Vol. 73, No. 46 Nov. 20, 2015

4ID veteran Groberg receives Medal of Honor By J.D. Leipold Army News Service

WASHINGTON — Medically Retired Capt. Florent A. Groberg became the 10th living service member to receive the Medal of Honor for selfl ess actions on the battlefi eld in Iraq or Afghanistan. President Barack Obama draped the nation’s highest military award for con- spicuous gallantry around the 32-year-old’s neck in the East Room of the White House in front of the Soldiers who were part of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (later refl agged to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team), 4th Photo by Staff Sgt. Chuck Burden Infantry Division, personal security detachment he was a man dressed in dark clothing, walking backward, Retired Capt. Florent A. Groberg receives the Medal of Honor leading in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2012. some 10 feet away. The man spun around and turned from Presiden Barack Obama Nov. 12 at the White House. Obama told Groberg’s story of how the French-born toward the captain who simultaneously sprinted toward former Soldier came to America and became a natural- him and began pushing him backward and farther from wants us to remember today,” Obama said. “One of ized citizen in 2001, the same year he graduated high his detail. As he pushed him away, Groberg noticed his mentors, a 24-year Army vet who always found school in Maryland. He next attended the University a bomb under the man’s clothing. time for Flo and any other Soldier who wanted to talk, of Maryland competing in track and cross “And at that moment, Flo did something Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Griffi n; a West Pointer country before graduating and receiving his extraordinary — he grabbed the bomber by his who loved hockey and became a role model to cadets commission in the Army in 2008. Hall of vest and kept pushing him away,” the president and troops because he always cared more about other “Training, guts, teamwork … what Heroes said. “In those few seconds, he had the instincts people than himself, Maj. Tom Kennedy; a popular Air made ‘Flo’ a great runner also made him a and the courage to do what was needed. One Force leader known for smiling with his whole face, great Soldier,” Obama said. “In the Army, induction of Flo’s comrades, Sgt. Andrew Mahoney, had someone who always seemed to run into a friend Flo again took his training seriously — See Page 6 joined in, too, and together they shoved the wherever he went, Maj. David Gray; and, fi nally, a hitting the books … paying attention to bomber again and again … pushing him so (U.S. Agency for International Development) foreign every detail in fi eld exercises, because he hard he fell to the ground onto his chest … ball service offi cer who had just volunteered for a second knew that he had to be prepared for any scenario.” bearings, debris, dust exploded everywhere.” tour in Afghanistan, a man who moved to the United His greatest test of his training happened on his second The blast threw Groberg 15-20 feet and knocked States from Egypt and reveled in everything American, deployment to Afghanistan where he was hand-picked him unconscious. When he awoke he found himself whether it was Disneyland or chain restaurants or to head up a security detail. On that day in 2012, he was in the middle of the road in shock, an eardrum blown roadside pie, Ragaei Abdelfattah. leading his security detail by foot in a diamond-shape out and his left leg broken with most of his calf muscle “These four men believed in America … they formation tasked with protecting two brigade commanders, torn away and bleeding badly. dedicated their lives to our country … they died two battalion commanders, two sergeants major and an What Groberg didn’t know was at the time the suicide serving it,” Obama said. Afghanistan National Army brigade commander. bomber blew up, a second suicide bomber released his The president added that Groberg suffered As the formation approached the provincial bomb killing four others outside the perimeter. governor’s compound, Groberg noticed off to his left “That blast by the bridge claimed four heroes Flo See Groberg on Page 4

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Post weather hotline 526-0096 Nov. 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 3 Supply Soldiers complete mission Story and photo by Tony Mayne commander. “Our mission was very successful. Everyone turn-in, shipping and receiving sections and established Fort Carson Public Affairs Office came back happy and safe. It is good to be here. We a forward issue supply transfer point at the Baghdad are happy to be back and see our Families again. Diplomatic Support Center in Iraq. Soldiers from the 247th Composite Supply We could not do our jobs without their support.” “This welcome home event is important because Company, 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, The company provided sustainment support of it is reconnecting Soldiers with their Families and 4th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, were multiple classes of supply throughout the area of Soldiers back with their units,” said Col. Ronald welcomed home in a ceremony Sunday at 6 p.m. at the operation to include forwarding food, water and Ragin, 4th SB commander. “That is why this event William “Bill” Reed Special Events Center. fuel to U.S. forces in Iraq. The Soldiers managed a is so important to me. Any given day we have The 149 Soldiers deployed in March in support munitions storage area in Iraq providing a receiving Soldiers all over the world, whether Eastern Europe, of operations in Southwest Asia. The unit provided and shipping point and a basic ammunition holding the Middle East or doing different things (such as) multi-class supply support activities for perishable and area for 12 coalition countries. fighting fires or out training. Anytime you can bring semi-perishable supply and retrograde support as well While deployed the company conducted area a Soldier and Family back and reconnect them, to as petroleum and potable water purification. support for echelons above brigade level as well as me that’s magic. I want the Soldiers to know that “We are the only unit in the United States Central backup support for brigade combat teams and support the 4th Inf. Div. and the nation recognizes that they Command area of responsibility to provide water, fuel brigades. It also set up an Expeditionary Supply Support are standing on freedom’s frontier and that we are and Class 1 items,” said Capt. Audrey Extine, company Activity in Iraq which included stock control, issue, extremely proud of them. Welcome home.”

Soldiers with the 247th Composite Supply Company, 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, salute during the playing of the national anthem during their welcome home ceremony Sunday at the William “Bill” Reed Special Events Center. 4 MOUNTAINEER — Nov. 20, 2015 418th Medical Logistics Company Soldiers return from deployment Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Craig Cantrell Fort Carson Public Affairs Offi ce

Fort Carson Families reunited with 33 Soldiers from the 418th Medical Logistics Company, 10th Combat Support Hospital, during a welcome home ceremony held at the William “Bill” Reed Special Events Center Nov. 13. The unit deployed in February to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield. During the deployment the company received, classifi ed, issued and stored up to 17.54 short tons of medical supplies and equipment per day. Spc. Christopher Trueblood, information technology “The ‘Medlog Warriors’ served as the second Additionally, small teams deployed all over the specialist, 418th Medical Logistics Company, 10th Combat largest medical distribution center in the Army with region to provide distribution and medical repair Support Hospital, reunites with his Family at the William annual requirements exceeding $55 million and capabilities. “Bill” Reed Special Events Center Nov. 13 following a supporting 70,000 patients and 250 joint and inter- “The outstanding efforts of the 418th MLC earned nine-month deployment to Southwest Asia. departmental organizations,” said Col. Kimberlee numerous accolades from across the theater as (it) A. Aiello, 10th CSH commander. supported the increase of medical support and care in The company provided theater-level medical supplies, Southwest Asia,” said Aiello. and love we receive from our Families,” said Aiello. medical repair parts and medical maintenance for the She thanked the returning Soldiers for their Following the dismissal of troops Soldiers reunited entire U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. performance during the nine-month deployment and with their loved ones. “The Soldiers of the 418th completed more than acknowledged the hardships endured by Families. “Being away from my Family for nine months 13,000 scheduled and unscheduled services on medical “We recognize that the sacrifi ce of service is was stressful but being here getting to see them is exciting equipment while increasing the monthly scheduled borne more by our Families than it is by those of us and emotional,” said Spc. Christopher Trueblood, services completion from 57 to 100 percent, exceeding in uniform because everything we do, everything we information technology specialist, 418th MLC, 10th the expectations and standards set for them,” said Aiello. are is only possible due to the support, understanding CSH. “I am extremely happy to be home.”

him to CrossFit,” Obama joked. “He’s looking to write that next chapter of who gave their lives that day,” Obama Groberg putting some hurt on some rowing service to America. For Flo, that means added. “The truth is, Flo says that day From Page 1 machines and some stair climbers … I a civilian job with the Department of was the worst day of his life. And that think it is fair to say he is fi t. Defense to help take care of our troops is the stark reality behind these Medal signifi cant nerve damage and has “Today, Flo is medically retired, but and keep our military strong. of Honor ceremonies — that for all endured more than 33 surgeries to like so many of his fellow veterans of our “And, every day that he is serving, the valor we celebrate, and all the keep his leg. 9/11 generation, Flo continues to serve,” he will be wearing a bracelet on his courage that inspires us, these actions “He’s not running, but he’s doing a Obama continued. “They are incredibly wrist, as he is today, a bracelet that were demanded amid some of the most lot of CrossFit — I would not challenge highly-skilled, dynamic leaders always bears the names of his brothers-in-arms dreadful moments of war.”

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Honoring veterans Students, Soldiers remember Story and photos by Sgt. William Howard 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 4th Infantry Division Soldiers of the 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, salute the COLORADO SPRINGS — Students of North American Flag while members of the American Legion conduct a flagpole ceremony at North Middle School in observance Middle School and Soldiers of the 299th Brigade of Veterans Day Nov. 10 in Colorado Springs. Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, saluted an American flag as it Latimer, assistant principal, North Middle School. “It means a lot to come out here today to see the was raised to half-staff Nov. 10. “Our job in many ways is to get students to look students, talk to them and for them to see us,” said The flagpole ceremony was part of an annual outside themselves and understand that they are part Command Sgt. Maj. Devon Evans, 299th BEB. “Even Veterans Day observance at the Colorado Springs of a bigger community.” though we have a mission, we’re able to reach out to school to honor all past and current military members. After the ceremony and playing of the national the students and they reach out to us. This is the reason “We understand how important our veterans anthem by the school band, the Soldiers gave a brief why we actually do what we do — wear the uniform.” and our military are in this community,” said Derien Veterans Day history lesson to the students. Pvt. Kaylon Stewart Smith, bridge crewmember, Company B, 299th BEB, said engaging with the students reminded him that being part of the military means being part of the bigger picture. “When you join it’s a bigger thing than yourself because everything you do eventually works for something else in the long run and helps other people around you,” said Smith. “It makes you feel like you’re a better person at the end of the day.” Evans said he plans to foster the bond between the school and battalion as it presents a valuable learning experience for both students and Soldiers. “We want to continue the relationship with North Middle School and we expect to be back soon,” said Evans. “I think this is a good relationship that we’re building and today started the foundation.”

Soldiers of the 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, demonstrate their morning physical training with pushups as students from North Middle School count a cadence after a flagpole ceremony Nov. 10 in observance of Veterans Day.

Cities honor service Retired Army Maj. Gen. Joe Arbuckle congratulates Retired Army Master Sgt. John Shoemaker during a Veterans Day Banquet hosted at the Alpine Lodge in Westcliffe Nov. 11. Shoemaker was formally presented his Bronze Star Medal for ground combat at Anzio Beach, May 8, 1944. The local American Legion Post 170 hosted the Veterans Day Banquet and included Shoemaker’s award ceremony to properly recognize his commendable actions 71 years ago.

Photo by Dee McNutt Col. Joel D. Hamilton, garrison commander, speaks with Marine Corps veteran Bernie Blan, left, Vietnam War, about his service experience as Trinidad Mayor Joe Reorda looks on during a Photo by Staff Sgt. Diandra Harrell Veterans Appreciation Lunch in Trinidad Nov. 11. 6 MOUNTAINEER — Nov. 20, 2015 Groberg inducted into Pentagon Hall of Heroes By J.D. Leipold down and release a dead-man’s trigger. past few weeks and because of that Army News Service In a hail of rock, ball-bearings, dust and humility that I’ve seen fi rsthand, I was debris, Groberg went airborne. He fl ew not surprised when Flo expressed a set WASHINGTON — The Army captain who earned some 15-20 feet into a culvert and was of confl icted emotions about today’s cel- the Medal of Honor for tackling a suicide bomber in knocked unconscious. ebration,” Fanning said. ‘“Imagine being Afghanistan in 2012 was inducted into the Hall of Heroes “So Capt. Groberg chose to com- honored for the worst day of your life.’” during a ceremony at the Pentagon Nov. 13. mit himself completely to this country; Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Capt. Florent A. Groberg’s name was added to one he chose repeatedly to lead his fellow Milley said Groberg is a representation of the plaques that line the walls of the Hall of Heroes, Soldiers with excellence; he chose to of all that is best in all Soldiers. a small commemorative enclave just inside the entrance test himself against the absolute best, “He epitomizes the Warrior Ethos to the Pentagon. Groberg’s name now stands among the earning the Ranger tab,” Carter said. and the Army Values that Secretary names of the more than 3,460 other recipients of the nation’s “And at the moment of greatest testing, he Fanning just pointed out,” Milley said. highest military award for bravery and selfl ess sacrifi ce. made the most selfl ess and courageous “He and his teammates who served Groberg, who is now medically retired from the Army, choice of all: to run toward the direction with him in the 4th Infantry Division received the honor for his heroic actions while serving of danger; to willingly put his life on the and others such as the 502nd (Infantry with the 4th Brigade Combat Team (later refl agged to 2nd line for the sake of his brothers.” Groberg Regiment) of the 101st (Airborne Infantry Brigade Combat Team), 4th Infantry Division. When Groberg awoke, he realized Division), they are really the strength Defense Secretary Ash Carter praised the members a second bomb went off nearly simultaneously with the that is our nation,” he said. “Their commitment and their of the personal security detachment that the captain had fi rst. Four of his group had been killed. courage to fi ght for a cause greater than themselves, to been leading to the provincial governor’s compound in “As Capt. Groberg has so often emphasized, we have fi ght for the ideals of our nation … it’s evident in all of Asadabad, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2012. a duty to honor those who can be with us only in spirit our Soldiers and we are proud to be among them today. “I want to thank the members of Capt. Groberg’s and memory,” Carter said. “To the Families of those who “Capt. Groberg never quit,” Milley said. “In facing extended Family, his military Family, men who were his gave their lives serving with Capt. Groberg — Command great danger, he put the mission fi rst and he never, ever brothers on the battlefi eld who remained close to him in Sgt. Maj. Kevin Griffi n, Maj. Thomas Kennedy, Air Force accepted defeat and never once thought of himself. Today, recovery,” Carter said. “From platoon Sgt. Brian Brink, Maj. Walter Gray and Ragaei Abdelfattah — you have he thinks of his fallen comrades … he has been there for who carried Capt. Groberg to safety, to Spc. Daniel our deepest sympathy and appreciation. the living and he’s there today for those who passed. Flo, Balderrama, who immediately treated his life-threatening “… Thank you Capt. Groberg for your courageous you and your teammates are what make the Army strong.” wounds, to Sgt. Andrew Mahoney, who helped confront actions, for your example and for your exceptional service Following the induction and presentation of the the suicide bomber, to Pfcs. Ben Secor and Eric Ochart, to our nation,” he said. personal Medal of Honor fl ag, Groberg spoke about his who carried members of the team to safety, each of you Acting Army Secretary Eric K. Fanning said he teammates and the four men lost Aug. 8, 2012. helped to save lives. was in awe of the deep humility and gratitude with “I stand in front of you as a proud American, grateful “You not only witnessed Capt. Groberg’s courageous which Groberg had expressed his feelings about that I’ve been given the opportunity to serve and wear decisions, you contributed to them … in so many ways, the Soldiers he had served alongside. the colors of our country in time of war,” he said. “I am you were the reason he made them,” he added. “So while “Our Soldiers make choices based on deeply blessed to be surrounded, trained, mentored, led and the medal is received by one; honor, courage and valor ingrained values taught in basic training, fostered by followed by some of our nation’s greatest warriors.” were required by all.” education and time in service, and demonstrated in He asked the men from his security detail to stand, While leading a dismounted movement of 28 coalition combat, the Army Values of loyalty, duty, respect, self- then talked about what he learned from them and thanked and Afghan National Army soldiers to the compound, less service, honor, integrity and personal courage,” them for saving his life. in the space of some 30 seconds, Groberg saw a suicide Fanning said. “Flo exemplifi ed each of these values … “I have wonderful parents, (a) wonderful Family, but bomber who threatened his six charges by coming too he displayed these all simultaneously in one day, in one when you deploy and you’re in combat, these individuals close to their security diamond. He ran toward the man, brief, but decisive, moment in Afghanistan. pushed him back, eventually causing the man to fall face “I’ve had the honor to spend time with Flo these See Hall of Heroes on Page 11

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COLORADO SPRINGS — Students and teachers at Carmel Middle School eagerly anticipated the Soldiers from Fort Carson arriving and celebrating Veterans Day Nov. 11. 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Soldiers volunteered to speak and help teach for a day in various classes at the Colorado Springs school. “Since hearing about the Soldiers’ scheduled visit, my students have asked every day if they’re still coming,” said Chaweeka Williams, teacher. “This morning they were bouncing in their seats waiting for their turn to interview the Soldiers.” Seventh-grade students interviewed Soldiers about their lives in order to write a Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Story and photo by Sgt. William Howard biography on each volunteer. Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, salute an 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs “Having the chance to speak with veterans American fl ag with students, parents and school faculty during Offi ce, 4th Infantry Division helps the students to personalize life as a a Nov. 11 fl agpole ceremony in observance of Veterans Day Soldier,” said Williams. “It is our job as at Piñon Valley Elementary School. COLORADO SPRINGS — Children’s faces were teachers to bring history to life.” fi lled with beaming smiles as they swarmed into Stryker More than 20 Soldiers volunteered their vehicles, donned oversized helmets and blasted the horn questions,” said Ann-Keve Blackburn, second-grade day off to participate in the program to help in a Humvee on a chilly Colorado morning Nov. 11. teacher, Piñon Valley Elementary School. “Two kids have give students a greater appreciation for global Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st come up and said to me, ‘They’re really nice.’ So that was perspectives. The classes consisted of Soldiers Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, a good thing; when the kids can actually feel welcome.” speaking about their experiences in working participated in a fl agpole ceremony and gave a tour of their The Soldiers helped children talk to each other with different cultures and working outside Stryker vehicles to students at Piñon Valley Elementary with the radio equipment inside the Strykers and of the country since joining the U.S. Army. School in observance of Veterans Day. play with the remote weapon system controls while “This opportunity gives the students, and “Fort Carson is right across the street and we’re maintaining a safe learning environment. teachers as well, perspective on how to interact out here to support the community and we appreciate “Instead of just looking at the vehicles they’ve been with other cultures,” said Chad Fetyko, teacher. all they do to support us,” said Lt. Col. Steven Barry, able to interact with them,” said Spc. James Nishimoto, “My class is comprised of international commander, 2nd Sqdn., 1st Cav. Reg. “When we do an Stryker vehicle driver, Troop B, 2nd Sqdn., 1st Cav. students who recently moved to America, so it event like this where we both mutually benefi t, I think Reg. “They can go back to their parents and tell them is really important for these students to it’s a win for everybody.” about what they learned today.” understand American culture and our military.” Students, parents, school faculty, veterans and This was the second annual Veterans Day event The Soldiers sharing their life experiences Soldiers saluted the American fl ag together during for the squadron and many of the local schools are helped to enhance their lessons this year, said the ceremony and playing of the national anthem. sponsored by the units of 1st SBCT. Steve Theisen, principal, Carmel Middle School. The students returned to their classrooms and School sponsorships under the Adopt A School “As we begin to utilize an International patiently anticipated their turn to engage with the program allow Soldiers a unique opportunity to interact Baccalaureate philosophy, tying in a global Soldiers and explore the military vehicles. and provide support to the community. perspective adds additional meaning and “I’m really impressed with the way the Soldiers are “It’s the gift of giving. It makes you feel good on relevance to our classes,” said Theisen. relating to the kids, supporting them and answering their the inside,” said Nishimoto. Students perform for Veterans Day Story and photo by Tony Mayne of their Families. We just want them to know they are Garrison Public Affairs Offi ce loved and appreciated.” A few of the students have grandfathers and other Skyview Middle School students entertained relatives who were prisoners of war. The students also shoppers at the Fort Carson Exchange with read excerpts from the journals of their experiences. patriotic songs and dramatic performances Nov. 11 “My great, great uncle was a bomber in World in observance of Veterans Day. War II and my grandpa is a veteran from the Air “We are here today because the band, choir and Force and I would like to honor them by doing this,” a few drama students wanted to show our gratitude said Alexia Alexander, Skyview Middle School for veterans,” said Alyson Doty, Skyview Middle student. “I did a dramatic pose for all women in School student. “I have always felt strongly about the military and I read an excerpt from when my veterans and it is a huge honor for me; I am really great, great uncle was a prisoner of war. I admire thankful for what they do.” (the military), you are very strong and do everything The students took the time out from school to come you can to keep this country safe and sound. I would to Fort Carson to give back to Soldiers and veterans. like to thank you guys.” “We are here to let our military Families know The students performed two sets before heading that we support them and our (military),” said Dr. back to school. Harriet Jarmon, choral music director at the Colorado “We are here to play music for the good people Springs school. “It is important to me because my that are here shopping,” said Alexander Barrientos, father served during the latter part of World War Skyview Middle School student. “I am related to II as a teenager and during Vietnam. My husband a lot of veterans … my dad served 27 years in the served during the Gulf War and my son served. I want Air Force and my uncle was in the Vietnam War. the veterans to know they are appreciated by all the I want veterans to know that I care, that I respect Students from Skyview Middle School in Colorado Springs students at Skyview Middle School and that we have a them and I very much thank them for keeping this provide music and patriotic displays for Soldiers and Family lot of students that are Christian, Jewish and Muslim country safe after what it has been through these members at the Post Exchange Nov. 11 in honor of Veterans Day. who constantly pray for their protection and the welfare past few years.” Nov. 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 11

Fort Carson dining facilities hours of operation DFAC Friday Saturday-Sunday Monday-Tuesday DFACs to serve (Note holiday meal at left) Stack Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m. Brunch: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Supper: 5-6:30 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. holiday meals Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m. Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m. Wolf Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Food service specialists at four Fort Carson dining facilities Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dinner: Closed Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. (DFACs) will serve special Thanksgiving meals this year. The price for the holiday meal is $6.80 for corporals and Warfi ghter Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m. Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m. below and their Family members, and $9.05 for all others. (Wilderness Road 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. The LaRochelle DFAC staff will serve its holiday meal Complex) Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m. Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The facility is located in LaRochelle Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. building 7481, near Devens Street and Jedburgh Drive. 10th SFG(A) Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Three DFACs will serve their Dinner: Closed Dinner: Closed Thanksgiving meals Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Continental DFAC Wednesday (Continental Thursday Nov.27-Nov. 29 (Training Nov. 30-Dec.3 breakfasts will be available at the breakfast/holiday lunch) (Holiday) holiday/weekend) facilities from 7-8 a.m. They are: Stack Breakfast: 7-8 a.m. Closed Closed Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m.  James R. Wolf, building 1444, near Lunch: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Specker Avenue and Felkins Street Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m. Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m.  Robert C. Stack, building 2330, Wolf Breakfast: 7-8 a.m. Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Brunch: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m. near Titus Boulevard and Specker Lunch: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Supper: 5-6:30 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Avenue Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. Supper: 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m.  Warfi ghter, building 9439, near Warfi ghter Breakfast: 7-8 a.m. Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m. Wilderness and Warfi ghter roads. (Wilderness Road Lunch: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wolf will be the only DFAC Complex) Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m. Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner: 5:30-7 p.m. serving a holiday meal on Thanks- LaRochelle Closed Closed Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. giving, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 10th SFG(A) Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. the standard rate of $5.55. Dinner: Closed

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Miscellaneous Support Services service order desk can be reached dress for success. Optional track days consist of Soldier care move from Warrior to Iron Horse — Over at 526-5345. Use this number for emergencies or entre preneurship, technical and higher education. the next several months, active-duty Soldiers currently routine tasks and for reporting wind damage, • Soldier Family Assistance Center, building seen at the Warrior Family Medicine Clinic will move damaged traffic signs or other facility damage. 7492, 524-7309/7310 — services are for Warrior to the Iron Horse Family Medicine Clinic (IHFMC). • Refuse/trash and recycling — Call Eric Bailey at Transition Unit Soldiers. The move will improve access to care and facilitate 719-491-0218 or email [email protected] • Briefings — predeployment briefs for transitioning provider changes. IHFMC is located in the hospital when needing trash containers, trash is overflowing service members and professional development on the second floor of the Woods Soldier Family Care or emergency service is required. briefs for leaders and staff can be scheduled by Center. Call 524-4068 for more information. • Facility custodial services — Call Bryan Dorcey calling 526-1001/6465. German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (GAFPB) at 526-6670 or email [email protected] Joint Personal Property Shipping Office (JPPSO) — testing will take place on Fort Carson March for service needs or to report complaints. — is currently open Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 1-3. This is a decoration of the Bundeswehr, the • Elevator maintenance — Call Bryan Dorcey at 4:30 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Beginning armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany, 526-6670 or email [email protected]. Sept. 1, the office will be open Monday-Thursday that can be awarded to all German soldiers and allied • Motor pool sludge removal/disposal — Call from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Soldiers and Airmen of any rank. The GAFPB is one Dennis Frost at 526-6997 or email dennis.j.frost. The office is located in building 1012. of the few approved foreign awards that can be worn [email protected]. Logistics Readiness Center Supply and Services by U.S. service members. The GAFPB combines • Self-help/troop construction — Call Tony Haag • Central issue facility, building 1525 — Monday- the requirements of superior physical fitness and at 526-2859 or e-mail anthony.d.haag.civ@mail. Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30-4 p.m. Last soldiering skills — awardees must excel at both mil. Use this number to obtain self-help tools customer is served at 3:30 p.m. to earn any award. Only participants who have and equipment or a motorized sweeper. • Reparable exchange/directed exchange or mastered both the soldiering events and physical • Base operations contracting officer representative turn-in — Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and fitness requiring speed, strength and endurance will — Call Larry Dickerson at 524-0191 or email 12:30-4 p.m. on a walk-in basis. For faster turn-in earn the gold level of this award. Email Retired Chief [email protected] for questions on service, call 526-3321 for an appointment. Warrant Officer 4 David Douglas at gafpb.fcco@ snow removal, grounds maintenance and contractor • Ammunition supply point, building 9370 — gmail.com for details. response to service orders. Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. Last Veterans in Piping — Applications for the Veterans in • Portable latrines — Contact Jerald Just at 524-0786 issue/turn-in to ASP is at 2:30 p.m.; exceptions Piping class that runs Feb. 29 to June 20 are available or [email protected] to request, for service coordinated on case-by-case basis. at the Education Center. This program provides 18 or to report damaged or overturned latrines. • Subsistence Support Management Office, weeks of free training in pipe welding to selected • Signs — Call Jim Diorio, Fort Carson Support building 350 — Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to participants while still on active duty. Stop by the Services, at 896-0797 or 524-2924 or email noon and 12:30-4 p.m.; call 526-4086/5195. Education Center, building 1117, room 150 or call [email protected] to request a facility, parking • Post Supply Support Activity, building 330 — 526-2124 for more information. or regulatory traffic sign. Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30-4 p.m. Ongoing Briefings Last customer served at 3:30 p.m.; call 526-9094. First Sergeants’ Barracks Program 2020 — is located Casualty Notification/Assistance Officer training — • Installation Property Book Office, building in building 1454 on Nelson Boulevard. The hours of The 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson 330 — Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and operation are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday com manding general has directed all Soldiers, 12:30-4 p.m.; call 526-5984. and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday. The office assists sergeant first class through command sergeant major, • Post Laundry, building 310 — Monday-Friday, Soldiers with room assignments and terminations. chief warrant officer 2-5 and officers, captain and above, 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30-4 p.m. Last customer Call 526-9707 for more information. must attend Casualty Assistance Officer and Casualty served at 3:30 p.m.; call 526-8803. Sergeant Audie Murphy Club — The Fort Carson Notification Officer Training. The three-day training • Bulk fuel point — Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to midnight. Sergeant Audie Murphy Club meets the second Tuesday course is held monthly at Veterans Chapel. Soldiers • Hazardous Material Control Center, building of each month from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Evans must register through their school NCO for attendance 400/406 — Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Army Community Hospital in the Aspen Room. The of this training. Call 526-4551 for details. Contact administration operations at 526-5349 or club is named after Audie Leon Murphy, the most Retirement briefings — are available at http://www. the warehouse at 526-2979. highly-decorated Soldier in American history. To be carson.army.mil/dhr/DHR/MPD/PPB/Retirement Education Center hours of operation — The Mountain a member, a Soldier must be recognized as an NCO Services.html. Call 526-2840 for more information. Post Training and Education Center, building 1117, of the highest quality, demonstrating both leadership ETS briefings — are available at http://www.carson. 526-2124, hours are as follows: and performance. Armywide, SAMC membership army.mil/dhr/DHR/MPD/PPB/Transitions.html. Call • Counselor Support Center — Monday-Thursday reflects the top 1 to 2 percent of NCOs. Email pao@ 526-2240/8458 for more information. 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. samampc.org for more information. Reassignment briefings — are available at http://www. • Army Learning Center — Monday-Friday Legal services — provided at the Soldier Readiness carson.army.mil/dhr/DHR/MPD/PPB/Briefings/ 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Processing site are for Soldiers undergoing the SRP Levy.html. • Defense Activity for Nontraditional Educa tion process. 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Legal assistance prepares powers available, special handling of property and environ- 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday from 7:30 a.m. of attorney and performs notary services on a walk-in mental needs. To schedule an orientation, contact to 12:30 p.m.; closed all federal holidays. Call basis from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Wednesday and Arnaldo Borrerorivera at arnaldo.borrerorivera@ 526-7322 or 526-7284 for details. Friday, and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday. dla.mil for receiving/turn in; Mike Welsh at mike. Work Management Branch — The DPW Work Command Evaluation and Training Team — COMET [email protected] for reutilization/web tools; or Rufus Management Branch, located in building 1219, provides commanders at all levels with a responsive Guillory at [email protected]. responsible for processing work orders — Facilities maintenance and supply assessment and training tool Army ROTC Green-to-Gold briefings — are held Engineering Work Requests, DA Form 4283 — is that improves the combat effectiveness, readiness the first and third Tuesday of each month at noon at open for processing work orders and other in-person and efficiency of their units’ logistical programs. the education center, building 1117, room 120. Call support from 7-11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. Afternoon The team identifies supply and maintenance weak- University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Army customer support is by appointment only, call 526-2900. nesses and problems and provides individual and ROTC at 262-3475 for more information. Claims Office hours — are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. unit reinforcement training based on assessments. Hours of Operation to noon and 1-4 p.m., located on the first floor of Results remain confidential for the unit commander Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program (SFL- building 6222, 1633 Mekong St. Shipment under only. COMET provides assistance in the majority TAP), formerly known as Army Career and Alumni Full Replace Value claimants must report the of maintenance and supply management areas with Program, is open Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.; additional loss or damage listed on After Delivery one-on-one training and by conducting follow-up open training holidays but closed on federal holidays: Form 1851 directly to the transportation service visits. Contact Tim Howarth at 503-3095 or thomas. • SFL-TAP Computer Lab and Clearing Station, provider by fax or report on the Defense Personal [email protected] for information. building 1118 room 133, 526-1002 — located Property System line within 75 days. Claimants Directorate of Public Works services — Services range behind the Garrison Headquarters, services must submit the claim on DPS line through http:// from repair and maintenance of facilities to equipping include Individual Transition Plan review and www.move.mil within nine months for FRV units with a sweeper and cleaning motor pools. Below appointments with career counselors; computer com pen sation for certain items. All other claims, are phone numbers and points of contact for services: labs for required pre-separation briefs, job searches submit to Fort Carson Claims Office within • Facility repair/service orders — Fort Carson and résumé writing; and clearing (only location two years of delivery or date of incident. Direct to clear, Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.) questions to 526-1355. Special Operations Briefs every week: • Transition University, building 6237, 526-1001/ Work Management Branch — The DPW Work Recruiting: Special Forces, 6465 — five-day program includes classes on Management Branch, located in building 1219, Building 1218, noon Wednesday transition overview, Military Occupational Skill responsible for processing work orders — Facilities Room 312/313 Crosswalk, financial planning, U.S. Department Engineering Work Requests, DA Form 4283 — is Ellis Street, Civil Affairs/ of Labor employment workshop and Veterans Fort Carson PSYOP, noon open for processing work orders and other in- 524-1461/1462 Thursday Affairs benefits. Elective classes available following person support from 7-11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. the program include social networking, employer Afternoon customer support is by appointment only, http://www.bragg.army.mil/sorb day, advanced résumé, federal résumé and call 526-2900. Nov. 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 13

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The Fort Carson Veterinary Center will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 5. Families are invited to attend the event which will Maj. Nic Cabano, clinical medicine include clinic tours, military instructor, right, instructs interns, Capts. working dog demonstrations, Jake Tidwell and Caitlin Sullivan on Fort Carson Mounted Veterinarian techniques and procedures during a Color Guard horses and spay and gastropexy operation at the information booths. Fort Carson Veterinary Center Nov. 10. The center is located The operation was part of a yearlong at 1535 Sheridan Ave., interns advance training program for veterinary interns. building 6190. Parking is available across the street skills at Carson in the Exchange lot. Story and photos by Scott Prater yearlong internship that both Tidwell and Capt. Jake Tidwell, left, an intern at Mountaineer staff Sullivan will complete at Fort Carson. the Fort Carson Veterinary Center, “The real advantage to the FYGVE makes an incision to start a spay and As Capts. Jake Tidwell and Caitlin program is twofold,” Cabano said. “The gastropexy procedure Nov. 10. Capt. Sullivan used an electro scalpel to make interns benefit from a year with two Caitlin Sullivan, also an intern, assisted precise incisions on a patient’s abdomen specialists to improve their skills, both in the operation. Nov. 10, Maj. Nic Cabano watched with on the public health side and the clinical a discerning eye. side, but the garrison and the community Inside an operating room at the benefits a great deal because we are able Fort Carson Veterinary Center, Tidwell to expand our services. Most installations and Sullivan, surgical interns, performed are staffed with one doctor and one to two surgical procedures on a 5-month- two technicians, whereas the Fort Carson old German Shepherd named Sassy. Veterinary Treatment Facility, with the “I’ve performed a spay before, but FYGVE program, has an additional six this is the first time I’ll remove ovaries doctors, an additional two technicians but leave the uterus intact,” said Tidwell, and an additional senior NCO.” who is in his first month of duty at Fort Following their internships, Carson. “It’s an invaluable experience.” veterinarians are assigned to a duty Cabano, clinical instructor in charge station. Some will stay at Fort Carson, of the First-Year Graduate Veterinary while others can be sent to a deployed Education program (FYGVE) at Fort location or one of the many military Carson, began offering instruction as stations in the continental U.S. or over- soon as the interns scrubbed in. seas, depending on the Army’s needs. “The interns are recent veterinary Cabano explained that the Army school graduates,” Cabano said. veterinary corps is the DOD executive “Each graduate comes from a different agent for clinical veterinary care to all school that teaches a different services, so FYGVE graduates could curriculum, so the goal of the FYGVE also be assigned to Navy, Air Force or program is to make sure everyone has Marine Corps bases. the same baseline when starting their Tidwell said the opportunity to military careers.” travel and see new parts of the world With Sassy under anesthesia, Tidwell was a big draw for him when he and Sullivan performed a spay procedure considered veterinary career options. and what’s known as a gastropexy. Meanwhile, Cabano pointed to “A gastropexy involves tacking the another advantage of the Army’s animal’s stomach to the body wall in FYGVE program. order to prevent a life threatening “Most teaching hospitals don’t disease process called bloat, or gastric allow students to use advanced dilatation volvulus, which occurs in equipment, but today, we are using this breed in middle age or later in life,” advanced electrosurgical equipment,” he Cabano said. “This can be a lifesaving said. “It is not only better for the patient, preventive surgical procedure that it requires a higher level of skill, so our first-year graduate interns are receiving students are advancing their clinical skill instruction on.” as they go through the program, starting The surgical training is part of a with their first week.” 14 MOUNTAINEER — Nov. 20, 2015 Hospital no-shows affect all By Jeff Troth the automated AudioCARE calls a few days two patients. Because the no-show individual U.S. Army Medical Department Activity – before the appointment. reschedules to get the care he missed, another Fort Carson Public Affairs Office According to Anderson, the hospital and its patient isn’t able to get that appointment. patients suffer when someone is a no-show — an “A habitual no-show … can take up to five It may not seem like a big deal to miss an individual who misses or is late to an appointment slots with rebooking their appointments,” Anderson appointment at a military hospital, after all isn’t without cancelling or rescheduling it. said. “This is denying several of our patients the “free” health care a benefit of being in the military “If we can’t rebook it, access across the board opportunity to receive the care they need.” or married to someone in the military? decreases,” said Anderson. “If the next patient is A no-show affects the hospital in more ways “Medical care is a part of your military benefit but early, the provider can see them. But this doesn’t than just a loss of productivity and in decreased getting to your scheduled appointment is the one point normally happen.” appointment slots. It also hurts the hospital financially. where our patients play a huge part in our access to When someone is a no-show it means that “Although there is no exchange of money at our care system,” said Maj. Jason Anderson, the officer in two people missed out on that appointment. But clinics for an appointment, there is a cost associated charge of Evans Army Community Hospital’s Clinical Anderson said that it affects much more than just with missed appointments,” said Emma Alonzo, Services Department. Evans access to care manager. Anderson said that life Evans, like all other happens and realizes it is not military treatment facilities, always possible to get to a receives money based on the scheduled appointment. number of patients treated. “If someone can’t make The hospital loses $86 for a (it to) an appointment they regular doctor appointment need to cancel it,” he said. missed and $169 for missed “The sooner they cancel the specialty appointments. better, because then we can During fiscal 2015, Evans fill that slot with someone had almost 7,000 no-shows else who needs it.” (about 5 percent of all ap- Evans beneficiaries pointments). The money lost have four ways to cancel due to patient no-shows could an appointment. They can have been used to hire more call the clinic or the Patient providers or improve patient Access System (appointment services, Anderson said. line) at 526-CARE (2273). “We want to partner with TRICARE Online can be our beneficiaries to solve used not only to schedule this no-show problem,” he an appointment but also to said. “It hurts beneficiaries cancel it. The final option is and the hospital because it is to cancel via phone when all tied together.”

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Soldiers with 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pose with Denver Broncos cheerleaders during a “Salute to Service” game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Diandra Harrell

By Staff Sgt. Diandra Harrell of each military branch lined up and walked appreciate what you all do,” Coates said. “There Former Denver Broncos Steve 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office in files across the field as their respective are 76,000 people here who value every second Foley presents a commemorative service songs played. that these brave men and women are out autographed football to Sgt. 1st DENVER — The crowd roared and rose Once in place, a member of each service working to protect this country.” Class Eric Gallardo, acting first to its feet as Fort Carson Soldiers and other branch was presented with sergeant, Company A, 1st service members made their way onto the field an autographed game ball. Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, during a military appreciation game at Sports “I think it’s awesome we 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Authority Field at Mile High Sunday. get to be here,” said Sgt. 1st. Team, 4th Infantry Division, Broncos The Denver Broncos honored past and Class Eric Gallardo, acting during a “Salute to Service” present service members during the annual first sergeant, Company A, game Sunday at Sports “Salute to Service” game. 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Authority Field at Mile High. “It’s great that the Broncos offered this to Regiment, 3rd ABCT. us,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Todd W. Sims, “It’s nice to know that all 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th we’ve done hasn’t gone Infantry Division. “It shows that they care unnoticed.” Spc. Phu Nguyen, 984th Military about the Soldiers.” Following the halftime Police Company, 759th MP salute The Salute to Service game has been an show, service members were Battalion, receives autographs annual tradition for over a decade, said Liz Coates, escorted off the field and from Aaron Brewer, center, and game entertainment manager, Denver Broncos. back to their seats. Many Sylvester Williams of the Denver “We love entertaining the men and women audience members reached Broncos. Broncos players and who protect us,” Coates said. out to shake their hands cheerleaders conducted a caravan During the pregame show Colorado National to thank them for their around Fort Carson Nov. 10 to Guard members ran onto the field through mists service to the nation. meet with Soldiers and show service of fog with American flags held high. Troops “I hope that this game appreciation for their service. took the field again at halftime when members shows how much we really Photo by Jeanine Mezei Photo by Staff Sgt. Diandra Harrell 18 MOUNTAINEER — Nov. 20, 2015

Autumn good time for refl ection Ecumenical Commentary by concerning the season which we are I often think that our lives ought Lt. Col. Jose Herrera now in. to have an “October shedding” as Thanksgiving When the leaves start falling from well, where we clear away all the Hal Borland, author of the book the trees it is remarkable how much things that tend to accumulate in Worship Service “When the Legends Die,” once wrote, more we can see. How much has been our lives and create such a vast array “October is the fallen leaf, but it is hidden by the fullness of the leaves of “brush” that we no longer see the The Fort Carson Religious also a wider horizon more clearly on the many trees that grace the land big picture. We create attitudes Support Offi ce holds its seen. It is the distant hills once more all across Colorado Springs and up and behaviors in order to hide, forget Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service, in sight, and the enduring constella- into the Teller County foothills? And or otherwise ignore certain things “Remembering the Goodness of tions above them once again.” I remember this being true about the that affect our lives. God,” at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at I remember reading the book as area around Fort Lewis in Washington What are some of the things that Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel. a teenager and some of the images and almost any place that is blessed you have allowed to build up in your Attire is Army Service Uniform still dance in my head when I think with beautiful mountain ranges. It’s an life over the last year or so that you need or duty uniform for military and about the effects of culture, language awesome sensation to see things that to “let go” like the trees that release business casual for civilians. and world view and how we deal with have been, up until the fall season, so the spent leaves from their branches Contact the Religious one another across the spectrum of completely hidden. While we might every autumn? Now is the perfect Support Offi ce at 526-5279 for human relations. In many ways, the miss the lushness of the greenery time to make peace with the past more information. affect that this book had on me as a there is delight in getting a glimpse and look toward the future with young man are refl ected in this quote of an otherwise hidden world. a lighter step and a surer purpose.

Chapel briefs Kimberly Hall, chaplain, at kimberly.hall13.mil@ for more information. Facebook — Search “Fort Carson Chaplains (Religious mail.mil or (301) 452-7287 for more information. Religious Education class — Classes are held from Support Offi ce)” for events and schedules. Chapel NeXt — meets at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday 10:30-11:50 a.m. throughout the school year for Post kicks off liturgical service — Provider Chapel at Veterans Chapel. Contemporary worship, preschool (at least 4 years old) through high school. will kick off its new Protestant liturgical service children’s ministry and biblical preaching is offered Registration is also being held for adults seeking to at 9 a.m. Nov. 29, the fi rst Sunday of Advent. during both services. Youth group meets Sunday be confi rmed in the Catholic church. These classes Provider Chapel is located in building 1350 at at 6:30 p.m. Visit the Chapel NeXt Facebook page at are held on a weeknight. Contact Pat Treacy at 524- Barkeley Avenue and Ellis Street. Contact Capt. https://www.facebook.com/#!/chapelnextfortcarson 2458 or [email protected] for details. Youth Ministries — Prussman youth group meets Tuesday at 6 p.m. and the Veterans Chapel youth group meets Sundays at 6:30 p.m. Catholic youth group meets at 2 p.m. Sunday at Soldiers’ Chapel schedule Memorial Chapel. Catholic Women of the Chapel — Child care is Catholic available by emailing children’s names and ages Soldiers’ Chapel • Sunday, 10:30 a.m., religious Healer Chapel to [email protected]. CWOC meets Nelson Boulevard and Martinez Street education, 524-2458 Evans Army Community Hospital Wednesdays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. • Saturday, 4:15-4:45 p.m., • Sunday, 10:30 a.m., RCIA, • All Catholic services and daily Mass reconciliation, 526-8583 524-2458 are temporarily suspended. at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel. Call 526-5769. • Saturday, 5 p.m., Mass, 526-8583 • Monday-Friday, 11:45 a.m., Protestant Women of the Chapel — meets • Sunday, 8:15-8:45 a.m., mass, 526-8583 Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Soldiers’ reconciliation, 526-8583 • Wednesday, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Memorial Chapel. Free child care is available. • Sunday, 9 a.m., Mass, 526-8583 CWOC, 526-5769 Email [email protected] or visit “PWOC Fort Carson” on Facebook for details. Native American prayer/spiritual services — Protestant Latter Day Saints The He Ska Akicita (White Mountain Warriors) Healer Chapel (Traditional) Service held from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel. Contact Capt. hosts Inipi (sweat lodge) services at Turkey Evans Army Community Hospital Brian Croak, chaplain and LDS branch presidency, at 502-0739. • Sunday, 9 a.m., worship, 526-7386 Creek Recreation Area biweekly and include Eastern Orthodox prayer and purifi cation, blessing of protection, Prussman Chapel (Gospel) Fort Carson does not offer Eastern Orthodox services on post. For off-post and continued spiritual and emotional support. Barkeley Avenue and Prussman services please call 715-473-9238. The ceremonies are conducted in traditional Boulevard • Sunday, 9:30 a.m., Sunday school, Jewish Lakota Style. Call Michael Hackwith at 526-5744 Fort Carson does not offer Jewish services on post. Contact the U.S. Air Force 719-285-5240 or Kevin Cheek at 405-313-8049 • Sunday, 11 a.m., gospel, 526-9640 Academy Chapel for Jewish services information at 333-2636. The chapel is for more information and protocols. located at 2346 Academy Place on the U.S. Air Force Academy. Knights of Columbus — a Catholic group for Soldiers’ Chapel (Multidenominational Worship Celebration) Islamic men 18 and older, meets the third Wednesday Nelson Boulevard and Martinez Street Fort Carson does not offer Islamic services on post. Contact the Islamic Society of the month at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel. • Sunday, 11 a.m., worship, 524-4316 at 2125 N. Chestnut, 632-3364 for information. Call 526-5769 for details. • Tuesday, 9 a.m., PWOC, 524-4316 Colorado Warriors Sweat Lodge Latter Day Saints Soldiers — meet Wednesday at Veterans Chapel 6 p.m. for pizza and social, followed by an Institute Meets once or twice monthly and upon special request. Contact Michael Magrath Avenue and Titus Boulevard (Bible study) at 6:30 p.m. at Soldiers’ Memorial Hackwith at 719-285-5240 or Kevin Cheek at 405-313-8049. • Sunday 9:30 and 11 a.m., Chapel. Contact elder Ott Dameron at 433-2659 Chapel NeXt, 526-8889 Fort Carson Open Circle (Wicca) or [email protected] or Capt. Jacob Snell, Fort Carson does not offer Wicca services on post at this time. chaplain, at 330-3120 or [email protected] for information or a ride.

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Claims to the estate Fingerprinting will only be done for on-post Capt. Tobey R. Hockridge — With deepest regret employment and for adoptions. Individuals to the Family of the deceased. Anyone having requesting fingerprints for adoptions are required claims against or indebtedness to his estate should to provide their own fingerprint cards. contact Maj. Cara McLean at 303-358-7167. Evans Army Community Hospital (EACH) offers Sgt. John Gardner — With deepest regret to the online payments — EACH offers an online pay- Family of the deceased. Anyone having claims ment option. Pay.gov is a convenient and quick way against or indebtedness to his estate should to make electronic payments to federal government contact Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stuart Mitchell agencies with credit cards, debit cards or direct at 253-691-7887. debit. This is a secure service provided by the U.S. Upcoming events Department of the Treasury. Paying online is the Yard sales — can be held on post from 8 a.m. to preferred method for paying EACH medical bills. 3 p.m. the first and third Saturday of the month Visit http://www.evans.amedd.army.mil/RMD/ through December. Post residents set up their items pay-gov.htm for more information. in front of their homes. Single Soldiers and military Payday loan complaints — The Consumer Financial Families who reside off post can set up in the Protection Bureau is accepting complaints from building 5510 parking lot. Yard sales are organized borrowers encountering problems with payday and conducted by the Installation Mayoral Program loans. Visit http://www.consumerfinance. and the Balfour Beatty Family Housing Office. gov/complaint or call 855-411-2372. Call the Mayoral Program at 526-8303 or VIN verification — Colorado Vehicle Identification Army Community Service at 526-4590 for more Number verifications will be conducted at the information. Civilians who would like to participate Fort Carson Police Station, building 2700, from can access the installation at Gate 1 off of Highway 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. 115 and will need to show a driver’s license or Nurse advice line — is available 24/7 and is a resource valid state identification for every one over age 18, Families can use if they become ill while traveling. vehicle registration and proof of insurance. Those Call 800-874-2273, option 1, to talk to a registered without a DOD identification card must undergo nurse who can answer urgent care questions, give a National Crime Information Center background health care advice and help find a doctor in the check. All vehicles are subject to search. area. Locally, TRICARE beneficiaries can call General announcements 524-2273, option 3, to speak with a nurse. Donated annual leave for Fort Carson civilian Military spouse competitive employment — Spouses employees — is currently being accepted for of active-duty service members upon arrival to new the following civilians who have exhausted all duty stations from the contiguous U.S. may apply available leave because of medical emergencies for competitive employment under Executive Order available to work with parents who have under the Voluntary Leave Transfer Program: 13473. There is a two-year restriction from the concerns about their child’s behavior, discipline Carmelita Carrillo, Andrea Cunningham, and date of the sponsor’s order to use the authorization. or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. A Holly Hathaway, Directorate of Family and Morale, Spouses returning from overseas may apply under pediatric pharmacist is also available to manage Welfare and Recreation; Matthew Channing, Executive Order 12721, which gives three years to children’s medication. Military Entry Processing Station – Denver; Jamie use the authorization. Spouses of a veteran with 100 Civilian Assistance Services — provides short- Flowers, Directorate of Public Works; David Grant, percent service connected disability may be eligible term assistance to Department of the Army Denver Recruiting Battalion; Sandra Ryon, Dental for employment under different circumstances. Civilian employees, active-duty spouses and Activity; Carlos Torres, Directorate of Emergency The Employment Readiness Program, Army Family members, and retired military personnel Services; and Rhonda Wells, Space and Missile Community Service, Directorate of Family and and eligible family members with adult living Defense Command. Any Army appropriated fund Morale, Welfare and Recreation, can assist spouses problems, substance use concerns and issues civilian employees wishing to donate annual leave in applying for education and employment. Contact affecting workplace productivity and well-being. must complete the OPM Form 630a found at the ERP staff at 526-0452/0467 for information. Worksite interventions are offered and consulta- http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf(underscore)fill/ Veterinary clinic hours — The Fort Carson tion is available to super visors and managers opm630a.pdf. Non-Army appropriated fund civilian Veterinary Center, 1535 Sheridan Ave., building regarding workplace matters. Services are free employee from another federal agency inter- 6190, is open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday to eligible civilians and DA civilian employees. ested in donating leave must complete the OPM and closed on federal holidays. The center offers Services are made available through the Fort Form 630b found at http://www.opm.gov/Forms/ wellness exams, vaccinations, microchip implanta- Carson Employee Assistance Program located pdf(underscore)fill/opm630b.pdf and provide to tion, dental appointments and sick call as well as at 1638 Elwell St., building 6236, room 210. their civilian personnel/HR office for annotation. some surgeries, including spaying and neutering. Call 526-2196 for a confidential inquiry. Both forms must then be forwarded to Irma Otte, The center also has X-ray, ultrasound and other Same day appointments — Evans Army Fort Carson Civilian Personnel Advisory Center, advanced imaging capabilities. Call 526-3803/4520 Community Hospital Family Medicine Clinics, via fax at 526-6128 or via email at irma.otte.civ@ for information or to make an appointment. Internal Medicine Clinic and Pediatric Clinic mail.mil with the subject line “VLTP.” Otte can Wait time information available online — Patients are operating under an appointment model be reached at 719-526-9341. Anyone experiencing with appointments for radiology and specialty called “Open Access,” offering same day a medical emergency and about to exhaust leave care at Evans Army Community Hospital can visit appointments. Beneficiaries may not be offered can contact the CPAC Management Employee EACH’s website to learn when the next appoint- the exact hour they want. Call the Access to Relations team at 526-8317/1006/1336/4270. ment is available. The information is updated Care Line, 526-2273, to make an appointment. Civilian injury reporting system — Migration every two hours for specialty clinics and weekly Transfer military hospital or clinic when to the Employees’ Compensation Operations and for radiology. EACH attempts to see patients at relocating — TRICARE Online (TOL) users Management Portal (ECOMP) began Nov. 1, a the hospital, but if appointments are not available must update their military hospital or clinic change from the original start date of Sept. 30. The within the 28 day standard for specialty care, location online each time they relocate. Department of Defense (DOD) has entered into patients may receive a letter with instructions for Transferring military hospital or clinic an agreement with Department of Labor (DOL) to how to book an appointment with a network affiliation in TOL does not automatically use ECOMP, the DOL electronic civilian injury specialist. Visit http://www.evans.amedd.army. transfer the TRICARE enrollment in Defense reporting system, for appropriated fund civilian mil/vs/csavailapp.aspx to check wait times. Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System. workers’ compensation claims. ECOMP will replace JAG assists with name change, adoption — The Ambulance service — Post officials urge community the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) currently Legal Assistance Office provides help in adult members to contact emergency personnel by used to file claims across DOD. ECOMP is expected name changes and simple stepparent adoptions. The calling 911 instead of driving personal vehicles to to provide easier access to filing claims, and result office cannot provide court representation but can the emergency room. In the event of a life- or in improved timeliness of claims establishment, furnish the necessary documents and procedural limb-threatening emergency, skilled paramedics adjudication, and payments. An option in ECOMP information. Call 526-5572 for more information. and ambulance crew will be able to administer allows for an Occupational Safety and Health 4th Infantry Division Gift Shop — A variety critical care and aid. Contact the Emergency Administration (OSHA) Form 301, Injury and of division and customizable unit-specific Department at 526-7111 for more information. Illness Report to be completed as part of the claims merchandise is available. The gift shop is The Mountain Post Spouses Club — is a nonprofit, process; however, Army will not be deploying this located in The Hub, building 1532. Hours all ranks spouses group at Fort Carson, capability at this time. All appropriated fund civilian are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays. dedicated to giving back to Soldiers and their employees and supervisors of civilian employees Voting assistance — The Voting Assistance Office families. Membership is open to all spouses of should complete the online training. This training, is located in building 1218, room 105. The office the Armed Forces, both active duty and retired. to include written and video tutorials, can be is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday-Friday. Call Visit http://www.mpsc.us for more information. found under the “Help” menu on the left side of the 526-1140 or email the installation voting Military Appreciation Breakfast — The ECOMP home page (https://www.ecomp.dol.gov). assistance officer at usarmy.carson.imcom.mbx. Southeast Armed Services YMCA hosts a Contact John Pylypiw, 526-3004; Irma Otte, [email protected]. Visit http://www.fvap.gov for monthly military appreciation breakfast the 526-9341; or Clinton Moss, 526-0294; at the Civilian more information. fourth Friday of every month from 7:30- Personnel Advisory Center for more information. Pediatrics clinic — Evans Army Community 9:30 a.m. Open to all people affiliated with Fingerprinting at the Fort Carson Police Station Hospital’s pediatrics clinic has an embedded the Department of Defense. Email Drew — is available from 8-10 a.m. Monday-Friday. behavioral health psychologist/counselor Aquino at [email protected] for details. 20 MOUNTAINEER — Nov. 20, 2015 Nov. 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 21

Runners take part in Turkey run Story and photo by Walt Johnson Mountaineer staff

More than 1,200 Fort Carson Soldiers and Family members took part in the annual 5-kilometer Turkey Trot Saturday at the William “Bill” Reed Special Events Center. A crisp but unseasonably warm day greeted the runners and their pets as people began preparing for the annual event. Each year 50 Families receive turkeys during a raffl e following the race. This year one Family won two tickets to the Denver Broncos’ last home game of the season. Not only did the Mountain Post community get involved with the run but local vendors and community organizations provided services and support to the runners. Greg Morton, a Keystone Club youth service program member who passed out T-Shirts to the participants, said he was thrilled to be able to give back to the Soldiers and Families who protect the country. Members of the Body Blast fi tness club on post won two of the “I love people and I love to try to help people “We don’t get the chance to run together because 50 turkeys raffl ed off at the annual Turkey Trot event Saturday smile. That is something I take great pleasure in, he does that so much for work,” she said. “Because at the William “Bill” Reed Special Events Center. and I came out today to help people have a great this event was on a Saturday it gave us a chance to morning and enjoy the race,” he said. “We want to run this together. We aren’t as coordinated for other give back to the people who give so much to us. It sports so we don’t have the chance to do any other she was going to do with the Broncos tickets. was good to be able to contribute to people having sports together but we can run together. I told him “I’m going to give them to my son who loves such a good time.” at one point he could go ahead of me during the run the Broncos,” she said. “My husband will go with Bradley and Brittany Clark used the event to but he wanted to stay with me as I ran so we were him because I don’t mind giving up a Bronco game get in some family time. Brittany Clark said she is able to start and fi nish together.” so they can go and enjoy it and have a great time an avid runner but doesn’t get to run a lot with her Fifty Families received turkeys during the raffl e (together). Peyton Manning is (my son’s) favorite husband since he does most of his running during but the prize that may have the most meaning was player and I know he is going to be so excited to morning physical training. won by Mindy Gross, who immediately knew what be able to go to the game,” Gross said.

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Iron Horse Sports and Fitness Center will be Fort Carson’s closed Nov. 30 to Dec. 12 for floor resurfacing. Lazabian During this time all aerobic classes scheduled Jackson fires at the facility will be moved to Waller Physical a jump shot Fitness Center. Officials noted the classes will be during varsity held at the same time and day, and with the same league action instructors. Call 526-2706 for more information. Saturday at Cheyenne Shadows Golf Club holds its annual Iron Horse Christmas sale Nov. 27 to Jan. 3. Sports and People can receive 5-30 percent off purchases Fitness Center. in the pro shop or special orders with a combined Jackson scored value of $25 or more. The golf course will 33 points in the also have golf and range punch cards, trail fees, post varsity annual fees and frequent rider cards on sale. level team’s The golf course staff is hosting a winter series 102-99 loss to Sundays at 9 a.m. through March 6. the Colorado The series is open to individual players and Kings. reservations are not necessary. Twilight prices are being offered for the event. Call 526-4102 for more information. The Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation sports and fitness staff will host Photo by Brandy Bishop a table tennis tournament beginning Monday. The double-elimination tournament will be played Monday and Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. is open to anyone with a DOD identification card. building 1518 on Prussman Boulevard, or online at Iron Horse Sports and Fitness Center. It is free The intramural preseason tournament scheduled at https://webtrac.mwr.army.mil/webtrac/ to all DOD identification card holders 16 and older. for December has been cancelled. Contact the carsoncyms.html. Call 526-4425 for details. Call 526-5772 or 524-0859 for more information. center at 526-2706 for more information. The Fountain-Fort Carson High School boys’ DFMWR sports and fitness staff will host a corn DFMWR Sports and Fitness Division staff and girls’ basketball teams are preparing hole tournament beginning Tuesday. holds its annual Jingle Bell 5-kilometer fun for the upcoming season. The tournament will feature singles and run/walk Dec. 11 at 8 a.m. The boys’ team opens its season Dec. 3 when two- person teams competing in a double- The free event is open to the public and it travels to Grand Junction Central High School elimination format. It is free to all DOD registration is required. Registration will be to participate in the Warrior Challenge three-day identification card holders 16 and older. It is open held Nov. 30 to Dec. 9 at Garcia Physical Fitness tournament. The team will travel to Pine Creek to the first 20 individuals and teams to register Center. Strollers and pets on a leash are welcome. High School in Colorado Springs to play the at Iron Horse Sports and Fitness Center. Call Special prizes are available for best costume for Eagles Dec. 10 before competing in the Cherry 526-5772 or 524-0859 for more information. male and female adults, male and female children Creek Tournament in Aurora beginning Dec. 21. The DFMWR Sports and Fitness Division and pets. There will be free T-shirts and jingle The Lady Trojans begin play Dec. 9 in the will hold its regular season battalion and bells while supplies last. Prizes will be awarded Douglas County High School tournament in company level basketball league meeting for selected finishers of the race. Call 526-3944 Denver. The team will then host its first home Dec. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Iron Horse Sports for more information. game of the season against the Cañon City Lady and Fitness Center. Child, Youth and School Services registers Tigers at 7 p.m. Dec. 16. League action is scheduled to begin Jan. athletes for its winter season sports through The Mesa Ridge High School boys’ and girls’ 5. Registration will continue through Dec. 17. Dec. 11. basketball teams are also preparing for their Games are scheduled to be played Monday- Registration for basketball and cheerleading upcoming seasons. Thursday at 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. The league can be done in person at Parent Central Services, The boys’ team will host the Pueblo South Colts Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. and the Colorado Springs Christian School Dec. 3. The Grizzlies’ first road game of the season will be Dec. 5 when they travel to Coronado High School in Colorado Springs Tight defense for a contest at 7 p.m. The team will compete in the Palmer High School tournament in Colorado Springs Dec. 9-12 before traveling to Pueblo Central High School Dec. 16 to play at 7 p.m. The team will conclude play in December when it hosts Doherty High School Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. The Lady Grizzlies will open season play Dec. 2 in the William J. Palmer High School tournament in Colorado Springs. The Lady Grizzlies’ first road game will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 8 at Pueblo East High School. The Lady Grizzlies will play in the Dakota Ridge tournament Dec. 10-12 in Littleton before closing out December play with a game at Pueblo South High School Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. The Sergeant Audie Murphy Association Mountain Post Chapter sponsors its second annual Salute to Veterans red, white and blue 5-kilometer color run Saturday. The run will take place at Turkey Creek Ranch with registration beginning at 9 a.m. The registration fee is $20 for military and students; $25 for regular early registration and $30 on the day of the event. Children 12 and younger are free. All children registered for the event must be accompanied by an adult throughout the event. To register, volunteer or sponsor the event Photo by Walt Johnson go online at http://salute2vets2015.eventbrite. Fort Carson women’s varsity player Julie Richards, 32, passes the ball out of a double team during recent com. For more information on the event go to action against Fort Hood, Texas, at Iron Horse Sports and Fitness Center. The post women’s varsity team won the http://www.samampc.org or visit the Fort Carson contest 87-83. Sergeant Audie Murphy Club on Facebook. — Compiled by Walt Johnson Nov. 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 23

The Denver Art Museum has the special exhibit Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., Dec. 7 at “Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studio,” 8 p.m. The Season 12 tour lineup includes 10 exploring the connection between a father finalists. Call 520-SHOW for ticket information. and son who shared artistic habits and unique A Star Wars Party is at the Pikes Peak Library artistic voices. A special exhibition ticket is District Rockrimmon Branch Library, 832 required. The museum is at 100 W. 14th Ave. Village Center Drive, at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Parkway; use the Cultural Center Complex free event includes music, crafts, costumed National Parks are offering free passes to all Garage at 12th Avenue and Broadway. characters, contests and cake. All ages are fourth-graders and their families as part of the The Royal Gorge Route Railroad’s Santa Express welcome; call 593-5000 for more information. nationwide “Every Kid in a Park” initiative. Train runs during the holiday season from The annual Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration Participants must download a free paper pass Cañon City to “Santa Town,” where Santa at Widefield Community Center, 705 Aspen from http://www.everykidinapark.gov. Florissant boards the train and visits with children. Drive, is Dec. 1 at 5:30 p.m. Festivities include Fossil Beds and Bent’s Old Fort are participating Along the way Santa’s helpers tell Christmas hayrides, kids’ crafts, caroling, story time, in the program. The pass is good for entry by stories, lead passengers in singing Christmas and a visit with Santa. Nonperishable food fourth-graders and their families in national carols and everybody has cookies and hot items will be accepted. parks and monuments through Aug. 31. chocolate. Train tickets are $40-$60 for adults Kick off the holiday season at Fort Carson’s “Adventures with Clifford the Big Red Dog” is in and $30-$50 for children. The Santa Express Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony the Space Foundation Discovery Center, 4425 runs from Dec. 27 but seats fills up quickly; call Dec. 2, 5:30-8 p.m. at the William “Bill” Arrowswest Drive through Jan. 16. It is included 888-724-5748 for tickets. Reed Special Events Center. After the free tree in admission for the discovery center and includes Pueblo Memorial Hall, 1 City Hall Place in Pueblo, lighting, there’ll be phots with Santa Claus, a all discovery center exhibits. The Space Foundation has the following holiday related performances: 1940s-style holiday production and children’s Discovery Center hours during the school year are • “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the activities. Holiday treats will be available for Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday, Musical,” Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. purchase. Call 526-1867 for more information. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, • Mannheim Steamroller Christmas is Dec. 17 Fort Carson Families can have free holiday $7.50 for college students, $4.50 for ages 4-17 at 7:30 p.m. photos made with Santa upon completion of a and $1 for ages 2-3; there’s a military discount. Call 719-542-1100 for tickets for either event. survey. The photos will be taken Nov. 30, 5:30-7 The Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., has Michael Martin Murphey’s Cowboy Christmas p.m. at the Outdoor Recreation Complex; Dec. 1, these upcoming events: is Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. at Stargazers Theatre & 5:30-7 p.m. at Thunder Alley Bowling Center; • The Colorado Springs Philharmonic — “The Event Center in Colorado Springs. Tickets are and Dec. 3, 5:30-7 p.m. at Fort Carson Auto Skills Nutcracker,” with the Oklahoma City Ballet and $37 in advance. The theater is at 10 S. Parkside Center. Cookies and hot chocolate are available at student dancers from the Pikes Peak region, is Drive; call 476-2200 for ticket information. each event. Call 526-1867 for more information. Plasma savedNov. my27-29. Performances buddy’s will be at 2 and life. 7 p.m. An Irish Christmas is at the Pikes Peak Center, A Living Nativity will be at Soldiers’ Memorial • “Cirque Dreams Holidaze” is Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. 190 S. Cascade Ave., Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. The show Chapel, Dec. 4, 6-8 p.m. on post. The live Call 520-SHOW for ticket information. includes Irish traditions, storytelling, singing and depiction of the biblical story of Jesus’ birth is “Love, Loss and What I Wore” is presented by Irish dancers. Call 520-SHOW for ticket information. family friendly with live animals and holiday music. the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center through The Oakridge Boys are in the Pikes Peak Skate in Acacia Park through Jan. 18. Admission is That’s why Sunday. Performances are Thursday-Saturday Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. $10 per person, including skates. Children 4 and at 7:30 p.m., a Saturday matinee is at 4 p.m. They’ll be singing some of their hit songs, such as under are free with a paid adult and there’s a $1 and a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets for “Elvira” and “Bobbie Sue,” as well as Christmas discount for active-duty with military identification. I donate plasma.non-members are $20. The facility is at 30 W. favorites. Call 520-SHOW for ticket information. See the schedule at http://downtowncs.com. Dale St. Call the box office at 634-5581 for tickets. “So You Think You Can Dance” is at the Pikes —Compiled by Nel Lampe A product made from plasma helped my best friend when he was burned My one reason? while deployed overseas. I donate plasma To show I so people like my buddycare about my can get home to their families. community. You only need one reason to donate plasma.

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An antique hose cart is in the Fire Museum housed in the basement of Miramont Castle. The Fire Museum contains antiques and artifacts from the Manitou Springs Fire Department.

Visitors pick up a self-guided tour sheet and start their tour from the entrance desk at Miramont Castle in Manitou Springs. Manitou Springs’

iramont Castle “Spoils of War” is an exhibit in Miramont Castle that contains artifacts honoring Guests have lunch and tea in Queen’s Parlour Tea Room in Miramont Castle. It is M American service men and women. open Wednesday –Sunday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for lunch; make reservations for tea. observes Victorian Christmas

Story and photos by Nel Lampe It is believed that the nine suite that held the 13-foot tall four- A museum of miniatures is also Eve. The phone number is 685-1011. Mountaineer staff architectural styles Francolon used in poster bed she brought with her from in the basement. The miniatures, Active-duty military and designing the castle were chosen from France, along with other furniture for handcrafted by Doris Crawford, active fi refi ghters with identifi cation Manitou Springs has a castle, the styles he liked from his childhood the castle. depict Colorado Springs in its are admitted free. Their spouses are albeit an unusual one. Built as a – his father was a diplomat and the She also brought along her servants, early days. A trolley also runs charged the adult admission of $9 private residence in 1895, it features family had lived in several countries. whose quarters were on the fourth fl oor. through the town. and children 6-12 are charged $5. nine architectural styles: shingle-style Francolon told his mother that The fourth fl oor now houses There’s an exhibit about the To reach Miramont Castle, take Queen Anne, English Tudor, domestic Manitou Springs reminded him of a gift shop, reminiscent of a Nuremberg Trials, held in postwar Colorado Avenue west through Old Elizabethan, Romanesque, Flemish France, and it is believed she sent Victorian-era mercantile. It features Germany. Judge John C. Young, of Colorado City, Colorado Avenue stepped gables, Venetian Ogree, him the money to build Miramont, Christmas ornaments, dolls, teacups, Colorado Springs, was one of the becomes Manitou Avenue. Continue Byzantine, Moorish and half-timber which means “look at the mountains” teapots, candy and gifts in Victorian judges in the Nuremberg Trials. His to downtown Manitou Springs and Chateau. Although built during the in French. style. A book about the castle, original photographs, artifacts, a go around the traffi c circle, exiting at Victorian era, that style is only repre- The castle has four fl oors and are “Memoirs of Miramont Castle,” guard’s uniform and his offi ce Ruxton Avenue. Drive to the street sented in the unusually shaped rooms, stepped up the mountain, with each is sold in the gift shop. furnishings are in the castle. banner that reads “Miramont Castle.” sometimes having several walls. Few fl oor having doors at ground level. Francolon and his mother went to “The Spoils of War” is another Follow signs to Miramont Castle, at rooms in the castle are square. The castle was bolted to the mountain France in 1900 and never returned exhibit. Artifacts there are honoring 9 Capitol Hill Ave. A good time to visit the castle is with eight bolts, which go 16 feet into to the castle. The Sisters of Mercy service men and women from the There’s a small parking lot to the during its Victorian Christmas event, the mountain. One of the bolts can be bought the empty castle in 1904 and Civil War period to present day. left of the castle entrance, or follow when refreshments are served and seen in the castle. used it as a sanitarium. The sisters Many historical photographs of signs to the castle parking lot, which musical entertainment is provided, 10 The castle is 14,000 square feet sold the building in 1946, which was Manitou Springs are displayed in the is behind the castle. Be aware that the a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 27-28, and noon to with at least 32 rooms, most of them converted into apartments for Soldiers. castle, and local history exhibits are castle and grounds are in a hilly area. 4 p.m. Nov. 29. The castle is lavishly available to visitors. When completed, The building had several owners and near Francolon’s sleeping apartment, The castle tour contains steep stairs. decorated for the holiday season in the castle had indoor plumbing, was in disrepair when the Manitou depicting the Midland Railroad, the Victorian style. Several Christmas electricity and steam heat — unusual Springs Historical Society bought Cog Railway, Manitou Springs trees are in the castle. Admission is for its time. The exterior walls were the building in 1976. Many hours of spring water bottling plant and other $12 for adults and $7 for children. 2-feet thick. The castle has tunnels volunteer labor have made the castle Manitou Springs sights. Just the Facts The castle was designed by and and hidden compartments. available to visitors. The Queen’s Parlou r Tea Room is • TRAVEL TIME – 15 minutes built for Jean Baptiste Francolon, a The 16-foot wide sandstone Tours through Miramont Castle in the castle, entered by a stairwell Catholic priest from France. He had fi replace extends 7 feet into the are self-guided. Visitors pick up a and its own private entrance on the • FOR AGES – anyone arrived in Santa Fe to work with the mountain that is behind the castle. tour brochure at the front desk. west side of the castle. The tearoom is • TYPE – historic castle New Mexican Archdiocese. Because Miramont Castle has several In addition to seeing the 19th open Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m. to UN FACTOR  of ill health, he relocated to Manitou rooms that are unusual — there are century castle, visitors also can visit 3 p.m., serving Victorian-style high • F – (OUT OF 5 STARS) Springs and became the parish priest rooms with six walls, others with eight other museums and exhibits housed tea, light tea and lunch. Reservations for Our Lady of Perpetual Help in walls and the guest suite has 16 walls. in Miramont Castle. by credit card are required for the • WALLET DAMAGE – $$ 1892. He fi rst had a house nearby One room has an 18-foot high ceiling, A Fire Museum is in the castle teas, and suggested for lunch. Private $ = Less than $20 before starting construction of the the parlor has a gold ceiling and is basement, with collections of parties for special occasions may be castle three years later. He later connected with the music alcove artifacts from the Manitou Springs arranged; call 719-884-4109. $$ = $21-$40 donated his fi rst house to the Sisters by a Moorish arch. The solarium Fire Department dating back to 1880, Winter hours for Miramont Castle $$$ = $41-$60 of Mercy, who used it as a sanitarium. originally had a glass ceiling. including badges, hats, fi re bells, fi re are Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $$$$ = $61-$80 Local contractors constructed Visitors can see the grand extinguishers, an antique fi re hose Sunday, the castle is open noon to 4 p.m. Miramont Castle was constructed in 1895 in Manitou Springs as a private residence for a the castle. The sandstone for the outer staircase, the great hall, a Victorian and other equipment, as well as Miramont is closed Easter, Christmas (BASED ON A FAMILY OF FOUR) Places to see in the priest and his mother. walls was quarried locally. bathroom and the mother’s bedroom historic photographs. Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Pikes Peak area. 26 MOUNTAINEER — Nov. 20, 2015 Nov. 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 27 28 MOUNTAINEER — Nov. 20, 2015 Nov. 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 29 30 MOUNTAINEER — Nov. 20, 2015 Nov. 20, 2015 — MOUNTAINEER 31 32 MOUNTAINEER — Nov. 20, 2015

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