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Vol. 72, No. 33 Aug. 22, 2014 Moving forward Soldiers of Company B, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, alternate moving forward in a bounding overwatch during a team live-fi re event, Aug. 13. See Pages 8-9 for story. Photo by Sgt. William Howard Carson to conduct full-scale crisis exercise Garrison Public Affairs Offi ce time. There will be no road closures Wednesday. to test the installation’s emergency procedures. Signage will mark areas set aside for the In the past, full-scale exercise scenarios have U.S. Army Garrison Fort Carson will simulate training exercise. Drivers may encounter road included chemical accidents, tornadoes, winter an explosion by a vehicle-borne device during a full- detours and should allow for extra travel time as weather, aviation accidents, terrorist attacks and scale exercise on post, Tuesday-Wednesday. they may encounter fi rst responders. People are more. By testing these responses before a real-world This year’s full-scale exercise features a encouraged to steer clear of the area so they don’t event, the installation can work out any issues before simulated vehicle-borne improvised explosive device interfere with the exercise. an actual emergency. detonating near Prussman Chapel. The exercise will test, rehearse and evaluate Post offi cials conduct these exercises to ensure Prussman Boulevard between Barkeley and installation emergency response procedures and Soldiers, Families, civilians, retirees and visitors are Magrath avenues and Porter Street will be closed serve as a training mechanism for all involved, which safe at Fort Carson. Tuesday from 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. Magrath will be down includes most directorates across post. It is an annual Agencies without prior Emergency Management to one lane of traffi c for about one block during this requirement by Installation Management Command coordination will continue normal operations. Message board INSIDE Gate delays Verifi cation tests on the installation vehicle barriers will be conducted from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. The tests will be conducted Tuesday for Gate 5, Wednesday for Gate 4 and Thursday for Gate 20. Times are approximate. Community members should plan to use other Page 27 gates during these times. Pages 20-21 Page 12 2 MOUNTAINEER — Aug. 22, 2014 MOUNTAINEER Women’s Equality Day Commanding General: Maj. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera Garrison Commander: Col. Joel D. Hamilton Women serve vital role in Army since 1775 Fort Carson Public Affairs Offi cer: Dee McNutt By Commanding General barriers. More Maj. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera opportunities to serve Chief, Print and Web Communications: 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson are opening to women, Rick Emert including 33,000 positions Editor: Devin Fisher Strength and Respect. previously held by men Staff writer: Crystal Ross Forty-three years ago the U.S. Congress declared Aug. and the announcement of 26 as Women’s Equality Day to commemorate the passage Special Operations aviation Happenings : Nel Lampe of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, giving women positions opening. S p o r t s w ri te r : Walt Johnson the right to vote. As we celebrate women’s efforts in As we celebrate the securing their rights, we must also pay tribute to women contributions of women, L a yo u t / g ra p h i c s : Jeanne Mazerall for their contributions to the U.S. Army. we must also honor the From 1775 to today, women have served a vital role in mothers, wives, sisters This commercial enterprise newspaper the U.S. Army. Ever since Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley and daughters who have is an authorized publication for members of (“Molly Pitcher”) replaced her husband when he collapsed faithfully supported the Department of Defense. Contents of the at his cannon, women have continually proven that the American Soldiers Mountaineer are not necessarily the offi cial view of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government or heart of a warrior is not exclusive to men. throughout history and continue to do so today. Without the Department of the Army. Printed circulation During the American Revolution women nursed the ill and those of you at home we would not be able to continue to is 8,000 copies. wounded, laundered and mended clothing and cooked for the fi ght. Thank you for your service and sacrifi ce. The editorial content of the Mountaineer troops in camp. Since then, women have gone from assisting I encourage all members of the Joint Task Force Carson is the respon sibility of the Public Affairs Offi ce, their husbands in battle or dressing as men to fi ght as Soldiers community to appreciate the role women play in our Army Fort Carson, Colo., Tel.: 526-4144. The e-mail address is [email protected]. to being members of the Army Nurse Corps (1901), Women’s and in our nation and recognize that in many parts of the The Mountaineer is posted online at Auxiliary Corps (1942) and Women’s Army Corps (1943). world, full equality for women does not exist. http://www.fortcarsonmountaineer.com. Women, such as Dr. Mary Walker, the only woman to earn a Thank you for your strength, honor and pride. Thank The Mountaineer is an unoffi cial Medal of Honor, assisted the Army in any capacity they could. you for your sacrifi ces in the name of freedom and publication authorized by AR 360-1. The Their service has contributed to our Army’s rich history. defending the rights of others. Your accomplishments are Mountaineer is printed by Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group, a private fi rm in Today, women are an invaluable and essential part of our a tribute to the diversity of American society and to our no way connected with the Department of the Army. Currently, women serve in 95 percent of all Army continuing commitment to the ideals of equality and freedom. Army, under exclusive written contract with occupations and make up about 15.7 percent of the active Steadfast and Loyal. Fort Carson. It is published 49 times per year. Army. Women also serve as civilian employees, The appearance of advertising in this administrators, analysts, managers, scientists and technicians. publication, including inserts or supplements, The 4th Infantry Division Equal Opportunity Team presents a does not constitute endorsement by the They are doctors, pilots, mechanics, military police offi cers Women’s Equality Day observance Tuesday from Department of the Army or Colorado Springs and engineers. Today’s Soldiers and Army civilians stand 3:30-4:40 p.m. at the Elkhorn Conference Center. Military Newspaper Group, of the products or on the shoulders of their predecessors and continue to break services advertised. The publisher reserves the right to reject advertisements. Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical handicap, political affi liation or any other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user or Carson will hit the big 60 Wednesday patron. If a violation or rejection of this equal opportunity policy by an advertiser Commentary by Crystal Ross time reportedly didn’t know why that date was chosen, is confi rmed, the printer shall refuse to print Mountaineer staff other than that it was the beginning of the fi scal year. advertising from that source until the violation is Regardless, I’m still celebrating on Wednesday. corrected. For display advertising call 634-5905. I like milestones. I like to celebrate birthdays and According to local media stories from 1954, ground All correspondence or queries regarding anniversaries. I like to have an excuse to focus for an had been broken for Camp Carson a month after the advertising and subscriptions should be directed to Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group, entire day on celebrating someone or something. Therefore, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Twelve years and three 31 E. Platte Avenue, Suite 300, Colorado I couldn’t let Fort Carson’s 60th birthday go by without months later, the order for permanent status was sent Springs, CO 80903, phone 634-5905. recognizing it. down from 5th Army Headquarters, then in Chicago. The Mountaineer’s editorial content is You may be thinking, “Wait a minute. Carson’s been At the time, Carson covered approximately 65,000 acres; edited, prepared and provided by the Public around a lot longer than just 60 years. It was here during today the post proper boasts 137,000 acres with another Affairs Offi ce, building 1218, room 320, Fort World War II. It held POWs even.” Carson, CO 80913-5119, phone 526-4144. 236,000 acres at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site. Releases from outside sources are so We’re both right. You see, that wasn’t Fort Carson. That The local press reported that more than 25,000 military indicated. The deadline for submissions to the was Camp Carson. The Army sent word on Aug. 27, 1954, personnel and nearly 2,000 civilian employees were Mountaineer is close of business Friday the that Camp Carson was to become a permanent installation, assigned to Carson in August 1954. Today, Fort Carson has week before the next issue is published. The a designation it didn’t have to that point. The designation Mountaineer staff reserves the right to edit was made retroactive to July 1, 1954. Carson offi cials at the See Big 60 on page 4 submissions for newspaper style, clarity and typographical errors. Policies and statements refl ected in the news and editorial columns represent views of the individual writers and under no circumstances are to be considered those of What makes me the Department of the Army.