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Tuesday, February 05, 2013  About 2,000 Fort Carson soldiers are preparing for deployment to a new assignment.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  Authorities say the DNA of an Army officer facing child sexual assault charges in Colorado and Alabama also matches a case in Texas.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  A ceremony is being held about 60 Fort Carson Soldiers returning to Colorado from Afghanistan.

Sunday, June 03, 2012  A soldier from Colorado is one of the latest casualties from the war in Afghanistan.

Saturday, March 03, 2012  A soldier from Colorado is one of the latest U.S. casualties in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense said 25-year-old Staff Sgt. Jordan Bear of Denver, and 19-year-old Pfc. Payton Jones of Texas, died Thursday in Kandahar Province.

Thursday, May 19, 2011  A 25-year-old Fort Campbell soldier from Colorado has died in Afghanistan.

Thursday, February 18, 2010  Those killed were: 24-year-old Staff Sgt. John A. Reiners, of Lakeland, Fla.; 26-year-old Sgt. Jeremiah T. Wittman of Darby, Mont.; and 23-year-old Spc. Bobby J. Pagan of Austin, Texas.

Monday, November 16, 2009  Twenty-one-year-old Spc. Jonathon M. Sylvestre died Nov. 2 in Kut, Iraq of injuries from a noncombat incident.

Thursday, August 06, 2009  The military said Thursday the changes are part of a previously announced series of moves as the Army prepares to expand its numbers.

Wednesday, April 08, 2009  The measure is an attempt to stop the Army from expanding its Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in southeastern Colorado by protecting land owned by the state that is used for funding Colorado's schools.