Vol. 64, No. 9 Publishedished inin thethe interinterest of the 7th Infantry Division and Fort Carson community March 3, 2006 Visit the Fort Carson Web site at www.carson.army.mill Carson Middle gets high marks by Spc. Aimee Millham Mountaineer Staff

The results of the Carson Middle School parent satisfaction survey are in, and for the most part, things are looking good. “We want to know: Are we challenging enough? Do we provide enough resources? How can we be better,” said Steve Jerman, the principal of Carson Middle School. The survey is conducted once a year along with an in-staff survey, both of which are used to figure out the school’s action plan for the year, Jerman said. “It gives parents a voice,” said Buffie DeSalvo, language arts teacher at the middle school. That voice is invaluable, given how well-traveled military parents are, Desalvo said. “They can provide input from their past experiences at other installations and school districts.” Roughly 110 parents participated in this year’s sur- vey, which was conducted at parent–teacher meetings early in the school year. The survey was kept short and divided into five Photo by Sgt. Matt Millham Students at Carson Middle School leave for the day Tuesday. In a survey parents said, for the most categories: academic achievement, communication, part, the school is doing a good job. school culture, school safety and uniforms, Jerman said. As far as how adequately parents thought their themselves and school staff. In the general satisfac- “You always want to know how the community children were being educated overall, 94 parents were tion question of the survey 78 parents were satisfied. will respond before you make major decisions like satisfied. This result should come as no surprise as Jerman explained that this is likely the result of the implementing uniforms,” Jerman said. Carson Middle School went from average to high-per- fact that it’s usually only the parents of students with Of the parents surveyed, 67 parents were in forming this year, according to the school’s Colorado special needs or issues who are in constant commu- favor of uniforms, 22 against and the rest were State Assessment Program results, Jerman said. nication with the staff. He added that regardless of either somewhat against the idea or were undecided. School culture and school safety also got high marks the reasons, the school still needs to work at DeSalvo was pleasantly surprised at the willing- for overall satisfaction, with 89 parents satisfied with bettering that satisfaction statistic. ness of parents to make time to give their input, since school culture and 94 with the school’s level of safety. Uniforms were a hot topic on this year’s survey, as people often consider filling out a survey to be a The communication category was not as success- the school has considered uniforms for quite some chore. “You gotta love those military people,” ful. This section was meant to assess how parents feel time. Before doing anything, though, the school wanted DeSalvo said. “They were thrilled at the opportunity about the channels of communication between to know how parents felt about the idea. to give us feedback.”

INSIDE THE MOUNTAINEER 3rd HBCT Soldiers killed by IED Public Affairs Office of Mastic, N.Y. Opinion/Editorial Memorial for 3rd HBCT Soldier . .10 The Soldiers were assigned to 1st A Soldier’s search for love ...... 2 Three 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, as Post talk ...... 2 Community Team Soldiers were killed last week by M-2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle crew Horse sense ...... 11 a roadside bomb in Iraq. The Soldiers members. News Community briefs ...... 12 were identified as: Staff Sgt. Curtis T. Watch upcoming editions of the New Army modernization center .3 Get ready for college ...... 13 One bright idea ...... 4 Medicine and faith in tandem . . .18 Howard II, 32, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mountaineer for information on Chapel schedule ...... 19 Sgt. Gordon F. Misner II, 23, of Sparks, memorial services for the three fallen Military Motion for moms ...... 20 Nev.; and Spc. Thomas J. Wilwerth, 21, service members. 3rd HBCT finds cache ...... 5 TRICARE vision benefits ...... 22 Military briefs ...... 6 AAFES matches prices ...... 24 Army tests unmanned convoys . .7 Former Soldier found dead on Carson Deployed Soldiers get laughs . . . .9 Feature Women’s history ...... 26-27 Public Affairs Office The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology conducted an autopsy Feb. MUST SEE Sports The body of a former 3rd Heavy 22 at Fort Carson. Determination Meet your fitness goals ...... 33 Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry of death is pending the results of Special Olympics awards ...... 33 Swimming pool renovated . . . . .34 Division Soldier was found at the toxicology testing. water sewage treatment facility on The incident remains under Happenings Fort Carson Feb. 21. investigation by the Criminal Home of dinosaurs ...... 39-40 The body has been identified Investigation Division, Fort Carson, Get out ...... 41-42 as that of Joseph Barker, 21, of Federal Bureau of Investigation and Classified advertising (719) 329-5236 Tulsa, Okla. the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Women’s achievement highlights. Mountaineer editor (719) 526-4144 Barker separated from the Watch upcoming editions of the See Pages 26-27. Post information (719) 526-5811 Army in May 2005. He was reported Mountaineer for further develop- Post weather hotline (719) 526-0096 missing Feb. 8. ments on this case. MOUNTAINEER 2 March 3, 2006 Opinion/Editorial One Soldier, fighting in the war of love

Commentary By Spc. combat units and not smart enough for after a few days I was getting a steady I had to wonder if the whole thing Curt Cashour females at the public affairs office. stream of e-mails from women who was too good to be true. Not only did 14th Public Affairs Detachment With all this in mind, I did what wanted to at least chat with me. I could Jenni seem really cool, but she was also countless pedophiles, dirty old men and then go to the Web site and view their a physicist, a lawyer and a helicopter It might have worked out better if I a few singles are doing nowadays: I pictures and profiles. pilot. Sure it’s an unlikely combination. had gotten married before I joined the turned to the Internet. It’s my opinion that the people you But anything’s possible, right? War on Terror. What with deployments There are plenty of sites out there have to watch out for are the ones who We agreed to meet in Denver for an and the stringent standards governing a promising to help in the search for a don’t post a picture of themselves. I afternoon at a museum. The date was military man’s hair style, sometimes it’s suitable mate. Some offer relationship don’t even fool with them. For all I mediocre at best. The rapport we had hard for a Soldier to find a partner. advice from famous know it could be a on the phone seemed to disappear. Since moving to Colorado Springs, television therapists, “My suspicions were man posing as a About halfway through, I decided it I’ve had my share of dates, but no real some match you with confirmed later that woman. Besides, I would be a lot more fun to focus my connections. members of the have a right to know efforts on determining whether or There was the nice lady who told opposite sex based night when I dropped what I’m getting into. not she was really a physicist/lawyer/ me she didn’t like to date Soldiers on comprehensive her off at her car, a Some may call this helicopter pilot. because she was afraid they would personality assess- being shallow, I call My suspicions were confirmed deploy and not be there for her three ments and — just in beat up Hyundai.” it having standards. later that night when I dropped her off children; or the young woman who case you were won- One of my first at her car, a beat up Hyundai. was about to move in with her brother dering — all of them are blocked from picks was a girl named Jenni (not her A few days later I visited the Web and his newborn twins, the mother of the Fort Carson network. real name). She had a good-looking site. Along with a slew of new matches whom was a 15-year-old high school Without naming names, I settled picture and judging from her profile we there was a note from Jenni. It read, student. “Shouldn’t your brother be in on a site that stresses “harmony” in shared some important interests: exer- “I’m terminating our match due to jail,” I asked. relationships. For around $100, I got cise, politics and humor to name a few. lack of chemistry.” “In Colorado it’s not a crime to three months of access. I figured, what It wasn’t long before Jenni and I This puzzled me. How could impregnate a teenager if their parents the heck? What did I have to lose were talking on the phone. I tried to something like chemistry be a problem say it’s OK,” she insisted. Parental besides $100? make a good impression by telling for a physicist? Couldn’t Jenni just hop consent or not, I had heard enough. The first thing I had to do was stories of my travels to Europe and the in her helicopter, fly over to her lab and I’ve all but given up at finding Mrs. take a personality test. With that com- Middle East, the latter of which was a whip up some chemistry with her Right at work. I’m not tough enough pleted, I was ready to begin my Internet mandatory trip. Later, I wowed her with scientist buddies? Wait. Maybe that sort for the gals at the motor pool, not dating adventure. some mature discussion about briefcases of thing would be illegal, and who “hooah” enough for the women in The process started out slowly, but and other grown-up topics. would know better than a lawyer?

Where do you think is the best place POST TALK: for singles to meet?

“A laundry mat “A bar, because would seem like you can see and a great place for talk to each other single people and get to know to meet.” each other.” Pvt. Robert Liz Richie Vaira Spouse 2nd BCT

“A specialty store. “The mall, because “Yahoo Personals If people have girls like to shop ... they can meet the same special and guys go a lot of people interests they’re where the and never have more likely to be girls are.” to leave their compatible.” house.” Pvt. Joshua Jenna Blackman Tebay Amy Ivie Spouse 2nd BCT Spouse

MOUNTAINEER This commercial enterprise newspaper is an authorized The appearance of advertising in this publication, Springs, CO 80903, phone (719) 634-5905. publication for members of the Department of Defense. including inserts or supplements, does not constitute endorse- Commanding General: The Mountaineer’s editorial content is edited, prepared Contents of the Mountaineer are not necessarily the official ment by the Department of the Army or Colorado Springs and provided by the Public Affairs Office, building 1550, room Maj. Gen. Robert W. Mixon Jr. view of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government or the Military Newspaper Group, of the products or services adver- 2180, Fort Carson, CO 80913-5119, phone (719) 526-4144. Public Affairs Officer: Department of the Army. Printed circulation is 12,000 copies. tised. The printer reserves the right to reject advertisements. Releases from outside sources are so indicated. The Lt. Col. David Johnson The editorial content of the Mountaineer is the respon- Everything advertised in this publication shall be made deadline for submissions to the Mountaineer is close of sibility of the Public Affairs Officer, Fort Carson, CO available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to Acting Chief, Command Communications: business the week before the next issue is published. The 80913-5119, Tel.: (719) 526-4144. The e-mail address is race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, Mountaineer staff reserves the right to edit submissions for Karen Linne [email protected]. physical handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit newspaper style, clarity and typographical errors. Editor: Sgt. Matt Millham The Mountaineer is posted on the Internet at http://pub- factor of the purchaser, user or patron. If a violation or Policies and statements reflected in the news and Staff Writers: Spc. Clint Stein lic.carson.Army.mil/sites/PAO/mountaineer/arc-hives/forms. rejection of this equal opportunity policy by an advertiser is The Mountaineer is an unofficial publication authorized confirmed, the printer shall refuse to print advertising from editorial columns represent views of the individual writers and Spc. Aimee Millham by AR 360-1. The Mountaineer is printed by Colorado Springs that source until the violation is corrected. under no circumstances are to be considered those of the Happenings: Nel Lampe Military Newspaper Group, a private firm in no way connected All correspondence or queries regarding advertising and Department of the Army. Sports Writer: Walt Johnson with the Department of the Army, under exclusive written subscriptions should be directed to Colorado Springs Military Reproduction of editorial material is authorized. Please Layout/graphics: Jeanne Mazerall contract with Fort Carson. It is published 49 times per year. Newspaper Group, 31 E. Platte Avenue, Suite 300, Colorado credit accordingly. MOUNTAINEER March 3, 2006 3 NEWS New center to drive Army modernization Army News Service Army Training and Doctrine Command “We are retaining the complete mis- FCS capabilities are fielded as soon as Futures Center. sion set from the Futures Center and is practical, across the force. Secretary of the Army Dr. Francis J. The ARCIC will be the lead Army adding the tremendous responsibility for Harvey initially discussed the idea for Harvey recently directed the formation agency to coordinate and integrate integrating capabilities into the modular establishing a center with the ARCIC’s of the Army Capabilities Integration war-fighting capabilities among all the force,” said Lt. Gen. J. Mark Curran at a responsibilities during an April 5, 2005, Center, known as ARCIC, from the military services and other agencies and media round-table Feb. 16 during the media interview. The ARCIC will be the resources and organization of the U.S. be located at Fort Monroe, Va. Winter Association of the United States responsibility of the Secretary of the Army conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Army and the Army Chief of Staff. Curran, a former director of the Futures “Our role in inserting (Future Center, will serve as the ARCIC director. Combat Systems) capabilities into the “This integration goes beyond force when ready is critical to enabling materiel items and includes all (doc- the Army to evolve rapidly while trine, organization, training, materiel, engaged in this long war,” Curran said. leader development, personnel and “The Future Combat Systems program facilities) domains,” Curran said. “We is the fastest, surest way to modernize must work the synchronization and the Army.” coordination of agencies across the The ARCIC’s work will pave the Army and the joint community to ensure way for brigade combat teams to use we accelerate inserting capabilities into Future Combat Systems technologies, the modular force, when these are ready, according to Army senior leaders. It to meet an essential need.” will provide impetus and direction from Today, the Army is moving from concept to capability development for the current force to the future force full spectrum operations, as well as through a modernization program shape the future for the next generation called Future Combat Systems. FCS of Soldiers. provides Soldiers with leading-edge “In the very near future, the Army technologies to improve their capabili- will establish an Evaluation Brigade ties to fight the enemy in complex The XM8, a Future Combat Systems weapon, will eventually replace the M4. environments. ARCIC will ensure that See ARCIC on Page 4 MOUNTAINEER 4 March 3, 2006 News

organizations provide pieces ARCIC of the overall doctrine, organi- From Page 3 zation, training, materiel, One Soldier’s bright idea Combat Team for the purpose leader development, personnel Army News Service batteries and works at standoff distances. of evaluating and testing FCS and facilities requirements for It’s unknown how one of the devices first technologies in order to spin the Army. These will all come The U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force at landed in the hand of an inventive Soldier, but them out to the modular together under ARCIC. Fort Belvoir, Va., is expediting the first shipment leaders say troops have historically discovered force,” said Col. Rickey This represents a signifi- of 2,000 new laser devices to Soldiers in field expedient and innovative ways to Smith, director of the cant change in how the Army Baghdad, Iraq. No, they are not the sophisticated accomplish missions on the battlefield. ARCIC-Forward in does business, Smith said. weapon systems one would expect — this is a In the past, the bright spotlights shined at a Arlington, Va. “The ARCIC The ARCIC is not a short- green-laser pointer. driver did little to dissuade erratic behavior. will have the key role in term solution to the Army's The eye-safe lasers, popular in boardrooms At traffic control points throughout Iraq, determining what the EBCT modernization needs. It is “a and classrooms across the United States, proved hundreds of cars pass closely by U.S. and Iraqi tests, and determining permanent organization de- to be a visual and nonlethal way of dissuading soldiers. At times, these vehicles approach at whether these technologies signed to serve as the coordi- aggressive drivers in Iraq. aggressive speeds or without headlights at night. meet the requirements. nating agent among all stake- “The system was very effective in stopping According to field reports, aggressive driving “The ARCIC will also holders involved in the force- oncoming traffic and personnel,” said Spc. Loren has been reduced 60 to 80 percent of the time serve as the Soldier’s repre- capability requirements process, Williams, who is based in Iraq and routinely when the devices are used. sentative, ensuring that including requirements, iden- uses the device. In support of ongoing missions in Iraq, requirements are being met,” tification and integration,” How does it work? This green pointer is the U.S. Army continues to observe Soldier he said. Smith said. about 50 times brighter than the familiar red laser innovations at the tactical level and spread those The ARCIC is responsible (Editor's note: In- pointer. Its unusual color makes it much more innovations across the force. for synchronizing the activi- formation provided by the noticeable. Unlike a red laser, the projected green Based on Soldier feedback and observing ties of many separate agencies U.S. Army Training and beam can be seen in mid-air in dark conditions. operational use, the REF is working with vendors Army elements, Smith said. Doctrine Command Public The laser is handheld, operates on standard to make improvements for the future. At present, a number of Army Affairs Office.) MOUNTAINEER March 3, 2006 5 MILITARY 3rd Brigade Soldiers unearth cache by Sgt. Zach Mott found far more. 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team Scout Platoon –– a platoon consisting mostly of scouts and ABU ALLAH MUHAMMED, engineers –– used metal detec- Iraq –– Changes to the familiar are tors and old-fashioned muscle cause for unease among members of power to unearth several mortars, the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, mortar tubes, improvised explo- 4th Infantry Division, Task Force Band sive device materials and docu- of Brothers. ments believed to be target lists These Soldiers have been taught to that included Forward Operating look for changes to the familiar and Base Gabe and other high-level become more alert when these variances targets in Diyala Province. are spotted. “After we found (the “Every guy I have is an outstanding cache), it made me feel like troop,” said Sgt. 1st Class Michael that’s one IED that might (not) Greer, platoon leader for Scout hit a U.S. convoy, and that Platoon, Company A, 1-68 Combined made me feel good,” said Sgt. Arms Battalion. “We teach them to Adam Keefer, an engineer look for something that just doesn't feel from Scout Platoon. right or look right and then we'll go While some Soldiers Photo courtesy Scout Platoon, Company A, 1-68 Combined Arms Battalion Soldiers from Scout Platoon, Company A, 1-68 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd from there. That’s basically how we scoured an open field listening Heavy Brigade Combat Team, discovered these and other weapons while on a found the cache.” for pings on the detectors and route clearance patrol near the town of Abu Allah Muhammed, Iraq. At first, the cache looked innocent others dug where the pings were enough, just five rusted machine guns heard, those who remained in the was probably a site they used,” said Spc. While providing security, the believed to be left over from the Iraq- Humvees scanned the surrounding area. Michael Russo, an engineer. “We needed urge to watch the massive amount of Iran War, which ended in 1988. The They sat waiting for the cache’s former to keep them out of there because they munitions being found was compelling machine guns turned out to be only the owners to return. could be coming back any time to get tip of the iceberg. A deeper inspection “They had been there recently. This their goods.” See Cache on Page 8 MOUNTAINEER 6 March 3, 2006 Military Military briefs Miscellaneous Please note the above phone numbers and POCs Hours of operation Officer Candidate School board –– OCS local do not apply to family housing facilities. Education center hours of operation — The board packets must be turned in to the 502nd Combat debriefing — A combat debriefing Mountain Post Training and Education Center’s Personnel Services Battalion, bldg 1118, room 208, group for officers who have been to Iraq will meet hours are as follows: no later than May 16. Packets will be consolidated Thursdays at the Army Community Service main con- Counselor Support Center — Monday and those meeting eligibility requirements will be ference room from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. For more infor- through Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Friday, scheduled for the local OCS board to be held May mation contact Dr. Kay Beaulieu or Dr. Michael 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 23-24 in the Elkhorn Conference Center, bldg 7300. Pantaleo at 526-7155. Army Learning Center and Basic Skills Female sexual abuse survivors — A group for Those candidates approved will be forwarded to the Classes — Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon, active-duty female sexual abuse survivors meets Department of the Army for approval during the closed training holidays. Thursdays at Evans Army Community Hospital’s week of July 17. Point of contact for this information Defense Activity for Nontraditional Behavioral Health section. Call 526-7177 and ask for is Darlene Roberts at 526-2155/6481. Education Support and Advanced Personnel Dr. Kay Beaulieu for more information. CID needs Soldiers and civilians — The U.S. Testing — Monday through Friday, 7:30-11:30 a.m. Learning Resource Center offerings — The Army’s Criminal Investigation Command is seeking and 12:15-4:15 p.m., closed training holidays. Learning Resource Center, located in the Fort qualified applicants to become criminal investiga- Basic Skills Education Program/Functional Carson Education Center, bldg 1117, room 216, tors. Special agents investigate all felony crime of Academic Skills Training — Monday through Army interest, conduct protective service operations offers academic review including GT preparation, GED assistance, placement tests including SAT, Thursday, 1-4 p.m., closed training holidays. and work closely with other federal, state and local eArmyU Testing — Monday and Wednesday- law enforcement agencies to solve crime and combat ACT, GRE, GMAT and more. Patrons may also use computers to check e-mail, Friday, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., closed training holidays. terrorism. Selected agents receive advanced training surf the Internet or navigate desktop application tuto- Military Occupational Specialty Library — at the Federal Bureau of Investigations Academy, the rials. Hours of operation include Monday-Thursday 9 Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., closed Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the a.m.-9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-5 training holidays. Canadian Police College as well as the opportunity to p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m. For more information call Claims Division hours — The Claims Division pursue a master’s degree in forensic science. the Learning Resource Center at 526-4058/8077. office hours are Monday through Thursday from To qualify, candidates must be U.S. citizens, at Weight control/taping classes —To attend the 9 a.m.-5 p.m, closed Friday and federal and training least 21 with at least two years of service but not active-duty weight control class or the taping certifi- holidays. To make a personnel claim, Soldiers must more than eight, have at least 60 semester hours cation class, Soldiers should call the TRICARE attend a mandatory briefing which is given Mondays of college credit and a general technical score of at appointment line at 457-2273. and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. At the least 110. A minimum of six months police No referrals are needed. Both classes are taught at briefing, Soldiers must submit a Department of experience is preferred, but not required. CID is also the Mountain Post Wellness Center. Defense Form 1840/1840R. Submit completed looking for qualified civilians to become special For more information on the classes call claims Tuesdays and Thursdays. agents. To apply or for more information visit the 526-7971. DFAC hours — Fort Carson dining facilities Internet at www.cid.army.mil or contact your local Laundry service operate under the following hours: CID office. Post Laundry Service — The post laundry Wolf Inn — Monday-Friday 7-9 a.m. (breakfast), ASE exams — Automotive Service Excellence service provides free laundry service to Soldiers for 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (lunch) and 4:30-6:30 p.m. (dinner). exams will be administered May 9, 11 and 16 at government-owned property only. Items issued by Weekend hours are 7:30-9 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and the Mountain Post Training and Education Center, the Central Issue Facility should be cleaned at the 4:30-6 p.m. bldg 1117. post laundry prior to turn in. Indianhead Inn — Monday-Friday 7-9 a.m. Funded exams are available for service mem- Allow enough time; it is not recommended to pick (breakfast), 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (lunch) and 5-7 p.m. bers who are currently enrolled in an automotive up your equipment on the same day as the scheduled (dinner). Weekend hours are 7:30-9 a.m., 11:30 a.m.- technology degree program or have an eligible mil- CIF appointment. Turnaround for service is 72 hours. 1 p.m. and 4:30-6 p.m. itary occupational specialty in the automotive/ No appointment is necessary. Butts Army Air Field — Monday-Friday 7-9 a.m. mechanical service specialties. Soldiers interested The post laundry will not clean personal items like (breakfast), 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (lunch) and 4:30-6:30 in taking the exams must register prior to March 17. battle dress uniforms, boots, tent pegs, canteens, p.m. (dinner). This DFAC is closed weekends. Contact a guidance counselor at the education cen- entrenching tools or wet-weather gear. Patton Inn — Monday-Friday 7:30-9 a.m. (breakfast), ter for more information. Material TA-50 items that can be washed include: DPW services — Do you know who to call when 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (lunch) and 5-7 p.m. (dinner). Weekend sleeping bag assembly, chemical suits, Gortex, ruck hours are 7:30-9 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4:30-6 p.m. a windstorm causes damage to your facility, over- sacks, coveralls, combat vehicle crewman jackets and turns a portable latrine or when trash containers are Striker Inn — Monday-Friday 7-9 a.m. (break- most web equipment. fast), 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (lunch) and 4:30-6:30 p.m. overflowing? The Directorate of Public Works is Hours of operation are 7:30 a.m.-noon and 12:30- responsible for a wide variety of services on Fort (dinner). Weekend hours are 7:30-9 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-1 3:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. p.m. and 4:30-6 p.m. Carson. Services range from repair and maintenance For information call 526-8806/8804. of facilities to equipping units with a sweeper, and 10th SFG — Monday-Friday 7-9 a.m. (breakfast), cleaning motor pools. Listed below are phone numbers 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (lunch) and 4:30-6 p.m. (dinner). CIF Hours This DFAC is closed weekends. and points of contact for services: CIF hours of operation: • Facility repair/service orders — LB&B service Regular business hours Briefings order desk at 526-5345. Use this number for emergen- Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays Special Forces briefings — Special Forces cies or routine tasks. from 7:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-3 p.m. and Fridays briefings will be conducted weekly in bldg 1217, room • Refuse/trash — Virgil Redding at 526-6676. Call from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. when needing trash containers, trash is overflowing or Initial issues 304. Briefings are Wednesdays at 10 a.m. and noon. emergency service is required. Mondays through Fridays from 7:30-11:30 a.m. All interested male Soldiers, privates first class to • Facility custodial services — Call Larry Partial issues staff sergeants, and second and first lieutenants are Haack at 526-6669. Call for service needs or to Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays encouraged to attend. For more information contact report complaints. from 12:30-3 p.m. Sgt. 1st Class Kristopher Ball at 524-1461. • Elevator maintenance — Call Larry Haack at Cash sales/report of survey Warrant Officer informational–– Everyone is 526-6669. Mondays through Thursdays from 7:30-11:30 a.m. invited to the Space and Missile Defense • Motor pool sludge removal/disposal — Call Don and 12:30-3 p.m. and Fridays from 7:30-11:30 a.m. Command/Army Strategic warrant officer profes- Phillips at 526-9237. Direct exchange sional development meeting March 10 from 1-3 p.m. • Repair and utility/self-help — Call Gary Grant at Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at the SMDC/ARSTRAT training rooms at Peterson 526-5844. Use this number to obtain self-help tools from 12:30-3 p.m. Air Force Base. If you have been thinking about it or and equipment or a motorized sweeper. Partial turn-ins if you have already submitted a packet, come find out • Base operations contract COR — Call Terry Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays what being a Warrant Officer is all about. Contact Hagen at 526-9262 for reporting wind damage, snow from 12:30-3 p.m. Warrant Officer Angel Rivera at 554-2014. removal concerns, damaged traffic signs or other Full turn-ins ETS briefing — Due to the high volume of 3rd facility damage. Appointments are scheduled Mondays, Tuesdays, Armored Cavalry Regiment Soldiers returning from • Portable latrines — Call Fred Buckner at 526- Wednesdays and Thursdays, call 526-3321. Iraq, effective Tuesday, the estimated time of separa- 6676 to request latrines, for service or to report Unit issues and turn ins tion briefing will be conducted twice every Tuesday, damaged or overturned latrines. Call 526-6477/5512 for more information. first at 7 a.m., then at 1 p.m. in bldg 1042, room 310. MOUNTAINEER Military March 3, 2006 7 Army tests unmanned Stryker convoys by Larry Edmond that can conduct convoy operations. One Army News Service of the vehicles is called the CAT — short for Crew-Integration and FORT GORDON, Ga. –– At a Automation Testbed. It serves as the show-and-tell demonstration for local manned leader vehicle. and national media, engineers were cau- The other vehicle serves as an tiously optimistic that their 20-ton robot unmanned follower in a convoy. “We are would work the way it was supposed to. focusing on road and long-haul convoy The day before, the robot navigated missions,” Jaczkowski said. along 100 miles of roads –– some “We have done a circuit of testing paved, some not –– through the woods that started in 2003,” Jaczkowski said. at Fort Gordon’s range complex. “We have done a number of different Hopefully, it wouldn’t malfunction in environments.” To test the vehicles in a front of the cameras. desert environment, they went to Fort Jeff Jaczkowski, a Tank Automotive Bliss, Texas. At Fort Knox, Ky., the Research, Development and Engineering vehicles’ abilities in cross-country ter- Center electrical engineer and manager rain were put to the test. The vehicles for the Robotic Follower Advanced were also tested at Fort Indiantown Gap Technology Demonstrator project, which and Letterkenny Army Depot, both in was being tested, pointed to the two Pennsylvania. Stryker Infantry Carrier vehicles idling The program began testing at Fort Photo by Larry Edmond behind him. Jaczkowski said these Gordon for its forested-type setting, An unmanned Stryker, equipped with sensors and other gadgetry, makes vehicles are part of a larger program to Jaczkowski said. its own way through the Fort Gordon range during testing in February. bring vehicle electronics technologies Jaczkowski said Fort Gordon pro- successful, and the average speed of routinely speed along at more than and robotic systems to the force. vides an ideal setting with a 10-kilometer the test convoy was about 22 miles per 40 mph, Jaczkowski said. The demonstration was a part of a loop that has a three-kilometer stretch of hour. “You may think that 22 miles per Pointing to the bristling array of sen- broader initiative of tests being con- dirt road. The rest is paved. The long hour is not that fast when operational sors on the vehicles, Jaczkowski said ducted by the Robotics Technology stretches of isolated roads allow the convoys are going 60 to 70 miles per these vehicles incorporate second- Integration Team from the U.S. Army teams to put their test vehicles through a hour. But you have to take into account generation ladar, short for laser radar, TARDEC, General Dynamics series of high-speed tests. that we did 68 right turns. forward-looking infrared sensors, and Corporation and its sub-contractors. “Yesterday we ran a 100-mile test “You don’t take right turns at 50 advanced computers to handle The system in testing at Fort where the lead vehicle was being miles per hour, especially with a 20- autonomous navigation. Gordon is the robotic follower program. driven manually and the robot was fol- ton robot.” This program seeks to develop robots lowing,” Jaczkowski said. The test was On straight stretches, the vehicles See Stryker on Page 8 MOUNTAINEER 8 March 3, 2006 Military

the gate and plot a path around it before continuing, Cache Stryker Jaczkowski said. From Page 5 From Page 7 True to Murphy’s Law, the cord attached to the for some Soldiers. For the autonomous follower, engineers are spring release broke as engineer Karl Murphy “It was pretty tough sometimes because you using data from the lead vehicle to augment data the tugged it to release the gate. Undaunted, Murphy want to look back and check out all that action follower vehicle gathers from on-board sensors. reached down and tripped the release. The gate going on back there, all the stuff they’re finding,” “We have a major emphasis to create systems swung into the path of the following robot. said Pfc. Anthony Chicoine, one of Scout Platoon’s that can operate without (Global Positioning With only a few seconds to assess, the robot scouts. “We were right in the center of the whole Systems). We know that electronic interference can slowed and veered around the gate. It then contin- perimeter.” easily jam GPS in a battle zone. ued on its path, following the lead vehicle. Knowing the area was secured, those on the “The idea is to pass electronic bread crumbs It was a slight glitch that served to demonstrate ground became more diligent in their search for from the manned lead vehicle back to the how perceptive the robot is, Jaczkowski said. more weapons in the cache. autonomous follower vehicle, and provide high-level In the future, Jaczkowski speculates the project’s “I dug up a lot of the rounds that we found the proofing of the follower’s path so the follower efforts will lead to manned and unmanned convoys. first time,” said Pfc. Thomas Carpenter, another of avoids areas that might impede or confuse its “There are two avenues that the Army is Scout Platoon's scouts. “Once we went up to where autonomous navigation system,” Jaczkowski said. pursuing. The near-term objective is to automate the mound was, we started digging and realizing Jaczkowski characterized the testing as out- the function of driving in a convoy vehicle.” there were refrigerators full of stuff. Then we standing and gave high marks to the Fort Gordon Soldiers will remain in the vehicles for now, but realized there was more to it than what we thought.” Battle Lab and range control. by placing a vehicle on autopilot, the driver will be A medic was on-hand in case one of the found Jaczkowski is quick to point out that the testing able to perform other duties or rest. munitions accidentally exploded. he is conducting is not about the relatively new The long-term objective is to create dedicated “There were some pretty dangerous, older Stryker vehicle. unmanned ground vehicles. explosives ... stuff that could have gone off in “The Stryker is a fielded system, but the robotic In the tests being conducted at Fort Gordon, the somebody’s hands,” said Pfc. Matthew Roberts, convoy technology sensors that we have on these lead vehicle develops a path that it transmits to the medic for Company A, 1-68 CAB. “As soon as units are what we are putting through the research the follower vehicle. The follower vehicle can we roll out, you have to go over everything that and development stage.” follow the path immediately or weeks later. you would do in any possible scenario so that The demonstration conducted before the media “This is the beginning of going from point A when you get out there it’s quick; it’s lightning. Feb. 10 showed how adept the robot is in making to point B autonomously,” Jaczowski said. You don’t even have to think about what you need decisions. The lead vehicle was manually driven He said the payoff is in saving lives in environ- to do, you just do it.” along the road through an area where a gate was ments like Iraq where roadside bombs wreak havoc Although there are still more munitions out set, with the robot vehicle following about 100 during routine missions. there, finding a cache as large as this helps at meters behind. The group will continue testing until March 10, least impede the anti-Iraqi forces that target After the lead vehicle passed, engineers were Jaczowski said. Coalition Forces. planning to pull a cord releasing a gate to block the (Editor’s note: Larry Edmond serves as a staff “We kind of like to feel we made a dent,” said path. The follower vehicle should be able to detect writer for the Fort Gordon Signal newspaper.) Staff Sgt. Matthew Nicodemus, platoon sergeant for Scout Platoon. MOUNTAINEER Military March 3, 2006 9 Comedy meets Carson Soldiers Story and photo by Sgt. 1st rewarding). It’s a stress relief show.” Class Walter van Ochten In addition to Sweeney, the group 133rd Mobile Public Affairs is made up of Andy Hendricks, Bob Detachment Kubota, Warren B. Hall and Jeff Capri. TIKRIT, Iraq –– As the crowd Only a few in the group had laughs boisterously, the man on stage known each other before meeting to demonstrates how, in a combat zone, the start their two-week tour, which began shower water can go from hot to ice cold in Kuwait. in just seconds. Though the tour itself is a regular Like many things in life, it’s funny thing, the comedians on the tour because it’s true. rotate. The laughter was brought to the According to Hendrickson, he Soldiers of the 2nd Squadron, 9th U.S. draws much of his material from Cavalry from Fort Carson, attached to everyday things around him, so this the Rakkasans of the 3rd Brigade tour has brought him many new Combat Team, 101st Airborne comedic insights about life on a forward Division at Forward Operating Base operating base. Wilson, during a show put on by the The comedians each performed for Comics on Duty World Tour. about 20 minutes. Their humor dealt Comics on Duty is a group of with the military and life on the comedians that tours military instal- Forward Operating Bases — subjects lations to bring comedy to Soldiers that those in the audience could defi- during their deployments to overseas nitely relate to. locations. The tour is designed to help As a way of giving something back Comedian Warren B. Hall performs for the troops of Fort Carson’s 2nd break up the monotony that can come to the comedians, 2-9th Cav gave them a Squadron, 9th U.S. Cavalry, during a Comics on Duty show at FOB Wilson with a deployment. chance to fire some of the weapons they near Ad Dawr, Iraq, Feb. 21. Earlier in the day, 2-9 Soldiers let the come- “The rewards for coming here are use on a daily basis. dians test out some of their weapons. overwhelming,” said comedian Mark Hendricks and Sweeney took them Sweeney. “To give these (Soldiers) a up on the offer, shooting a pistol, posed for photos after the show. up that they’re so appreciative of us break for a couple of hours, so they assault rifle and a light machine gun “The Soldiers are very appreciative. coming out here to do comedy,” said don’t have to think about what’s going about an hour before the evening show. I was talking to some Soldiers about to Sweeney. “This has been a very satis- on around them, the dangers and all, (is The comics talked with Soldiers and go on patrol. It almost gets you choked fying experience.” MOUNTAINEER 10 March 3, 2006 Military

Photos by Sgt. Matt Millham Fallen hero, a ‘go-to guy’ is honored Taps is played at a memorial service held Feb. 22 for Cpl. Walter B. Howard II, a fallen Soldier of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team. Howard, 35, died in Balad, Iraq, Feb. 2 of injuries sustained when an impro- vised explosive device detonated near his M-1 Abrams tank. A native of Rochester, Mich., Howard also spent 10 years in the Navy and served in the Persian Gulf region during the Gulf War. Howard enlisted in the Army less than a year ago as a tanker. “He said he wanted to do his part, but he wanted to do it from the front lines,” said Capt. Matthew Stanton, who served briefly with Howard, who arrived at Fort Carson in August and deployed with the 3rd HBCT late last year. Howard is survived by his wife Jamie and 15-month-old daughter Katherine.

You Name It... We Got It! Support the wonderful businesses & services that adorn the pages of the Mountaineer. MOUNTAINEER March 3, 2006 11 COMMUNITY Horsing around ... Equine conference, organized in haste, nonetheless a success by Spc. Clint Stein Another bit of information Mountaineer staff Brownrigg provided for the other riders was one in history. The Army held its sixth Hugh Trabandt, who is credited annual Equine Conference last with starting the Fort Carson week, hosted by Fort Carson’s Mounted Color Guard more own mounted color guard. than 40 years ago, was the From Feb. 22–24, seven of guest speaker during the last the eight mounted units in the day of the conference. Trabandt Army attended the three-day gave a lecture on the history conference held mostly at of horses in the Army and how Turkey Creek Recreational he is only one of 11 original Area where the mounted color members of the Army horse guard unit is located. units still alive. Carson’s mounted color When Trabandt concluded guard was planning to attend his presentation, the conference the conference this year at Fort was over. After three days of Myers, Va., but became the discussing ways to improve host at the last minute. Fort the color guard units through- Myers’ horse stables were out the Army, Brownrigg condemned about a month ago said he thinks the conference and the mounted unit was not has made an improved able to host the conference nor difference for not only the could it attend the conference Photo courtesy of Fort Carson Training and Audiovisual Support Center Fort Carson Mounted Color Dressed in late 1870s reproduction uniforms, the Fort Carson Mounted Color Guard practices here because its members were Guard, but the others, too. a cavalry charge, which the guard performs at various events throughout the year. occupied with getting their The Fort Carson Mounted stables back in order, said Staff different in a lot of ways, but we all have something Color Guard is a special Sgt. John Brownrigg, noncommissioned officer in in common –– horses and the Army.” duty assignment and is open to all eligible Soldiers. charge of the Fort Carson Mounted Color Guard. Being in the public spotlight as representatives of Soldiers interested in trying out for the mounted Despite the relatively short notice, Brownrigg the Army is another constant that all the mounted color guard can call Brownrigg at 338-3000 to said he volunteered to have the conference at the color guards have in common, said Stonehouse. “We schedule an appointment. Mountain Post and was pleased with how well it are a part of an elite and elaborate group. When went. “We got a lot of compliments from the we perform at parades and other special events, we other units about how much they have enjoyed the are representing something bigger than ourselves,” conference and how much they’ve learned, too,” he said. “The public oftentimes looks at us as the said Brownrigg. standard of the Army and we should conduct ourselves that way.” “The public oftentimes looks at us Helping standardize the mounted units was another big topic addressed at the conference. “It as the standard of the Army and we would be great if a Soldier could (move) from should conduct ourselves that way.” Fort Irwin (California) to Fort Sam Houston (Texas) and step right into a color guard position,” said –– Chief Warrant Officer Kevin Leeann Desalme, stable master at Fort Sam Houston. Stonehouse, Fort Riley, Kan., She said having a standard operating procedure Mounted Color Guard commander would not only help in recruiting new members for the color guard, but it would help keep ceremonies Chief Warrant Officer Kevin Stonehouse, Fort more consistent as well. “If we could develop Riley, Kan., Commanding General’s Mounted Color (standard operating procedures) for ceremonies, Guard commander, said he’s learned a lot from the it would make our jobs a little easier but more conference and hoped he taught others a lot as well. professional at the same time.” “The whole point of these conferences is to share Another idea that could make life easier for the ideas and learn from each other,” said Stonehouse. mounted units is to utilize all available resources. “I discussed how the other units could be more During the three-day conference Brownrigg and the proactive in their public relations, and I got a lot of other mounted color guard riders visited the Cañon new training ideas from some of the others guys.” City Correctional Facility where wild horses are Although Fort Riley’s mounted color guard has trained and adopted out. The prison participates in 20 riders and 20 horses –– much larger than Fort a program known as the Wild Horse Inmate Program Carson's seven-man unit –– and performs about where inmates train anywhere from 20 to 30 wild Photo by Spc. Clint Stein 350 times a year, Stonehouse said there is still much horses a month. After the horses are trained to stan- Hugh Trabandt, retired stable sergeant who information to share among the other units. dard they can be adopted for the cost of the training. started the Fort Carson Mounted Color Guard 40 “Everybody has something they’re good at or Brownrigg said he has adopted good horses out of the years ago, talks to members of other color guard specialize in, and everybody was able bring some- program and suggested other units inquire about units Feb. 24 during the Army’s 6th Annual thing to the table,” said Stonehouse. “Our units are doing the same whenever they needed more horses. Equine Conference at Turkey Creek Ranch. MOUNTAINEER 12 March 3, 2006 Community Community briefs

Miscellaneous The Rhetoric and History of the Women’s School District Eight — School District Eight Movement –– Experience a new perspective on the will hold a special education advisory council meeting Women’s Rights Movement circa 1848-1920. The Thursday from 9-11 a.m. at Aragon Elementary event is March 22 from 10–11:30 a.m. at PPCC’s School, 211 S. Main St., Fountain. Breakfast and Rampart Range Campus, room W-111, which is childcare are provided. R.S.V.P. by Tuesday by calling located at 11195 Highway 83 at InterQuest Parkway. 382-1569. Scholarships for military spouses — The • School District Eight hosts annual meetings to National Military Family Association is accepting evaluate the effectiveness of parent involvement applications for NMFA’s Joanne Holbrook Patton policies regarding Aragon, Mountainside and Abrams Military Spouse Scholarships. Any uniformed service Elementary schools. A meeting will be held Thursday spouse — active duty, retired, National Guard, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Mountainside Elementary and Reserve or survivor — studying toward professional Aragon Elementary April 11 from 5:30-7 p.m. certification or attending a post-secondary or graduate Refreshments and childcare are provided. R.S.V.P. school is encouraged to apply. to 382-1569. Scholarships, normally in the amount of $1,000, PPCC courses — Pikes Peak Community may be used for tuition, fees, books and school College offers evening courses at Fort Carson from room and board. Applications can be found at March 20-May 13. Classes at the Mountain Post are www.nmfa.org/scholarships2006. Applications will accelerated and last eight weeks. Soldiers, family only be accepted online and must be submitted by members and Department of the Army civilians are midnight April 15. The number of scholarships each eligible to enroll. Tuition is $82.50 per semester hour. year varies. Soldiers may use tuition assistance. Family members TTY accessibility — TTY (text telephone) may be eligible for a tuition discount. Contact the accessibility is now available at Army Community Mountain Post Education Center for details. Service. If you are hearing impaired and are interested Scholarships –– The Fort Carson Officers’ in information about or connection to ACS programs, Spouses’ Club Scholarships for 2006 are now call 526-1949 to access the TTY service. available. Electronic applications are available from Family Enrichment Support Group — If you’re [email protected] or from Catherine Vuono, a victim of domestic violence, you are not alone. Join FCOSC Scholarship chairperson, at cjvuono@earth- the Family Enrichment Support Group each Monday link.net. Hard copies are available at the library at 1:30 p.m. at the Family University, bldg 1161. and Family Connection buildings. Limited childcare is available, preregistration is There are three scholarship categories: high required. For more information call 526-4590. school senior, dependent child and spouse. Applicants Host an exchange student — Host an exchange may only apply for one scholarship per year. Awards student from Europe, Latin America or Asia for the will be published in May. 2006 academic year. Students have program insurance Applications must be received by March 31, 2006. and spending money. Local families share their CG Golf Scramble –– The CG Scramble kicks homes, tables and love. Contact Center for Cultural off with a shotgun start at 11 a.m. March 16. The event Interchange at 471-2727 or 238-6402. is open to all military and civilians on Fort Carson. Web site helps spouse groups — CinCHouse, Teams of three will compete for prizes, awarded in two a nonprofit community of nearly 900,000 military flights. There are also hole awards. The entry fee is wives and women in uniform, in partnership with $30 and includes a sack lunch and prizes. Mulligans USAA, has launched the Spouse Club Hub, an are available, three for $5. Preregister your teams at the online tool spouse group leaders can use to create http://calendar.msn.com/[email protected]. Fort Carson Golf Course. Call 526-4122. their own Web site at no cost and with no software. Download the reservation form from the Enlisted PPPO closure — The Personal Property Spouse group leaders can create Web sites in Spouses Charitable Organization link (under FRGs) at Processing Office at Fort Carson, bldg 1220, will be about 10 minutes by selecting professionally designed www.carson.army.mil. To reserve the center e-mail the closed for training March 20 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. For graphics and adding text and photos. Leaders can reservation form to [email protected]. emergencies call 554-9231. further enhance their sites with other free options Post fitness center hours — Post fitness centers’ Learn to swing dance — Pikes Peak Community including calendars, photo galleries, discussion boards hours have been adjusted. Hours of operation include: College offers swing dance lessons that are free and and e-mail distribution lists. For more information • Forrest Fitness Center, bldg 1843 — Monday- open to the public. Learn the basic swing step that can visit the Web site at www.cinchouse.com. To register Friday 5 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and holidays be applied to rock’ n’ roll, country, big band, disco, logon to http://hub.cinchouse.com. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. jitterbug and more. Partners are not required. SAT/ACT prep — Students preparing for the • Garcia Physical Fitness Center, bldg 1856 — Lessons are held March 17 from 3-4:30 p.m. at SAT or ACT can get free assistance by visiting the Monday-Friday 5 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and Centennial Campus Atrium, 5675 South Academy Internet at www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil. Follow holidays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Blvd.; and April 7 from 3-4:30 p.m. at Rampart the link for “Registering for SAT/ACT Standard • Waller Physical Fitness Center, bldg 2357 — Range Atrium. For more information call 540-7106. Power Prep Programs.” For more information call Monday-Friday 5 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and National Prayer Breakfast –– The National Fort Carson’s School Liaison Office at 526-1071 holidays 3-10 p.m. Prayer Breakfast will be held Tuesday at 7 a.m. in the or 524-0642. • McKibben Physical Fitness Center, bldg 1160 grand ballroom of the Sheraton Inn an Circle Drive in Kit Carson Activity Center — Fort Carson — Monday-Friday 5 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday Colorado Springs. Tickets are free, but a suggested $3 Family Housing’s Kit Carson Activity Center is avail- and holidays 6 a.m.-3 p.m. donation will be accepted at the door. Attire is duty able for use by Fort Carson residents. The center can Alcoholics Anonymous — Alcoholics uniform for military, civilians should wear business be used for birthday parties, Bible studies and other Anonymous meetings are held at Soldiers’ Memorial casual. For more information call 526-4416. events free of charge. The center has a maximum Chapel Wednesdays at 7 p.m. For more information Women’s History Month Events –– Pikes Peak capacity of 60 people and includes a great hall, which call 322-9766. Community College celebrates Women’s History can be divided into two rooms, and a catering kitchen Modern Army Combatives Program — Fort Month with a series of fun and informative events at that has a sink, refrigerator, two microwaves and several Carson Soldiers and family members can learn the college. All events are free and open to the public. countertops. To reserve the center call 579-1042. combatives from 6-8 a.m. or 6-8 p.m. Monday-Friday. For details call 540-7106 Waa-Nibe House — The Waa-Nibe House, For more information including meeting locations Women and the Environment –– Learn about named after Kit Carson’s first wife, is available for call Capt. Shawn Wray at 330-8305. the special role women have played in interpreting use by Fort Carson residents. The center can be Claims against the estate — Anyone with claims and protecting the natural environment throughout used for birthday parties, Bible studies, family against the estate of or indebtedness to Cpl. Dustin American history, including nature writing, revealing readiness group meetings and other events free of Kendall, deceased, should contact 1st Lt. Jessica the harmful effects of insecticides, beautification of charge. The center includes a main room, three Gutierrez at 338-9060. roadsides, development of “eco-feminism” and more. smaller classrooms, a playroom and a catering • Anyone with claims against the estate of The event is March 15 from 5:30–6:45 p.m. at PPCC’s kitchen with two sinks, a refrigerator, microwave and or indebtedness to Cpl. Walter B. Howard, Rampart Range Campus, room W-111, which is several countertops. deceased, should contact 1st Lt. Branden Graversen located at 11195 Highway 83 at InterQuest Parkway. View the availability of the Waa-Nibe House at at 524-1173. MOUNTAINEER Community March 3, 2006 13 College: a Soldier benefit by Spc. Clint Stein classroom,” said Bill Unger, Mountaineer staff education services specialist. “Not everyone starts at the same While serving on active duty, the time, but they’re in the same Army offers Soldiers many different classroom with the same instruc- benefits ranging from free medical tors.” Whether a Soldier is looking care to 30 days of paid leave a year, to improve his or her general but there is also a benefit the Army technical score or Scholastic offers that Soldiers can take with them Assessment Test score, the ALC after fulfilling their military obligation can provide preparatory study –– an education. for many different tests. The The Fort Carson Education Center ALC is a multimedia-based pro- has programs available for Soldiers gram with instructors to assist seeking any level of education while students in preparing to take serving on active duty. college courses, the SAT and Two of these programs are the American College Test, the Basic Skills Education Program and Armed Services Vocational the Army Learning Center. These Aptitude Battery, the College programs are designed to help Soldiers Level Examination Program test, in certain areas of education they are the General Equivalency Soldiers at the post education center study to improve their general technical score. lacking in and help prepare them for Diploma test and several others. a variety of tests. The class term is four weeks long and the Education Center offers several for their education. The BSEP is a computer-based is held Mondays through Thursdays. options for that as well. As long as Unger said one choice Soldiers can program that focuses on reading and Unger said that although Soldiers Soldiers are on active-duty status, they take is the traditional approach by math skills. The program lasts six are the majority of the students in these can receive tuition assistance from the attending local community colleges weeks with classes held Mondays programs, family members are also Army, said Unger. “The Army provides for evening associate’s degree courses. through Thursdays. A new term welcome. “As long as space is avail- $250 of tuition assistance per semester With several colleges in the Colorado begins every Monday and has instruc- able, family members can enroll, too.” hour with a $4,500 cap per fiscal year.” Springs area, it shouldn’t be difficult to tors available to answer questions and If Soldiers are looking for a higher Soldiers have many options to find one that is convenient for a Soldier help students. education without spending a lot –– or choose from when deciding how “It’s not like a traditional sometimes any –– of their own money, to use the money available to them See Education on Page 14 MOUNTAINEER 14 March 3, 2006 Community

master’s and receive the tuition Education assistance. “As long as they are always From Page 13 going to the next level they can EACH develops partnerships with to attend, said Unger. In addition to receive assistance.” local colleges, there are also college If a Soldier wants to attend a courses taught right here on post, school where college tuition cost is patients, families: Volunteer to help Unger continued. “Some area com- more than the amount of tuition Lt. Col. Wendy Jo an organization because you know munity colleges offer classes to assistance offered by the Army, DeSmidt-Kohlhoff you have great ideas and suggestions? Soldiers at the education center, Unger said that is possible to do if Have you ever wondered what bringing the school to them, in a way.” the Soldier has the Evans Army Community Hospital it’s like to be part of a hospital com- Another approach is Montgomery GI bill. After The Institute for Family Centered mittee? Have you ever wanted to be through the eArmyU pro- paying $1,200 into the GI Bill gram. The eArmyU is and serving two years of Care defines family-entered patient a spy on an important “top secret” designed to help Soldiers active duty, Soldiers can use care as “an approach to the planning, mission? Now is your chance to work toward a certificate or their GI Bill in conjunction delivery and evaluation of health care make your dreams come true. degree by taking courses with tuition assistance. that is grounded in mutually benefi- If you are seriously interested online. It contains an inte- “It's called the Top-up cial partnerships among health care and committed to being part of the grated portal to many dif- Program,” said Unger. providers, patients and families.” team at EACH as a patient and/or ferent colleges, so if a “Soldiers can use the Evans Army Community Hospital family member advisor, then this Soldier wants an education full tuition assistance staff is all about providing quality is the experience for you. from a school that is not and cover the remaining service. The staff’s goal is to adopt Volunteers will have the opportuni- close enough to attend, tuition cost with the GI Bill.” this new approach to health care. ty to attend committee meetings, assist access to the school is as easy as If Soldiers are interested in The desired outcome is to shape with decision-making, become familiar jumping on the Internet. receiving a higher education or improv- policies, programs, facility design with current policy and when receiving A Soldier may use tuition assis- ing their GT scores, the education cen- and day-to-day interactions to meet care determine how well the policies tance for online courses from any ter can assist them. Unger said it is a the needs of patients and their fami- are followed (that’s the spy part)! accredited school, private or public, very simple process to start. lies. This new approach will lead to Positions are limited so apply as long as he or she has a degree “Soldiers come in to meet with a better health outcomes, wise alloca- now. Applications can be retrieved in plan. Unger said that tuition assistance counselor to discuss their goals and tions of resources and greater patient the Patient Representative office at cannot be used for a second degree determine what the best course of and family satisfaction. 526-7225 at EACH, first floor, room equal to the one a Soldier already action is for them.” EACH is in search of volunteers 1301. Applications will be reviewed has. “A person with a bachelor's For more information about the who want to be part of this new and volunteers notified if selected. degree in business can’t use tuition programs offered at the Education approach. Evans needs you to help Be a part of promoting, empower- assistance to get another bachelor’s in Center call 526-2124. them succeed. ing and fostering relationships between something else.” “A college degree is a great asset He said however, Soldiers with to have and the education center is a Have you ever wished you were hospital staff, providers and patients. a bachelor's can work toward a great opportunity to get it,” said Unger. part of the decision making process in Help EACH be all it can be. One team!

Green to Gold is the Army ROTC program for enlisted men and women to become Army Officers. Get your college degree and become one of the Army’s newest leaders.

Briefings every Tuesday at Noon, at the Education Center, Room 126. Call (719) 262-3236 or e-mail [email protected] MOUNTAINEER March 3, 2006 15 MOUNTAINEER 16 March 3, 2006 Community

Making sure your children eat healthy doesn’t have to be hard by Christine Levy child just doesn’t like traditional Breakfast/lunch/snack suggestions Outpatient dietitian, Evans breakfast foods. The key to break- Peanut butter and jelly sandwich Army Community Hospital fast is that you want your child Cottage cheese/fruit to eat foods that will provide (whole grain bread if possible) The alarms rings, and protein, carbohydrates and Yogurt the daily race begins. some fat; it doesn’t have to Peanut butter on celery or apples You’re getting ready for be Yogurt smoothies work and you hope your traditional breakfast Cheese sandwich children are moving along food. See the list Instant breakfast with low fat milk in their process of getting below for some Tortilla with egg and/or cheese ready for school. You alternatives to offer your Dry cereal (mix high fiber with a may have to drive them, child in the morning. favorite cereal) or they may be running These same foods can be Sliced cheese and crackers to catch the bus, or head- at school if you don’t have the time offered for lunch or in smaller Fresh fruit or canned in its own juice ing out the door to walk to school. to fix them something at home. portions as after-school snacks. Fresh vegetables with light salad What’s missing here? Most You can access this information by If you want to see how many por- dressing likely, it’s breakfast. going to the schools Web site at tions of a particular food group your Research suggests that skipping www.ffc8.org/carson/index.htm and child needs, check out www.mypyra- You can find a lot of helpful breakfast can affect your child’s look under the Nutritional Services tab. mid.gov for an in-depth list as well as information on the American intellectual performance, and even Participation in the National additional helpful nutrition informa- Dietetic Association website, moderate undernourishment can School Breakfast Program has been tion. Meals and snacks make for www.eatright.org, or if you need have lasting effects on long-term demonstrated to improve test scores, healthy living as they keep your ener- individual help planning healthy cognitive development. composite math and reading percentile gy level constant throughout the day meals and snacks for your family, Did you also know that hungry scores, class participation and to and allow you and your children to you can schedule an appointment children are more likely to have reduce absences and tardiness. Only 2 stay focused on whatever you’re with the dietitian at Evans Army behavioral, emotional and academic percent of school-aged children meet doing. Nutrition labels help to let you Community Hospital by calling the problems at school? If cost is a factor, the Food Guide Pyramid’s serving know how much of each of the nutri- appointment line at 457-2273. District Eight schools offer the recommendations for all major food ents are in each portion. Editor’s note: Christine Levy National School Breakfast and groups, yet more than 84 percent of Instructions on how to interpret a is a registered dietitian for Evans Lunch Program, which makes it school-aged children eat too much fat. label are also found on the pyramid Army Community Hospital’s affordable for your children to eat Maybe time isn’t the issue, your Web site. outpatient program. MOUNTAINEER Community March 3, 2006 17 MOUNTAINEER 18 March 3, 2006 Community Healing spiritual needs through prayer

Commentary by Chap. (1st Lt.) Stuart D. times. Oil was burned for light; it was also used as leprosy, skin eruptions, gout, diarrhea, rheumatism, Kazarovich a medicine, as it is today by both primitive peoples coughs, shortness of breath toothaches, and for 2nd Brigade Combat Team who have access to it and by some not so primitive, straightening eyelashes, hastening menstruation, including ourselves. Some, if not all, of the uses driving away snakes, and the detection of epileptics. James 5:14-15 prescribed about A.D. 60 by Pliny the Elder, the The trichotomy of man consists of a body, soul and Is any sick among you? Let him call for the Roman naturalist, had been common among the spirit (1Thessalonians 5:23). The body makes up our elders of the church; and let them pray over him, Mesopotamians and possibly the Egyptians for physical being. The soul relates to our emotions and anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: thousands of years. Among other things, Pliny mental capacity. The spirit relates to our will or desire. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the recommended oil or bitumen for: bleeding, cataracts, All three are involved in recovery from sickness. Lord shall raise him up; and if he have com- To illustrate, when a deer crosses in front mitted sins, they shall be forgiven him. of a speeding car, the driver sees the deer This text describes two different min- and instantly the driver’s body begins to istries. The chaplain performs spiritual min- pump adrenaline, causing the brain to send istry to the sick while the medic provides impulses to the body, which delivers the ministry to the physical side of the Soldier. message to the foot to stomp on the brake. Both the chaplain and the medic work as a In this process, all three parts of the human team meeting the Soldier’s physical and being are involved in a split second. spiritual needs. In the same manner, when a person is Some place a mystical faith in the oil sick, his entire being is affected. To minister rather than God. Oil in itself has no mystical to only the spiritual side or only the physical supernatural power, but it was used as a side is negligent. James writes to the church medicine. What is being said here is that we instructing them to use medicine and pray. ought to treat the sick with the best available When a person comes to God for forgiveness medicine and technology but not stop there. of sins and strength, he will receive energy We should also pray, because it is God who from within that will also send adrenaline ultimately grants the healing. Life is in to the body causing a physical reaction to the God’s hands. Nevertheless, to just provide spiritual activity. medical care or just pray is not Biblical. This There is a connection between the passage teaches that we ought to provide physical and spiritual side of recovery. both medical care for the physical body and Therefore, the chaplain and the medical team spiritual care for the soul. are co-workers in the hospital ministry. Archeological research has demonstrated So, the next time you are sick, don’t just that oil was used as a medicine in ancient call the doctor, call the Chaplain, too. MOUNTAINEER Community March 3, 2006 19

Chapel Schedule Chapel ROMAN CATHOLIC New youth program — A new Day Time Service Chapel Location Contact Person Mon., Wed., Fri. noon Mass Healer Evans Army Hospital Fr. Gagliardo/526-7412 chapel youth program meets 4-5:30 Tues., Thurs. noon Mass Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Chap. Goellen/526-5769 p.m. Sundays at Soldiers’ Memorial Saturday 5 p.m. Mass Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Chap. Goellen/526-5769 Sunday 9:15 a.m. Mass Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Chap. Goellen/526-5769 Chapel. Military youths grades six-12 Sunday 10:30 a.m. CRE Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Pat Treacy/524-2458 are invited. Individual programs for Sunday 11 a.m. Mass Healer Evans Army Hospital Fr. Gagliardo/576-7412 Sunday 11 a.m. Mass Provider Barkeley & Ellis Chap. Goellen/526-5769 grades six-eight and nine-12 are Tuesday 7 p.m. RCIA Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Pat Treacy/524-2458 offered.This program is sponsored by Saturday 4 p.m. Reconciliation Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Chap. Goellen/526-5769 the Fort Carson Catholic and Protestant PROTESTANT Chapel congregations. For details call Sunday 9 a.m. Protestant Healer Evans Army Hospital Chap. Kincaid/526-7387 Sunday 9 a.m. Protestant Provider Barkeley & Ellis Chap. Meeker/526-3711 526-4946. Sunday 11 a.m. Protestant Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Chap. Deppmeir/526-8011 Catholic religious education — Sunday 11 a.m. Prot./Gospel Prussman Barkeley & Prussman Chap. Borden/526-4206 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sun. School Prussman Barkeley & Prussman Chap. Borden/526-4206 Registration forms for Catholic Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sun. School Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Dr. Scheck/526-5626 religious education courses are avail- Tuesday 9 a.m. PWOC Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Chap. Deppmeir/526-8011 Sunday 11 a.m. Contemporary Veterans’ Magrath & Titus Chap. Zust/526-8890 able at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel in Tuesday 7 p.m. PYOC Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Ms. Scheck/231-9511 the library room. Classes for preschool JEWISH (age 4) through sixth grades will be For information and a schedule of Jewish Sabbath services, call the U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel at 333-2636. held Sunday from 10:30-11:50 a.m. WICCA Classes for seventh grade through adult Monday 6:30 p.m. bldg 4800, corner of Harr and O’Connell Rhonda Helfrich/338-9464

(including confirmation and post NATIVE AMERICAN SWEATLODGE confirmation) are held Sunday from Native American Sweatlodge ceremonies (He Ska Akicita Inipi) are offered to military dependents and Department of Defense personnel for traditional prayer and purifica- tion. Fasting before the ceremony is recommended and refreshments are offered following the ceremony. Please call the following for information and directions: Michael 6-8 p.m. Call Pat Treacy at 524-2458 Dunning 382-5331 or 330-9537, or Zoe Goodblanket 442-0929. for more information. Protestant religious education — Registration is ongoing for Protestant Daily Bible readings: To assist in regular scripture reading, the The Army Cycle of Prayer — ilies of the state of Texas. Pray also following scriptures are recommended. These scriptures are part Each week the Office of the Army for Gov. Rick Perry, the state legisla- religious education at Soldiers’ of the common daily lectionary, which is designed to present Chief of Chaplains will highlight tors and municipal officials of the Memorial Chapel. Sunday school small the entire Bible over a three-year cycle. Army units, the Army at large, the Lone Star State. nation and religious organizations to Nation: For President and Mrs. groups meet from 9:30-10:30 a.m. The Today — focus prayer. George W. Bush and their family. Ask — Applied Workmen Are Not Ashamed Psalms 86, Monday Pray this week for the following: God to guide and direct his steps as Numbers Psalms 89, Unit: For the Soldiers and he leads our nation to defeat the evil program for children meets Thursdays Numbers 31-33 leaders of the Army National Guard’s that would rob the nation of cher- 22-24 — Psalms 90 Saturday Tuesday 155th Armor Brigade, headquartered ished freedoms and enslave it. from 5-7 p.m. Children’s church is pro- Numbers 34-36 Psalms 87,— in Mississippi, forward deployed in Religious: For the Christian cel- Wednesday — vided during the 11 a.m. Sunday ser- Numbers support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. ebration of Ash Wednesday Psalms 91 25-27 Army: For the senior leadership (Wednesday). vice. No preregistration is required for Deuteronomy 1-3 Sunday of the Chaplain Corps as they partici- As we begin Lent, ask God to children’s church. Volunteers are need- — Psalms 88, Thursday — Numbers 28-30 Psalms 92, pate in the Chief of Chaplains Senior remind us of the cost to Him of our ed for all programs. Call 526-5626 for Deuteronomy 4-6 Leader Training Conference. May God sinfulness. shape and mold their spirits to forge For more on the Army Cycle of more information. the chaplaincy into His image. Prayer visit the Web site at: State: For the Soldiers and fam- www.usarmychaplain.com.

526-0452 or 526-4590 MOUNTAINEER 20 March 3, 2006 Community Childbirth made easy Class a haven for expecting moms Story and photo by her husband deployed to Iraq in Spc. Aimee Millham December, exactly one month after Mountaineer staff she gave birth to their second child. “It helps the time he’s gone go by When Jennifer Hart attended faster,” she said. Motion for Moms during her first Besides attending the classes, pregnancy, it was with the hope of Mendoza herself can offer input finding answers to her many first-time based on her personal experiences to mom questions. When she went into the new moms-to-be. labor, Hart realized that the class not “They can exchange information only answered her questions, but also and learn so much without sitting in gave her the strength to give birth in a classroom being talked at and put about five minutes - no sweat. to sleep,” said Rhonda Tulensa, the “I wasn't even out of breath,” said instructor of Motion for Moms and a Hart, now 18 weeks pregnant with registered nurse at Evans Army her second child and attending Motion Community Hospital. for Moms all over again. For Hart, the class is a good reason Motion for Moms is a low-intensity to wake up in the morning. aerobics class for pregnant and post- “When you’re pregnant all you partum women, and it has been helping want to do is sleep,” Tulensa said. Fort Carson moms stay in shape Tulensa works in the labor and From front to back, Dorothy Mendoza, Claudia Lopez, Myra Turner and Meri throughout their pregnancies since 2004. delivery department at Evans and sets Gummow workout during a Motion for Moms aerobics class Feb. 23 at “I wish I’d known about it when I up hospital tours for the moms and Garcia Gym. The class is held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-10 a.m. was pregnant,” said Dorothy Mendoza, their families to become familiar with morning trips to the mall. She also Moms experience educational and fun a postpartum mom who attends the the place in which the moms will likely invites guests from different depart- because plain-old exercise just aerobics class. Given the class’ be delivering their baby. ments at Evans, like diet and nutrition, wouldn’t cut it for a group of pregnant “support group” feel, she gets more Aside from the regular twice-a- and obstetrics-gynecology, to talk to women, Tulensa said. “Exercise in out of it than just a workout. Mendoza week Motion for Moms sessions, the moms during the aerobics class. learned of the class at the perfect time; Tulensa also holds field trips like She tries to make the Motion for See Motion on Page 22 MOUNTAINEER March 3, 2006 21 MOUNTAINEER 22 March 3, 2006 Community Focus on TRICARE Eye and Vision Benefits by Mark Jecker vision coverage: using TRICARE Prime require a referral for TriWest Healthcare Alliance • TRICARE Standard, Extra and Prime active medically necessary eye examinations. duty family members are eligible for one routine • Retired service members and their families No matter how well service members test on the eye exam per year. have no routine eye benefits under TRICARE annual eye exam, it’s easy to be a little unclear about • Prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses are Standard or Extra. vision care, and reading every policy governing not a covered TRICARE benefit, except under very • Diabetic TRICARE beneficiaries of any age are TRICARE’s eye and vision benefits can make a limited circumstances, such as corneal lens removal encouraged to have an eye exam every year and are person cross-eyed. or treatment of infantile glaucoma. allowed an annual comprehensive eye examination. But here’s a looking glass into the policies that • All Prime enrollees are eligible for the enhanced Visit www.triwest.com or www.tricare.osd.mil won’t leave anyone red-eyed. wellness benefit, which includes an eye examination or call (888)TRIWEST (800) 874-9378) for more ‘Just the facts, ma’am.’ every two years and does not require a co-payment. information. Focus on key facts about TRICARE’s eye and Note: Eye examinations must be performed by a TRICARE network optometrist or ophthalmologist to be covered. No referral is needed when seeking care Motion from a TRICARE network provider. From Page 20 • Eye health of children up to age 6 is evaluated by their health care practitioners as part itself isn’t fun, unless you’re a little psychotic,” of the well-child benefit. The provider performs she said looking over at Hart, a die-hard periodic eye and vision screenings for the child. exerciser who during Feb. 23’s Motion for (Newborn screening is covered under the mother’s Moms class pointed out the fact that Tulensa maternity benefit.) forgot to do the triceps workout. • Children between ages 3 and 6 are covered for When Hart first attended Motion for Moms two comprehensive eye examinations, which include in July 2004, she became close friends with the screening for two common childhood disorders: other moms in class. Hart remains friends with amblyopia and strabismus (commonly referred to as them, and their children - who were all born “lazy eye”). weeks apart - now have regular play dates. • All TRICARE-eligible beneficiaries are covered According to Tulensa, this bonding experi- for medically necessary eye examinations provided in ence is one of the class’ greatest benefits. connection with the medical/surgical treatment of a Before attending the class, moms need to fill TRICARE-covered illness or injury. All beneficiaries out a health history form. Motion for Moms is also are covered for screens for any pathology, not for high-risk pregnancies, Tulensa stressed. including refractive error. Standard or Extra The class is held Tuesdays and Thursdays beneficiaries are responsible for the appropriate from 9 to 10 a.m. at Garcia Gym. cost-share and deductible for these services. Those

Support the advertisers who SUPPORT OUR TROOPS In the Let them know you saw it in the MOUNTAINEER March 3, 2006 23 MOUNTAINEER 24 March 3, 2006 Community AAFES matches competitors’ prices AAFES news release and the price differential with AAFES is less than $10, the customer can tell Since it was established in 1895, the cashier who will match the lower the military exchanges’ mission has price on the spot. Customers who essentially been the same: provide report a price difference that is greater necessary merchandise and services to than $10 need only to bring a current the military. local competitor’s ad to receive the While the retail landscape has reduced price. In either case, the changed dramatically over the past competitor’s item must be identical to 110 years, post exchanges and base the item in the AAFES store. exchanges of the Army and Air Force “AAFES is committed to having Exchange Service are constantly seek- low prices,” said Pressley. “‘We’ll ing initiatives that meet the needs of Match It’ is simply our last line of troops and their families in the most defense. After AAFES conducts affordable manner possible. national surveys and associates from “Maintaining the strength of the the store level compare local prices, the exchange benefit in today’s competitive customer has this program to make retail environment is no easy task,” said sure no one missed anything.” Lt. Col. Debra Pressley, chief of “We’ll Match It!” promotes corporate communications for AAFES. AAFES as a price leader with a pledge If items sold at AAFES can be found cheaper elsewhere, AAFES will match “It is only through proactive surveying that retail stores will match competi- the price. Because of the tax savings at AAFES, the customer always wins. and review that we can ensure that tors’ current, local price on any AAFES prices are routinely lower than identical stock assortment. In addition generate earnings to supplement Morale, percentage off items and vending items. the competition.” to this same-day pledge, AAFES also Welfare and Recreation programs, there “We’ll Match It!” is available every Even with consistent monitoring, offers a 30-day price guarantee on any are exceptions to the “We’ll Match It!” day of the year exclusively at AAFES AAFES found it necessary to institute item originally purchased from AAFES program. Except for the Exchange facilities around the world. Purchases a program that ensures that, in the and subsequently sold at a lower Catalog and AAFES.com, stores cannot from the exchange generate funds for event that AAFES doesn’t have the price by AAFES or another local com- accept challenges from any catalog or MWR programs. In 2004, AAFES con- lowest price, customers always receive petitor (excluding unauthorized dealers Website. Other exclusions include “gim- tributed more than $242 million dollars the best price. and warehouse clubs). mick” promotions, warehouse clubs, to MWR in support of youth activities, The “We’ll Match It!” effort works Since AAFES does have a dual mis- special order automotive parts, gasoline, outdoor recreation, bowling facilities in two ways. First, if customers find an sion to provide quality merchandise and automotive labor/service, double and and other quality of life programs on identical item for less somewhere else services at competitive prices and to triple coupons, clearance items, flat military installations worldwide.

COLORADO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY Today’s military education benefit is tomorrow’s smart career move!

Colorado Technical University invites Fort Carson active-duty military members and their families to learn more about our industry-current Master’s degree programs with numerous career-specific concentrations.

Every CTU degree program also includes résumé-enhancing Professional Certificates to help you build your credentials as you plan for your career in the military or your future in the civilian job market.

Please contact us or visit us online to learn more about how you can achieve strength through education by getting your real-world Master’s degree on our convenient Colorado Springs campus.*

Earn a career-focused Master's degree while you serve your country! • Master of Business Administration (MBA) • Master of Science in Computer Engineering (MSCE) • Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS) • Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) • Master of Science in Management (MSM) • Master of Science in Systems Engineering (MSSE)

*We also offer many Master’s level courses at the Pikes Peak Community College Centennial Campus. Contact an Admissions Representative for details.

866-706-2802 www.ctucoloradosprings.com

AN ACADEMIC DIVISION OF COLORADO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Colorado Technical University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association (30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, Illinois 60602-2504, www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org). Colorado Technical University- Colorado Springs • 4435 N. Chestnut Street • Colorado Springs, CO 80907 ©2006 Colorado Technical University. All rights reserved. MOUNTAINEER March 3, 2006 25 MOUNTAINEER MOUNTAINEER 26 March 3, 2006 Feature Feature March 3, 2006 27 Firsts in women’s achievement

Compiled by Karen Linne Ann Teresa Mathews (1715) Mary McLeod Bethune (1904) York Stock Exchange Public Affairs Office First woman whose invention received a First woman to establish a secondary school Janice Lee York Romary (1968) patent (for cleaning and curing corn) — that became a four-year accredited college First woman to carry the U.S. flag at the In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first Presidential it was granted to her husband Mary McLeod Bethune (1935) Olympic Games Proclamation calling on the American people to remember the contri- Mary Katherine Goddard (1775) Founder of National Council of Negro Mary Clarke (1978) butions of women. By 1987, 14 governors had declared March as First woman postmaster Women First woman to be named major general Women’s History Month, and that same year, Congress and the president Betsy Ross (1776/77) Blanche Scott (1910) in U.S. Army followed by declaring March as National Women’s History Month. First person to be a U.S. flagmaker First woman to fly an airplane Ella Grasso (1978) This year’s theme, “Women: Builders of Communities and Hannah Adams (1784) Jeannette Rankin (1916) First woman governor to be re-elected Dreams,” honors the spirit of possibility and hope set in motion by First woman to become a professional First woman in the U.S. House of (Connecticut) writer Representatives (Montana) Photo courtesy of Library of Congress generations of women in their creation of communities and their Sandra Day O’Connor (1981) Alice Paul stitches the final star on the encouragement of dreams, according to the National Women’s Lucy Brewer (1812) Kate Gleason (1917) First woman justice of the U. S. Supreme celebratory (suffrage ratification) banner in History Project Web site, www.nwhp.org. First female Marine First woman president of a national bank Court 1920. Stars were added from time to time “Women: Builders of Communities and Dreams” honors women Elizabeth Blackwell (1849) Jeannette Rankin (1917) Joan Benoit (Samuelson) (1984) as the various states ratified the 19th for bringing communities together and restoring hope in the face First woman to receive a medical degree First woman in Congress First woman to win an Olympic marathon Amendment. of life’s challenges. Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1849) Florence E. Allen (1920) Penny Harrington (1985) The purpose of women’s history is not to idealize women. On the Publisher/editor of first prominent women’s First woman judge First woman police chief of a major U.S. contrary, the stories of women’s achievements present an expanded view rights newspaper Hallie Ferguson (1924) city (Portland, Oregon) Photo courtesy of Library of Congress of the complexity and contradiction of living a full and purposeful life. Harriet Tubman (1850) First female governor of U. S. state (Texas) Ann Bancroft (1986) This cartoon shows Susan B. Learning about the extraordinary achievements of women helps First woman to run underground railroad Katherine Bement Davis (1929) First woman to walk to the North Pole Anthony chasing after President diminish the tendency to dismiss and trivialize who women are and to help slaves escape First person to conduct national survey Christa McAuliffe (1986) Grover Cleveland in her fight for what they accomplish. The knowledge of women’s history provides Lucy Hobbs (1866) of sexual attitudes First woman citizen passenger on a women’s right to vote. a more expansive vision of what a woman can do. This perspective First woman to graduate from dental school Jane Addams (1931) space mission can encourage girls and women to think larger and bolder and can Susan B. Anthony (1869) First woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize Lt. Col. Eileen Collins (1995) give boys and men a fuller understanding of the female experience. Co-founder of first U.S. woman’s suffrage Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1932) First American woman to pilot a space shuttle Information about women and their successes gives males and organization First woman elected to the U.S. Senate Madeleine K. Albright (1997) females alike a perspec- Arabella Mansfield Babb (1869) Amelia Earhart (1932) First woman First woman admitted to the bar First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic tive that challenges Secretary of State Frances Elizabeth Willard Ocean some of our cultures’ and highest ranking (1871) Ruth Bran Owen (1933) most unconscious and woman in the U.S. First woman to become a college president First woman foreign diplomat archaic assumptions government (Evanston College) Pearl S. Buck (1935) Hillary Photo courtesy of Library of Congress about women. Victoria Chaflin Woodhull First woman to win a Nobel Prize for Thus, women’s Rodham (1872) Literature history becomes a story Clinton (2000) BETTY FRIEDAN First woman to be a presidential candidate Hattie McDaniel (1939) Only First Lady of inspiration and hope; Betty Friedan has been Helen Magill (1877) First black of any gender to win an ever elected to the a story of courage and central to the reshaping of First woman to receive a Ph.D. (Boston Academy Award (she won for Best U.S. Senate tenacity; a story of American attitudes toward University) Supporting Actress in the film “Gone with Halle Berry promise, possibility women’s lives and rights. Belva Ann Lockwood (1879) the Wind”). (2002) and purpose. Through decades of social First woman to practice law before the U.S. Linda Darnell (1941) First black woman Women’s history is activism, strategic thinking Supreme Court First woman to sell securities on the New to win a Best part of America’s story. and writing, Friedan was Clara Barton (1881) York Stock Curb Exchange Actress Oscar It is the story of how one of contemporary Founder of the American Red Cross Conchita V. Cintron (1949) Condoleezza women built com- society’s most effective Photo courtesy of Library of Congress Maud Booth (1887/96) First U.S. woman bullfighter in Spain Rice (2005) munities and inspired Photo courtesy of Library of Congress leaders. Friedan’s l963 Kentucky Gov. Edwin P. Morrow signs the 19th Co-founder of the Salvation Army and Georgia Nesse Clark (1949) First black woman Women march to win their right to vote in New York, and nurtured dreams book, “The Feminine Amendment. Volunteers of America First woman treasurer of the United States to be appointed N.Y., May 6, 1912. and how they will Mystique,” detailed the Suzanna Madora Salter (1887) Muriel Siebert (1967) Secretary continue to do so. frustrating lives of First woman mayor (Argonia, Kan.) First woman to own a seat on the New of State countless American women who were expected to find fulfillment primarily through the Women’s history timeline achievements of husbands and children. The book 1777 Abigail Smith Adams, wife of the second president 1840 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, feminist, dress reformer and Pelham Wright and Ernestine Rose. 1913 5,000 suffragists march in Washington, D.C., for 1971 U.S. Supreme Court rule ends sex discrimination made an enormous (John Adams) and mother of the sixth president (John editor, omits the word “obey” from her marriage vows. 1868 The 14th Amendment denying women the right to vote the women’s rights movement. in hiring. impact, triggering a period Quincy Adams) writes that women “will not hold our- 1840 Lucretia Mott is one of several women delegates to is ratified. Women lawyers are licensed in U.S. 1915 A petition with 500,000 signatures in support of 1972 U.S. Congress passes the Equal Employment of change that continues selves bound by any laws which we have no voice.” attend the World’s Anti-Slavery Convention in London. 1869 The National Woman Suffrage Association and the women’s suffrage amendment is given to President Opportunity Act. Equal Rights Amendment passes today. Friedan has been 1784 Hannah Adams is the first American woman to sup- As a woman, she is forced to sit in the gallery and can- American Woman Suffrage Association are formed. Woodrow Wilson. Congress but fails to be ratified. central to this evolution for port herself by writing. not participate. 1870 The 15th Amendment enfranchising black men is ratified. 1920 The 19th Amendment is ratified, allowing women the 1975 Ella Grasso is first woman governor (Conn.) to women, through lectures 1819 Emma Hart Willard writes her “Plan for Improving 1848 The first Women’s Rights Convention is held in 1872 Susan B. Anthony is arrested for attempting to vote. right to vote in federal elections. be re-elected. and writing (“It Changed Female Education,” which although unsuccessful, Seneca Falls, N.Y. 1874 The Women’s Christian Temperance Union is founded. 1923 Alice Paul and the National Women’s Party first propose 1977 3,000 women march in Washington, D.C., on My Life: Writings on the defines the issue of women’s education at that time. 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to receive 1878 For the first time, a Women’s Suffrage Amendment is the Equal Rights Amendment to eliminate discrimina- Women’s Equality Day to support the ERA. Women’s Movement” in 1826 The first public high schools for girls opens in New a medical degree in U.S. Women doctors are permitted introduced to Congress. tion on the basis of sex. It has never been ratified. 1981 Sandra Day O’Connor becomes first woman 1976 and “The Second York and Boston. to legally practice medicine for the first time. 1890 Wyoming is first state to allow women to vote. The 1934 Florence Ellinwood Allen becomes first woman on appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Stage” in 1981). She was 1828 Former slave, abolitionist and feminist Isabella van 1850 Women are granted the right to own land in a state NWSA and the AWSA reunite to form the National U.S. Court of Appeals. 1995 Lt. Col. Eileen Collins becomes the first American a founder of the National Wagener is freed and takes the name Sojourner Truth. (Oregon). The Female (later Women’s) Medical American Woman Suffrage Association. Women 1939-45 World War II woman to pilot a space shuttle. Organization for Women, She begins to preach against slavery throughout New College is founded in Pennsylvania. begin to wear knickerbockers instead of skirts for 1961 Eleanor Roosevelt is appointed to chair the 1997 Madeleine K. Albright becomes first woman U.S. a convener of the National York and New England. 1852 Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton form the bicycle riding. Commission on the Status of Women. Secretary of State. Women’s Political Caucus 1833 Oberlin College in Ohio is the first co-educational col- Women’s N.Y. Temperance Society. 1903 The Women’s Trade Union League of New York is 1966 The National Organization for Women is founded 2000 Hillary Rodham Clinton becomes the only First Lady and a key leader in the lege in the U.S. 1860-65 American Civil War formed to unionize working women. This group later by Betty Goldstein Friedan. ever elected to the United States Senate. struggle for passage of the 1838 Mount Holyoke College is established in 1866 The American Equal Rights Association is founded by becomes the nucleus for the International Ladies’ 1970 50,000 people march in New York City for the first 2005 Condoleezza Rice becomes the first black woman Equal Rights Amendment. Massachusetts as first college for women. Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Stanton, Martha Coffin Garment Workers’ Union. Women’s Strike for Equality. to be appointed Secretary of State. Friedan passed away Feb. 4, 2006. Layout by Jeanne Mazerall MOUNTAINEER 28 March 3, 2006 Community

Photo by Spc. Aimee Millham Lots of love for 3rd ACR Handmade signs around Fort Carson welcome the return of the 3rd tage tank at the approach to Gate 1, were hung by the family readiness Armored Cavalry Regiment from Iraq. These banners, hung from a vin- group from the ACR’s Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Troop.

Fort Carson, Colorado • www.carson.army.mil MOUNTAINEER March 3, 2006 29 MOUNTAINEER 30 March 3, 2006 Community Community Policing

Department of the Military Police Alutiiq-Wackenhut Army Police Security Services

Name: Officer Carlos Torres Name: Sgt. Kevin Harms Name: Officer Steven Hill Experience: Torres spent two years with the Experience: Harms arrives to Fort Carson Experience: Hill served 27 years in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam. He also spent in August 2005 and serves as a team Marine Corps and retired a command three years as an Aurora Police Officer and leader and patrolman with the 984th sergeant major. He served one year as another 14 years as a security officer. Torres Military Police Company. Currently a police officer in Indiana and two and a also served three years with Teller County. Harms is training for future deployments half years as an assistant manager for He Has been with the Department of the and serves the Fort Carson Community airport security. Hill began working for A- Army civilian police since October 2004. with law enforcement duties. WSS 15 months ago, and he is a sergeant. Quote: “Tomorrow’s battle is won during Quote: “Love thy neighbor.” Quote: “Have a great Marine Corps Day!” today’s practice.” MOUNTAINEER March 3, 2006 31 MOUNTAINEER 32 March 3, 2006 Community MOUNTAINEER Sports & Leisure March 3, 2006 33 SPORTS & LEISURE Fitness goals achievable for those over 50 Story and photos by Walt Johnson your muscle tone and your attitude about life, Mountaineer staff fitness is necessary. If you say you don’t want to be fit anymore it’s just like giving yourself a death Editor’s note: This is the first of a two part sentence. When you slow down, you quickly find article on fitness for those over 50. Before starting out what it means when it’s said, ‘if you don’t use any fitness program, see your healthcare provider. it, you lose it.’ That’s the way your body is. “If you subject your body to a certain level of Walk into Forrest Fitness Center on any fitness, your body will respond and give you the weekday and you see a variety of weight lifters, ability to do more,” Cole said. aerobics participants and cardio-workout wonders Which is why at the age of 70, Cole said he is getting or keeping their bodies in the best physical in a great position to talk about the importance of condition they can. fitness for those over 50 and why it’s important for Most of those bodies belong to men and people to continue to have a fitness program even women in the age range of 20 to 45 years-old though their years of active military service or who are trying to ensure they meet the military’s active working life are winding down or gone. fitness standards. But those aren’t the only bodies “In order to make a lifestyle for yourself, no you see making sure fitness is a part of their lives. matter if you are 50, 60 or 70, you should take part One person you will see working out in one of in physical activity. You get your mind and muscle the post fitness facilities is Norris Cole. The fact activity (to the point) where your mind will that Cole has always seen fitness as a way of life demand more of your body and your muscles and is in remarkable shape is not the thing that will respond. If there is a person that is 55, for makes you pay attention to his workout routine. example, and says they have reached their fitness The fact that he is 70 years old, works out peak, that simply isn’t true. three days a week in the gym, and runs three days “Every person that is ambulatory and can a week is reason to pay attention. move their joints and arms can participate in a Cole is a man who says he has seen it all in his fitness routine. Even a handicapped person can two careers, one as an airborne Ranger in the mili- have a program that would fit their fitness needs,” tary and the second as a deputy sheriff for the city Cole said. of Colorado Springs. Since he left the streets of In next week’s edition of the Mountaineer, Chicago at the age of 20 to enter the Army, Cole Cole talks about what his early-, mid- and present- has felt fitness was a key to succeeding in life. life are like concerning fitness. He will also “Fitness is a way of life for me. I feel in order discuss why anyone can have a fitness program Norris Cole, right, helps George Thompson with some to maintain yourself and maintain your discipline, over the age of 50. of the fitness equipment at Forrest Fitness Center.

Mountaineer Sports Feature

Command awards Col. Michael Resty, garrison commander, left, presents awards to Special Olympics participants Saturday at the Special Events Center during the Special Olympics basketball tournament hosted by the Mountain Post. Special Olympic athletes from southeast Colorado participated in basketball games Saturday at the Special Events Center and Garcia Physical Fitness Center. Ashley Collier, Special Olympics coordinator, said it was a pleasure to come to the Mountain Post for the tournament.“We are so happy to have the partnership with the Fort Carson community that allows us to let our athletes use the facilities here. The hospitality and the open arms extended by the community is more than I can put into words. Our athletes and our organization thank the Carson community for making us feel so much at home when we are here.” The next event featuring Special Olympic athletes will be July 29 when softball action will take place at the Mountain Post Sports Complex. Photo by Walt Johnson MOUNTAINEER 34 March 3, 2006 Sports & Leisure On the Bench Indoor swimming pool undergoes major renovation Story and photo by in the pool under the warranty program at Walt Johnson no cost to the government,” Armes said. Mountaineer staff Armes said anyone who has been a frequent customer of the pool will notice To all Soldiers returning to the the upgrades immediately. Mountain Post from deployed locations, For new customers, Armes said they welcome back and thank you for all will be pleased with the way the locker you’re doing for the nation. rooms have been renovated to ensure For the past few weeks the post safety and sanity for all customers. swimming pool has been closed as it “The first thing customers will notice underwent major renovations to the are the new bathroom floors which have pool area and the locker room areas. no more tiles. We now have epoxy stone The pool reopened Monday and the on the floors. results of the renovations can be classi- “In the past, the tiles would have a fied as “outstanding,” according to Don lot of grout on them which was hard to Armes, post aquatics center director. keep clean and maintain. The deck area Armes said the pool closed to do also has the new epoxy stone and the some needed upgrades that were neces- swimming pool itself underwent some sary to “provide our customers with the major work,” Armes said kind of facility that they deserve.” He Armes said it was not the ideal thing said the renovations took place in all to do to close down the pool for the reno- areas of the pool and the people should vations but it was planned carefully and be very pleased with what the facility has this was the best time to perform the to offer them now. needed renovations. “We put in new deck floors, new “We decided to do it now because athroom floors and new electronic hair this is traditionally a slow period for us. dryers. The company (Natural Pool Chris Pogue, from Natural Pool Company, works on the floor of the Company) came out and repaired the liner See Bench on Page 35 indoor swimming pool Feb. 23. MOUNTAINEER Sports & Leisure March 3, 2006 35

Bench From Page 34 The outdoor pool was pretty busy in unit interested in fielding a team should the summer and we used the indoor attend a meeting April 26 at 1 p.m. at pool for lap swimming, therapy the Special Events Center, bldg 1829. and pregnancy PT and training for For more information on the intramural Soldiers, among other things. We softball program call Lamont Spencer made arrangements with the local or Joe Lujan at 526-6630. YMCA to allow our customers to be The Directorate of Morale, able to continue to swim while we Welfare and Recreation will hold a renovated the pool and that worked out battalion-level basketball tourna- extremely well,” Armes said. ment beginning March 13. The tour- One thing for sure, the staff at nament is open to any battalion that the indoor pool is excited about the would like to field a team even if it renovations and what they mean for did not have a team in the recently the community. Stephanie Kowaluk, concluded intramural basketball lifeguard instructor said “The pool is season. Any unit interested in fielding open and we are excited about the a team in the tournament should con- way things turned out. The pool looks tact Spencer or Lujan at 526-6630. great and every one on post should Any unit interested in fielding a come out and swim.” team in the post intramural soccer The post varsity softball team, league should contact Spencer or the Aces, will hold its first official Lujan. The intramural soccer season practice session March 11 at 9 a.m. is scheduled to begin in March if at the Mountain Post Sports Complex enough teams are interested in softball field. Brian Rushing, Aces forming a league. head coach, is looking for dedicated The all-Army wrestling tryouts softball players that are ready to began Thursday at the World Class compete at the highest level of com- Athlete Program wrestling facility petition in Colorado Springs and with the goal being to select the Photo by Walt Johnson Colorado. For more information call team that will compete in the armed To the hoop Rushing at 721-9246. forces competition in late March. A member of the Fort Carson youth center’s second 13-15 year-old Also concerning softball, the post The training camp will be held team heads to the basket to score against the Peterson Air Force Base intramural softball season is sched- now until March 15. team Friday at the post youth center. The post team won the game. uled to kick off May 2 at the Mountain Post Sports Complex. Any See Bench on Page 37

Speciiall Offer For:: FFeeddeerraall EEmmppllooyyeeeess Ask how you can save up to 15% on your monthlly access!!

Rely On Us! Your Federal Sales Team

Corporate: Jim Love – 719-661-0843 [email protected] Employees: Linda Archibald – 719-661-6565 [email protected]

Conditions & restrictions apply. Limited time offer. See your sales representative for full details. © 2006 Verizon Wireless. MOUNTAINEER 36 March 3, 2006 Sports & Leisure

Mountaineer Intramural Sports

Shooting for gold 7th Infantry Division guard Anthony Ringold, wearing No. 8, shoots over defenders during the 7th ID’s victory Monday over the 502nd Personnel Services Battalion. The victory earned the 7th ID a place in the post championship game Thursday against the United States Army Garrison team that shocked the 10th Special Forces Group Monday. Detailed coverage of the post championship game matchup will be in next week’s edition of the Mountaineer. Photo by Walt Johnson MOUNTAINEER Sports & Leisure March 3, 2006 37

Bench From Page 35 The all-Army camp hopefuls will p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and holidays, compete against each other for a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. chance to be on the all-Army team. Waller PFC: Monday through After the wrestlers at the camp elimi- Friday, 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, nate each other, the survivors will Sunday and holidays, 3 to 10 p.m. wrestle against members of the WCAP McKibben PFC: Monday through wrestling program March 17-18 at the Friday, 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, Special Events Center to see who will Sunday and holidays, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. make up this year’s Army team at the Robert Nieto, basketball coach interservice competition in April. for one of the post two teams in the The aerobics schedule at Forrest 13-15 year-old age group, said his Fitness Center for the month of team has gotten off to a 4-1 record March has changed and there are this year because of one thing; its plans for more changes in the future. ability to play defense. Here is the new schedule: Nieto said his young team has done Monday 9 a.m., Yoga; 5:30 p.m. a wonderful job of learning what its 20-20-20; Tuesday 6:30 a.m., like to play as a team and how to play Spinning; 9 a.m., Cardio Mix; 9 a.m., suffocating defense that has led his Spinning; 4:30 p.m., Yoga; 5:30 p.m., team to four consecutive wins after a Kick Boxing; Wednesday 9 a.m., Yoga; season opening loss. 4:30 p.m., Spinning; 5:30 p.m., Toning; “These players are just a joy to Thursday 6:30 a.m., Spinning; 9 a.m., coach and they want to learn how to Spinning; 9 a.m., Cardio Mix; 5:30 play the game the right way,” Nieto said. p.m., Yoga; Friday 9 a.m., Spinning; 10 a.m., Yoga; 4:30 p.m., Kick Boxing; Saturday 9:15 a.m., Toning Have an idea for a Here are the operating hours for sports story? each of the post fitness centers. Contact the Mountaineer at Forrest Fitness Center: Monday 526-4144/1241, fax 526-1021 through Friday, 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.; or e-mail Saturday, Sunday and holidays, 9 a.m. Photo by Walt Johnson to 5 p.m. Mountaineereditor@carson. Fort Carson youth center 13-15 year-old defenders shut down the Air Force Garcia Physical Fitness Center: army.mil and share your ideas. Academy shooters during its contest Friday at the youth center. Monday through Friday, 5 a.m. to 8 MOUNTAINEER 38 March 3, 2006 Sports & Leisure DDiiCañonnnooss City’saauu rr DDeeppoott

Story and photos by Nel Lampe Mountaineer staff

id you know dinosaurs once roamed near here? Many dinosaurs lived in the Cañon City area. In fact, most of the dinosaurs displayed in museums DD around the world came from the Garden Park area of Cañon City. There’s a small dinosaur museum in Cañon City, the Dinosaur Depot, where you can learn about local dinosaurs. The Dinosaur Depot came into being in 1992 in a building previously used as a fire house. The discovery of dinosaurs at Cañon City started with a fossil found by a teacher in the late 1800s. He put the fossil on display in the newspaper office. Eventually a geologist saw the displayed fossil and realized it was prehistoric bone. At that time, the existence of Jurassic- aged dinosaurs was almost unknown. A model of an allosaurus dinosaur is behind the Dinosaur Depot in Cañon CIty. When word got out about the Cañon City find, paleontologists were soon on the scene. Two famous, competitive paleon- tologists became engaged in what was called “the bone wars.” Competing digs went on between Othneil Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope, who were leading paleontologists anxious to discover and display dinosaurs. Both paleontologists set up dig sites in the Garden Park area. Workers built wooden cabins over the dig sites for protection and secrecy. Hundreds of prehistoric bones were discovered and removed in 1877 and beyond. Many of the prehistoric dinosaurs found in Garden Park made their way into museums around the world. Discoveries are still being made in modern times. In 1992, a paleontologist from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science discovered a stegosaurus vertebra. When the dig was complete, the find con- tained the most complete stegosaurus spec- Visitors explore exhibits in the June Hines shows an apatasaurus verte- imen ever found. Discovery Room at the Dinosaur bra she has been working on for two After intensive digging by workers and Depot in Cañon City. years. It was found in Colorado. volunteers, the stegosaurus specimen was stabilized, wrapped and covered with plas- ter. To get the 13,000-pound specimen out of the field and to the Dinosaur Depot for further preparation, the museum called on Fort Carson. Arrangements were made and a Fort Carson helicopter lifted the specimen out of the valley and loaded it onto a truck. It was then driven to the Dinosaur Depot. Paleontologists and volunteers at the depot removed rock from the bones of the stegosaurus, a project that took years. The stegosaurus is now in the Denver Museum of Natural History. A casting of the stegosaurus is in the Dinosaur Depot. Places to see in the Paleontologists learned a lot about the Pikes Peak area. March 3, 2006 See Dinosaur on Page 40 A fossilized nest of dinosaur eggs is displayed in the Discovery Room. MOUNTAINEER 40 March 3, 2006

Dinosaur From Page 39 stegosaurus species — the Colorado State fossil — from this find. They learned that the plates along the stegosaurus’ spine were in two staggered rows, rather than one row as previously thought. They believe this stegosaurus died at a waterhole, after being unable to climb out because of a tail injury or disease. The first stegosaurus found in Garden Park was in 1886. It is displayed at the Smithsonian Institute. Still another nearly complete stegosaurus was found in 1936. Another important discovery was made at Garden Park a few years ago while a group of high school students was on a field trip. One student kicked at a rock that looked different. It was. It turned out to be a 30-foot section of a tree dating from the Jurrassic period. According to paleontologists, it is very unusual to find trees and animals from the Jurrassic period preserved in the same place. The tree was excavated, extraneous material removed and now “Tony’s Tree” is displayed The Dinosaur Depot is on Royal Gorge Boulevard, The Dinosaur Depot’s gift shop is a treasure in the depot. West Highway 50, in Cañon City. trove for people who like dinosaurs. A few years ago an amateur paleontologist discovered footprints left by ankylosaurus and grounds is a casting of dinosaur footprints found 50 to Cañon City. The Dinosaur Depot is near therapod dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period, in the Picketwire Canyonlands area near La the Royal Gorge Route train station. 107 million years ago. The footprints, discovered Junta. The Picketwire dinosaur trackway is the Other attractions in Cañon City include the on Skyline Drive, had been in plain sight for largest track site in North America and reveals Prison Museum, the Royal Gorge Regional many years but no one had recognized them. more than 1,300 footprints. These footprints are Museum and the Royal Gorge Train. One of the footprints is displayed in the visible at Picketwire but are in a remote area The Royal Gorge Bridge is about eight miles Dinosaur Depot. requiring four-wheel drive. west of Cañon City off Highway 50 as is the Previously, all discoveries in the Cañon City The Dinosaur Depot has a gift shop with a frontier town of Buckskin Joe, which opens for area were from the older Jurrasic period. plethora of dinosaur-themed books, T-shirts, the season in May. Visitors can see the Skyline Drive footprints; posters, dinosaur figures, puzzles, model kits ask for directions while at the Dinosaur Depot. and numerous other dinosaur souvenirs. Explanatory signs are at the site. The Dinosaur Depot is located at 330 Royal The Dinosaur Depot displays several fossils, Gorge Blvd., in Cañon City. Winter hours are skulls and bones. Some exhibits can be touched. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday A Discovery Room has interactive exhibits. Admission for adults is $3, and $1.50 for In addition to visiting the depot and watching children ages 4 to 12. In summer, the depot is work in progress, visitors can take a tour of the open seven days a week. Garden Park fossil area. Tours are given by It’s about 40 miles from Fort Carson to reservation only, weather permitting; call Cañon City. Take Highway 115, and drive (800) 987-6379. Tours to Garden Park cost $5 for through the small town of Penrose to the junction adults and $2.50 for children. with Highway 50. Turn west and take Highway Actual dinosaur bones are not visible in Garden Park, but visitors get the chance to walk where dinosaurs walked. A lifesize model of an allosaurus is displayed on the grounds of the depot. It’s popular with chil- dren and a favorite An artist’s rendition shows what the Cañon City photograph spot. area may have looked like millions of years ago. Also on the

Just the Facts • Travel time: about an hour • For ages: all • Type: dinosaur museum • Fun factor: +++1/2 Above: The most complete skeleton of a (Out of 5 stars) stegosaurus dinosaur ever found is dis- • Wallet damage: $ played in the Dinosaur Depot. It was $ = Less than $20 found in the Garden Park area. $$= $21 to $40 $$$ = $41 to $60 $$$$ = $61 to $80 Left: An artist’s version of what a (Based on a family of four) stegosaurus looks like. MOUNTAINEER Happenings March 3, 2006 41

the Sky” comedy and singing group is in the 190 S. Cascade Ave. at 2 p.m. The concert is Arts Center Theater in Pueblo March 11 at 11 free but tickets are required. Pick up free tickets a.m. and 2 p.m. Seats are $6; call (719) 295- at the box office at the Pikes Peak Center or the 7222. The theater is at 210 N. Santa Fe Ave. World Arena. Ice show Harlem Globetrotters Pikes Peak Center Disney on Ice presents “Princess Classics” The Harlem Globetrotters will be in the The Glenn Miller Orchestra is in the Pikes March 22-26 in the Colorado Springs World World Arena April 9 at 2 p.m. Tickets start at Peak Center March 24 at 7:30 p.m. Arena. Call 520-SHOW for tickets; ask about $17. Call 520-SHOW for ticket information or Colorado Springs Philharmonic presents the military discount. go online at www.ticketswest.com. “Pick of the Pops-Five by Design” Saturday at 8 p.m. ‘Cats’ Concert “Mozart meets Rachmaninoff” is presented The musical “Cats” is in Pueblo’s Memorial Nickel Creek is in the Pikes Peak by the Colorado Springs Philharmonic March Hall, 1 City Hall Place, March 11 at 8 p.m. and Center April 13, at 7:30 p.m. Call 520-SHOW 11 at 8 p.m. and March 12 at 2:30 p.m. March 12 at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $15; call for ticket information or go online at Call the box office at 520-SHOW or go (719) 295-7222. www.ticketswest.com. online at www.ticketswest.com. The Pikes Peak Center is at 190 S. Cascade Ave. in downtown ‘Oklahoma’ Theater Colorado Springs. “Oklahoma,” the musical, is in the Pikes “Miss Julie,” a presentation by Theatreworks Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade, March 29-30 at at the University of Colorado at Colorado Fine Arts Center 8 p.m. Tickets start at $32, call 520-SHOW. Springs, is in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater “The Creative World of Peter Max” is in at 3955 Cragwood Dr. near the campus off the Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St. The exhibit St. Patrick’s Day Parade Austin Bluffs Parkway. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. includes 356 portraits of heroic firefighters of The annual St. Patrick’s Day parade is Wednesdays through Saturdays and at 4 p.m. Sept. 11. Tickets are $10 for nonmembers; free along West Colorado Avenue in Old Colorado Sundays, through March 12; call 262-3232. for Fine Arts Center members. The Fine Arts City March 11 at noon. There’s no charge. Center is open Tuesdays through Saturdays. Dinner theater Chorale concert, orchestra “Man of La Mancha” opens Wednesday Air Force Academy theater The Colorado Springs Chorale, with full at the Country Dinner Playhouse at 6875 S. “Spirit of Broadway’s Star Spangled orchestra, presents “Masterworks IV, Mozart Clinton in south Denver. Call (303) 799-1419 Celebration” is in the Air Force Academy’s and More” at the Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. for tickets. Arnold Hall Theater Sunday. Tickets start at Cascade Ave., March 18 at 8 p.m. Call $15 and are available at the box office, 333-4497 520-SHOW for tickets. Chamber music or Ticketmaster, 520-9090. A chamber music concert is Sunday at 2:30 Academy band concert p.m. at Pueblo’s Sangre de Cristo Arts Center Riders in the Sky The Air Force Academy Band presents a Theater, 210 N. Santa Fe Ave. Tickets are $15 for The Grammy Award winning “Riders in free concert Sunday in the Pikes Peak Center, adults and $7.50 for students, (719) 583-6217. MOUNTAINEER 42 March 3, 2006 Happenings

Major League baseball The Colorado Rockies open their home season next month. To honor the military, the Colorado Rockies have “Military Appreciation Days at Coors Field” when select game tickets sell for $6. Call (303) Rockies, say you are from Fort Carson and provide the reference number 672848 and a credit card. These $6 tickets are not available at the box office.Tickets for $6 games are against the Philadelphia Phillies April 14-16; the Los Angeles Dodgers May 15-17; the Pittsburgh Pirates June 5-7; the Milwaukee Brewers July 31- Aug. 2; the New York Mets Aug. 29-31; and the Washington Nationals Sept. 7-10. The $6 seats are in the outfield box, pavilion and upper reserved infield. Tickets are subject to availability and a $2.50 service charge will apply. Coors Field, one of the best stadiums in the nation, is on Blake Street between 20th and 21st streets in downtown Denver.

Photo by Nel Lampe MOUNTAINEER 52 March 3, 2006