs face many obstacles in day-to-day operations,” said Scheck. “We’re pushing forward, doing everything we can to strengthen the NCO corps.” Being competent, confident and agile leaders is a must for today’s Army, said Sims. “We must continually lead from the front and show our junior noncommissioned officers and Soldiers the importance of building trust in each other,” said Sims. “Part of our mission here is to be physically fit and if all of the senior NCOs are leading the way, it will spread like wildfire throughout our formation. We are the senior trainers of this brigade combat team and it is up to us to make sure our team is ready for any fight.” Soldiers with 3rd ABCT are currently deployed to Southwest Asia conducting a security cooperation mission. April 24, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 7

Navy Capt. Brenda Bradley Davila, command chaplain for North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, leads a question-and- answer session during a chaplain conference at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel April 16. “Emotional and Spiritual Care In Disasters” brought together chaplains and chaplain assistants from the Army, Air Force and Navy, in addition to area disaster and emergency organizations.

Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Marsh

By Andrea Stone Working with his counterparts from the Navy Mountaineer staff and Air Force brought a spirit of cooperation that has often been absent. Spiritual It was a conference that crossed multiple boundaries “I’ve been in a lot of deployments where we’ve had as chaplains and chaplain assistants from all branches of Army, Navy, Air Force, all in one room, and that’s all the military from several different countries joined disaster it was. It wasn’t really joint,” he said. “A lot of us now and emergency management officials to discuss the im- have had enough joint time that some of the fear and needs during portance of spiritual care during catastrophes, April 14-16. the parochialism disappears, and we realize we’ve got The last day of the U.S. Northern Command-led a great opportunity to work together to support the event, held at Fort Carson’s Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel, commanders for the broader mission.” disaster focused discussions on the military side of spiritual care. The first two days of the conference emphasized “(It) emphasized the military aspects of how we care the importance of emotional and spiritual care during for one another (and) how we support commanders,” disasters — such as the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest said Army Chap. (Col.) Mike Lembke, U.S. Southern fires — with participation from organizations such as the focus of Command, who gave the day’s keynote address Pikes Peak Chapter of the American Red Cross, the El “Theater Security Cooperation: Religion Matters.” Paso County Office of Public Health and the Colorado “It’s a great time, and I think the message I take Springs Office of Emergency Management. away is how important building community is … and workshop understanding networking beyond Facebook.” See Spiritual on Page 8

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Villagers go about their daily routines as Soldiers provide security to the village in their Strykers as part of a three-week training exercise April 7-27. The Soldiers of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, are providing wide area security as a part of a situational training exercise which wraps up Monday. They have traversed a little over 6 miles securing the surrounding area and now they work to secure the village on Fort Carson. “The companies are focused on providing security for both the population and themselves while, at the same time, dealing with multiple dynamics in and around the urban environment,” said Maj. Patrick Flynn, operations officer, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 1st SBCT, 4th Inf. Div. Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker The brigade is holding the company-level Mike Miller, platoon leader, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, greet role situational training exercises for its battalions as part Regiment, 1st SBCT. “The Soldiers are ‘iffy’ about players in preparation of a mock key leader engagement of a training progression as they prepare for unified us because we are giving them reasons to be, it’s as April 9 on Fort Carson. ground operations at the brigade level. simple as going and sitting beside their Stryker or just The exercise trains three essential tasks: movement leaving the village.” to contact, wide area security and air assault. Each task Each time a company comes through to secure has deliberate planning, rehearsals and execution, taking the village, the situation changes, depending on the enemy. We go around and check out their security (to) about 48 hours to complete each task. actions of the Soldiers. see if people are sleeping, highlighting the weak points 2nd Lt. Jonathon Mecker, platoon leader, Company “Depending on how they react to the sheik, the and relay that to the enemy commander,” he said. A, 2nd Bn., 23rd Inf. Reg., said the actors make the villagers and the security they have set up, that triggers After successfully completing the security task, training more realistic. a whole bunch of variables,” said Sgt. Phillip Riccio, the company moves right into the next task. The village has shopkeepers, farmers, elders, wives infantryman, 2nd Bn., 23rd Inf. Reg., 1st SBCT. “It’s a great opportunity for companies to see and police. These actors each have a dossier on their Riccio played the part of head cop in the village, themselves and recognize their own strengths and personal background and where to live in the village. but was really working with the enemy. weaknesses in a physically and mentally challenging “I am Allan Habeeb the shopkeeper,” said 2nd Lt. “We, the police, act as a scout element for the training environment,” said Flynn.

Breakout groups for enlisted Soldiers Eagle Award Spiritual allowed chaplain assistants to learn From Page 5 From Page 7 from each other across the different military branches. and form a consensus about the best units. They then compare the best The military discussions on the “It makes our team much bigger. As and determine a winner. There is no award for second place. third day allowed chaplains and chaplain far as a chaplain corps, I’ve always looked Board members consider units’ accomplishments throughout the assistants to discuss the challenges unique at us as a small corps … but this gives year, and the 69th MP had a few, including 72 drug finds in fiscal 2014. to military life. us more numbers,” said Spc. Jose Tello, The board also looks at certification rates. Handlers and their “The focus right now for the chaplain assistant in charge of the garrison assigned military working dogs must be certified as a team before combatant command chaplains … is Family Life Center. “This gives us a they can work. Hughey said the 69th MP, which is commanded by to work as much as we can together to bigger force to provide religious support, Capt. Zacharie T. Wert, has a certification rate that has hovered above help the commanders understand two and I think it opens up our eyes to how 90 percent for the past two years. things — one, that religion should be it’s provided in other branches.” “The high certification rate is directly related to our focus on training,” appreciated as a factor for analysis,” The emphasis on spiritual care is Hughey said. “We kind of roll through with the idea that a well-trained Lembke said. “When we plan operations important and contributes to the mission. Soldier is a happy Soldier. In a kennel operation, if your training is good, … they always ask what kind of medical “A lot of times, (the Army) tends everything else falls into place.” support (is needed) and what kind of legal to focus on physical fitness and Soldier Cox explained that the award is significant because its sheds a support (is needed), but rarely (do they (readiness), but how well somebody’s spotlight on the effectiveness of military working dogs (MWD) and ask) what kind of religious support will morale, their spiritual side, is doing is key their handlers, especially in a deployed setting. they need? That’s just assumed.” to that,” he said. “If a Soldier’s got a lot “Many community members only see military working dogs In addition to helping commanders going on back home, and they’re think- in a demonstration setting, when a dog runs out and grabs one of consider the importance of planning for ing about home instead of the mission, that you by the arm, starts flinging around and stops when a handler religious needs, Lembke said religion should affects the mission.” issues a command to heel,” Cox said. “Whereas, when I deployed be considered as a driver of stability. Chaplains and chaplain assistants can to Iraq in 2003 we took MWD teams with us and they proved to be “For many of us, the last 15 years, help Soldiers who are having personal unbelievable combat multipliers. it’s been about how religion is a driver problems. “Whether it’s finding explosives or detecting potential danger of instability,” he said. How is religion “We have that confidentiality if Soldiers in vehicles entering our forward operating bases, these MWD teams a problem? That’s important. That come to us and they open up, and they’re create a tremendous advantage for us because the enemy does not question still exists … but what’s the able to vent and really feel better so when understand our MWD capabilities. I applaud you for earning this other side of that? How is religion a they go downrange, their focus is 100 achievement and ask you to continue providing this tremendous driver of stability? How does religion percent on the mission,” Tello said. “They’re capability to the installation, the Army and the nation.” make a positive difference?” good and ready spiritually.” April 24, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 9 183rd trains on landing zone operations Story and photos by helicopter settled to the ground on Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Tabur, platoon leader, 183rd SMC. Sgt. Benjamin Kullman Pershing Field April 9. Division, on one of the common areas The team also trained on how to 43rd Sustainment Brigade Public The Soldiers from 183rd Support of Fort Carson. set up a hot landing zone using VS-17 Affairs Offi ce Maintenance Company, 68th Combat “This exercise will ultimately signal panels made of tough fabric that Sustainment Support Battalion, 43rd enhance the 183rd’s ability to conduct withstands the high winds that are often Thirty-two Soldiers rushed to form Sustainment Brigade, spent the morning sling load operations by rehearsing laid out on the ground to identify troop and maintain a 360-degree security and early afternoon conducting landing moving equipment and vehicles on and positions to friendly aircraft. perimeter as a CH-47 Chinook zone operations with aircrews from 4th off the battlefi eld,” said 2nd Lt. James The signal panel marker is used to identify where help is needed and can be attached to tanks, trucks, rucksacks or anything that needs to be identifi ed from the air, said Sgt. 1st Class Mario Curtis, platoon sergeant, 183rd MCS. Prior to the Chinook’s arrival, the Soldiers prepared the fi eld by removing obstacles such as soccer goals and clearing the area of large pieces of debris that could potentially damage the aircraft or personnel. The helicopter crew par- ticipating in the exercise was able to safely land the aircraft at Pershing Field. “The CH-47 tactical ingress/ egress provided the Soldiers with real hands-on training and defi nitely got them out of their comfort zone,” said Capt. Doel Salcedo II, commander, 183rd MCS. 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From left, Pvt. Alex Gonner, Pvt. Gary McCallister and Pvt. Joseph Baucco, combat engineers, Company A, 52nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, drag a simulated casualty up a hill during the Best Sapper competition April 8. After treating injuries, the Soldiers strapped the casualty into the sled and pulled it up a 10-meter hill. April 24, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 13

Capt. Tyler Adams, commander, Company B, 1st Battalion 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, speaks with U.S. Department of State’s Thomas Duval, left, deputy consular chief; Robert Kimbrough, second from right, regional security officer; and Matthew Kearse, right, assistant regional security officer; April 13 at Forward Operating Base Gerber near Camp Buehring, Kuwait.

1-68 conducts expeditionary readiness exercise Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 4th Infantry Division

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait — In the midst of chaos it is necessary for units to remain flexible and adaptable and have the capacity to rely on training and partnerships to accomplish missions other than combat. Solders from 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, conducted an expeditionary readiness exercise at the Forward Operating Base Gerber training complex April 13 to develop leaders and expose them to realistic partnership training opportunities in a joint environment. “This multi-echelon training event was focused on increasing our expeditionary readiness, developing leaders and building partnerships,” said Lt. Col. Jeremy Wilson, commander, 1st Bn., 68th Armor Reg. The regiment’s training event included members from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Air Force’s 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, 716th Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) and 3rd ABCT’s 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery, and Headquarter and Headquarters Company, 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, and tested the unit’s ability to plan, coordinate and execute hastily. During the exercise, actions by the unified Thomas Duval, deputy consular chief, U.S. Department of State, meets individuals playing the role of displaced personnel partners were driven by emergency-situation scenarios at Forward Operating Base Gerber near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, during an expeditionary readiness exercise April 13. with Soldiers playing the roles of displaced host nation personnel. feel safe,” said Thomas Duval, deputy consular chief, including political and civilian considerations, As the gates of the FOB Gerber training complex U.S. Department of State. “Everyone involved with throughout the exercise. were approached by the displaced civilians, the task of providing aid can lower the temperature of stress and Being sensitive to the political environment is an keeping order and prioritizing partnership efforts fell fear by simply saying a kind word.” important aspect of security, said Robert Kimbrough, upon Company A, 1st Bn., 68th Armor Reg., personnel. A key step to providing assistance to displaced regional security officer, U.S. Department of State. “In times of emergency, it’s important for persons is first providing swift and timely security. everyone involved to reassure people and make them The Soldiers trained to develop security measures, See Readiness on Page 14

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© 2015 National University NU15_2223 14 MOUNTAINEER — April 24, 2015 Soldiers to hang up uniforms Mountaineer staff K Sgt. 1st Class Willie D. Jordan, 704th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd IBCT, Nine Soldiers are scheduled to be 4th Inf. Div.; honored for their service to the nation during K Sgt. 1st Class Jorge A. Ortega Sr., 1st a 10 a.m. retirement ceremony Wednesday on Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Founders Field. ABCT, 4th Inf. Div.; They are: K Staff Sgt. Jerry E. Brown Jr., 759th Military K Capt. George A. McGriff, Headquarters Police Battalion; and Headquarters Company, 588th Brigade K Staff Sgt. Karen M. McClatchey, U.S. Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Army Garrison Fort Carson; Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division; K Staff Sgt. William K. Smith, Headquarters K Capt. Shadren L. Pond, Headquarters and and Headquarters Detachment, 759th MP Headquarters Battalion, 4th Inf. Div.; Bn.; and K Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy P. Carney, 2nd Infantry K Staff Sgt. James E. Williams, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div. Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div.

Maintaining accountability, keeping is to provide medical aid and ensure actual international emergencies requires Readiness families together and reasonable reassur- displaced persons are in sound health,” coordination from numerous agencies at From Page 13 ances are important for helping displaced said Sgt. Courtney Price, health care multiple echelons. Training events such individuals feel safe, Henry said. specialist, HHC, 1st Bn., 68th Armor as this develop leaders, build partnerships “Sometimes it’s important for us to “I enjoyed being a part of this Reg. “We also provide trauma care and increase the expeditionary readiness keep a low profile,” Kimbrough said. exercise,” said Henry. “This was the first and help prevent the spread of of all involved, said Duval. “You can’t just go into another country time I saw a different side of human contagious diseases before moving “In the event of a catastrophe, the U.S. and expect everyone to like you.” resources. I see how important adminis- them to other locations. armed forces and multi-echelon partners Soldiers also trained on providing ad- trative assistance is during emergencies.” “Due to a lack of medical history are willing to step up to assist,” said Duval. ministrative support to displaced persons. Real-world crises may involve many documents, working with displaced “They are the greatest military force “Our purpose was to assist with getting casualties requiring medical attention. civilians requires us to be more thorough,” on earth. Who could ask for better?” people moved to a more secure location The training event also incorporated said Price. “Getting exposure to working Soldiers from 3rd ABCT, 4th so that we could properly care for them,” providing medical aid to people in need with a civilian population and other Inf. Div., are currently deployed to said Sgt. Tiffany Henry, human resource into the scenario. agencies helps me become a better leader.” Southwest Asia conducting a security sergeant, 1st Bn., 68th Armor Reg. “The job of the medical professionals Assisting displaced personnel in cooperation mission. April 24, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 15

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Miscellaneous Military career expo — The Non Commissioned Officers Fort Carson dining facilities hours of operation Association holds a free military career expo for DFAC Friday Saturday-Sunday Monday-Thursday military veterans, members of the Guard and Reserve Stack Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. and their spouses from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 7 at the Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Doubletree World Arena, 1775 E. Cheyenne Mountain Dinner: Closed Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m. Blvd. Visit http://www.ncoacareerexpos.org to Wolf Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. preregister and for a list of companies participating. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. GoArmyEd — Army Knowledge Online (AKO) email Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m. Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m. addresses (@us.army.mil) are no longer valid in Warfighter Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m. Closed Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m. GoArmyEd. Soldiers need to update their preferred (Wilderness Road Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. contact information to a non-AKO address (either Complex) Dinner: Closed Dinner: Closed .mil or .com) under the “Account Information” page. Soldiers should also be aware that e-File documents LaRochelle Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. in GoArmyEd will expire with time and may be 10th SFG(A) Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. removed. Soldiers should download and save files to their Dinner: Closed Dinner: Closed personal computers to include promotion point memos, college transcripts, Tuition Assistance Top-Up, military at 526-2859 or e-mail anthony.d.haag.civ@mail. program include social networking, employer withdrawal documents and Department of the Army mil. Use this number to obtain self-help tools day, advanced résumé, federal résumé and dress Form 330s for Army Personnel Test results. Contact and equipment or a motorized sweeper. for success. Optional track days consist of entre- the Education Center at 526-2124 for more information. • Base operations contracting officer representative preneurship, technical and higher education. Balfour Beatty offers single Soldier leasing — — Call Terry Hagen at 526-9262 or email • Soldier Family Assistance Center, building Balfour Beatty Communities now offers leasing [email protected] for questions on snow 7492, 524-7309/7310 — services are for Warrior to single Soldiers in the ranks of staff sergeant and removal, grounds maintenance and contractor Transition Unit Soldiers. above, as well as leasing to active-duty military response to service orders. Logistics Readiness Center Supply and Services Families. Call 888-957-9366 or visit http://www. • Portable latrines — Contact Jerald Just at 524-0786 • Central issue facility, building 1525 — Monday- fortcarsonfamilyhousing.com for more information. or [email protected] to request, for service Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30-4 p.m. Last Ongoing or to report damaged or overturned latrines. customer served at 3:30 p.m. First Sergeants’ Barracks Program 2020 — is located • Signs — Call Jim Diorio, Fort Carson Support • Reparable exchange/directed exchange or turn-in in building 1454 on Nelson Boulevard. The hours of Services, at 896-0797 or 524-2924 or email — Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30- operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The [email protected] to request a facility, parking 4 p.m. on a walk-in basis. For faster turn-in service, office assists Soldiers with room assignments and or regulatory traffic sign. call 526-3321 for an appointment. terminations. Call 526-9707 for more information. Briefings • Ammunition supply point, building 9370 — Sergeant Audie Murphy Club — The Fort Carson Casualty Notification/Assistance Officer training — Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. Sergeant Audie Murphy Club meets the second The 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson com- Last issue/turn-in to ASP is at 2:30 p.m.; exceptions Tuesday of each month from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 manding general has directed all Soldiers, sergeant first coordinated on case-by-case basis. p.m. at the Stack Dining Facility, building 2330. class through command sergeant major, chief warrant • Subsistence Support Management Office, The club is named after Audie Leon Murphy, the officer 2-5 and officers, captain and above, must attend building 350 — Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to most highly-decorated Soldier in American history. Casualty Assistance Officer and Casualty Notification noon and 12:30-4 p.m.; call 526-4086/5195. To be a member, a Soldier must be recognized as Officer Training. The three-day training course is • Post Supply Support Activity, building 330 — an NCO of the highest quality, demonstrating both held monthly at Veterans Chapel. Soldiers must Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30-4 p.m. leadership and performance. Armywide, SAMC register through their school NCO for attendance of Last customer served at 3:30 p.m.; call 526-9094. membership is between 1 and 2 percent. Contact this training. The next classes are May 20-22 and • Installation Property Book Office, building SAMC president Sgt. 1st Class Gilbert Guzman Jr. June 17-19. Call 526-4551 for details. 330 — Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and at 526-3576 or email [email protected]. Retirement briefings — are available at http://www. 12:30-4 p.m.; call 526-5984. The Fort Carson Trial Defense Service office — is carson.army.mil/dhr/DHR/MPD/PPB/Retirement • Post Laundry, building 310 — Monday-Friday, able to help Soldiers 24/7 and is located in building Services.html. Call 526-2840 for more information. 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30-4 p.m. Last customer 2354. During duty hours, Soldiers should call ETS briefings — are available at http://www.carson. served at 3:30 p.m.; call 526-8803. 526-4563. The 24-hour phone number for after hours, army.mil/dhr/DHR/MPD/PPB/Transitions.html. • Bulk fuel point — Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. holidays and weekends is 526-0051. Call 526-2240/8458 for more information. to midnight. Physical Exam Clinic — is located in building 1056 Reassignment briefings — are available at http://www. • Hazardous Material Control Center, building and performs physicals for Soldiers assigned to Fort carson.army.mil/dhr/DHR/MPD/PPB/Briefings/ 400/406 — Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Carson and surrounding bases without a primary care Levy.html. Contact administration operations at 526-5349 manager. Physicals, except flight physicals, are available Disposition Services — Defense Logistics Agency or the warehouse at 526-2979. by appointment from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday- Disposition Services Colorado Springs, located in Education Center hours of operation — The Mountain Friday, except federal holidays. Physical packets can building 381, conducts orientations Fridays from Post Training and Education Center, building 1117, be obtained at the clinic or online at http://www.evans. 12:30-3:30 p.m. The orientations discuss DLA 526-2124, hours are as follows: amedd.army.mil/srp/srpc(underscore)pe.html. Visit processes to include turning in excess property, • Counselor Support Center — Monday-Thursday building 1056 or call 526-7170 for more information. reutilizing govern ment property, web-based 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Directorate of Public Works services — Services range tools available, special handling of property and • Army Learning Center — Monday-Friday from repair and maintenance of facilities to equipping environmental needs. To schedule an orientation, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. units with a sweeper and cleaning motor pools. Below contact Arnaldo Borrerorivera at arnaldo. • Defense Activity for Nontraditional Educa tion are phone numbers and points of contact for services: [email protected] for receiving/turn in; Mike Support and Army Personnel Testing — Monday- • Facility repair/service orders — Fort Carson Welsh at [email protected] for reutilization/web Friday 7:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-4:30 p.m. Support Services service order desk can be reached tools; or Rufus Guillory at [email protected]. Claims Office hours — are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to at 526-5345. Use this number for emergencies or Army ROTC Green-to-Gold briefings — are held noon and 1-4 p.m., located on the first floor of building routine tasks and for reporting wind damage, the first and third Tuesday of each month at noon 6222, 1633 Mekong St. Shipment under Full Replace damaged traffic signs or other facility damage. at the education center, building 1117, room 120. Value claimants must report the additional loss or • Refuse/trash and recycling — Call Eric Bailey at Call University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Army damage listed on After Delivery Form 1851 directly 719-491-0218 or email [email protected] ROTC at 262-3475 for more information. to the transportation service provider by fax or report when needing trash containers, trash is overflowing Hours of Operation on the Defense Personal Property System line within or emergency service is required. Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program 75 days. Claimants must submit the claim on DPS line • Facility custodial services — Call Bryan Dorcey (SFL-TAP), formerly known as Army Career and through http://www.move.mil within nine months for at 526-6670 or email [email protected] Alumni Program, is open Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to FRV compen sation for certain items. All other claims, for service needs or to report complaints. 4 p.m. (closed Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.); open submit to Fort Carson Claims Office within two years of • Elevator maintenance — Call Bryan Dorcey at training holidays but closed on federal holidays: delivery or date of incident. Direct questions to 526-1355. 526-6670 or email [email protected]. • SFL-TAP Computer Lab and Clearing Station, Medical Activity Correspondence Department • Motor pool sludge removal/disposal — Call Dennis building 1118 room 133, 526-1002 — located office hours — The Correspondence (Release of Frost at 526-6997 or email dennis.j.frost.civ@ behind the Garrison Headquarters, services Information) Office in the Patient Administration mail.mil. include Individual Transition Plan review and Division hours are Monday-Wednesday and Friday • Self-help/troop construction — Call Tony Haag appointments with career counselors; computer 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday from 7:30 a.m. labs for required pre-separation briefs, job searches to 12:30 p.m.; closed all federal holidays. Call BOSS meetings are held the first Wednesday of each and résumé writing; and clearing (only location 526-7322 or 526-7284 for details. month at 4 p.m. in The Hub conference room. to clear, Monday-Friday at 7:30 a.m. or 1 p.m.) Work Management Branch — The DPW Work Contact Sgt. Zachary Huitt at 524-2677 or visit the • Transition University, building 6237, 526- Management Branch, located in building 1219, responsi- BOSS office in room 106 of The 1001/6465 — five-day program includes classes ble for processing work orders — Facilities Engineering Hub. Text “follow CarsonBOSS” on transition overview, Military Occupational Skill Work Requests, DA Form 4283 — is open for processing to 40404 to receive updates Crosswalk, financial planning, U.S. Department of work orders and other in-person support from 7-11:30 Labor employment workshop and Veterans Affairs Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers and event information. a.m. Monday-Friday. Afternoon customer support is by benefits. Elective classes available following the appointment only, call 526-2900. April 24, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 17

Retired Maj. Henry “Duke” Boswell gives advice to Fort Carson Soldiers during the Holocaust Remembrance ceremony at Elkhorn Conference Center April 16. “Be ready. Be trained. Train, train, train. I got so sick of it, but it helped me when the time came,” he said. Carson recalls horrors of Holocaust Story and photos by Andrea Stone Mountaineer staff “ You can stand by and More than 10 million people died during the Holocaust, numbers that are diffi cult to fathom, watch (evil) happen but impossible to forget. To mark the annual remembrance, Fort Carson or you can be an and 4th Infantry Division hosted Retired Maj. Henry “Duke” Boswell at the Elkhorn Conference active participant Center April 16. Boswell enlisted as a paratrooper in the Army during World War II and parachuted (in fi ghting it).” into combat in Sicily, Italy, France and Netherlands, — Retired Maj. Henry “Duke” Boswell assigned to Company G, 505th Paratroopers Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. He fought during the invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, and he participated in terms, you’ve all sworn to uphold and protect the liberation of the Wobbelin concentration camp. the unprotected,” he said. “This generation “They didn’t have ovens (at Wobbelin). They is going. They’ve done their work. We can just brought them in and starved them. There were learn from them, but we’re not calling them boxcars lined up, full of bodies, like cordwood … back … you’re it. You can stand by and there were dead and dying all mixed up,” he said. watch (evil) happen or you can be an active “How could one human be so inhuman, to treat participant (in fi ghting it).” other humans this way? I still don’t know. I guess The opportunity to hear the experiences we’ll never know, but we couldn’t understand it. I’ve of a World War II Soldier was powerful. carried that with me. I’ve had nightmares about it.” “To hear it fi rsthand from someone who On D-Day, Boswell recalled fl ying to was there, who experienced it, things like Normandy from England. that can never be replicated in a book or in “As far as I could see, there were boats, ships a movie,” said Maj. Crystal Carberry, 43rd of all kinds, I think there were even some rowboats. Sustainment Brigade. I thought to myself, how could we lose this war “It’s so different from the other with this much power behind us? But it was a (Equal Opportunity) events because this hard struggle,” he said. is a remembrance and not a celebration, By the end of the war, only 13 Soldiers of the but having guest speakers like the one we original 146 men of Company G remained, and had today just gets us in touch with the it’s that struggle and sacrifi ce against tyranny that history so that we don’t forget why it Boswell wants people to remember. happened,” said Sgt. 1st Class Sean Heath, “We had experiences that we hoped (today’s) 43rd SB. “To be able to come back and Retired Maj. Henry “Duke” Boswell, a former paratrooper with Soldiers would never have to go through,” he said. refresh our memory on what happened Company G, 505th Paratroopers Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne “I hope that by listening to me and to others that and why and how we can prevent future Division, looks at a display of photos commemorating Holocaust they’ll understand some of what we went through (atrocities), it’s amazing to be a part of it.” Remembrance Day. Boswell, who fought during the invasion of and the number of people that we lost in order that The annual Holocaust Remembrance Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge spoke at the remembrance they could have the freedoms that they have now.” Day is part of the Days of Remembrance. ceremony at the Elkhorn Conference Center April 16. Commanding General Maj. Gen. Paul J. The day marks the anniversary of the LaCamera, 4th Inf. Div. and Joint Task Force Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943. When expected to take three days took more than a Carson, echoed Boswell’s sentiments. German Soldiers began the operation to liquidate month and inspired other ghetto uprisings, “It continues today. You all swore an oath to the ghetto, they were confronted by Jewish according to the United States Holocaust support and defend the Constitution. In its simplest resistance fi ghters. An operation that was Memorial Museum website. 18 MOUNTAINEER — April 24, 2015 Teens address issues, develop solutions Story and photo what we have to say,’” he said. “It’s going to be really exciting for how they’re put into final form, that they by Andrea Stone The 14 teen participants were us for one or more of their issues to be are the words of our participants and Mountaineer staff broken into two teams and spent the taken and for them to see the process not the adult facilitators,” Nugin said. day discussing things they would and for them to see the outcome,” he Ideas that are beyond Fort Carson Fort Carson middle and high school like to change about Fort Carson said. “Whatever the issue was that are forwarded for possible Armywide students had the opportunity to discuss and the Army, in general. they brought up, and just see that there consideration. their issues and draft possible solutions “A lot of kids are able to speak was a resolution in the positive, I think “Somebody at this table right during the Army Family Action Plan their mind on what they want to that’s really encouraging and exciting.” now might change a policy for the (AFAP) youth forum April 17. change. Sometimes it’s hard to do The teens suggested solutions such entire (Department of Defense),” said “I think there are so many of our that, so having (them) come to us for as renovating and using abandoned Kim Bosco, ACS training instructor. children who don’t feel as though options on what we want means a lot,” buildings, opening a full-service, “That’s the kind of power you guys anyone listens to them or values their said Ashley Paup, an 11th-grader at sit-down restaurant on post, adding have, and I’m not even exaggerating. opinion. I believe when you give Fountain-Fort Carson High School. group fitness classes for teens and You literally have that much power, to them the opportunity to be heard, to “(They) can forward the message and asking Soldiers to volunteer at the come up with an idea and, if it works have their ideas out there and share then things can actually change.” Youth Services Center. better than whatever’s happening some of those, it validates them,” Each team came up with three “Facilitators guide the process, but now, for it to go all the way up.” said Nate Nugin, Family enrichment problems and recommendations to solve (the facilitators) work really hard so that Ideas from past AFAP confer- program manager, Army Community them. Their ideas will be forwarded to whatever words are put on the paper, ences that have led to changes include Service (ACS), Directorate of the garrison commander, Nugin said. however the ideas are conceived and the Armywide creation of the Better Family and Morale, Opportunities for Single Welfare and Recreation. Soldiers program, the “They are the future for addition of a dog park the Army Family.” on Fort Carson and the An AFAP confer- senior year stabilization ence is held annually available to Soldiers of in November involving high school seniors. representatives from Paup said she across Fort Carson. would feel proud if any Youth representatives of their issues were have been a part of that, considered by the but there was a need to garrison commander. break the youth forum “I would suggest out separately from the this for my friends, adult conference. for anyone who has a “This is the first time problem with things that since I’ve been involved are going on, so they’re that we’ve actually done able to speak their mind a youth forum. No adults, and get things out of except for the staff, and it,” she said. I think that’s important because even though we’ve had youth par- Liam Brown, a junior grader ticipants in the general at Fountain-Fort Carson conference that we have High School, briefs other in November, the young participants on the recom- people feel as though … mendations his group came ‘we’re just here and no up with at the Army Action one really wants to hear Plan youth forum April 17. April 24, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 19 DPW schedules heating Facility manager to cooling transition energy training Story by Bruce Gronczniak barracks, community service facilities Directorate of Public Works Operations (chapels, auditorium, the Special Events and Maintenance Division Center, legal, etc.), operational dining facilities set for May 6 and post and division headquarters buildings. The Directorate of Public Works (DPW) May 18-30: All remaining buildings, Story by Susan C. Galentine operations and maintenance contractor facilities and industrial areas. Directorate of Public Works Net Zero begins the seasonal transition from heating During the cooling season, temperatures and public relations outreach to cooling May 4. are set for comfort cooling and not to a The process to turn off building temperature lower than 74 degrees. Fort Carson is hosting a spring facility energy heating systems and prepare DPW maintains cooling training event for military and civilian facility managers cooling systems for the temperatures for facility from 10-11:30 a.m. May 6 at the Foxhole, building 1532. summer season takes systems controlled by Participation from facility managers across the about four weeks and is the centralized Energy installation is key to gaining maximum benefi t in completed, based on Management Control achieving Army-mandated reductions in energy and the type of facility, System. water use to reduce installation utility costs. to maximize Air conditioners The training will update facility managers on comfort for the should not be on seasonal energy policy changes, provide a presentation users. The DPW when the outside on Directorate of Public Works (DPW) energy-effi ciency and its operations temperature is below initiatives, discuss facility manager responsibilities, and maintenance 72 degrees, and must cover single stream recycling efforts, recognize Fort contractor request be turned off at close Carson facility manager Net Zero Champions and customer patience of business each day provide a forum for facility energy questions. as the transition unless the facility is As part of the semiannual effort, DPW is requesting takes place. occupied at night or a data call from all units and organizations for current During this period, has sensitive equipment information about their assigned facility managers, building cooling systems needing cooling (i.e. main- to include name, rank, unit/organizational affi liation, will go through a check and frames, servers). An approved work building number, phone number and email address, in be prepared for the upcoming request through DPW is required before order to update and consolidate a database by May 1. cooling season. The following is a installation of any window air conditioners. The point of contact for the data call and training tentative schedule, subject to change as An exception must be requested through information is Susan Galentine, DPW Net Zero weather dictates, for shutting down and DPW if cooling is needed lower than allowable Outreach coordinator, who can be contacted at isolating heating systems. temperature ranges. Call DPW at 526-9241 526-4320 or [email protected]. May 4-15: All child care facilities, Soldier for more information.

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Photo by Joe Coleman, American Red Cross Joint Task Force Carson community members begin the National Volunteer Week 5-kilometer with free ice cream and pizza for volunteers at the Exchange and commissary. In fi scal 2014, run/walk April 15. More than 350 people took part in the event designed to bring awareness to more than 4,000 Fort Carson volunteers logged about 140,000 hours with post agencies, a the contributions volunteers make on Fort Carson. Other events included informational booths savings of about $2.5 million, according to Joey Bautista, volunteer services manager.

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Furniture • TVs • Computers • Phones • Appliances • Auto Accessories • Jewelry • More! 22 MOUNTAINEER — April 24, 2015 April 24, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 23 1-66 Armor honors lineage By Spc. Gregory T. Summers 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Offi ce, 4th Infantry Division with challenge CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait — The oldest armor unit in the U.S. Army, the 66th Armor Regiment’s lineage dates challenging event that required Soldiers to dig back to the beginning of the tank service in February 1918 under the deep inside themselves, thereby building the command of then Col. George S. Patton. strength necessary — much like Burt did — The “Iron Knights” of 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 3rd to persevere when times get rough.” Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, honored that The challenge started with a combat- rich history of lineage built by the men and women before them with a focused physical fi tness course where each team “Colonel Burt Challenge” April 6-9 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, in honor received an overall time which determined of Capt. James M. Burt, one of the regiment’s most coveted armor offi cers. the order they competed in for the rest of the Burt was a Medal of Honor recipient for his valor during the Battle challenge. During the six-station physical of Aachen, Germany, in World War II as the commander of Company B, training course, Soldiers had to transport four, 66th Armor Reg., 2nd Armored Division. He and his unit were in almost fi ve-gallon water containers to each station, continuous combat since their arrival at Normandy Beach in June 1944. which included high and low crawls, weighted Burt’s Medal of Honor citation is rare in the fact that he was medical Skedco pulls, tire fl ips, a Humvee awarded the medal not for one specifi c act of valor but for many during push and base plate and battle buddy carries. a 10-day period as the 2nd Armored Division fought to take Aachen. Later in the evening, following an alert to The 3rd Battalion of the 66th Armored Regiment was nicknamed “Burt’s test expeditionary readiness, teams departed Knights” and Burt was later named an honorary colonel of the regiment. with their weapons and loaded rucksacks to “The ‘Colonel Burt Challenge’ is a leader certifi cation exercise Camp Buehring’s Udairi Airfi eld where they developed to test the battalion’s leaders and Soldiers on basic Soldier deployed to the training area in MV-22 Ospreys tasks, develop esprit de corps and acknowledge the battalion and 66th from the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron Photo by Spc. Gregory T. Summers Armor Regiment’s lineage,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Michael W. 363, while 1st Attack Reconnaissance “Iron Knights” of 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, crawl their way Moser, 1st Bn., 66th Armor Reg. Battalion, 501st Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, AH-64 Apache basic problem-solving skills, memory and unit tactical standard through the fi rst event of the “Colonel Burt Challenge” April 8. Companies of the battalion nominated participants from within helicopters provided overhead security for the mission. operating procedures as well as an evaluation of their knowledge of their ranks to compete as 10-man teams. In order to compete in the Upon arrival to the training area, teams navigated across the desert the unit’s history and a test on the unit’s lineage. challenge, participants had to meet baseline criteria of physical fi tness, to conduct various warrior skills and training tests spread over a 16- The last event was a live M4 Carbine stress shoot where weapons qualifi cation and medical task training. kilometer course focused on squad movement attacks; common weapon’s Soldiers employed marksmanship skills after a series of physical The event was physically, mentally and spiritually exhausting and operations and employment; calls for indirect fi re; communication skills; tasks. Teams received time penalties for tasks they failed to was designed to test the leadership ability of Soldiers and leaders evaluating and treating casualties; reacting to chemical, biological, complete to standard. within the battalion, said Moser. radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives threats; sustainment skills; “We had 120 ‘Iron Knight’ Soldiers complete the event and “The reason we wanted to do this was so that we could establish and related M1 Abrams tanks and Bradley fi ghting vehicles operational they were all awarded an Iron Knight belt buckle and Certifi cates a common base of leader certifi cation, a test of skills that all leaders tasks. Each station began with a brief vignette from the regiment’s of Achievement,” Moser said. “I think we accomplished what we should be able to do,” said Lt. Col. Warren E. Sponsler, commander, history and, at times, were historically themed and re-enacted events. wanted to, and our Soldiers were defi nitely tested, but they 1st Bn., 66th Armor Reg. “We wanted to develop a There was also a leader reaction course that tested Soldiers on persevered to complete the mission.” The challenge began one morning and the last team completed the stress shoot the following morning. Weather played a signifi cant role for the later teams as temperatures topped 100 degrees, further testing each individual’s fortitude. The event tested the battalion’s Soldiers not only on individual warrior skills, but also their ability to work as a team, help each other out and fi ght through adversity. “As a testament, one of our infantry squad leaders stated that Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 66th this challenge was the toughest event he had participated in during Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored his 11 years of service,” Sponsler said. Brigade Combat Team, 4th The challenge paid homage to the numerous heroic acts of Burt Infantry Division, test their and provided a better understanding of the risks he took to rescue expeditionary readiness as wounded comrades and the fi ght he took to the Germans, despite they depart Camp Buehring, being wounded himself. Kuwait, and deploy to the While honoring the lineage of the 66th Armor Reg. with the training area aboard an challenge, the “Iron Knights” were also able to learn skills and gain MV-22 Osprey from the self-gratifi cation for completing the demanding event. Marine Medium Tiltrotor “Because of the variety of tasks we chose, it also allowed Soldiers Squadron 363 April 9. from across the battalion to learn skills from the various units that make up the combined arms team and to further gain an appreciation of what that team does collectively to accomplish our mission,” Moser said. This is the second “Colonel Burt Challenge” the battalion has conducted, the fi rst was held at Fort Carson in July. The “Iron Knights” plan to conduct another one later in the deployment. Photo by Chief Warrant Offi cer 3 Micah Amman

Unit history The history of the 66th Armor Regiment began with its baptism by fi re during World War I and carried on through its battles on Omaha Beach and advances throughout Europe in World War II. These actions were followed by its involvements in both the Cold and Korean wars of the late 1940s and early 1950s, and assistance in the liberation of Kuwait and the defeat of the Iraqi army in Operation Desert Storm in 1991. The regiment’s legacy continued with the rescue of more than 5,000

Cuban and Haitian refugees interned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 1995 and Photo by Spc. Gregory T. Summers multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003. The 66th Armor Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fl ip tires Reg. has done it all and continues to add to its history with 1st Battalion’s during the physical training event of the “Colonel Burt Challenge” April 8. current deployment to Kuwait in support of Operation Spartan Shield. Photo by Spc. Gregory T. Summers Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pull weighted medical Skedcos during the battalion’s “Colonel Burt Challenge” April 8. Station two of a six station event, Soldiers had to pull the Skedcos about 50 yards as fast as they could. 24 MOUNTAINEER — April 24, 2015 SHARP booth educates community Story and photos by “If they got the question correct, they won and be a part of it,” Coyle said. “We had the bulk Sgt. 1st Class Joe Stone a prize,” said Richard Coyle, SHARP victim of the sexual assault response coordinators and 43rd Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs Offi ce advocate, 43rd Sustainment Brigade. “If they victim advocates show up and assist.” didn’t know the answer, we told them what it The table was a huge success, said Sgt. 1st A Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and was and they still won a prize. We didn’t want Class Raquel Mendoza, sexual assault response Prevention (SHARP) program information booth anybody walking away, not knowing what coordinator, 43rd SB. set up at the Exchange April 15 helped raise the answer was. This was all about raising “It was a great turnout,” she said. “We talked awareness on the problems harassment causes awareness and educating the community.” to close to 300 people.” and educate the community on how to prevent it. Although the 43rd SB hosted the informational For some, it was a check on learning that the Anyone walking by had the opportunity to table, they received help from several brigades. classes and briefi ngs they receive are sinking in. play one of two trivia games and win a prize. “We put out a call to see who would volunteer “I got the high score on the Jeopardy game,” said Sgt. Christopher Tackett, quarter- master and chemical equipment repairer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry Division. “We get good training at HHBN. Things like this make SHARP not such a touchy subject.” Soldiers and Families stopped by, as well as retirees and civilians, said Coyle. Spc. Gregory Northrup, 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, had his daughter, Riley, 5, and wife Christina along. “This is a huge thing for women,” said Christina Northrup, talking about the ease of access to SHARP resources. One of the nine events scheduled this month to highlight Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the SHARP table will be set up April 29 at the commissary.

Visitors receive information from the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention program table in the foyer of the Exchange April 15.

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Upcoming events gov/complaint or call 855-411-2372. U.S. Service Academy Information Day — will be VIN verification — Colorado Vehicle Identification held from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at Denver’s South Number verifications will be conducted at the High School. An informational video will be Fort Carson Police Station, building 2700, from followed by formal presentations by each of the 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. service academies — West Point, U.S. Naval Nurse advice line available — A nurse advice line is Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Coast available 24/7 and is a resource Families can use if Guard Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine they become ill while traveling. Call 800-874-2273, Academy. Attendees will have the opportunity option 1, to talk to a registered nurse who can to talk individually with representatives of the answer urgent care questions, give health care academies and congressional staff that handle advice and help find a doctor in the area. academy nominations during a breakout session. Military spouse competitive employment — A teen career fair — for military high school Spouses of active-duty Service members and college students will be held April 30 upon arrival to new duty stations from the from 3:30-7 p.m. at the Youth Services Center, contiguous U.S. may apply for competitive building 5939. Contact Mercedes Jamieson at employment under Executive Order 13473. There 526-0467 or mercedes.jamieson.civ@mail. is a two-year restriction from the date of the mil, or Capt. Katie Wurzbach at 526-8535 or sponsor’s order to use the authorization. Spouses [email protected]. returning from overseas may apply under General announcements Executive Order 12721, which gives three years Wounded warrior scholarship applications — to use the authorization. Spouses of a veteran Colorado Technical University is accepting with 100 percent service connected disability applications for its 2016 Wounded Warrior may be eligible for employment under different Scholarships through Sept. 15. Together with the circumstances. The Employment Readiness Yellow Ribbon Fund, the program covers the full Program, Army Community Service, Directorate educational costs including tuition, books and fees of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, for a single degree program as well as a laptop can assist spouses in applying for education computer. Fifty scholarships will be awarded, 25 to and employment. Contact Mercedes Jamieson, wounded service members and 25 to spouses and ERP program manager, or the ERP staff at caregivers. Visit http://coloradotech.edu/ww for 526-0452/0467 for information. more information and to access the application. Veterinary clinic hours — The Fort Carson Cadet sponsorship program — U.S. Air Force Veterinary Center, 1535 Sheridan Ave., building Academy Class of 2019 cadets are due to arrive 6190, is open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday at the academy June 25. Academy officials are and closed on federal holidays. The center offers looking for volunteer sponsor families to build a wellness exams, vaccination, microchip implanta- professional mentoring relationship and provide tion, dental appointments and sick call as well as members, and retired military personnel and a home away from home for the cadets. Eligible some surgeries, including spaying and neutering. eligible family members with adult living problems, sponsors are officers captain and above, enlisted The center also has X-ray, ultrasound and other substance use concerns and issues affecting staff sergeant and above and civilians GS-05 and advanced imaging capabilities. Call 526-3803/4520 workplace productivity and well-being. Worksite above. Cadets are scheduled to meet their sponsors for information or to make an appointment. interventions are offered and consultation is at the Doolie Day Out event July 18. The deadline Wait time information available online — Patients available to super visors and managers regarding for sponsors to sign up for the Doolie Day Out is with appointments for radiology and specialty workplace matters. Services are free to eligible July 2. The academy will accept requests to care at Evans Army Community Hospital can visit civilians and DA civilian employees. Services sponsor cadets for the academic year (through EACH’s website to learn when the next appointment are made available through the Fort Carson grad year) until Aug. 14. Visit http://www.usafa. is available. The information is updated every two Employee Assistance Program located at 1638 edu/cadetFocus/cadetSponsor, call 333-2727 hours for specialty clinics and weekly for radiology. Elwell St., building 6236, room 210. Call 526-2196 or email [email protected] for more EACH attempts to see patients at the hospital, for a confidential inquiry. information or to request a sponsor packet. but if appointments are not available within the Same day appointments — Evans Army Community Yard sales — can be held on post from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 28 day standard for specialty care, patients may Hospital Family Medicine Clinics, Internal Medicine the first and third Saturday of the month through receive a letter with instructions for how to Clinic and Pediatric Clinic are operating under an December. Post residents set up their items in front book an appointment with a network specialist. appointment model called “Open Access,” offering of their homes. Single Soldiers and military Families Visit http://www.evans.amedd.army.mil/VS/ same day appointments. Beneficiaries may not be who reside off post can set up in the building 5510 NextAvailable.aspx to check wait times. offered the exact hour they want. Call the Access to parking lot. Yard sales are organized and conducted JAG assists with name change, adoption — The Care Line, 526-2273, to make an appointment. by the Installation Mayoral Program and the Balfour Legal Assistance Office provides help in adult Transfer military hospital or clinic when relocating Beatty Family Housing Office. Call the Mayoral name changes and simple stepparent adoptions. The — TRICARE Online users must update their Program at 526-8303 or Army Community Service office cannot provide court representation but can military hospital or clinic location online each at 526-4590 for more information. Civilians who furnish the necessary documents and procedural time they relocate. Transferring military hospital would like to participate can access the installation information. Call 526-5572 for more information. or clinic affiliation in TOL does not automatically at Gate 1 off of Highway 115 and will need to show 4th Infantry Division Gift Shop — A variety transfer the TRICARE enrollment in Defense a driver’s license or valid state identification for of division and customizable unit-specific Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System. everyone over age 18, vehicle registration and merchandise is available. The gift shop is Ambulance service — Post officials urge commu- proof of insurance. After May 1, those without a located in The Hub, building 1532. Hours are nity members to contact emergency personnel by DOD identification card must undergo a National 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays. calling 911 instead of driving personal vehicles Crime Information Center background check. All Voting assistance — The Voting Assistance Office to the emergency room. In the event of a life- or vehicles are subject to search. is located in building 1218, room 105. The office is limb-threatening emergency, skilled paramedics Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday-Friday. Call 526-1140 and ambulance crew will be able to administer scholarship — Applications for the 2015-2016 or email the installation voting assistance officer critical care and aid. Contact the Emergency academic year from high school seniors, at [email protected]. Department at 526-7111 for more information. undergraduate and graduate students who are Visit http://www.fvap.gov for more information. Ongoing events children of Balfour Beatty Communities military Pediatrics clinic — Evans Army Community The Mountain Post Running Club — meets Family housing residents must be postmarked by Hospital’s pediatrics clinic has an embedded Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. at the Exchange. There Wednesday. Applicants must attend an accredited behavioral health psychologist/counselor available will be giveaways and stamps available for $1 college or university on a full-time basis in the to work with parents who have concerns about off meals at the food court. The club is open to fall or be enrolled in a program of study designed their child’s behavior, discipline or attention-deficit everyone. Walkers, children, strollers and pets are to transfer directly into a four-year program. hyperactivity disorder. A pediatric pharmacist is welcome. Contact Kris Spiller at kspiller@bbcgrp. Visit http://www.bbcommunitiesfoundation.org also available to manage children’s medication. com or 579-1606, ext. 256 for more information. for an application and more information. Fort Carson Police Records — The Fort Carson The Mountain Post Spouses Club — is a nonprofit, Army Provider Level Satisfaction Survey — Patients Police Records section has moved to building 2757, all ranks spouses group at Fort Carson, may fill out and return the APLSS to help minimize MOD 4, on the corner of Barkeley Avenue and Osan dedicated to giving back to Soldiers and their the impact of budget cuts on medical care. Evans Street. Hours of operation are 9 a.m. to noon and families. Membership is open to all spouses of Army Community Hospital receives funding based 1-4 p.m., Monday-Thursday. Fingerprinting hours the Armed Forces, both active duty and retired. on patients seen and customer satisfaction. Positive at the Fort Carson Police station, building 2700, Visit http://www.mpsc.us for more information. surveys returned can bring in up to $900. Help have changed to 2-4 p.m., Monday-Friday. The Fort Military Appreciation Breakfast — The keep providers and departments and clinics fully Carson Police complete fingerprints for on-post Southeast Armed Services YMCA hosts a functional. Call 526-7256 for more information. employment. For any other fingerprint needs, monthly military appreciation breakfast the Payday loan complaints — The Consumer Financial contact the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. fourth Friday of every month from 7:30-9:30 Protection Bureau is accepting complaints from Civilian Assistance Services — provides short-term a.m. Open to all people affiliated with the borrowers encountering problems with payday assistance to Department of the Army Civilian Department of Defense. Email Drew Aquino loans. Visit http://www.consumerfinance. employees, active-duty spouses and Family at [email protected] for details. 28 MOUNTAINEER — April 24, 2015 Diligently look for Commentary by Upon hearing this, they went to Auschwitz, Chap. (Maj.) Larry Hamrick Buchenwald, Dachau or to any one of an 43rd Sustainment Brigade estimated 1,100 death camps. No, six million would not see this land of freedom and You may not stop much to think why the truth prosperity; they were told a most hideous lie. of a matter really matters. In fact, the general reality A quote from Adolf Hitler that explains the is that truth is rarely popular, especially when it is diabolical reasoning behind this bears repeating negative, fear provoking or requires us to change. so that my point can be better illustrated: If the truth will really set us free, then how is it “How fortunate for leaders that men do not that we don’t like hearing it very much? think. Make the lie big, make it simple, keep Truth is needling, bothersome and infringes saying it and eventually they will believe it.” upon our freedom. The famous line from the gospels, To the Jews, this lie sounded reasonable “What is truth?” even challenges our ability to and given the deplorable nature of the ghettos, know what truth is or to even be able to attain it. the promise of a better life was a temptation But given all the diffi culties surrounding the one could hardly resist. Given the situation, it concept of truth, we still cannot escape certain reali- would be the rankest cruelty to blame them ties that, from time to time, confront us and demand for what later happened. After all, this that we listen, do some hard thinking and changing. terrible lie was carefully calculated, planned We sometimes don’t work hard enough for the truth Does the truth really matter? One historical and timed so well that any reasonable person of a matter. Please remember that for every decision reference to this question can be found in the Nazi would have believed it. you make, no matter how good that decision may government’s inhuman treatment of the Jewish There is one reason why the truth really be, there is always a better one to be had — you just people. The Nazis told the Jews that their being matters: It is because a lie, even unsuspecting ones, have to look for it. I believe that there is truth, and placed in the ghettos was a necessity of war. Then once believed and acted upon, can produce devas- that we can fi nd it, but it is at times elusive. one day they go to the ghettos and tell them that tating consequences. It is just human nature that Diligently look for truth through your the Russians are coming; and that they must be we seldom question things that sound reasonable, spirituality, in your life experience or in the removed for their safety. They would be taken to especially when they carry the promise of personal world around you for, as we can now see, it a land where they could be prosperous and free. prosperity. We don’t question the answers enough. matters much more than we may realize.

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

Has someone in your organization recently received kudos? Contact Mountaineer staff at 526-4144 or email [email protected]. April 24, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 29 DES highlight Editor’s note: The following equipment regardless of the property’s  Check for overloaded or article was written by the Directorate condition. Allow the systems in damaged extension cords. of Emergency Services division chiefs place to work as intended, so think  Prepare for storm-related electrical Physical security to inform the Fort Carson community twice before throwing away unwanted outages. Crime prevention and personal of current policies and procedures. military equipment.  Properly store household chemicals property — All Fort Carson person- and never mix cleaning agents. nel are reminded to review the 4th Police Fire Put it out Infantry Division and Fort Carson Don’t dump it — Lately there Smoking and home fi re safety —  Use a deep, sturdy ashtray placed crime prevention policy, Command have been multiple cases of military While the home is where most people away from anything that can burn. Policy Memorandum PMO-01. property being dumped at training areas feel the safest, it is where most smoking-  Do not discard cigarettes in This memo identifi es some basic and along tank trails. Army Regulation material structure fi res, deaths and vegetation such as mulch, potted techniques to protect Army and 420-1, section 3, paragraph 23-9 states, injuries occur. Smoking materials are the plants or landscaping, dried grasses, personal property. It requires that “Solid waste dumping at unauthorized leading cause of fi re deaths. Smoking leaves or other things that could Army property will be secured in sites is prohibited.” Anyone who has material fi res are preventable. ignite easily. accordance with applicable regulations military property that is no longer  Before throwing away cigarette and prohibits the storage of CTA-50 wanted should contact the Defense Smoking safety butts and ashes, make sure they equipment in privately owned vehicles. Reutilization and Marketing Offi ce  Use only fi re-safe cigarettes. are out — dousing in water or sand It also provides guidance on the use (DRMO) on Fort Carson at 526-9689  Smoke outside. Most deaths result is the best way to do that. of Fort Carson Form 2031-E, Personal to turn in military equipment to from fi res that started in living rooms, Be alert Property Record, which is mandatory prevent it from being thrown in the family rooms, dens or bedrooms.  To prevent a deadly cigarette fi re, for all Soldiers living in the barracks. trash or found in the possession of  Keep cigarettes, lighters, matches a person must be alert. People are Finally, it gives commanders some web the wrong people. It is important for and other smoking materials up not alert when they are sleepy, links to help develop unit crime pre- unwanted military equipment to be high, out of the reach of children, have taken medicine or drugs that vention programs. The policy letter is turned into DRMO because it allows in a locked cabinet. make them drowsy or have consumed available on the Iron Horse Portal under for proper tracking of government  Inspect fi re extinguishers. alcohol. Never smoke in bed. the “Command Policy Letters” folder.

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Charles Leverette, World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) head boxing coach, has been elected to the Colorado Golden Gloves Boxing Hall of Fame. Leverette was inducted to the hall in late March at a ceremony in Denver, becoming the first WCAP coach to ever earn the honor. Anyone who has ever spent time around Leverette knows he is a humble and family-oriented person. When talking about being elected to the hall, Leverette could not keep from talking about his Family, faith and the athletes he says he has been blessed to coach over the past few years. He said his humble nature comes from the teachings he got as a young man growing up in Alabama. “I was always taught that whatever you do, always do your best and you will get the best results. Right now I am just living a dream and it’s an honor,” Leverette said. He said he was surprised when he got the call notifying him that he would be enshrined into the hall of fame. Leverette said he definitely accepted the honor that recognizes his hard work and dedication and that of his athletes. He said there is a simple formula he follows each day that allows him to stay grounded even though he has been a part of the successful Army program. Photo by Tim Hipps “Faith, Family and dedication are the and would do whatever he had to win a boxing World Class Athlete Program head boxing coach Charles things I put at the front of me being in the hall. It match, even if it made his mother uncomfortable. Leverette, here giving pointers to one of his fighters, recently goes in that order. My Family is always behind me. “My most memorable fight was the first time my has been elected to the Colorado Golden Gloves Hall of Fame. I have one of the strongest wives (Lushanda) in mom saw me box,” he said. “It was at the Olympic the world. A couple of years ago she won the fight Trials in 2004 and my mom drove up from Alabama Leverette said Abdullah was as “big brother” and against cancer and has been by my side for the past with two of my sisters to see me fight. mentor and credits him for his success. 16 years. And I can’t leave out my hybrids, which is “I noticed between rounds (while) going back As for others that may look to him for advice what I call my athletes. My athletes are some to my corner that (my mom) was watching the fight on how to be successful, Leverette said his message of the most disciplined and well-rounded people, with her hands in her face, looking between her is simple. and it makes it easy for me because I’m around fingers. It was one of the fights that I won at the “My message is, anything is possible. We have a such a great bunch of athletes,” Leverette said. Olympic Trials and when I came out (of) the ring quote in our gym by Henry Ford that says, ‘Whether He said he has another group of people that are one of the first things she said to me was I ought you think you can or think you can’t, you are right.’ I special to him — his assistant coaches that he said he to be ashamed of myself. I asked her for what and preach that to the athletes, kids and adults that I run feels any of them could be head coaches one day. she said you had no business hitting that kid like across, that it begins with believing in yourself. The The humble Leverette is a far cry from the that. I said momma, it’s boxing,” Leverette said. challenges that I faced were a challenge until I got athlete Leverette was in his days as an Army boxer. Leverette was selected to be assistant coach my hands on (them). Then it became my project and As humble as he is now as a coach, he was confident by then WCAP boxing coach Basheer Abdullah. then it became my accomplishment,” Leverette said.

Zumba builds awareness Fort Carson Zumba instructor Tamecka Dzuricky, front, leads a group of Mountain Post Zumba enthusiasts at City Auditorium in Colorado Springs Sunday. The post athletes were taking part in the program designed to raise awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig disease. Dzuricky’s Thursday night Zumba class will be dedicated to raising awareness for autism as April is National Autism Awareness Month. Dzuriky is asking every- one that comes out to support the event wear blue outfits or some article of blue in their workout attire. Call 526-2706 for information on fitness programs offered on post. Photo by Walt Johnson 32 MOUNTAINEER — April 24, 2015

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox Saturday at 6:05 p.m., Sunday at Fort Carson Appreciation host the Iowa Cubs Saturday- 1:35 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday Night is scheduled for May 2 when Tuesday at Security Service Field at 6:35 p.m. the Sky Sox will play the Storm in Colorado Springs. The Sky Sox host the Omaha Chasers at 6:05 p.m. Free ticket The Milwaukee Brewers Storm Chasers, the Kansas City vouchers,which must be exchanged Triple-A affiliate will host the Royals’ affiliate, April 30 and at the Sky Sox box office, are farm team of the Chicago Cubs May 1 at 6:35 p.m. available at Information, Tickets and Registration. The teams will then close out the home stand for the Sky Sox with a 1:35 p.m. contest May 3. Goal The Fountain Valley Relay for Life community event to celebrate cancer survivors, honor the memories of those lost to cancer and to fight back against the disease is set for June 5-6 at Fort Carson Fountain Middle School. youth center Go to http://www.relayforlife. Fireball player org/fountainvalleyco or contact Jace Miller, Mandi Dillon at 630-4980 or front, and his [email protected] for teammates and more information. opponents watch The Pikes Peak Sergeants Major his shot sail into Association holds its fourth the goal during annual golf tournament May 22 action Saturday at the Country Club of Colorado. at Pershing Field. The tournament will be a four- Youth center person scramble and includes 18 soccer action holes of golf, cart, range balls and takes place at lunch. Awards will be presented Pershing Field for first, second and third place. each Saturday Contests include longest from 9 a.m. drive, closest to the pin and a to 1 p.m. $10,000 hole in one. Player fees for the tournament are $85 for active duty and retirees and $120 for civilians. For an additional $15 golfers can bring their families out Photo by Walt Johnson See Bench on Page 33 April 24, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 33

open to active-duty personnel Bench only. Offi cials said fi nal team From Page 32 selections will need command approval for team training New bicycles to enjoy the club’s amenities. The during normal physical training tournament is limited to the fi rst hours. Team trainings will be 144 players. Register by May 15 at conducted in July, August and http://www.sgmaco.org. September. Offi cials said there is The Directorate of Family and no need to register for the event. Morale, Welfare and Recreation Interested people only need to staff hosts the second Spartan show up for the time trials at Military Sprint May 2-3. Garcia Physical Fitness Center The competition will consist from 4-5 p.m. on the scheduled of a 4-mile obstacle course. Visit tryout days. Call 526-3944 for http://www.spartanrace.com to more information. register for the event. The Colorado Rockies are offering There will be a Special military members special ticket Spartans race in conjunction with buys this season. the Military Sprint. The special The next opportunity is Spartan’s course is designed when the Rockies take on the San for racers with intellectual or Francisco Giants Friday at 6:40 developmental disabilities, p.m. and Saturday at 6:10 p.m. according to event organizers. Military personnel can The National Physique Committee purchase tickets in the outfi eld 2014 Axis Labs Southern box, pavilion, and upper reserved Colorado Bodybuilding, infi eld/outfi eld area for their Figure, Bikini and Physique Family and friends for $14 championships will be held in each (with a $3.50 service Colorado Springs May 17. charge per order), a discount The event takes place at from the usual price. Doherty High School, 4515 E. Call the Rockies at 303- Barnes Road. Prejudging begins ROCKIES, ask for the military at 11 a.m. and the fi nals begin discount and provide reference at 5 p.m. Visit http://www. number 21230946 to take jefftaylor.com for tickets. advantage of the offer. This Tryouts for the Fort Carson 2014 offer is not available on a walk-up Army Ten-Miler team are May 7, basis. Seating areas are subject Photo by Walt Johnson May 14, June 18 and June 25. to availability, limits may apply Fort Carson indoor cycling instructor Veronica Landry leads a cycling class at The annual Army Ten- and all areas are not available Iron Horse Sports and Fitness Center. The center will be receiving new bicycles Miler event is in October in for each game. Saturday in time for the cycling class held at 10 a.m. Washington, D.C. The team is — Compiled by Walt Johnson Play and Save

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Admission is watch fi re safety, fi re truck and K-9 unit. There’ll Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and $10 for adults, $7.50 for college students with be lost child fi ngerprinting and snacks. Go to Johnny Cash getting together for a jam identifi cation and $4.50 for children ages 4-17. http://www.Kingdombuildersfamilylifecenter.org. session. Songs featured in the show include Children 3 and under are admitted free. for more information. “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “Sixteen Tons,” Military rates are $5 for adults with military Royal Gorge Bridge & Park has opened its new “Who Do You Love,” “Great Balls of Fire” identifi cation and $4 for military children 14,000 square-foot visitor center. Six new and “Folsom Prison Blues.” 4-17 with identifi cation. The Space Foundation gondolas are crossing over the gorge and a • Whitesnake is on stage June 15 at 7:30 p.m. Discovery Center is at 4425 Arrowswest Dr. new ZipRider crosses a 2,400 feet open span • “The Abba Show” is June 25 at 8 p.m. Professional Bull Riders: Rumble in the Rockies of the Royal Gorge Bridge. The ZipRider is • Chicago is on stage June 28 at 7:30 p.m. is in the Broadmoor World Arena May 2-3. an additional charge of $40. The Royal Rush Call 520-SHOW for tickets. Call TicketsWest, 576-2626, for tickets. The Skycoaster is also available for an extra charge of Family Life Scout Program designed for fi rst- arena is at 3185 Venetucci Blvd. $25 per rider, $45 for two riders and $60 for three to fourth-grade Scouting groups is available The Veronika String Quartet’s season closing riders. Admission to the Royal Gorge Bridge & at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. concert is May 3 at 2 p.m. at Colorado Springs Park is $21 for adults, $12 for children. There’s The program aligns with badge requirements for Fine Arts Center music room, 30 W. Dale St. a $3 discount for active-duty military with Tiger Cubs, but all Scouting groups are welcome. Music includes Mozart, Webern and Tchaikovsky, identifi cation cards. The Royal Gorge Bridge & Scouts will learn about family life in the last with Jeremy Reynolds, a clarinet soloist. Call Park had 90-percent of its structures destroyed century through interactive and educational the box offi ce at 634-5583 for tickets which are in a fi re in June 2013 and has been rebuilding exhibits. Call the museum at 385-5990 to make $20 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets since then. April hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Take arrangements. The museum has free admission are also available at the door. Highway 115 south to Penrose then Highway 50 and is at 215 S. Tejon St. Fountain Creek Nature Center hosts its annual West through Cañon City and about 4 miles west Flying W Wranglers-Cowboy Dinner and Family Fun Day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 2. to County Road 3A and take it south to the park. Music is at Stargazers Theatre & Event There’ll be outdoor activities, bug sweeps, puppet A new exhibit, “Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Center Friday. Admission for dinner and shows, kite building, geo-caching, face painting, Unicorns and Mermaids,” is at the Denver show is $27; show only is $15. Call 476-2200 crafts, big bugs and more. The nature center Museum of Nature and Science. Bigfoot, the for tickets; seating is limited. Stargazers is is at 320 Peppergrass Lane in Fountain. Loch Ness monster and mermaids have captured at 10 S. Parkside Drive. A new event at Starsmore Visitor and Nature imaginations, inspired culture and spurred The Broadmoor World Arena, 3185 Venetucci Center, Cheyenne Cañon Hummingbird speculation. In this exhibit these creatures Blvd., presents “The Gala of the Royal Horses” Experience, will be part of the Inaugural “come to life” in statues and models. The Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The Gala of the Royal Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival May exhibition is free with general museum Horses makes its North American debut at this 8-10. May 9 events at Starsmore will be 10 a.m. admission. The museum is at 2001 Colorado event. The show features Andalusian, Friesian, to 3 p.m. at 2120 S. Cheyenne Cañon Road. Blvd. and is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Free Lipizzaner and Arabian breeds and Spanish Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale parking is in front of the museum or in the fl amenco dancers will also be featured. St., has “Guys & Dolls” in its theater May 21 to garage in front of the nearby Denver Zoo. Tickets start at $23.75; call 576-2626. June 14. Performances are Thursday-Saturday at Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Free general admission is offered Sunday 7:30 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets now offers free admission to youths under 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dia del Niño start at $20; call the box offi ce at 634-5583. thanks to a new grant. Families are invited to (Day of the Child) at fi ve Denver Tickets are now on sale for Ringling Bros. and take advantage of the free family backpack or art establishments: The Denver Art Museum, Barnum & Bailey presents “Circus Xtreme” tube activities and visit the museum’s galleries. 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway; the Denver Public in the Broadmoor World Arena. The circus For the full lineup of activities offered visit Library, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway; Clyfford Still will have shows at 7 p.m. June 4-5, 3 p.m. and http://www.denverartmuseum.org. Museum, 1250 Bannock St.; History Colorado 7 p.m. June 6 and 1 and 5 p.m. June 7. Ticket The Royal Gorge Route Railroad daily train Center, 1200 Broadway; and the Byers-Evans prices start at $15 at the box offi ce. Parking at leaves at 12:30 p.m. A club car has been added to House Museum, 1310 Bannock St. Visitors the Broadmoor World Arena is $5. the route and there’s also coach and Vista Dome can participate in a variety of family-friendly — Compiled by Nel Lampe

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with a roster including seven of vs. Superman Sept. 5 at Sky Fest, the Milwaukee’s top 30 prospects. Sky biggest fi reworks show of the year. Sox pitchers on the roster are Taylor The fi rst daytime fi reworks show Jungmann, David Goforth, Jed set to the music of the Grateful Dead Bradley, Tyler Cravy, Drew Gagnon will follow the July 12 game. and Ariel Pena. Keep an eye on The Sox Kids Club is for ages 12 lefty Brent Leach and Pete Orr and under. Dues paying members get Photo by Walt Johnson in the infi eld. free admission to all Sunday home Stadium food choices will be games, get an offi cial Club T-shirt similar to last year. There’ll still be $2 and get to run the bases after every Tuesdays. Mascot Sox the Fox will be Sunday home game. Triple-A baseball doing stunts and interacting with fans. There’s a Fun Zone with bounce Security Service Field is a good houses, a slide and a speed-pitch at place for family entertainment. It’s machine above the berm and costs $6. easy to get to the stadium, just a short The Fox Den at the stadium has distance from Powers Boulevard, souvenirs, caps and shirts. There’s the north-south traffi c artery on the also an online store on the website. Security Service Field city’s east side. There are 72 home games this The parking lot is in front of season. Single game tickets are on Security Service Field and parking sale at http://www.SkySox.com. Box By Nel Lampe the Elmore Sports Group brought suggested “Sox” because of the team’s in Memorial Park while a new stadium is $5. Park and take the short walk seats are $15; $13 for children, seniors Mountaineer staff the Pacifi c Coast League’s (PCL) affi liation with the Chicago White was being constructed. The stadium to the stadium. There’s a second and military. Reserved seats are $12; Hawaii Islanders to town in 1988. Sox, and “Sky” because the team’s was completed in 1988 and renovated parking lot on the east side of the $10 for children, military and seniors. It’s a new era for the Sky Sox But the Pacifi c Coast League’s home fi eld was the highest point in in 2005. It seats 8,500. fi eld for season ticket holders. Grass berm seating is $5. There are this season. The Sky Sox signed a team wasn’t the fi rst team called the the nation where professional baseball The team was fi rst affi liated with Sky Sox baseball games are full season ticket plans, weekend two-year player development contract Sky Sox. Colorado Springs got an would be played. the Cleveland Indians. great family experiences. It’s the value packs and specialty packs. with the Milwaukee Brewers Sept. expansion franchise for the Single-A The PCL team decided to keep the When the major league had a national pastime, is affordable and Fort Carson Military Appreciation 2. That contract made the Colorado Western League in 1949. There was historic name because it’s in Colorado two-team expansion in 1991, Denver in addition to professional baseball, night is May 2. Get free vouchers Springs Sky Sox the Triple-A team a team naming contest in the local Springs history, said Nick Dobreff, got a professional baseball team there’s wholesome entertainment from units or at Information, Tickets for the Brewers. newspaper won by local resident, Director of Public Relations for the franchise — the Colorado Rockies. suitable for families; top it off with and Registration located in Outdoor The Sky Sox have been Colorado Melvin Barhite, who submitted the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. Two years later the Sky Sox a tailgate party. Recreation and exchange the vouchers Springs’ home team ever since winning name, “Sky Sox.” He The team’s fi rst season was played became affi liated with the Rockies. OK, so it’s 1,116 miles to for tickets at the Sky Sox box offi ce. Many Rockies players played fi rst Milwaukee. Fans will adjust to Other military appreciation games with the Sky Sox, garnering fans who being too far from the affi liate’s home are June 4 and 18, July 23 and Aug. 20. followed their progress to the major stadium to attend games and they’ll Security Service Field is at 4385 Photo by Walt Johnson league, taking the one-hour drive warm up to manager Sweet and the Tutt Blvd. Call 591-SOXX for the Sox the Fox, wearing a birthday cake hat, interacts with to Coors Stadium to watch Sky Sox new roster. The Sky Sox are still in the ticket offi ce. Sky Sox fans at the fi rst game of the season. players who had moved on to the PCL, playing the same teams as last Colorado Rockies roster. year. Fans set attendance records in The Sky Sox were affi liated with 2014 — 350,374 people attended home the Colorado Rockies for 22 years, but games at Security Service Field. changes in affi liation happens. In fact, As before, there’ll be promotions, six Pacifi c Coast League teams have entertainment and giveaways at new affi liations for the 2015 season. Security Service Field. This year, although Security Used Car Night is July 11, and Service Field will look the same there’s a fi reworks show and bobble and the Sky Sox players will still head giveaway Aug. 15. wear red, white and blue uniforms, Kids eat free on Mondays, and there’ll be new names on the players’ there are 50-cent hotdogs every uniforms and Rick Sweet is the Sky Sunday game and 11 $2 Tuesdays. Sox manager. Giveaways at designated Although it’s a new era, it’s still games include posters, beach towels, Colorado Springs’ home team. The Sky Sox duffel bags, kids gloves fans will get used to it. They’ll know and bobble heads. the players’ names, learn about the There’ll be 18 fi reworks shows, Brewers, watch a few Brewers’ including nine Fireworks Fridays, games on TV and become Sky Sox fi reworks at the July 4 game and some and Brewers fans. Saturday games. Fans can buy an eight- Every Sky Sox game will be game Friday Fireworks pack for $75. broadcast on AM 1300 The Animal. Some Saturday fi reworks shows will Watch pitch-by-pitch game casts at include live character appearances and Photo by Nel Lampe Places to see in the Photo by Walt Johnson http://www.SkySox.com. performances, such as Star Wars June Workers at Security Service Field prepare the pitcher’s mound and make sure it’s within regulation Sky Sox fans fi ll the seats at the team’s April 9 season opener at Security Service Field against the Nashville Sounds. The 2015 season started April 9, 20, the Avengers Aug. 1 and Batman the day before the season opener. 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