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Monday, December 10, 2012  A court martial has begun at Fort Carson for the death of Army Spc. Brandy Fonteneaux. The Texas native was found dead in her barracks last January.

Monday, November 26, 2012  There is no place like home for a group of Fort Carson soldiers, who returned to the Mountain Post just in time for Christmas. The approximately 250 soldiers are with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.

Sunday, May 13, 2012  A Fort Carson soldier is one of the latest casualties in Afghanistan. The Associated Press said 30-year-old U.S. Army 1st Lt. Alejo Thompson was killed Friday when his unit came under fire while on patrol.

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, January 26, 2012  The Army is cutting back. Wednesday U.S. officials announced the Army is planning to slash its number of combat brigades from 45 to as low as 32 and "broadly restructure" its fighting force.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011  Nearly 200 Fort Carson soldiers were welcomed home Wednesday.  Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team have been in Afghanistan for the past six months.

Monday, November 21, 2011  Nearly 200 Fort Carson soldier returned home Sunday afternoon after seven-month deployment in Afghanistan.

Friday, September 23, 2011  Construction of the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant located on the Pueblo Chemical Depot is nearly 80 percent complete. The plant is designed to destroy chemical weapons filled with a mustard agent using a neutralization process.

Tuesday, May 03, 2011  Corps breaks levee to help Illinois town as water rises in places unlikely to be helped by breech

Wednesday, March 09, 2011  A U.S. Army sergeant from Colorado Springs died Monday night after crashing his car into a boulder in Virginia.

Thursday, July 29, 2010  Military officials will discuss cleanup efforts at the site of a Black Hawk helicopter crash last year that killed four crew members on Colorado's Mount Massive.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010  Supreme Court won't immediately close river locks to safeguard Great Lakes from Asian carp

Thursday, November 05, 2009  A soldier opened fire at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, unleashing a stream of gunfire that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded.