Vol. 70 No. 38                                                                                   Sept. 21, 2012




4th BCT
begins
return
  Story and photo by Spc. Nathan Thome
   4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office

    Family and friends of 4th Brigade Combat
Team, 4th Infantry Division, filled the stands,
waiting for their loved ones to enter the Special
Events Center after the Soldiers’ redeployment
from Afghanistan, Saturday.
    The crowd erupted as the 135 Soldiers filed
into the SEC, snapped to attention and rendered
honors to the flag. The Soldiers deployed in support
of Operation Enduring Freedom in March with the
primary mission of enabling the Afghan National
Security Forces and the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan government to defend and provide for
the Afghan people.
    Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, commanding
general, 4th Inf. Div. and Fort Carson, addressed
Soldiers and Families at the event, speaking of his
pride in the Soldiers.
    “Congratulations to the Soldiers for their work
downrange and their accomplishments; most of all,
congratulations for a job well done,” said Anderson.
    “To all the Families here, thanks for your love,
support and sacrifice for your loved ones,” said
Anderson.
    “Godspeed, we love you, and welcome home,”
the general concluded.
                               See Return on Page 4



                  Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team,
              4th Infantry Division, are greeted by division
          leadership at the Colorado Springs Airport after
              redeploying from Afghanistan, Saturday. The
     Soldiers turned in weapons and sensitive equipment
            and received an in-processing and safety brief
      prior to reuniting with their Families at Fort Carson.



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Commanding General:



Garrison Commander:
                    Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson
                                                      Every Soldier should have a battle buddy
                                                           Commentary by Capt. Anthony T. Hoefler                              Of course these measures are not groundbreaking
                    Col. David L. Grosso                     4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office                  leadership tactics within the Army; however, the battle
Fort Carson Public Affairs Officer:                                                                                       buddy system is still one of many important mechanisms
                    Dee McNutt
                                                           Being a battle buddy in the Army is a quick and                that allow Soldiers to police themselves. It should be
                                                      endearing way to recognize fellow Soldiers.                         understood that no matter your rank or position in the
Chief, Print and Web Communications:
                                                           The Army has come to embrace the concept of being a            Army, everyone should attach themselves to a battle buddy.
                    Rick Emert                        battle buddy as an opportunity to look after one another for             I have had several battle buddies throughout my career
Editor:             Devin Fisher                      the betterment of the team. I agree that, as a leader, the battle   in the Army and willingly allowed them to help look
Staff writer:       Andrea Sutherland
                                                      buddy concept is valuable to reinforce cohesion and order.          after my best interests.
                                                           As a recent company commander, I often referred to                  While in Afghanistan, my first sergeant would often
Happenings:         Nel Lampe
                                                      the battle buddy concept during weekly safety briefs and            be aware of my aggressive demeanor due to lack of sleep
Sports writer:      Walt Johnson                      while counseling my Soldiers.                                       and inform me that I needed to catch a nap to recharge.
Layout/graphics: Jeanne Mazerall                           I would insist that relying on a battle buddy in both               As the Army continues to experience the impacts of
                                                      work-related and off-duty activities would increase                 sustained combat deployments and high-tempo training
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Westcliffe, Silver Cliff

Leaders partner with Carson
               By Billie Garner
         Garrison Public Affairs Office

     WESTCLIFFE — Leaders of the commu-
nities of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff hosted Fort
Carson leaders Tuesday to sign a partnership
committed to recognizing the strength of Soldiers
and Families and the support of the public.
     Held at the Custer County High School
gymnasium, the Army Community Covenant
signing highlights and recognizes the numerous
ties and bonds Fort Carson has with the
Westcliffe and Silver Cliff communities.
     “The community covenant was created by
the Secretary of the Army to display support of
the community to come together making a com-
mitment to show their dedication to our military
and their Families,” said Terrance McWilliams, a
former Fort Carson command sergeant major and
current military director for the El Pomar
Foundation, during his introduction remarks.
                                                                                                                                                                                      Photo by Antonio Francis
     “The strength of the community comes from
the support of employers, educators, civic and                Endorsers of the Custer County Communities of Westcliffe              Carson; Lynn Attebery, chairman, Custer County Board of
business leaders and its citizens,” McWilliams said.          and Silver Cliff covenant commit to a joint venture of a              Commissioners; and Col. David Grosso, Fort Carson
     “This is another historic day for the Army               united pledge of support for Fort Carson Soldiers and                 garrison commander. Also signing, but not pictured are
and the Westcliffe community that dates back to               their Families Tuesday at the Custer County High School               William J. Hybl, civilian aide emeritus to the Secretary of
October of 1959, which was the time of the big                gymnasium. Signing the Army Community Covenant, from                  the Army; Randy Woods, Custer County School Board
snowstorm that left about 10,000 cattle stranded              left, are Christina Veltrie, mayor of Westcliffe; Larry L.            president; Charles Bogle, signing for Kenton Felty,
                         See Covenant on Page 4
                                                              Weber, mayor of Silver Cliff; Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson,              American Legion Post 170; and Kathy Wampler, signing
                                                              commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort                    for Dave Roever, Eagles Summit Ranch director.




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Re t u r n                                   Lewis Crump, Troop B, 3rd Squadron,
from Page 1                                  61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th BCT, 4th
                                             Inf. Div.
     Soldiers sang the 4th Inf. Div. and          His wife was overcome with joy,
Army songs, before being released to         seeing her Soldier safely back home.
reunite with their Families.                      “Waiting for my husband filled me
     As the Soldiers and Families            with anticipation,” said Shelby Crump.
rushed to each other, Soldiers held          “I was filled with a lot of emotion, but
their children and hugged their              I was very proud mostly.”
Families and friends. Spouses cried as            “I’m here now, I’m with my wife,
they embraced their Soldiers for the         and that’s all that I care about right
first time in months.                        now,” said Lewis Crump. “I want to
     “When we got off the plane, I just      spend as much time with her as I can.”
couldn’t wait to get (home) and see my            The rest of the 4th BCT Soldiers
wife; nothing else mattered,” said Sgt.      will begin returning home soon.




  Mayor welcomes
  home Soldiers
           By Steve Bach                     important work you carried out
    Mayor, City of Colorado Springs          in support of Operation Enduring
                                             Freedom. Your bravery, courage
      Welcome home Soldiers of the           and dedication enabling the Afghan
  4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th               National Security Forces and the
  Infantry Division.                         government of Afghanistan to
      On behalf of Colorado Springs          defend and provide for the Afghan
  and our grateful citizens, I am            people is historic and you have
  honored to welcome you home                made all of us very proud.
  to Fort Carson and the City of                 We hope you enjoy this
  Colorado Springs. If you look up           time with your Family and friends.                                                                           Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome
  today, you will be able to see this        We value your contributions to                  Sgt. Lewis Crump, Troop B, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th
  year’s first snow on Pikes Peak.           our community and country.                      Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, embraces his wife, Shelby
      We’ve heard about the very             Welcome back.                                   Crump, at the Special Events Center Saturday, after returning home from his
                                                                                             deployment to Afghanistan.




Covenant                                                   at Custer County High School and one of about 50                Spc. Joyce Cochran, 10sth CSH, was moved by
from Page 3                                                high school students who attended the ceremony.             the ceremony.
                                                                Proud of his family’s military background, Staton          “My brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Kenneth
without food. Soldiers came to help, battling waist-deep   plans to join the Army after graduation.                    Cochran, died while we were deployed together in
snow to save the cattle and would gladly help again             “This (covenant signing) shows Fort Carson cares       January. Being from a small town myself, it makes
if needed, just as they did a couple months ago with       about us,” Staton said.                                     me feel good to know that small communities stand
the Waldo Canyon Fire,” said Maj. Gen. Joseph                   The ceremony began with some light-hearted             behind the military,” she said.
Anderson, commanding general, 4th Infantry                 fun when Anderson tossed a cream puff pastry to                 Other Fort Carson military representatives
Division and Fort Carson.                                  Lane Byerly, a Custer County High School junior             attending the signing include Command Sgt. Maj.
     The Westcliffe community, along with Dave             and member of the football team. The commanding             Brian Stall, senior enlisted leader, 4th Inf. Div.
Roever at Eagles Summit Ranch, hosted an event             general later presented the young man with a 4th            and Fort Carson; Col. Patrick J. Ahearne, deputy
called “Outdoor Buddies,” that pays tribute to wounded     Infantry Division coin.                                     commander for Health Services, Evans Army
warriors and their Families. Soldiers from the 10th             American Legion and Patriot Guard member               Community Hospital; Maj. Brian Spangler, com-
Combat Support Hospital, a partner unit, participate in    William “Wild Bill” Miller was glad to be a part of         mander, Rear Detachment, 10th CSH; and Master
Custer County events each year and recently partici-       the ceremony.                                               Sgt. Daniel R. Traver, senior enlisted leader, Rear
pated in the Memorial Day parade, Anderson said.                “Our members participate in many community             Detachment, 10th CSH.
     The covenant is designed to develop and foster        and military events, including the annual toy run               “Our successful collaboration will continue to
effective state and community partnerships with the        and escorting military funerals,” Miller said.              enhance the lives of Soldiers and Families into the
Army in improving the quality of life for military              Charles Bogle, a retired Army colonel and co-          future. The well-being of our Soldiers and Families
members and their Families, both at their current          chairman of the Fort Carson Retiree Council, was            remains a top priority. We appreciate all you do and
duty stations and as they transfer from state to state.    pleased with the attendance.                                everyone’s continued support,” Anderson said.
      “This is great that the Army came here because it         “Good turnout today with more than 200 people              Fort Carson leaders hope to sign an Army
shows they want to be involved with our community. I’m     attending,” he said. “I am proud to see the participation   Community Covenant with Denver and northern
glad this is happening,” said Derek G. Staton, a junior    of the community.”                                          communities sometime next year.




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440th Civil Affairs activates
       Story and photo by
       Andrea Sutherland
                                         Civil Affairs Bn. “A year ago we had
                                         five men huddled around a cubicle. …
                                                                                   440th Civil Affairs Bn., like others before
                                                                                   us, have a rendezvous with destiny.”
                                                                                                                                    to loss of life, property damage and
                                                                                                                                    military government,” he said. “During
         Mountaineer staff               We started it from scratch.”                   Garner spoke about the history of           World War II a civil affairs division was
                                             After more than a year of planning    civil affairs units, dating back to the          created and for the first time, civil
    As Command Sgt. Maj. Aaron A.        and preparing, the civil affairs unit     Civil War.                                       affairs and military government staff
Miller slipped the casing off the        officially activated Saturday during a         “Civil affairs was originally created       sections were added to theater army,
guidon for the 440th Civil Affairs       ceremony at Founders Field.               as an ad hoc from the forces available to        corps and even division level. As a result
Battalion, there was a metaphorical          “The 440th Civil Affairs Bn. is       handle the vast and cumbersome civilian          of this creation, civil affairs Soldiers
sigh of relief from commanders.          forging a beginning,” said Lt. Col.       issues that were being created by a              were called governors as they led and
    “We’ve come a long way in the last   Damone Garner, commander, during his      military force conducting operations             managed the Marshall Plan.”
year,” said Maj. George Meyer, 440th     remarks to the audience. “Today … the     throughout populated areas in response                Garner said the role of civil affairs
                                                                                                                                    units is no longer to conduct military
                                                                                                                                    government operations, but to support
                                                                                  “Civil affairs was originally                     military commanders by engaging
                                                                                                                                    civilians in the operational environment.
                                                                                   created as an ad hoc from the                         “In addition, our mission is to
                                                                                   forces available to handle                       support the civil administration, which
                                                                                                                                    includes humanitarian assistance, disaster
                                                                                   the vast and cumbersome                          response and emergency assistance,
                                                                                   civilian issues that were                        population resource control and military
                                                                                                                                    civic action,” he said.
                                                                                   being created by a military                           A reserve component of the U.S.
                                                                                   force conducting operations                      Army Civil Affairs and Psychological
                                                                                                                                    Operations Command (Airborne), the
                                                                                   throughout populated                             163 Soldiers from the 440th come from
                                                                                   areas in response to loss of                     numerous backgrounds including public
                                                                                                                                    safety, medical and engineering fields.
                                                                                   life, property damage and                             During his remarks to the com-
                                                                                   military government.”                            manders and Soldiers of the 440th,
                                                                                                                                    Col. Steve J. Ford, commander, 364th
                                                                                                 — Lt. Col. Damone Garner           Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne),
                                                                                                                                    Portland, Ore., praised the men and
                                                                                                                                    women who chose to serve.
                                                                              From left, Col. Steve J. Ford, commander,                  “Being a citizen Soldier isn’t easy,”
                                                                              364th Civil Affairs Brigade, Portland, Ore.;          he said. “You must balance your life
                                                                              440th Civil Affairs Battalion Commander Lt.           between your Family, civilian job and
                                                                              Col. Damone A. Garner and Command Sgt.                your life as a Soldier. Train hard and
                                                                              Maj. Aaron A. Miller uncase the battalion             challenge yourself to be the best in
                                                                              colors, officially activating the unit, Saturday.     all that you do.”
6       MOUNTAINEER — Sept. 21, 2012


Miscellaneous                                                     Fort Carson dining facilities hours of operation
Points only, nondeployable unit — Reinforcement             Dining facility              Friday                        Saturday-Sunday               Monday-Thursday
   training units provide a “home” for Individual Ready     Stack                     Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.              Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.           Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.
   Reserve Soldiers who want to maintain Reserve                                      Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.      Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.   Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
   affiliation. Soldiers considering leaving troop                                    Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.              Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.           Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.
   program unit assignment can consider the 6399th/         Wolf                      Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.              Closed                        Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.
   6404th RTU as a short- or long-term option. Benefits                               Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.                                    Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
   include earning retirement points and “good” years;                                Dinner: Closed                                                 Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.
   optional monthly nonpaid drill weekends; continued
   military training; paid annual training opportunities;   Warfighter                Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.              Closed                        Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.
   earning retirement points via correspondence courses;    (Wilderness Road Complex) Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.                                    Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
   and easy transfer to TPUs if desired. Contact Chief                                Dinner: Closed                                                 Dinner: Closed
   Warrant Officer 4 Lake Gardner at 720-363-0511 or        LaRochelle                Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.              Closed                        Breakfast: 7-9 a.m.
   lakegardner@comcast.net for more information.            10th SFG(A)               Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.                                    Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
German Armed Forces Military Proficiency Badge                                        Dinner: Closed                                                 Dinner: Closed
   — training and testing is conducted monthly. Events
   include swimming, marksmanship, track and field                  • Facility custodial services — Call Bryan           personnel being reassigned stateside. The briefings
   events (100-meter dash, shot put, long jump or high        Dorcey at 526-6670 or email bryan.s.dorcey.civ@            are held in building 1129, Freedom Performing Arts
   jump and 3,000-meter run or 1,000-meter swim) and          mail.mil for service needs or to report complaints.        Center; sign-in is at 7 a.m. and briefings start at 7:30
   a 12-kilometer road march. Soldiers with physical                • Elevator maintenance — Call Bryan                  a.m. Soldiers are required to bring Department
   limitations can also participate with an approved          Dorcey at 526-6670 or email bryan.s.dorcey.                of the Army Form 5118, signed by their unit
   alternate event authorized by medical personnel.           civ@mail.mil.                                              personnel section, and a pen to complete forms.
   Upon completion of all required events, Soldiers are             • Motor pool sludge removal/disposal —               Call 526-4730/4583 for more information.
   awarded a badge in gold, silver or bronze level —          Call Dennis Frost at 526-6997 or email                   Army ROTC Green-to-Gold briefings — are held
   determined by results of the marksmanship and road         dennis.j.frost.civ@mail.mil.                               the first and third Tuesday of each month at noon
   march. This is a foreign military award authorized to            • Repair and utility/self-help — Call Gary           at the education center, building 1117, room 120.
   be worn on the Class-A or Army Service Uniform.            Grant at 526-5844 or email gerald.l.grant2.civ             Call University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
   Soldiers should submit packets through their chain of      @mail.mil. Use this number to obtain self-help             Army ROTC at 262-3475 for more information.
   command to Sgt. Michael Phillips at 526-5282 or            tools and equipment or a motorized sweeper.              ETS briefings — for enlisted personnel are held the
   email michael.j.phillips6@us.army.mil. Contact                   • Base operations contracting officer                first and third Wednesday of each month. Briefing
   Chief Warrant Officer David Douglas at 720-250-            representative — Call Terry Hagen at 526-9262              sign in begins at 7 a.m. at the Soldier Readiness
   1221 or email david.douglas1@us.army.mil.                  or email terry.j.hagen.civ@mail.mil for questions          Building, building 1042, room 244, on a first-come,
Finance travel processing — All inbound and                   on snow removal, grounds maintenance and                   first-served basis. Soldiers must be within 120 days
   outbound Temporary Lodging Expense, “Do it                 contractor response to service orders.                     of their expiration term of service, but must attend
   Yourself ” Moves, servicemember and Family                       • Portable latrines — Call Jerald Just at            the briefing no later than 30 days prior to their ETS
   member travel, travel advance pay and travel pay           524-0786 or email jerald.j.just.civ@mail.mil to            or start of transition leave. Call 526-2240/8458.
   inquiries will be handled in building 1218, room 231.      request latrines, for service or to report damaged       Special Forces briefings — are held Wednesdays in
   Call 526-4454 or 524-2594 for more information.            or overturned latrines.                                    building 1430, room 123, from noon to 1 p.m.
First Sergeants’ Barracks Program 2020 — is located         Legal services — provided at the Soldier Readiness           Soldiers must be specialist-staff sergeant from any
   in building 1454 on Nelson Boulevard. The hours of         Processing site are for Soldiers undergoing the SRP        military occupational specialty, have a general
   operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The          process. The SRP Legal Office will only provide            technical score of at least 107, be a U.S. citizen, score
   office assists Soldiers with room assignments and          powers of attorney or notary services to Soldiers          240 or higher on the Army Physical Fitness Test, and
   terminations. For more information call 526-9707.          processing through the SRP. Retirees, Family               pass a Special Forces physical. Call 524-1461 or
Sergeant Audie Murphy Club — The Fort Carson                  members and Soldiers not in the SRP process can            visit the website at http://www.bragg.army.mil/sorb.
   Sergeant Audie Murphy Club meets the third                 receive legal assistance and powers of attorney at
   Tuesday of each month at the Family Connection             the main legal office located at 1633 Mekong St.,        Hours of Operation
   Center from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The SAMC              building 6222, next to the Family Readiness Center.
   is open to all active members and those interested         Legal assistance prepares powers of attorney and         Central Issue Facility
   in becoming future SAMC members. The club was              performs notary services on a walk-in basis from                 • In-processing — Monday-Thursday from
   originally a U.S. Forces Command organization of           8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays and                 7:30-10:30 a.m.
   elite noncommissioned officers but is now an               Fridays, and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays.                 • Initial and partial issues — Monday-
   Armywide program for those who meet the criteria                                                                      Friday from 12:30-3:30 p.m.
   and have proven themselves to be outstanding             Briefings                                                          • Cash sales/report of survey — Monday-
   NCOs through a board/leadership process. Contact                                                                      Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
   the SAMC president, Staff Sgt. Thomas Witt, at           75th Ranger Regiment briefings — are held                          • Direct exchange and partial turn ins —
   526-5661 for more information.                             Tuesdays in building 1430, room 150, from noon             Monday-Friday from 7:30-11:30 a.m.
Recycle incentive program — The Directorate of                to 1 p.m. Soldiers must be private-sergeant first                • Full turn ins — by appointment only; call
   Public Works has an incentive program to prevent           class with a minimum General Technical Score of            526-3321.
   recyclable waste from going to the landfill.               105; be a U.S. citizen; score 240 or higher on the               • Unit issues and turn ins — Call 526-
   Participating battalions can earn monetary rewards         Army Physical Fitness Test; and pass a Ranger              5512/6477 for approval.
   for turning recyclable materials in to the Fort Carson     physical. Call 524-2691 or visit http://www.             Education Center hours of operation — The
   Recycle Center, building 155. Points are assigned for      goarmy.com/ranger.html for more information.               Mountain Post Training and Education Center,
   the pounds of recyclable goods turned in and every       Casualty Notification/Assistance Officer training            building 1117, 526-2124, hours are as follows:
   participating battalion receives money quarterly. Call     — is held Oct. 16-18 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in                 • Counselor Support Center — Monday-
   526-5898 for more information about the program.           building 1187 on Minnick Avenue, behind post car           Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays 11
Directorate of Public Works services — DPW is                 wash. Class is limited to 50 people on a first-come,       a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
   responsible for a wide variety of services on Fort         first-served basis. Contact Jean Graves at 526-                  • Army Learning Center — Monday-
   Carson. Services range from repair and maintenance         5613/5614 or jean.graves@us.army.mil for more              Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
   of facilities to equipping units with a sweeper and        information.                                                     • Defense Activity for Nontraditional
   cleaning motor pools. Listed below are phone             Disposition Services — Defense Logistics Agency              Education Support and Army Personnel Testing —
   numbers and points of contact for services:                Disposition Services Colorado Springs, located in          Monday-Friday 7:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-4:30 p.m.
         • Facility repair/service orders — Fort              building 381, conducts orientations Fridays from         Repair and Utility self-help — has moved to building
   Carson Support Services service order desk can be          12:30-3:30 p.m. The orientations discuss DLA               217 and is open Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
   reached at 526-5345. Use this number for emergencies       processes to include turning in excess property,         Claims Office hours — are Monday-Friday from 9
   or routine tasks and for reporting wind damage,            reutilizing government property, web-based tools           a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. on the first floor of
   damaged traffic signs or other facility damage.            available, special handling of property and                building 6222, 1633 Mekong Street. Shipment
         • Refuse/trash and recycling — Call Eric             environmental needs. To schedule an orientation,           under Full Replacement Value claimants must
   Bailey at 719-491-0218 or email eric.e.bailey4.            contact Arnaldo Borrerorivera at arnaldo.borrerorivera     submit Department of Defense Form 1840R to the
   civ@mail.mil when needing trash containers, trash          @dla.mil for receiving/turn in; Mike Welsh at              carrier within 75 days. Shipment under Defense
   is overflowing or emergency service is required.           mike.welsh@dla.mil for reutilization/web tools; or         Personal Property Program claimants must log into
                                                              Rufus Guillory at rufus.guillory@dla.mil.                  the Defense Personal Property System at http://
                                                            Retirement briefings — are held from 8 a.m. to noon          www.move.mil and report all the items online
 BOSS meetings are held the first                             the second and third Wednesday of each month at            within 75 days. Claims must be submitted within
 and third Thursday of each month                             the Joel Hefley Community Center conference room,          nine months directly with carriers to receive full
 from 2-3:30 p.m. at The Foxhole.
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 Contact Cpl. Rachael Robertson at
 524-2677 or visit the BOSS office in room 106 of The
                                                              recommends spouses accompany Soldiers to the               items. All other claims should be submitted to Fort
 Hub for more information. Text “follow CarsonBOSS”           briefing. Call 526-2840 for more information.              Carson Claims Office within two years of the date
 to 40404 to receive updates and event information.         Reassignment briefings — are held Tuesdays                   of delivery or date of incident. Call the Fort Carson
                                                              for Soldiers heading overseas and Thursdays for            Claims Office at 526-1355 for more information.
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Barracks management transfers back to military
       Story and photo by                     The 30 Soldiers selected to run
       Susan C. Galentine                 Fort Carson’s FSBP 2020 are set up in
    Directorate of Public Works           teams from each of the brigades and
          public relations                tenant units to manage the 64
                                          barracks buildings and more than
     The face of Soldier barracks 8,100 rooms on the installation. The
management transitions from contractors representatives are responsible for the
back to green suiters effective Sept. 29, assignment and clearing of rooms,
when the First Sergeants Barracks performing inspections, issuing keys
Program evolves into FSBP 2020.           and performing minor maintenance to
     The move toward military manage- support brigade and tenant units’
ment of barracks under FSBP 2020 is footprints.
under way Armywide.                           The program will maintain as
     “As the Army transitions from a much unit integrity as possible, said
wartime force back to a garrison-ready Lamb. The FSBP 2020 Soldiers may
force, Department of the Army must not be from the same battalion or
look at ways to reduce operational company as the barracks residents, but
costs,” said Debra Lamb, Directorate of will be a representative of that brigade
Public Works single Soldier housing or tenant unit.
manager and lead for the FSBP program         The FSBP 2020 representatives,
transformation. “By transitioning from who are assigned to the program for
contractor run, to an Army run program, one year, will work closely with their
this will reduce operational costs and unit leadership to coordinate room
allow this funding to go to other vital assignments and inform them of any
areas of concern.”                        barracks issues. While many of the day-
                                               to-day functions of the barracks
      The First Sergeants Barracks             facilities fall under FSBP 2020,     Spc. Terrance Hines, left, and Cpl. Tamorris Jones, Fort Carson’s First Sergeants’ Barracks
   Program 2020 operates out of the            units have, and will always be       Program 2020 team members, familiarize themselves with the barracks key system as
      Single Soldier Housing Office,           expected, to manage overall          part of their duties in assisting single Soldiers with room assignments and terminations.
             located in building               operation and command and
        1454 on Nelson Boulevard.              control of their barracks.           is properly supported and that any and        their assigned rooms in good condition
    The office is open Monday-Friday                “The individual team (non-      all barracks issues are addressed and the     and calling in routine service orders
           from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.               commissioned officers in charge)     quality of life for the Soldiers is           as needed to the FSBP 2020 team at
     For more information about the            will coordinate with the command     maintained or increased,” said Lamb.          526-9707 or for emergency service
  FSBP 2020 transition call 526-9707.          sergeants major or unit first             As always, Soldiers living in the        orders to Fort Carson Support
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Carson honors fallen warrior
                     Spc. Kyle R. Rookey
                    Feb. 28, 1989 - Sept. 2, 2012
     Spc. Kyle R. Rookey, a native of Oswego, N.Y., enlisted in
the Army March 3, 2010. He attended Basic Training at Fort                                                               Spc. Robert
Sill, Okla., and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Huachuca,                                                          Fleig, bugler,
Ariz., as an unmanned aerial vehicle operator.                                                                           4th Infantry
     His only assignment was with the 4th Special Troops Battalion,                                                      Division Band,
4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, at Fort Carson.                                                          plays taps
                             He was attached to the Dirty Bird                                                           during a
                             Platoon as a UAV operator and                                                               memorial
                             deployed in support of Operation                                                            ceremony
                             Enduring Freedom in March.                                                                  in honor of
                                 His awards and decorations                                                              Spc. Kyle R.
                             include the Army Commendation                                                               Rookey, 4th
                             Medal, Good Conduct Medal,                                                                  Special Troops
                             National Defense Service Medal,                                                             Battalion,
                             Afghanistan Campaign Medal with                                                             4th Brigade
                             bronze star, Global War on Terrorism                                                        Combat Team,
                             Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon,                                                         4th Infantry
                             Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO                                                               Division, at
                             Medal and Combat Action Badge.                                                              Soldiers’
                                 Rookey is survived by his                                                               Memorial
wife, Victoria Rookey; daughter, Flora; father, George                                                                   Chapel,
Rookey; mother, Carol Akers; brother, David Wallace; and sister,                                                         Monday.
Elizabeth Rookey.                                                                           Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome




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       4th BSB trains to
       keep brigade moving


                                                                                                                    Petroleum supply specialists assigned to Company
 Story and photos by Pfc. Andrew Ingram                    Base) to refuel before heading to their next             A, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat
1st Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office,             objective,” said Staff Sgt. Joseph Hudson, petroleum     Team, 4th Infantry Division, provide multiple military
             4th Infantry Division                         supply specialist, Company A. “We set up a ROM           vehicles with fuel during a refuel-on-the-move training
                                                           point at a designated location so they can roll in,      mission in the Fort Carson Training Area, Sept. 12.
    Petroleum supply specialists assigned to               get the fuel they need as quickly as possible and
Company A, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st              continue the mission.”
Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, battled            The tactical expedience of a ROM operation               Not only was the time improved, but
the wind and rain to practice their basic tasks during     ensures that U.S. Forces missions are completed          inexperienced Soldiers were able to learn their
a refuel-on-the-move training mission, Sept. 12.           quickly and efficiently, making setting up a ROM         jobs in the field.
    The Soldiers refueled Humvees, M1A1 Abrams             point an important task for petroleum supply Soldiers        Many of the junior enlisted Soldiers broadened
               tanks and M2A2 Bradley Fighting             to master, said Hudson.                                  their knowledge base of the vehicles they will work
                 Vehicles at an improvised fueling             “I have an outstanding group of individuals          with during deployment, said Spc. Brandon Hartman,
                        station in the Fort Carson         working with me,” he said. “My Soldiers love getting     petroleum supply specialist, Company A.
                           training area.                  out there and doing missions, they love setting up the       “This is a good team-building mission,” Hartman
                                 “In a combat environ-     ROM. This is what we do, and we love it.”                said, gesturing to the cold rain needling his comrades
                             ment a unit may not               The Sept. 12 mission marked the third time in        as they prepared to meet the first convoy of the
                              have time to go back to      seven days the Soldiers set up a ROM point to            day. “No matter what the weather conditions are,
                              the (Forward Operating       provide fuel for 1st BCT units operating in the Fort     everybody pulls together and gets the job done.”
                                                           Carson Training Area.
                                                               “We have had a lot of vehicles
                                                           come through here during these
                                                           operations,” said Sgt. Christopher
                                                           Brewer, petroleum supply specialist,
                                                           Company A. “When they come in, we
                                                           have two minutes to give them a quick
                                                           top off and get them on their way.”
                                                               Sgt. Doug Underwood, petroleum
                                                           supply specialist, Company A,
                                                           emphasized speed as the key to setting
                                                           up a successful ROM mission.
                                                               “The last time we set up the ROM
                                                           point, it took us just over 30 minutes.
                                                           This time, it took us 22 minutes,”
                                                           Underwood said. “We would like to get
                                                           it down to 15 minutes, but that will
                                                           come with practice. Most of these
                                                           Soldiers had never set up a ROM
                                                           before, so I’m pretty pleased with how
                                                           well they are doing.”
                                                                                                                                      Sgt. Christopher Brewer, left, and Pfc.
                                                                                                                                      Todd Berostick, both petroleum supply
                                                                                                                                      specialists assigned to Company A, 4th
                                                                                                                                      Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade
                                                                                                                                      Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
                                                                                                                                      attach a fuel hose to a T-clamp, during a
                                                                                                                                      refuel-on-the-move training mission in
                                                                                                                                      the Fort Carson Training Area, Sept. 12.



                                                                                                                             Spc. Alejandro Febus,
                                                                                                                             petroleum supply specialist,
                                                                                                                             Company A, 4th Brigade
                                                                                                                             Support Battalion, 1st Brigade
                                                                                                                             Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Spc. Reid Asanuwa, petroleum supply specialist,                                                                              Division, refills of an M1A1
Company A, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade                                                                        Abrams tank during a
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, rolls up a fuel hose                                                                     refuel-on-the-move training
Sept. 12, at the conclusion of a refuel-on-the-move                                                                          mission in the Fort Carson
training mission.                                                                                                            Training Area, Sept. 12.
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  Law enforcement exercise                                                                                                                                                                                  Story and photos by
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Andrea Sutherland
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     to the door, waiting to bust it open with a door ram.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Across the street, neighbors unloaded groceries
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Lt. Col.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Christopher
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Mountaineer staff                                      from their SUVs, occasionally watching the                                                                                                                                                                              Heberer,


  MPs continue                                                                                                                                                                      In the 5519 block in the Cherokee Village
                                                                                                                                                                                neighborhood, military police in full SWAT gear
                                                                                                                                                                                crept up the sides of the brick duplex.
                                                                                                                                                                                    A woman dressed in jeans, a hoodie and a gas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     commotion taking place during the law enforcement
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     exercise, Sept. 14.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          When the door didn’t budge, an MP threw a flash-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     bang grenade through the window, hoping to maintain
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             commander,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             759th
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Military
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Police



  SRT quest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     the element of surprise and disorient anyone inside.                                                                                                                                                                    Battalion,
                                                                                                                                                                                mask sat on the stoop in front of 5519E.                                                  Once inside, MPs restrained another suspect as                                                                                                                                                                     debriefs
                                                                                                                                                                                    As the MPs approached, they yelled for the                                       a third taunted the MPs from upstairs.                                                                                                                                                                                  MPs after
                                                                                                                                                                                woman to lay down on the sidewalk. While a couple                                         “I smell bacon!” he yelled.                                                                                                                                                                                        a Special
                                                                                                                                                                                of MPs restrained her, others stacked themselves next                                     MPs stormed the stairs, securing bedrooms,                                                                                                                                                                         Reaction
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     closets and a bathroom. They apprehended three                                                                                                                                                                          Team
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     more suspects and “killed” a fourth.                                                                                                                                                                                    certification
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          “This was a good effort,” said Lt. Col.                                                                                                                                                                            exercise.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Christopher Heberer, commander, 759th MP                                                                                                                                                                                Heberer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Battalion, during a debrief after the exercise. “It was                                                                                                                                                                 commended
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     a good training run. We’ll do more training and                                                                                                                                                                         MPs on their
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     practice till we get it right because that saves lives.”                                                                                                                                                                efforts, but
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The team had hoped to earn its certification as a                                                                                                                                                                  said the team
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Special Reaction Team, the equivalent of a civilian                                                                                                                                                                     would need
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     SWAT team, but commanders and SRT evaluators                                                                                                                                                                            more training
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 determined the MPs needed                                                                                                                                                                   before
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 more training before                                                                                                                                                                        receiving its
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     “They have the              granting the certification.                                                                                                                                                                 certification.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      tactics, the                   “This was a good
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 practice run,” said Lt.                                             “In the two years I’ve been here we’ve had two                         “We’re optimistic. Their planning process was
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      technology and             Col. Michael Kropushek,                                         incidents requiring a SWAT team,” he said. “We’ve                          perfect. The hardest part is for them to work as a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Directorate of Emergency                                        got to be ready at any given time.”                                        team. They have the tactics, the technology and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      the equipment.             Services. “We’ll do it again.”                                      “They’ll have another few weeks of training,”                          the equipment. Now it’s just putting that all
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Now it’s just                  Kropushek said Fort                                         said Capt. James Bloom, commander, 148th                                   together and working together.”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Carson hasn’t had its own                                       Military Police Detachment, 759th MP Bn. “They’ll                               After the exercise, MPs said they were grateful
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      putting that all           SRT in 18 months due to                                         be practicing breaching.”                                                  for the feedback from their leaders.

                                                                                                                        Evaluators take notes and military police apprehend a suspect and breach a house during a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      together and               deployments and other
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 demands on MPs. The post
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Bloom said that the team had only been together
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 five weeks and although they were not ready to be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 “Overall, it’s a great opportunity to do this in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            the buildings we might be called to,” said one MP
                                                                                                                        Sept. 14 certification exercise to become a Special Reaction Team. It has been 18 months since                                                working together.”         has an agreement with an                                        certified as SRT, they were ahead of where they                            who participated in the exercise.
                                                                                                                        Fort Carson had its own SRT. Outside agencies currently support the post with these operations.                                               — Capt. James Bloom outside agency if a SWAT                                               should be in their training.                                                    “We need some additional training,” said another
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 team is needed.                                                     “They’ve been immersed in it,” he said.                                MP. “We’re doing well with the training we’ve had.”




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Sept. 21, 2012 — MOUNTAINEER               13


Hispanic American Heritage Month

Lopez to troops: education is way forward
                               By Andrea Sutherland
                                  Mountaineer staff
                                                                             cycle of poverty,” he said. “Education
                                                                             is expensive, but ignorance is even
                                                                                                                          said Sgt. 1st Class Harry DeBoise,
                                                                                                                          equal opportunity adviser, 2nd Brigade
                                                                             more expensive.”                             Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
                             For Felix Lopez, the vice president                   Lopez provided sobering statistics          “(Observances) give other
                        for student success at Pikes Peak                    comparing Hispanic Americans to              people insight into different cultures,”
                        Community College, education is the                  the rest of the population.                  said Sgt. 1st Class Rhonda Dow,
                        key to uniting different cultures and                      According to a study completed         EO adviser, 43rd Sustainment
                        accepting societal differences.                      by the U.S. Department of Education,         Brigade. “Sometimes we take things
                             “It is important for all of us to               in 2008 only 11 percent of Hispanic          for granted or we take things at
                        be educated,” said Lopez during his                  adults between ages 25-29 had at             face value. These events offer
                        speech Tuesday at the Hispanic                       least a bachelor’s degree, compared          more insight and information on
                        American Heritage Month observance                   to 33 percent of white Americans             different cultures.”
                        at the Elkhorn Conference Center.                    and 60 percent of Asian-Americans                 In addition to Lopez’s speech,
                             Lopez, a Mexican-American born                  in the same age group.                       dancers performed Hispanic-inspired
                        to Mexican parents who had little                          “We cannot afford to be the status     numbers including the meringue, the
                        formal education, said his family                    quo,” Lopez said.                            rumba and the salsa. Biographies of
              Lopez     placed an emphasis on the importance
                        of education as an investment.
                                                                                   He challenged Soldiers to “break
                                                                             the cycle” and take advantage of
                                                                                                                          Pablo Picasso, Cesar Chavez and other
                                                                                                                          prominent figures in Hispanic culture
                             “(My parents) wanted to break the education benefits the military offers.                    lined the walls. Attendees enjoyed a
                                                                                          “Not only do I salute you,      lunch buffet of Hispanic foods,
           From left,                                                                I challenge you,” he said.           including chicken fajitas, taquitos,
     Command Sgt.                                                                    “Education should be used            enchiladas and jalapeno poppers.
    Maj. Brian Stall,                                                                to make us colorblind.”                   In his closing remarks to
         4th Infantry                                                                     Lt. Col. David Cushen,          attendees, Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson,
   Division and Fort                                                                 manager for the Equal                commanding general, 4th Inf. Div. and
         Carson, and                                                                 Opportunity Program, said            Fort Carson, reiterated the importance
Command Sgt. Maj.                                                                    he hoped Lopez’s words               of respecting Hispanic culture and
Randy Varner, 43rd                                                                   resonated with Soldiers.             the importance of higher education.
       Sustainment                                                                        “(Lopez) shared his story            “Education is the key to under-
       Brigade, pile                                                                 about how education was              standing how diversity can be a unifying
   their plates with                                                                 critical to his success,” Cushen     factor across ethnicities,” he said.
 jalapeno poppers,                                                                   said. “Had he not persevered,             Anderson praised the influence
  taquitos, chicken                                                                  he wouldn’t have … aspired           Hispanics and Latinos have had on
          fajitas and                                                                to the level where he is now.”       American culture and applauded
 enchiladas during                                                                        Sharing those inspiring         their service in the military.
        the Hispanic                                                                 stories and connecting with               “While diversity implies a
American Heritage                                                                    Soldiers is precisely why the        difference, it also incurs that
Month observance                                                                     Equal Opportunity Program            that difference is beneficial,” he said.
          Tuesday at                                                                 hosts cultural observances.          “Without the dedicated efforts of
         the Elkhorn                                                                      “These events promote           Hispanic Americans in government,
Conference Center.                                                                   cross-cultural awareness             military service, social science, art,
                                                                                     because we come from so              music and sports, our nation would
                                                         Photo by Andrea Sutherland  many different backgrounds,”         be something less than it could be.”




                                                                                                           Dancers Brad Ackerman and Lori Ackerman perform
                                                                                                           for Soldiers and guests at the Hispanic Heritage
                                                                                                           Month event hosted by 4th Infantry Division Equal
                                                                                                           Opportunity Program at the Elkhorn Conference
                                                                                                           Center, Tuesday. The volunteers demonstrated three
                                                                                                           different dances to familiarize audience members
                                                                                                           with the variety and depth of Hispanic culture.

                                                                                                                                             Photo by Staff Sgt. Wallace Bonner
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Sept. 21, 2012 — MOUNTAINEER                  15

ACS hosts spouse career day
  Story and photo by Andrea Sutherland
             Mountaineer staff

     For many military spouses, finding employment
can be stressful, frustrating and infuriating.
     “I’ve been looking for a job for 10 months,”
said Amanda Avila. “I’ve applied to a lot of jobs
online, but I never hear back. At most, I’ll get an
email saying I didn’t get the job.”
     Avila joined dozens of other spouses Sept. 13
for the Spouse Career Day, hosted by Army
Community Service. ACS hosted a career fair
Sept. 14 for spouses to practice their skills.
     “Military spouses need guidance on job
searches,” said Mercedes Jamieson, coordinator
for the employment readiness program at ACS.
“As a military spouse myself, I remember how
difficult it was to get a job.”
     Jamieson said she uses her experience to help
other spouses.
     “I try to guide them and mentor them,” she
said. “My vision is for all military spouses to
have the same opportunities that I have had.”
     To aid spouses in their search, Jamieson                 At career fairs, Hessler suggested arriving               Dozens of spouses learn valuable tips for job searches
organized the Spouse Career Day, which brought            early and collecting brochures from a variety of              Sept. 13 during the Spouse Career Day at the Special
in a certified career coach to provide tips on job        companies and review the information before                   Events Center.
searches and career fair etiquette.                       approaching company representatives.
     “The most important thing a military spouse              Hessler also encouraged spouses to meet with              approach a search,” he said. “I learned not to
who’s looking for a job can do is get connected in        10 employers they would not want to work for to               ‘attack’ employers with my resume and say, ‘I
the community,” said Kimberly Hessler, career coach.      practice engaging with professionals before meeting           need a job.’”
“You want to strategically embed in the community         with representatives from companies that did                       Avila said she appreciated the suggestions,
and build relationships through volunteering.”            interest them.                                                particularly that she should be volunteering in
     Hessler encouraged spouses to maintain a                 Lee Davis said he learned a lot from the session          order to make connections within a company.
profile on the professional social networking site,       and found Hessler’s tips beneficial.                               “It’s hard, especially with kids,” she said.
LinkedIn, and print business cards to hand to                 “I learned how to work a career fair and how              “To pay for child care while volunteering is
potential employers.                                      to go about looking for a job and the proper way to           difficult. I know I need to suck it up and do it.”




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Claims to the estate                                         information provided on the application is
                                                             confidential and will be used only for the
Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin J. Griffin — With                    purpose of determining eligibility and verifying
  deepest regret to the Family of the deceased.              data. Applications may be submitted any time
  Anyone having claims against or indebtedness               during the school year. Contact Dawn Muniz
  to his estate should contact 2nd Lt. Eric Tyson            at 719-382-1334 or email DMuniz@FFC8.org
  at 631-902-8953.                                           for more information.
Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Birdwell — With deepest         Ambulance service — Fort Carson officials urge
  regret to the Family of the deceased. Anyone               community members to contact emergency
  having claims against or indebtedness to his               personnel by calling 911 instead of driving
  estate should contact 2nd Lt. Thomas W. Cagle              personal vehicles to the emergency room.
  at 325-212-8867.                                           In the event of a life- or limb-threatening
Spc. Kyle R. Rookey — With deepest regret to the             emergency, skilled paramedics and ambulance
  Family of the deceased. Anyone having claims               crew will be able to administer critical care
  against or indebtedness to his estate should               and aid. Contact the Emergency Department
  contact Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kamau Gaynor               at 526-7111 for more information.
  at 719-503-4614 or 520-226-6281.                        New prescription policy — All handwritten
Spc. Mabry J. Anders — With deepest regret to the            prescriptions from a TRICARE network
  Family of the deceased. Anyone having claims               provider will be filled at the Soldier and Family
  against or indebtedness to his estate should contact       Care Center located adjacent to and east of
  2nd Lt. Samuel E. Gooding at 734-478-3104.                 Evans Army Community Hospital. When
                                                             calling in for refills on those prescriptions,
Upcoming events                                              beneficiaries will continue to use the SFCC.
Coat drive — The Mountain Post Spouses Club is               A dedicated refill window in this facility will
  collecting winter coats, scarves, hats and gloves for      reduce wait time. The SFCC pharmacy is open
  Fort Carson Families through Nov. 1. Donations             Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  may be made at Family Connection, the                      The pharmacy is located on the first floor
  commissary, Evans Army Community Hospital,                 near the east entrance of the facility; park in the
  Iron Horse Sports and Fitness Center, the                  “G” lot, east of the building. Call 719-503-7067
  Exchange, Soldier Family Care Center and the Hub.          or 719-503-7068 for more information.
Mother Son Roundup — The Southeast YMCA hosts             Warrior Family Medicine becomes Iron Horse —
  a mother and son western dinner and dance                  Effective immediately, the name of Warrior
  Saturday from 2-5 p.m. Cost is $15 per mother and          Family Medicine Clinic has changed to Iron
  son. There is a $5 charge for each additional son.         Horse Family Medicine Clinic. The clinic is
  Call 719-622-9622 for more information.                    still located on the second floor of Evans Army
Privately Owned Weapon Range safety days —                   Community Hospital. Hours of operation are
  the Fort Carson Privately Owned Weapon                     from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 526-9277 for
  range hosts safety days Saturday and Oct. 20.              more information.
  Contact Master Sgt. Willie R. Chatman Sr. at            2-1-1 data expands to two counties — The Pikes
  526-3058 or Jose L. Colon-Rosa at 526-9717                 Peak Area Council of Governments has partnered
  for more information.                                      with Pikes Peak United Way to include 2-1-1
Retiree Appreciation Day — The annual Retiree                data for El Paso and Teller counties in the
  Appreciation Day takes place Oct. 13 from                  Network of Care for servicemembers, veterans
  7 a.m. to noon at McMahon Auditorium and the               and their Families. The service directory
  Special Events Center. Call 526-0682, 526-2260             component of the Network of Care now includes
  or 524-2342 for more information.                          more than 1,500 local resources to assist the            civilians from Fort Carson to speak about their
                                                             military community, service providers and                work, training and varied experiences to public
General announcements                                        others. Visit http://pikespeak.networkofcare.org         organizations throughout the Pikes Peak region.
                                                             for more information.                                    Speakers must be well-qualified professionals
Car wash construction — In an effort to improve           Share-a-Ride — is a free online car pool                    who know how to capture and maintain an
  its services, the Mountain Post Car Wash is                coordination to and from post, as well as van            audience’s attention for 20-30 minutes. Speakers
  undergoing construction to upgrade an automatic            pool options, typically for those commuting              should be comfortable speaking to businesses,
  bay to an express wash. The facility remains               30 or more miles to post. Riders are matched             professional organizations, community leaders,
  open 24-hours for business and the staff will              based on their origination and destination points,       civic groups and schools. Contact Community
  do its best to accommodate customers during                as well as days and times of travel. Users specify       Relations at 526-1246 or 526-1256.
  construction. Contact Mike Jimenez at                      whether they are offering a ride, need a ride or if    Al-Anon meetings — Al-Anon is a 12-step
  719-226-2850 for more information.                         they are interested in sharing driving duties. When      program for families and friends of alcoholics
TRICARE online access — TRICARE patients will                a “match” is found, users are notified immediately       (admitted or not). Meetings take place in the
  no longer be able to access online accounts with           of rider options, allowing them to contact and           conference room of The Colorado Inn at
  MHS/iAS username and password. Users must                  coordinate ridesharing within minutes. Access            6 p.m. every Monday. Attendance is free and
  either use a registered Department of Defense              the ride-share portal by visiting http://www.            anyone can attend these open, anonymous
  Common Access Card or register for a DOD                   carson.army.mil/paio/sustainability.html.                meetings. Contact Al-Anon Service Center
  Self-Service Logon. Visit: www.dmdc.osd.mil/            Vanpools — Vanpools serve commuters who                     at 719-632-0063 for information.
  identitymanagement. Patients may also receive              travel on Interstate 25, Powers Boulevard,             Nutrition counseling and classes — The Evans
  personal assistance in creating an account by              Security-Widefield and Fountain. Vanpool costs           Army Community Hospital Nutrition Care
  visiting the TRICARE Service Center at Evans               for Soldiers and civilians may be reduced (or free)      Division offers nutrition counseling on a healthy
  Army Community Hospital or Veterans Affairs                when using the Army Mass Transit Benefit subsidy.        diet, weight loss or gain, high cholesterol,
  Regional Office.                                           The program provides the van, maintenance and            hypertension, diabetes, sports nutrition and other
Cooling system undergoes repairs — One of the                repairs, insurance, fuel and has an Emergency            nutrition-related diseases or illnesses. Nutrition
  two chilling systems that provide cooling for              Ride Home feature. Go to http://tinyurl.com/             classes include heart-healthy/lipid, weight loss,
  the majority of the “banana belt” area of the              FtCarsonVanPool for further details, and to reserve      pregnancy nutrition, commissary tour/healthy
  cantonment is undergoing emergency repairs.                a spot. Contact Anneliesa Barta, Sustainable Fort        shopping and sports nutrition. To schedule an
  Buildings in the area, which include barracks,             Carson at 526-6497 or email anneliesa.m.barta.           appointment, call the TRICARE appointment
  dining facilities, gyms and administrative                 ctr@mail.mil for more information.                       line at 719-457-2273. To register for a class,
  buildings, are currently receiving limited                                                                          call the Nutrition Care Division at 526-7290.
  cooling. Repairs to the chiller is anticipated          Ongoing events                                            Take Off Pounds Sensibly — meets in the Grant
  within the next several weeks. The Directorate                                                                      Library conference room Thursdays. Weigh-in
  of Public Works apologizes for any inconvenience        Yard sales — can be held on post the first and third        is from 5-5:45 p.m. and the meeting is from
  this may cause. DPW will notify facility                  Saturday of the month through December. Post              6-7 p.m. Annual membership fee is $26 and
  managers of outages or changes to the cooling             residents set up their items in front of their homes.     includes the TOPS magazine. Monthly dues
  system due to the repairs. Call the DPW                   Single Soldiers and Families who reside off               are $5. Call Norma Rook at 719-531-7748 or
  Operations and Maintenance Division                       post can set up in the building 5510 parking              TOPS at 800-932-8677 for more information.
  at 526-9241, 719-491-2943 or email bruce.                 lot. Yard sales are organized and conducted by          Pregnancy and Parenting Portal — A new portal
  gronczniak@us.army.mil for more information.              the Installation Mayoral Program, the Directorate         from TriWest Healthcare Alliance connects
School lunch and breakfast program — School                 of Public Works Housing Liaison Office and the            military Families to helpful information for various
  District 8 is accepting applications for the              Balfour Beatty Family Housing Office. Call the            stages of pregnancy, as well as for adoption.
  national School Lunch and School Breakfast                Mayoral Program at 526-8303 or Army Community             Different from other pregnancy sites, the TriWest
  programs. Application forms are being provided            Service at 526-4590 for more information.                 portal offers information on TRICARE coverage
  to all homes with a letter to parents. Additional       Seeking speakers — The Fort Carson Public Affairs           and locating a nearby military clinic. Access
  copies are available in each school. The                  Office is seeking Soldiers, Family members and            the site at http://www.triwest.com/pregnancy.
Sept. 21, 2012 — MOUNTAINEER                                             17
Suicide Prevention Month

Carson raises awareness
            By Spc. Nathan Thome
    4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office

     September is National Suicide Prevention
Month, and Army leaders are teaching Soldiers
                                                                     Leaders: Loss of one is too many
                                                                          Editor’s note: Army leaders released the a Suicide Prevention Stand Down Thursday. This
and Families the skills they need to do their part in                following letter in observance of Army Suicide stand down aims to promote good health, teammate
helping a fellow warrior.                                            Prevention Month.                                        involvement, risk education and resilience training.
     For years, the Army has faced this enemy                             It is truly remarkable what our Soldiers, Army Units will promote Comprehensive Soldier Fitness,
both stateside and overseas, developing plans                        civilians and Family members have accomplished stigma reduction, resiliency training, protective
and conducting training to address this threat to                    over the past 11 years. Our Army and our nation factors and effective treatment resources.
U.S. Soldiers.                                                       have asked much of you and you have performed                Many factors may influence whether someone
     “Obviously, suicide continues to be a major                     exceptionally well. That said, the stress and strain of is likely to attempt suicide. Developing resilient
concern. It’s something that is vexing to us, and we                 more than a decade of war has had an impact on our Soldiers, Army civilians and Family members
have studied it incredibly hard,” said Army Chief                    force and, in particular, on our people. requires comprehensive, collaborative Armywide
of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, during a visit                     Unfortunately, many are dealing with difficult issues approaches. Effective suicide prevention and inter-
to Fort Hood, Texas. “We’re focused on this, and                     and some view suicide as a solution to their vention activities require a continuum of services
we’re going to sustain our focus on this.”                           problems. Every one of these individuals has a and strong communities that build on individual,
     The first national strategy for suicide prevention              friend, a battle buddy or a leader who is in a position unit/agency and Family strengths. Members of our
and Suicide Prevention Month were both launched                      to help. We need everyone to get involved — there is Army Family must adopt effective coping skills,
in 2001 by then Surgeon General David Satcher as                     no room for bystanders. We are a team, and the loss turn to trusted friends and Family members in times
a way to save the lives of Soldiers and decrease                     of even one member of our Army Family is one too of need, and be willing to seek assistance when
the amount of suicides in the Army.                                  many; every single person is too important to lose.      needed. There is no shame in asking for help.
     “There are several prevailing thoughts and                           This September, the Army will expand National           We urge all Soldiers, Army civilians and Families
theories about why someone ends their own life,”                     Suicide Prevention Week and World Suicide to work together to prevent suicide and to raise their
said Maj. Samuel Preston, chief, Fort Carson                         Prevention Day to Suicide Prevention Month. The own awareness of the available tools and resources.
Embedded Behavioral Health Service, Evans                            theme is “A Healthy Force is a Ready Force.” As part Remember — your actions may save a life.
Army Community Hospital. “In the Army we have                        of Suicide Prevention Month, the Army will conduct           — Army Strong
analyzed the stats of Soldiers by suicide, and
what we’ve uncovered is that there are some very                        Raymond F. Chandler III                 Raymond T. Odierno                      John M. McHugh
specific trends (in regards to) completed suicides.”                  Sergeant Major of the Army            General, United States Army              Secretary of the Army
     Statistics have shown suicide in the Army at a                                                                   Chief of Staff
low from 2001-2003, then trending upward since
2004. The 2012 National Strategy for Suicide                      powerlessness or hopelessness, said Preston.               team and unit, to not be afraid to talk about suicide.”
Prevention stated that the Army has refined the                       The Army provides many training programs                   The Army provides multiple services which
Suicide Prevention Program to reflect major                       to help Soldiers recognize warning signs.                  offer help to Soldiers and those concerned about
developments in suicide prevention, research and                      “The Army has developed programs, including            them, said Goode. Post chaplains, Behavioral
practice during the past decade.                                  the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training and       Health, Community Outreach and Army
     Potential signs of suicidal behavior to watch                Ask Care Escort program, to teach Soldiers how to          Community Service provide assistance in dealing
out for may include previous attempts of suicide or               help their fellow Soldiers,” said Chap. (Lt. Col.)         with suicidal thoughts or behavior.
self-harm, substance abuse, loss of a fellow warrior,             Keith Goode, division chaplain, 4th Infantry Division.                                                       See Suicide on Page 20
stress that seems unmanageable or a sense of                      “We want to empower every Soldier, everyone in their



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Army Families build ‘Strong Bonds’
       Story and photo by
          Sgt. 1st Class
       Jacob A. McDonald
    4th Infantry Division Public
           Affairs Office

     Sixteen Fort Carson Families
took time off from their daily routines
and descended on Keystone Resort,
Sept 14-16, to build their relationships
with Strong Bonds Marriage
Enrichment Training.
     The training, led by Chap.
(Capt.) Sam Rico, Headquarters and
Head-quarters Battalion, 4th Infantry
Division, allowed the couples to step
away from their daily routines to learn
some new tools to keep their marriages
healthy in a vacation atmosphere.
     “This is an opportunity for
Families to get away from work to a
peaceful place where they can have
concentrated time to focus on building
strong bonds in their relationships,”
Rico said. “Soldiers with strong           them and they will mention they are             The couples who attended also       Chap. (Capt.) Sam Rico, Headquarters and
relationships make better Soldiers.”       implementing the skills they learned       said it was beneficial and could         Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry
     The training offers relationship      successfully. It is change for the         help them in their relationship.         Division, speaks to Fort Carson Soldiers
tools for couples or single Soldiers,      positive. It is growth.”                        “It’s a good idea to be open        and their spouses during Strong Bonds
to include communication skills                 Rico said the training is good for    to find new ways to improve our          Marriage Enrichment Training at
and learning to focus on their             the well-being of the Army as well,        relationship,” said Sgt. Mario           Keystone Resort, Sunday.
spouse or significant other. Even          stating that the skills learned can be     Anguiano, Company C, Headquarters
though the chaplains run the Strong        passed on to other Soldiers to help them   and Headquarters Battalion, who
Bonds program, the emphasis is             when they may be having trouble.           attended with his wife, Jessica          will help them to make their
not on religion, but relationship               “Relationship issues are one of       Anguiano. “The training has been         marriage stronger.
training based on religious                the greatest contributors to combat        entertaining, insightful and relaxing.        “A marriage takes a lot of work,
principles, Rico said.                     stress,” he said. “We need to focus on     Everything in the seminar is true.       we are always working at it,” she said.
     “It is great to see couples come,     our Soldiers and their relationships.”     The material is something we can              Soldiers or Families who wish
get the training, learn the skills, and         Rico emphasized that the              relate to.”                              to find out more about the Strong
then use them,” Rico said. “A week         training is part of Comprehensive               Jessica Anguiano said that          Bonds training should contact their
after a training (session), I will see     Soldier Fitness.                           the tools they learned at the training   chaplain or unit ministry team.
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Suicide                                    outlook looms around the prospect               Wellness Fair and are receiving ASIST       Resources
from Page 17                               of getting help.                                and ACE training from their chain of      Numbers to call
                                                “Soldiers are afraid that getting          command and chaplains. Fliers and         National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
     Army ASIST and ACE programs           help will label them as weak,” said             information about programs and services      v 800-273-TALK (8255), option 1
provide Soldiers with the tools to         Chap. (Maj.) James Lester, Family Life          have been posted at the Exchange and      Suicide Prevention Program Manager
help not only themselves, but their        Chaplain, 4th Inf. Div. “To reduce that         commissary. Soldiers will also attend a      v 526-0401
fellow Soldiers as well.                   stigma, it helps when senior leaders or         suicide prevention standdown Oct. 4.      Fort Carson Suicide Prevention Office
     “We want to make sure we have the     commanders who have gotten help talk                Communication is a common                v 524-2115
right feedback and programs in place       to Soldiers about their experiences.”           theme of the services provided on
that will help us in our attempts to            When other Soldiers talk about             post. Through talking, Soldiers have      Websites
reduce what I consider to be a very        getting help, it takes away the sense           the ability to help those in need.        Signs of Suicide
serious problem in the Army,” Odierno      of being the only one; Soldiers realize             “When I talk to Soldiers on post,     v http://www.mentalhealthscreening.
told reporters at Fort Hood. “It’s about   that it’s all right to get help, said Lester.   the question always comes up, ‘When          org/military/index.aspx
creating environments where we can              “If you think someone is                   should a battle buddy talk to a fellow    Army chaplains
identify those who may be at risk and      depressed or thinking about suicide,            Soldier about concerns with their         v http://www.army.mil/info/
helping them with the proper programs.”    talk to them and actually listen to what        behavioral health?’ And my answer to         organization/chaplaincy
     Although services are provided        they say,” Lester said. “Soldiers are           that is ‘regularly,’” said Preston. “We   Mountain Post Wellness Center
to those who need it, a negative           more likely to talk to someone about            should be checking in with one another    v http://evans.amedd.army.mil/
                                           problems when they feel they trust              on a regular basis. We must understand       wellness
                                           that person and are cared about.”               as an Army, as an installation, and
“If you think someone is                        In previous years, Fort Carson held        as Soldiers, that 11 years of armed
                                                                                                                                     On-post services
                                                                                                                                     v Army Community Service
 depressed or thinking                     many activities to train and encourage          conflict does have its toll.              v Army Substance Abuse Program
 about suicide, talk to                    Soldiers to seek help, including runs,              “We must understand that it is        v Mountain Post Wellness Center
                                           suicide standdowns, platoon-level               our responsibility, as Soldiers and       v Behavioral Health
 them and actually listen                  sit downs, and posting fliers and               battle buddies, to ask each other         v Chaplains
 to what they say.”                        information promoting on-post services          how we are doing and check in,”           v Fort Carson’s Suicide
                                           available to Soldiers and Families.             said Preston. “If we don’t ask the          Prevention Program
        — Chap. (Maj.) James Lester
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class James Lynch, corpsman, Medium Marine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Tiltrotor Squadron 263, straps on his flight gear in preparation for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             takeoff at Butts Army Airfield, Sept. 13.


     A Marine leans out of an MV-22 Osprey
     Sept. 13 as it flies to Piñon Canyon
     Maneuver Site for a training mission.
     Fort Carson hosted the eight Ospreys
     and 200 Marines from the Marine
     Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, based
     out of the Marine Corps Air Station in
     New River, N.C., Sept. 6-Monday.

Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome


                                                                                                 By Andrea Sutherland                          test Marines as if they were in a deployed environment.          eight Ospreys from North Carolina to
                                                                                                    Mountaineer staff                          Marines practiced transporting personnel to specific drop        Colorado in seven hours.
                                                                                                                                               points, evacuating casualties and recovering personnel.               “Ospreys can travel to a place in
                                                                                    In the cockpit of the MV-22 Osprey, pilots performed            “We’re training to improve our pilots, mechanics and        half the time as helicopters,” said Marine
                                                                               last-minute checks as dual sets of rotor blades spun in         crew,” he said.                                                  Maj. Lee York, aviation maintenance
                                                                               rapid succession. Giving the ground crew a thumbs up,                In their off time, a couple dozen Marines traveled to       officer, VMM-263. “It gives us the
                                                                               the pilots guided the aircraft — part helicopter and part       a local food bank to pack 244 boxes of food for families         ability to train in really cool places. …
                                                                               airplane — down the runway at Butts Army Airfield.              affected by the Waldo Canyon Fire.                               To have the ability to train here and get
                                                                                    As it navigated the runway, the aircraft lifted into the        “The kind of person that serves in the Marine Corps not     comfortable, it will make us that more
                                                                               air with the ease of a Black Hawk or Chinook, rising higher     only wants to serve their country, they want to serve their      comfortable (when deployed).”
                                                                               and higher before tilting its rotors forward into propellers,   community,” U.S. Navy Chap. (Capt.) David Pahs said.                  One of the newest aircraft in the                                                                                                Photo by Andrea Sutherland
                                                                               switching to airplane operations.                               “They have a heart and a passion to care about people.”          military, Ospreys have been deployed                 Marines from the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 pack food into boxes for families affected
                                                                                    “There’s a lot of Gs involved,” said Chief Warrant              To travel to Fort Carson, Marines flew their fleet of       since 2007 in land-based operations in               by the Waldo Canyon Fire Sept. 12 at the Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado. Marines
                                                                               Officer 4 Michael Madura, air operations officer,                                                                                                     Iraq and Afghanistan            took time off from their monthlong training at Fort Carson to give back to the local community. In
                                                                               Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry                                                                          The runway grows       and sea-based                   two hours, the Marines filled 244 boxes, filling seven pallets.
                                                                               Division. “They can climb very rapidly.”                                                                                           smaller as the     operations in Haiti
                                                                                    Madura helped facilitate the September high-altitude                                                                          MV-22 Osprey       and Libya, according                                 speed and ability to fly long distances as an airplane, make
                                                                               training for the 200 Marines from the Marine Medium                                                                                takes off from     to a Marine public service announcement.             it an attractive option for units operating in combat zones.
                                                                               Tiltrotor Squadron 263, based out of Marine Corps Air                                                                                 Butts Army           “In the late ’80s, it started to be                  “It’s the best of both worlds,” said O’Malley, Osprey pilot.
                                                                               Station in New River, N.C.                                                                                                                Airfield    tested,” York said. “It’s 10 times safer             “To get up that high that quickly — no other aircraft can do
                                                                                    “Fort Carson is unique in the fact that we are up so                                                                               Sept. 13.     than older aircraft.”                                this. It can go farther distances in a shorter amount of time.”
                                                                               high,” Madura said. “Butts is 6,000 feet above sea level.”                                                                                                 A former CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter                 York said the aircraft’s capabilities meant evacuating
                                                                                    Madura said Fort Carson hosts numerous aviation                                                                                                  pilot, York said the redundancy of systems           casualties from combat zones would be quicker and
                                                                               units for high-altitude training, facilitating hangar space,                                                                                          on the Osprey are better than those of               more efficient.
                                                                               accommodations and training areas.                                                                                                                    other helicopters.                                        He said during a deployment to Iraq, his unit medevaced
                                                                                    “It’s been exciting,” said Marine 1st Lt. K.C. O’Malley,                                                                                              “It’s fly-by-wire,” he said. “It’s              a casualty to a combat hospital in a helicopter. The casualty
                                                                               VMM-263. “In North Carolina, we’re at sea level. The                                                                                                  computerized. … This thing can tell                  then had to be flown to another hospital that was able to
                                                                               aircraft operates much differently. Here, we have to do                                                                                               you so much information. If it foresees              treat his wounds.
                                                  Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome   more calculations. … It’s been a good opportunity to see                                                                                              a problem, it tells you.”                                 “If we had been in an Osprey we could have evacuated
An MV-22 Osprey lands on top of a mesa during a training mission at            how we operate away from our home base.”                                                                                                                   Marines said the Osprey’s ability to            him straight to the larger hospital,” York said. “This
Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Sept. 13.                                               O’Malley said the three-week training was intended to                                                                                            operate as a helicopter, coupled with its            (aircraft) is a lifesaver.”


                                                                                                                                                                                                               Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome                                                                                                                        Layout by Jeanne Mazerall
24 MOUNTAINEER — Sept. 21, 2012


Veterans honor
9/11 fallen
       Story and photos by
         Sgt. April York
2nd Brigade Combat Team Public
                                                  The ceremony ended with a
                                             special signal from a fireman’s bell
                                             to honor the fallen of 9/11.
Affairs Office, 4th Infantry Division             “In the past, as firefighters began
                                             their tour of duty it was the bell that
      Rays of sunlight broke through         signified the beginning of the day’s
the clouds and peeked over the               shift,” said Christopher Riley, fire
Main Street Bridge to shine during           chief, City of Pueblo. “Throughout the
a tribute ceremony for the fallen            day and night each alarm was sounded
heroes of 9/11 at the Historic Arkansas      by a bell, which summoned these
Riverwalk of Pueblo, Sept. 11.               brave souls to fight fires and to place
      Col. Omar Jones IV, commander,         their lives in jeopardy for the good of
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th                 their fellow citizens. When a firefighter
Infantry Division, joined veterans,          died in the line of duty, it was the
Pueblo City representatives and              mournful toll of the bell that solemnly
local residents in remembering               announced a comrade’s passing.
the events of 9/11.                               “These brave souls (9/11 victims)
      “We are here so we never               have done their duty, a special signal
forget,” Jones said. “It’s important         of three rings, three times each,
for the families of the great                represents the end of our comrades’
Americans we lost that day to                duties. To those that have selflessly
know that we are never going to              given up their lives for the good of
forget their sacrifice, who they were        their fellow man, their task complete
and the contributions they made.             (and) their duties well done; to our
      “I was at the Pentagon when it         comrades — their last alarm.”
got hit (by a hijacked airplane), and
it is a very personal experience for                                                         Col. Omar Jones IV, left,
me having actually gone through the                                                         commander, 2nd Brigade
attack,” Jones said. “Fortunately, for                                                              Combat Team, 4th
me and my team, we were all able                                                            Infantry Division, and Sal
to evacuate the building safely.”                                                          Torres, retired Marine and
      The ceremony consisted of                                                              a member of the Pueblo
posting and retiring the colors,                                                                Veterans Ritual Team,
speeches, a wreath laying, a volley                                                        prepare to place a wreath
from a firing squad and the ringing                                                              at the base of a 9/11
of the fireman’s bell.                                                                       memorial at the Historic
      In May, a steel beam from                                                                Arkansas Riverwalk of
Ground Zero was unveiled as part                                                                      Pueblo, Sept. 11.
of the 9/11 memorial just outside the
steps of The Center for American
Values, which hosted the event.
      According to Trish Rooney,
manager, The Center for American
Values, the 9/11 tribute ceremony
is an annual event held in Pueblo.                                                       A firing squad of retired
Previously it was held at Gateway                                                        veterans prepares to fire
Park, but this year it was held outside                                                  three rounds to remember
the center.                                                                              the victims of 9/11 during
      Jones, along with representatives                                                  a ceremony at the Historic
from the Pueblo City fire and police                                                     Arkansas Riverwalk of
departments, Pueblo County Sheriff’s                                                     Pueblo, Sept. 11.
Office, Pueblo Veterans Ritual
Team, Home of Heroes Marine
Corps League, American Legion Post
No. 2, Pueblo West Fire Department,
Colorado Patriot Guard, Pueblo
Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and the
American GI Forum men’s and
women’s chapters, laid wreaths
of flowers at the base of the memorial
in memory of all the men and
women who lost their lives in the
9/11 attacks.
      Residents viewed the ceremony
in silence from across the river.
The simplicity and emotion of the
ceremony made it memorable.
      “It’s events like these that plant
the seed in our youth,” Rooney said.
“So that we remain great as a country,
we have to have them focused on
honor, integrity and patriotism.”

                  The Pueblo Police Honor
               Guard retires the colors to
            remember the victims of 9/11
             during a ceremony in Pueblo.
Sept. 21, 2012 — MOUNTAINEER                          25


                                               Drug Take-Back Day Sept. 29
                                                                Mountaineer staff                             combat prescription drug abuse.
                                                                                                                  According to a Drug Enforcement Agency
                                                    Fort Carson community members can turn                    press release, citizens turned in a record-
                                               in unused and expired prescribed medication                    breaking 552,161 pounds (276 tons) of unwanted
                                               for proper disposal Sept. 29 as part of the U.S.               or expired medications for safe and proper
                                               Drug Enforcement Administration’s National                     disposal during the April 28 National Prescription
                                               Drug Take-Back Day.                                            Drug Take-Back Day.
                                                    The medications can be dropped off between                    When the results of the four Take-Back Days
                                               10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Exchange and commissary.             to date are combined, the DEA and its state, local,
                                                    The “no-questions-asked” turn in day was                  and tribal law-enforcement and community
                                               initiated Sept. 24, 2010, as an opportunity to raise           partners have removed more than 1.5 million
                                               community awareness and mobilize support to                    pounds (774 tons) of medication from circulation.




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Sept. 21, 2012 — MOUNTAINEER            27

                                                                 Health                                  wise
Survey says
                                                                                                     Hidden health
Feedback pays EACH,                                                                                  insurance hurts
improves services
       By Stacy Neumann                     surveys that are sent out, particularly
                                                                                                                                By Stacy Neumann
                                                                                                                    Medical Department Activity Public Affairs Office

                                                                                                           Evans Army Community Hospital is losing thousands of
                                                                                                     dollars a year because TRICARE beneficiaries are failing to make
     Medical Department Activity            when it comes to active-duty                             it known that they have other health insurance.
        Public Affairs Office               servicemembers and their Families.                             “If one of our beneficiaries has health insurance through an
                                                 Last year, only 9.9 percent of                      employer or private insurance program, we are required by law
    Within 48 hours of a visit to           surveyed active-duty members                             to bill that program,” said Lt. Col. Russell DeVries, deputy
Evans Army Community Hospital,              completed their APLSS surveys while                      commander for Administrative Services.
the Army Provider Level Satisfaction        Family members had a completion                                Each year, TRICARE beneficiaries must fill out a Department
Survey is sent to a sample of random        rate of 29.4 percent. Overall, retirees                  of Defense Form 2569, declaring whether or not they have additional
beneficiaries to ask about the quality      averaged a return rate of more                           health insurance. Hospital administrators said that many people
of their care. The 27-question survey       than 50 percent.                                         are reluctant to admit they have additional coverage.
                         packs a lot             “We’d really like to hear more from                       “Many people have said to me that they are worried. They
                         of punch at        our active-duty military,” said Col. John                think it means their premiums will go up,” said Nina Britton, a
 “We can’t               the military       M. McGrath, hospital commander. “We                      nurse in Patient Administration Division.
 improve                 treatment
                         facility.
                                            can’t improve without your feedback.
                                            Not only does APLSS provide money
                                                                                                           She said that isn’t true. Instead, disclosing an additional
                                                                                                     policy benefits both the patient and the military treatment facility.
 without your                “We’re
                         very interested
                                            for our facilities, but the results help                       “Not only will your other premium stay the same, but the
                                            us determine where to spend money to                     services you receive at our facility count towards your deductible,”
 feedback.               in improving       improve your experience.”                                said Britton. “We will bill your insurance company through our
 ... the results         overall
                         satisfaction,”
                                                 EACH’s overall APLSS satisfaction
                                            rate regularly exceeds 90 percent,
                                                                                                     Third Party Collections Program and that money comes directly
                                                                                                     back to Evans. It allows us to buy the latest equipment or services
 help us                 said Adalia
                         Solero,
                                            but the facility’s goal is to top                        for our patients.”
                                            95 percent, said Solero.                                       Once patients fill out DD Form 2569, the Third Party Billing
 determine               EACH patient            “We want to create a small clinic                   Department will verify their information and provide them a
 where to                advocate. “We
                         scrutinize the
                                            atmosphere for you,” she said. “It
                                            should be a place where we know you
                                                                                                     green OHI card. Beneficiaries then present this card with their DOD
                                                                                                     identification card each time they are treated at a hospital clinic.
 spend money             APLSS results
                         monthly. We
                                            and greet you. We want to know how                             If a beneficiary has other health insurance and does not declare
                                            our patients are feeling. You are a part                 it, there could be consequences, DeVries said. An outside agency
 to improve              check the          of our Family.”                                          researches service TRICARE beneficiary information and compares
 your                    verbatim
                         comments
                                                 The survey is administered by
                                            the Office of the U.S. Army Surgeon
                                                                                                     that information to a list of outside insurance programs. If someone
                                                                                                     is found to have an additional policy and not identify it, the military
 experience.”            and make
                         improvements.”
                                            General and all results are confidential.                treatment facility can still bill for services rendered. In addition,
          Col. John M.                      Once a beneficiary receives a                            falsification on forms can be punished by a fine or imprisonment.
                             The hospital   questionnaire, he can fill it out and                          “If you are paying premiums for another policy, you should make
               McGrath can earn up          mail it back, answer via Internet or use                 sure you tell us and use it,” DeVries said. “The Third Party Collections
                         to $800 for        an automated toll-free number.                           program ensures you are getting your money’s worth and it benefits
each returned survey. Anywhere from              For more information on APLSS,                      the place where you are getting your health care. It’s a win for both.”
600-1,300 surveys are returned monthly,     call the EACH Patient Advocate’s                               Hospital officials estimate that Evans is currently trying to
representing only a fraction of the         office at 526-7256.                                      recover more than $250,000 in unclaimed OHI services.




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Building culture of life or death?
                Commentary by                              J. Wesley Smith chronicles what he
         Chap. (Capt.) Scott Ingram                        calls ‘the assault on medical ethics in
    1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd              America.’ Smith analyzes the practices
  Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division               and philosophies that have taken the
                                                           medical profession away from the moral
     Recently, Sgt. Marc Frazer and I — the unit           certainty provided in the maxim of the
ministry team — conducted a two-day suicide                Hippocratic Oath, ‘First do no harm.’”
intervention training. At one point in training, the            As Smith tells
students discussed whether or not they agreed              readers, the bioethics
with certain attitudes toward suicide.
     Examples of some of those attitudes included
                                                           establishment
                                                           “(rejects) what until                     “So God created mankind
suicide is wrong, people have a right to suicide; I
have failed if a person I am helping dies by suicide;
                                                           now has been the core
                                                           value of Western                           in his own image, in the
and people serious about suicide cannot be helped.
     We discuss these attitudes in the training because
                                                           civilization: that all
                                                           human beings possess                       image of God he created
how we feel about suicide may either attract or repel
someone who is struggling with whether or not to
                                                           equal moral worth.
                                                                “As a result of this                  them; male and female
follow through with it. While a significant portion
of the participants clearly wanted to prevent and even
                                                           rejection, bioethicists
                                                           increasingly embrace                       he created them.”
intervene to assist someone who was suicidal, they         the idea that there are                                   — Genesis 1:27
also believed that it was a person’s choice whether        lives that are not worth
to live or die. When pressed to provide a basis for this   living — that the right to life is contingent
choice, their answers were random or indiscriminate.       on an arbitrary idea known as ‘quality of life.’”         existence, our being free and having the ability to
This is not unlike many other groups that we                    This quality of life idea appears to be the          pursue the virtuous life is contingent upon this truth.
have trained in suicide intervention.                      prevailing attitude that I have observed in every suicide      Another pivotal idea to promote life is by
     The question of how to build a culture of life        intervention and ethics training that I conduct. It       affirming that human life is sacred, has immense
was brought into even sharper focus a few weeks            leads us to ask, “How do we build a culture of life?” value, and warrants dignity because we bear the
ago when we conducted ethics training at Glen                   One place to begin is to recover what our            image of God. This foundational idea is that
Eyrie castle. The session was centered around the          country’s founders voiced in the Declaration              touchstone upon which western civilization has
question of, “What does it mean to be human?”              of Independence: “We hold these truths to be              been built. Without it, the value of human beings
How a person answers that (life and death) question        self-evident, that all men are created equal, that        is only based upon their capacity or utility. Once
will determine how he treats another person.               they are endowed by their Creator with certain            their utility is gone (either by age or disability)
It goes to the heart of what it means to be a              unalienable Rights, that among these are life, liberty, and without a fixed value point, then their
warrior in the Army, upholding its core values             and the pursuit of happiness.” America’s unique           personhood and worth are relative.
for the good of everyone.                                  contribution to the world was that we held that                Building and sustaining a culture of life is
     Chuck Colson commented on our society as it           our human rights were not given to us by the              more than talking about attitudes in a class, it’s a
has been dubbed as a culture of death: “In his new         government or person, but by our creator —                worldview to how we see and engage all of life.
book, appropriately entitled “The Culture of Death,”       God. Since our right to life is integral to our very      What kind of culture are you building?



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  discussion Sept. 24 from 11:45 a.m. to                      Day                        Time                     Service                        Chapel                     Location                     Contact Person
                                                              Saturday                   4-45 p.m.                Reconciliation                 Soldiers’                  Nelson & Martinez            Cecilia Croft/526-5769
  12:45 p.m. at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel.                    Saturday                   5 p.m.                   Mass                           Soldiers’                  Nelson & Martinez            Cecilia Croft/526-5769
  Call 803-319-5296 for more information.                     Sunday                     8:15-8:45 a.m.           Reconciliation                 Soldiers’                  Nelson & Martinez            Cecilia Croft/526-5769
                                                              Sunday                     9 a.m.                   Mass                           Soldiers’                  Nelson & Martinez            Cecilia Croft/526-5769
Bethlehem Bash items needed: Unbroken turkey                  Sunday                     10:30 a.m.               Religious education            Soldiers’                  Nelson & Martinez            Pat Treacy/524-2458
  breast bones; pinecones; plastic, six-pack can              Sunday                     10:30 a.m.               RCIA                           Soldiers’                  Nelson & Martinez            Pat Treacy/524-2458
  holders; and paper grocery bags are needed for              Sunday                     11 a.m.                  Mass                           Healer                     Evans Army Hospital          Fr. Nwatawali/526-7347
                                                              Mon-Fri                    11:45 a.m.               Mass                           Soldiers’                  Nelson & Martinez            Cecilia Croft/526-5769
  this year’s Bethlehem Bash. Items can be dropped            Mon-Thurs                  noon                     Mass                           Healer                     Evans Army Hospital          Fr. Nwatawali/526-7347
  off in room 133 at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel.
                                                                                                                                          PROTESTANT
  Contact Heidi McAllister at heidi.a.mcallister.             Friday                     4:30 p.m.                Intercessory prayer,           Soldiers’                  Nelson & Martinez            Chap. Stuart/524-4316
  civ@mail.mil for more information.                                                                              Bible Study
Military Council of Catholic Women meets Friday               Sunday                     9 a.m.                   Protestant                     Healer                     Evans Army Hospital          Chap. Gee/526-7386
                                                              Sunday                     9 a.m.                   Communion Service              Provider                   Barkeley & Ellis             Chap. Landon/526-2803
  from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel.          Sunday                     9:15 a.m.                Sunday School                  Soldiers’                  Nelson & Martinez            Heidi McAllister/526-5744
  For information call 526-5769 or visit “Fort Carson         Sunday                     9:30 a.m.                Sunday School                  Prussman                   Barkeley & Prussman          Heidi McAllister/526-5744
                                                              Sunday                     11 a.m.                  Protestant                     Soldiers’                  Nelson & Martinez            Chap. Stuart/524-4316
  Military Council of Catholic Women” on Facebook.            Sunday                     11 a.m.                  Gospel                         Prussman                   Barkeley & Prussman          Ursula Pittman/503-1104
Knights of Columbus, a Catholic group for                     Sunday                     10 a.m.                  Chapel NeXt                    Veterans                   Magrath & Titus              Chap. Palmer/526-3888
  men 18 and older, meets the second and fourth               Sunday                     2:30-4:30p.m.            Youth ministry                 Soldiers’                  Nelson & Martinez            Heidi McAllister/526-5744
                                                              Tuesday                    9:30 a.m.                PWOC                           Soldiers’                  Nelson & Martinez            Chap. Stuart/524-4316
  Tuesday of the month at Soldiers’ Memorial
  Chapel. Call 526-5769 for more information.
                                                                                                                                               JEWISH
Protestant Women of the Chapel meets Tuesday                  Fort Carson does not offer Jewish services on post. Contact Chap. (Lt. Col.) Fields at 503-4090/4099 for Jewish service and study information
  from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Soldiers’ Memorial
  Chapel. Free child care is available. Email                                                                                          ISLAMIC SERVICES
  carson@pwoc.org or visit PWOC Fort Carson                   Fort Carson does not offer Islamic services on post. Contact the Islamic Society at 2125 N. Chestnut, 632-3364 for information.

  on Facebook for details.
Latter Day Saints Soldiers: Weekly Institute                                                                              (FORT CARSON OPEN CIRCLE) WICCA
                                                              Sunday                     1 p.m.                                         Provider Chapel, Building 1350, Barkeley and Ellis               ftcarsonopencircle@gmail.com
  Class (Bible study) is Wednesday at 7 p.m.
  at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel. Call                                                                                     COLORADO WARRIORS SWEAT LODGE
  719-266-0283 or 719-649-1671                                Meets once or twice monthly and upon special request. Contact Michael Hackwith or Wendy Chunn-Hackwith at 285-5240 for information.
  for more information.
Deployed Spouses Group meets
  for fellowship, food and spiritual
  guidance Wednesday at 5 p.m.
  at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel
  Fellowship Hall. Children are
  welcome to attend. Call Cecilia                             6:30-8 p.m. at the Fallen Heroes Family Center,                                          Memorial Chapel Tuesday at 6 p.m. Contact
  Croft at 526-5769 for information.                              building 6215, 6990 Mekong St. The group                                             Staff Sgt. Jose Varga at 719-287-2016
Heartbeat, a support group for                                     is open to members of all branches of                                               for details.
  battle buddies, Family members                                   service. Contact Richard Stites at                                                Jewish Lunch and Learn with Chap. (Lt. Col.)
  and friends who are suicide                                     719-598-6576 or Cheryl Sims                                                          Howard Fields takes place Wednesday from
  survivors, meets the second                                  at 719-304-9815 for more information.                                                   noon to 1 p.m. at Provider Chapel. For
  Tuesday of each month from                                 Spanish Bible Study meets at Soldiers’                                                    more information, call 526-8263.
Sept. 21, 2012 — MOUNTAINEER                                     29




                                                                                                          Bargain hunters
                                                                                                     Community members sift through items during the
                                                                                                     Postwide Yard Sale, Saturday. Each year, Fort Carson hosts
                                                                                                     two large community yard sales on post. Kris Vetts said
                                                                                                     she found lots of good finds at Saturday’s yard sale. “I need
                                                                                                     to quit shopping or get another bag,” she said, laughing.

                                                                                                                                                                            Photo by Andrea Sutherland




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30 MOUNTAINEER — Sept. 21, 2012
World Rabies Day
Threat should be taken seriously
   By Chanel S. Weaver                                                                    shots in the arm over a period          Central Command’s general order
  U.S. Army Public Health                                                                 of several weeks.                       to avoid contact with wild and
Command Public Affairs Office                                                                  “If individuals obtain medical stray animals. But Army medical
                                                                                          treatment promptly following            personnel say fear of punishment
     Sept. 28 marks World Rabies                                                          a potential rabies exposure,            should not prohibit a Soldier
Day, a global health observance                                                           nearly all cases of rabies can          from coming forward.
that seeks to raise awareness about                                                       be prevented,” said Cersovsky.               “It is vital that everyone with
rabies and enhance prevention                                                                  DOD officials have updated         potential exposures receive immediate
and control efforts.                                                                      the Post-Deployment Health              medical evaluation,” said Cersovsky.
     After the death of a Soldier                                                         Assessment and Post-Deployment “Rabies is a fatal disease, and it
from rabies last year, Army public                                                        Health Reassessment forms —             should be taken seriously.”
health officials are reiterating the                                                      health questionnaires that                   The rabies virus infects the central
need for Soldiers to stay vigilant                                                        Soldiers complete after returning nervous system, ultimately causing
and protect themselves from the                                                           from a deployment.                      disease in the brain and death.
deadly disease. They warn Army                                                                 “We have always asked                   Rabies is rare in the United States,
personnel to be aware of the                                                              Soldiers about animal bites             due to an active vaccination program
risk of rabies during travel or                                                           on these questionnaires, but            for pets. The vast majority of human
deployments to less developed                                                             now there is a more specific            rabies cases that occur in the United
countries, and to seek prompt                                                             question on these forms that            States each year are the result of
medical treatment if they have                                                            asks redeploying personnel to           contact with wild animals like
a bite or scratch from an animal                                                          identify if they have been bitten       raccoons, skunks, bats and foxes.
while deployed.                                                                           or scratched by an animal while         But in the developing world, dog
     “In a deployed environment,                                                          deployed,” said Cersovsky.              bites are the most common cause of
it’s best to treat every animal as                                                             He also said there is still        human infection, causing more than
potentially rabid,” said Col.                                                             a space on the form for Soldiers        99 percent of the estimated 55,000
Steven Cersovsky, senior physician         officials are also continuing to          to write in information about a              human deaths from rabies each year.
epidemiologist at the U.S. Army            ensure that medical providers are         possible rabies exposure,
Public Health Command.
     Soldiers who deploy are educated
                                           trained on rabies evaluation and
                                           treatment protocols, and that Soldiers
                                                                                     or any other health
                                                                                     concern they may
                                                                                                                              Resources
about how to prevent the disease during    understand what they should do            have. These free-text                 For more information on rabies and how to
routine predeployment medical threat       if they are exposed to a bite or          fields are now more                           prevent the disease, visit:
briefings. These prevention measures       scratch from a wild animal.               easily accessible to                      U.S. Army Public Health Command
include not approaching, feeding or             “Individuals who receive bites       Army medical providers.           http://phc.amedd.army.mil/topics/discond/aid/
handling animals, and not adopting         from animals should wash the wound             Many Soldiers may                            Pages/Rabies.aspx
animals as pets or mascots. Educational    thoroughly with soap and water,           fear coming forward
tools such as posters and cards also are   and promptly seek medical attention,”     to report animal bites                Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
available from the USAPHC website          said Cersovsky.                           because they may be                          http://www.cdc.gov/rabies
for use before and during deployment.           If medical treatment is warranted,   reprimanded for not            Wounded Soldier and Family Hotline — 800-984-8523
     Department of Defense health          the Soldiers will receive a series of     following the U.S.
Sept. 21, 2012 — MOUNTAINEER                   31



Iron Horse welcomes new manager
      Story and photo by Walt Johnson                    “I can honestly say the thing that has really       on my own. They have helped me learn how things
              Mountaineer staff                      made my job easy is the way my staff reached out        are done here, from the paperwork aspect to
                                                     and welcomed me,” she said. “They have been very        the actual hands-on aspect.”
     When the Iron Horse Sports and Fitness          helpful to me in every aspect. Everywhere you go            Mack said one of the first things she wanted
Center opened three months ago, there was an         things are done differently and they have a lot         to do was determine what was working well.
important piece to the puzzle that still had to be   of knowledge about how things have been done                “I now want to make sure that those things
found. The center needed a manager.                  here in the past and that has helped me to learn this   continue to work well and with my staff’s help,
     After an exhaustive search, self-proclaimed     community at a quicker pace than if I had to learn      that is happening,” Mack said.
outdoor and fitness lover Teia Mack assumed                                                                                She said the fitness and sports programs
the role and the center has flourished.                                                                               are in a constant state of change and the
     Mack came to Fort Carson from Fort                                                                               facility’s staff challenge is to make sure that
Bliss, Texas, to continue working in the                                                                              it stays on top of all the latest aspects of
sports and fitness business; she has been                                                                             those programs. Mack has set a goal for
working for the past 17 years for the military                                                                        her and the staff to know and understand all
and in the civilian sector before that. Mack                                                                          of the latest improvements in the sports
played whatever sport she could growing up                                                                            and fitness field to make sure facility
and continued playing as a young adult. She                                                                           customers are getting the most out of the
is a personal trainer and an expert on fitness                                                                        programs the facility offers.
and sports programs and needs. Her sports                                                                                  “Our goal is to be the best facility and
and fitness background is based on hands-on                                                                           provide the best programs we can for our
knowledge and she brings that experience                                                                              customers, and that will always be our goals
to the job she says she has always loved.                                                                             as long as I am here,” Mack said. “We have
     Ironically, Mack’s strength has been the                                                                         a lot of state-of-the-art equipment in this
one thing that she has spent the least amount                                                                         facility and I want to make sure that all our
of time working on. Her biggest challenge                                                                             programs will also be of the highest caliber.
so far has been managing the operation of                                                                                  “I would love to see us have more
the new facility and seeing to its needs. The                                                                         programs for the Soldiers and their Families.
facility is like a newborn baby in need of                                                                            One of things I am doing right now is
constant attention as some of the bugs,                                                                               examining what programs I can add
which are common with any new facility,                                                                               here. We are taking some feedback from
are being worked out.                                                                                                 Soldiers and their Families as to the types
     “I’ve been especially busy dealing with                                                                          of programs they would like us to
all of the warranty issues associated with a                                                                          provide, and we’ll see if we can make
new building. This is a demanding job                                                                                 the programs become available here.”
because it is not going to be easy getting the                                                                             Mack said she wants the facility to
things fixed in a new facility because there                                                                          provide a good atmosphere and be a good
are so many different things you have to do                                                                           facility for everyone that comes through its
and so many different channels to go through                                                                          doors to get in a workout. She said one
to get things fixed. But it’s a challenge that                                                                        of the main goals for her and the staff is
we are meeting so far,” Mack said.                                                                                    to have a facility that people are excited to
     Another interesting and unique challenge                                                                         come to because they know it is a place
Mack has had is learning about her staff                                                                              that will provide everything possible for
members and getting them familiar with                                                                                their sports and fitness needs.
her expectations for making the facility
successful. Mack said this is one of the                                                                             Nick Nicholson, left, Iron Horse Sports and
things that she has enjoyed the most in                                                                              Fitness Center fitness instructor, shows
the past three months, because she said                                                                              Teia Mack, fitness center manager, the way
she likes getting to know new people and                                                                             he teaches classes on the TRX exercise
tackling new challenges.                                                                                             equipment Monday.




Mountaineer Sports Feature
                                                                                                                                              Batter
                                                                                                                                              up
                                                                                                                                              Alex Napier, 4th Brigade
                                                                                                                                              Support Battalion, 1st
                                                                                                                                              Brigade Combat Team, 4th
                                                                                                                                              Infantry Division, Avengers,
                                                                                                                                              drives a base hit to
                                                                                                                                              center field during the
                                                                                                                                              Military Classic Softball
                                                                                                                                              tournament at Peterson Air
                                                                                                                                              Force Base Saturday. The
                                                                                                                                              Avengers finished second
                                                                                                                                              in the tournament that pits
                                                                                                                                              teams from local military
                                                                                                                                              bases and Buckley Air
                                                                                                                                              Force Base in Denver.
                                                                                                                                              Shriever Air Force Base
                                                                                                                                              beat 4th BSB 15-5 to
                                                                                                                                              capture the title.
                                                                                                                      Photo by Walt Johnson
32 MOUNTAINEER — Sept. 21, 2012
On the Bench
Iron Horse to
host racquetball
tournament
      By Walt Johnson                day registration and check-in
      Mountaineer staff              will begin at 7:30 a.m. The
                                     registration fee is $25 in advance
    Iron Horse Sports and            and $30 on the day of the
Fitness Center will host a           race. Participants may register
singles and doubles racquetball      online at http://www.raceit.com/
tournament Oct. 24-25.               search/event.aspx or http://www.
    The single-elimination           spartykawoundedwarrior.com.
tournament will be played in a       For more information about
best-of-three format. Officials      the event, contact Rebecca
said the tournament will be          Desjardins, race director, at
limited to 20 singles players and    rebeccad@spartykanation.com
10 doubles teams. All participants   or 860-334-2268.
must be Department of Defense             The Sergeant Audie
identification cardholders. Prizes   Murphy Club will sponsor
will be awarded for first and        a four-person golf scramble
second place. Entry deadline is      Wednesday at the Cheyenne
Oct. 22. For more information        Shadows Golf Club.
contact Joe Braxton at 526-3972.          The event includes 18 holes
    The Spartyka Wounded             of golf, lunch, a cart and a future
Warrior five-kilometer               free round of golf. Fees are $40
run/walk will be held Saturday       for military and $45 for retirees
at 9 a.m. at Monument Valley         and nonmilitary. Check-in is at
Park in Colorado Springs.            7 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8
    The Spartyka Wounded             a.m. Awards will be presented
Warrior program is designed to       to first-, second- and third-place
honor the nation’s troops and        teams and for longest drive,
raise funds for the Wounded          closest to the pin and hole-in-                                                                                  Photo by Walt Johnson
Warrior Project, a national
nonprofit organization supporting
                                     one. For more information contact
                                     Sgt. 1st Class Danielle Vaccaro                            Arriving safely
injured veterans, according to       at 719-373-2394 or at danielle.        Deb Gerken slides safely into third base just ahead of a tag during action in the women’s
event organizers.                    vaccaro@us.army.mil. Event is          division of the Fort Carson Athletic Officials Association tournament Saturday at the
    The event is open to runners                                            Mountain Post Softball Complex.
                                              See Bench on Page 33
and walkers of all ages. Race



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                                                                                     College                                           Pro
                                                                           1. BYU vs. Boise State                      9. N.Y. Giants vs. Carolina
                                                                           2. Army vs. Wake Forest                    10. Cincinnati vs. Washington
                                                                           3. Missouri vs. S. Carolina                11. Tampa Bay vs. Dallas
                                                                           4. LSU vs. Auburn                          12. St. Louis vs. Chicago
                                                                           5. Michigan vs. Notre Dame                 13. Atlanta vs. San Diego
                                                                           6. Kansas State vs. Oklahoma               14. Houston vs. Denver
                                                                           7. Clemson vs. Florida State               15. New England vs. Baltimore
                                                                           8. Air Force vs. UNLV                      16. Green Bay vs. Seattle




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                      AFSBN                         1st Bn., 68th Armor Reg.               4th Bn., 42nd FA Reg.                           WTB
         BYU             Carolina               Boise State      N.Y. Giants          Boise State     N.Y. Giants            Boise State     N.Y. Giants
         Wake Forest     Washington             Wake Forest      Washington           Army            Cincinnati             Wake Forest     Washington
         S. Carolina     Dallas                 S. Carolina      Dallas               S. Carolina     Dallas                 Missouri        Tampa Bay
         LSU             Chicago                LSU              St. Louis            Auburn          Chicago                LSU             Chicago
         Michigan        Atlanta                Notre Dame       Atlanta              Notre Dame      Atlanta                Notre Dame      Atlanta
         Oklahoma        Denver                 Oklahoma         Houston              Kansas State    Denver                 Oklahoma        Denver
         Florida State   New England            Florida State    New England          Florida State   New England            Florida State   Baltimore
         UNLV            Green Bay              Air Force        Green Bay            Air Force       Green Bay              Air Force       Seattle
Sept. 21, 2012 — MOUNTAINEER          33
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                                                                                                                                                                                             limited to 144 players. Proceeds will benefit the
                                                                                                                                                                                             Wounded Warrior Project.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare
                                                                                                                                                                                             and Recreation Sports Office is looking for people
                                                                                                                                                                                             interested in playing in a soccer tournament at the
                                                                                                                                                                                             U.S. Air Force Academy Oct. 13.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  The tournament is open to active-duty members,
                                                                                                                                                                                             Department of Defense civilians, post contractors,
                                                                                                                                                                                             Family members 18 years and older and DOD
                                                                                                                                                                                             retirees. For more information contact the intramural
                                                                                                                                                                                             sports office before Monday.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  The 2012 National Physique Committee GNC
                                                                                                                                                                                             Natural Colorado Open Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure,
                                                                                                                                                                                             Bikini and Physique Championships will be held Oct. 13
                                                                                                                                                                                             at Colorado Heights University Theater, (formerly Teikyo
                                                                                                                                                                                             Loretto Heights), 3001 S. Federal Blvd., in Denver.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Prejudging for bodybuilding and physique will begin
                                                                                                                                                                                             at 8:30 a.m. in the men’s and women’s bodybuilding and
                                                                                                                                                                                             physique categories. Judging will then take place in
                                                                                                                                                                                             women’s bodybuilding and physique; fitness routines,
                                                                                                                                                                                             bikini, fitness physique and figure competitions
                                                                                                                                                                                             respectively at 10:30 a.m. The finals will begin at 5 p.m.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Colorado Rockies are offering their last
                                                                                                                                                                                             military special ticket buys this season.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  The next chance to take advantage of these deals
                                                                                                                                                                                             is Saturday-Thursday. The Arizona Diamondbacks
                                                                                                                                                                                             will be in Denver Saturday-Monday; game times are
                                                                                                                                                                                             6:10 p.m. Saturday, 1:10 p.m. Sunday and 6:40 p.m.
                                                                                                                                                                                             Monday. The Chicago Cubs will be in Denver
                                                                                                                                                                                             Tuesday-Thursday; game times are 6:10 p.m. Tuesday-
                                                                                                                                                                                             Wednesday and 1:10 p.m. Thursday.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tickets will be sold for $14 each (with a $3.50 service
                                                                                                                      Photo by Walt Johnson
                                                                                                                                                                                             charge per order), a discount from the usual range of $19-$39.
                                               Soccer time                                                                                                                                        Call the Rockies at 303-ROCKIES, ask for the
  Members of the Fort Carson Youth Services Center soccer league battle for the ball Saturday during                                                                                         military discount and provide reference number
  action at Pershing Field.                                                                                                                                                                  21231258 to take advantage of the offer. This offer is
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                                       In fall, the changing colors can be glorious in            to learn about the area’s mining history. It’s free
                                  Colorado, depending on the weather, and adds another            of admission.
                                  outdoor Colorado adventure — leaf peeping.                           The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine is open for tours
                                       Aspen trees are the dominant fall color tree in this       until mid-October. It’s open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and costs
                                  area, turning gold during autumn. Aspen trees are               $18 for a tour for adults, $10 for those 12 and below.
                                  usually straight and tall, perhaps reaching 60 or 70 feet.           The Jail Museum is also in Cripple Creek as is
                                       Trees begin changing color earlier at high elevation       the Homestead House Museum.
                                  — 8,000 feet or higher. Especially colorful displays                 Cripple Creek also has casinos, restaurants
                                  can be found in the San Juan Mountains, the Maroon              and a park.
                                  Bells, Cottonwood Pass, Estes Park, Durango,                         Near Woodland Park, Farish Recreation Area
                                  Ouray, St. Elmo, Boulder, Aspen, Twin Lakes, Salt               is another scenic area to see aspens in color.
                                  Creek and Grand Mesa.                                           A recreation center/resort operated by the U.S. Air               Above: The
                                       Colorado State Parks officials usually recommend           Force Academy, it can be used by Department                  heritage center
                                  trips to state parks that show autumn colors. Check             of Defense employees, retirees, Soldiers and               is filled with first
                                  the web site http://www.parks.state.co.us/fall.                 Families; show military identification. There’s a              class exhibits,
                                       To check on fall colors in the forests, call               $5 day-use fee. Farish is reached by turning right          photographs and
                                  the Forest Service at 800-354-4595 or visit                     at the traffic light just before McDonald’s, onto              artifacts from
                                  http://www. fs.fed.us/r2/colors.                                Baldwin Street, which later becomes Rampart                       early mining
                                       But the fall color season at high elevations is short      Range Road. Drive almost three miles to a “Y”                 days as well as
                                  — usually the last two weeks in September and the               intersection, and turn right on Loy Creek Road.            Colorado history.
                                  first week of October. Once the first freeze of winter          Follow the signs to Farish.
                                  arrives, the leaves turn black and begin to fall off.                Pikes Peak Highway also has fall color — just
                                       Fall color will be available later in the season in the    drive the six miles to the Crystal Reservoirs on
                                  Colorado Springs area, but seeing the most spectacular          the Pikes Peak Highway paved road. The toll is
                                  fall colors in Colorado may require a drive of several          $4 for each adult for a car to use the highway            Left: A mining
                                  hours and an overnight or weekend stay.                         to the reservoir. The toll to the top of Pikes Peak       headframe is at
                                       Or, opt for a day trip to see golden aspen by going to     is $12 for each person older than 16 and $5 for           the Molly Kathleen
                                  nearby Cripple Creek; take highway 24 west to Divide,           each child age 6-15, or a maximum of $40 per              Mine near Cripple
                                  turn south on Highway 67 to reach Cripple Creek.                car load to go all the way to the top and return,         Creek. The mine
                                       Mueller State Park is about three miles down the           about 19 miles each way. It takes two-three hours to      is open for tours.
                                  road and usually has aspen trees in fall foliage, but           make the round trip. Pikes Peak Highway is reached
                                  requires a day fee of $7 or an annual pass. Mueller             by taking Highway 24 west to the small town of
                                  has several walking paths, picnic tables and a visitor          Cascade. Take a left at the stoplight; there are signs
                                  center with several exhibits.                                   for Santa’s Workshop at the North Pole and the Pikes
                                       It’s about 15 miles further to Cripple Creek, a drive      Peak Highway. Continue past Santa’s Workshop to                      Below:
                                  that should be in prime color this weekend. There are           the entry gate for Pikes Peak Highway.                           Passengers
                                  several pull-offs along the way for picture-taking.                  The fall color show may not reach Colorado Springs         talk with the
                                       Once in Cripple Creek, if interested in a backcountry      until late October or early November, depending on             Cripple Creek
                                  tour, stop at the District Museum for the free tours            weather. Local sites for color include North Cheyenne              and Victor
  Above: Aspen                                         offered by the Two-Mile High Four          Cañon, Garden of the Gods and local parks.                    Narrow Gauge
  leaves on the                                        Wheel Drive Club. Tours are offered                                                                      Railroad crew.
  road to Cripple                                      Saturday-Sunday and Sept. 29-30,
  Creek were                                           10 a.m. to 4 p.m., first-come, first-
  magnificent in                                       served. No reservations are accepted.
  September 2011.                                      The museum is next to the visitor
  The Collegiate                                       information center at 510 Bennett
  Range of the                                         Ave. Donations are accepted for
  Rocky Mountains                                      tours, with the money used to care
  can be seen in                                       for Cripple Creek’s herd of donkeys.
  the distance.                                             The museum itself is open 9 a.m.
                                                       to 5 p.m. until Oct. 14. Admission
                                                       of $3 is charged for military and
                                                       children; regular adult admission is $4.
                                                            Cripple Creek has several
           Right: The                                  attractions to visit. A good place to
       Cripple Creek                                   start is the Cripple Creek Heritage
     Heritage Center                                   Center, on the right-hand side of
    tells the story of                                 Highway 67, just opposite the Mollie
        the discovery                                  Kathleen Gold Mine attraction. The
           of gold and                                 Cripple Creek Heritage Center is a
       mining in this                                  first-class facility and a good place
    part of Colorado.
              It’s free.


                                                                                                                                                                                    Places to see in the
                                                                                                                                                                                     Pikes Peak area.
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        GET
“Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.” a musical
                                      Out


  presented by Fort Carson Community Theatre,
                                                              military; under 21 are free. It’s in Woodland
                                                              Park, about 18 miles west on Highway 24, in
                                                              the Ute Pass Cultural Center and grounds at
                                                              24th and Fairview Street.

                                                            The 77th Apple Day will be celebrated Oct. 6 in
                                                              Penrose, the small town south of Fort Carson on
                                                              Highway 115 where apples are grown. The day
                                                              is celebrated with a parade at 11 a.m., a car
                                                                                                                                                                        Upcoming Pikes Peak Center events include:
                                                                                                                                                                          • Tap Dogs perform Oct. 17-18 at 7:30 p.m.
                                                                                                                                                                            For tickets for events in Pikes Peak
                                                                                                                                                                            Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., call 520-SHOW
                                                                                                                                                                            for tickets or visit the box office.

                                                                                                                                                                        World Arena has the following events scheduled:
                                                                                                                                                                         • Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions,
                                                                                                                                                                           including top performing gymnasts of the
  is in the Freedom Performing Arts Center at                 show, apple pie contests, entertainment and a free                                                           just completed Olympics, is Sept. 29. Tickets
  7 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Tickets are available at            slice of apple pie for everyone attending. There                                                             start at $25.
  Information, Tickets and Registration and                   are arts and crafts booths, food vendors and a                                                             • “Batman Live,” a $15 million live-action arena
  at the door.                                                library book sale. Early risers can buy breakfast                                                            adventure production with fight sequences,
                                                              at the VFW or Fire Department. For information                                                               illusions, a large cast of actors and a batmobile,
Two Mile High Club’s aspen tours in Cripple                   visit to http://www.penrosechamber.com.                                                                      is in the World Arena Oct. 23-24 at 7:30 p.m.
  Creek are Friday-Saturday and Sept. 29-30, 10                                                                                                                            and Oct. 24 at 3:30 p.m. Tickets start at $29.50.
  a.m. to 4 p.m. Free tours to see the fall colors in       Lakeside Amusement Park, in the Denver                                                                       • The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is in the World
  the backcountry are on a first-come, first-served           suburb of Lakeside, is open Saturday-Sunday                                                                  Arena Nov. 17.
  basis — reservations are not accepted. Tours are            then closes for the season. Admission is $2.50
  free, but donations are appreciated. Proceeds               per person, parking is free and unlimited                                                                 Air Force Academy concerts for the 2012-2013
  are used to care for the city’s free-roaming                ride tickets are $22 Saturday-Sunday. The                                                                   season include “Capitol Steps” Oct. 5 at Palmer
  donkey herd. Meet at the Cripple Creek District             old-fashioned park is at Interstate 70 and                                                                  High School; “Titanic the Musical” Nov. 2; John
  Museum, 520 E. Bennett Ave., in Cripple Creek.              Sheridan Boulevard; call 303-477-1621 to see                                                                Tesh Holiday Show Dec. 7; “Nunset Boulevard”
  See a related story on pages 34-35.                         if the park is open during inclement weather or                                                             Feb. 1, “Midtown Men” March 8; and “Rat Pack
                                                              visit http://www.lakeside amusementpark.com.                                                                Show” April 19. Tickets are now available, call
Florissant Fossil Beds hosts “Wapiti Walks,”                                                                                                                              333-4497 to reach the box office in Arnold Hall.
  Friday and Sunday and Sept. 28-30, from                   Santa’s Workshop at the North Pole, on the
  5-7:30 p.m. There is a presentation about the               Pikes Peak Highway, is open Friday-Tuesday                                                                Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center announces
  bull elks followed by a trail hike to look for and          10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Christmas Eve.                                                                    its 2012-2013 theater season: “Gypsy: A
  listen to the bugling elks on the Florissant Fossil         General admission to the Christmas theme park                                                               Musical Fable” is on stage Sept. 27-Oct. 21,
  Beds National Monument. Advance registration                is $18.95 for ages 2-59. Active-duty military                                                               “A Christmas Story” is Nov. 29-Dec 12, “Prelude
  is necessary as programs fill up quickly. Call              members and their Families are charged $13.95                                                               to a Kiss,” Jan. 31-Feb. 17; “Other Desert Cities”
  719-748-3253, ext. 161. Entrance fee to the                 per person and everyone 10 or older must                                                                    March 14-31, “The Drowsy Chaperone” May
  national monument is $3.                                    show their own military identification card.                                                                9-June 2 and “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well
                                                              Call 684-9432 for more information.                                                                         and Living in Paris,” is June 20-30. Season
The annual Chile and Frijoles Festival is in                                                                                                                              tickets are available or purchase single tickets
  Pueblo Saturday-Sunday, celebrating the harvest           Elitch Amusement Park’s major rides are still                                                                 at the box office, 634-5583. The Fine Arts
  of the popular Pueblo chiles and pinto beans.                available although the water park is now closed.                                                           Center theater is at 30 W. Dale St. There’s a free
  Admission is $2 for ages 12 and older. The                   Elitch’s is open through Oct. 28, weekends only.                                                           parking lot in front of the Fine Arts Center.
  festival, in downtown Pueblo on Union Avenue,                Daily tickets at the gate are $39.99 for adults
  draws thousands of people for the food, farmers’             and $29.99 for those under 48 inches. Buy three                                                          The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has
  market, cooking competitions, entertainment and              tickets at ITR for $28 each, get one free.                                                                 opened a special exhibit, “A Day in Pompeii”
  arts and crafts. To avoid parking issues, park at                                                                                                                       that runs through Jan. 13, Mount Vesuvius
  Midtown Shopping Center, 1000 West 6th St. and            The Harvest Festival at Rock Ledge Ranch                                                                      erupted in AD 79, destroying the Roman city
  take the fest shuttle that runs every 15 minutes.           Historic Site is Oct. 6, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and                                                              of Pompeii that is now excavated. This exhibit
                                                              admission is free. Activities cost a small fee                                                              provides a glimpse into the life of its citizens
Woodland Park holds its annual Rocky Mountain                 and include horse-drawn wagon rides, old-time                                                               before the eruption. Special tickets are required
 Oktoberfest PLUS Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.                    music and pumpkin picking. Visitors may tour the                                                            for the exhibit at $26 for adults and $17 for junior
 to 7 p.m. with German music, food and drink,                 1880s Rock Ledge House and the 1907 estate.                                                                 students. Tickets are timed and may be purchased
 arts and crafts, children’s games, bouncy houses,            Food vendors will be on site or visitors may bring                                                          in advance for a specific date or at the door, if
 a climbing wall, balloon art and face painting.              a lunch. Rock Ledge Ranch is located left of                                                                available. The museum is at 2001 Colorado
 Admission for those over 21 is $6 or $5 for                  the Garden of the Gods entrance off 30th Street.                                                            Blvd.; call 303-370-6000. There’s free parking.
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  • 1.
    Vol. 70 No.38 Sept. 21, 2012 4th BCT begins return Story and photo by Spc. Nathan Thome 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office Family and friends of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, filled the stands, waiting for their loved ones to enter the Special Events Center after the Soldiers’ redeployment from Afghanistan, Saturday. The crowd erupted as the 135 Soldiers filed into the SEC, snapped to attention and rendered honors to the flag. The Soldiers deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in March with the primary mission of enabling the Afghan National Security Forces and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government to defend and provide for the Afghan people. Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, commanding general, 4th Inf. Div. and Fort Carson, addressed Soldiers and Families at the event, speaking of his pride in the Soldiers. “Congratulations to the Soldiers for their work downrange and their accomplishments; most of all, congratulations for a job well done,” said Anderson. “To all the Families here, thanks for your love, support and sacrifice for your loved ones,” said Anderson. “Godspeed, we love you, and welcome home,” the general concluded. See Return on Page 4 Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, are greeted by division leadership at the Colorado Springs Airport after redeploying from Afghanistan, Saturday. The Soldiers turned in weapons and sensitive equipment and received an in-processing and safety brief prior to reuniting with their Families at Fort Carson. Message board INSIDE Privately owned weapons firing range event Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. From Specker Avenue turn on Cobra Lane near Gate 20. Turn right at tank trail and follow red safety flag. Pages 22-23 Page 24 Pages 10-11
  • 2.
    2 MOUNTAINEER — Sept. 21, 2012 MOUNTAINEER Commanding General: Garrison Commander: Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson Every Soldier should have a battle buddy Commentary by Capt. Anthony T. Hoefler Of course these measures are not groundbreaking Col. David L. Grosso 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office leadership tactics within the Army; however, the battle Fort Carson Public Affairs Officer: buddy system is still one of many important mechanisms Dee McNutt Being a battle buddy in the Army is a quick and that allow Soldiers to police themselves. It should be endearing way to recognize fellow Soldiers. understood that no matter your rank or position in the Chief, Print and Web Communications: The Army has come to embrace the concept of being a Army, everyone should attach themselves to a battle buddy. Rick Emert battle buddy as an opportunity to look after one another for I have had several battle buddies throughout my career Editor: Devin Fisher the betterment of the team. I agree that, as a leader, the battle in the Army and willingly allowed them to help look Staff writer: Andrea Sutherland buddy concept is valuable to reinforce cohesion and order. after my best interests. As a recent company commander, I often referred to While in Afghanistan, my first sergeant would often Happenings: Nel Lampe the battle buddy concept during weekly safety briefs and be aware of my aggressive demeanor due to lack of sleep Sports writer: Walt Johnson while counseling my Soldiers. and inform me that I needed to catch a nap to recharge. Layout/graphics: Jeanne Mazerall I would insist that relying on a battle buddy in both As the Army continues to experience the impacts of work-related and off-duty activities would increase sustained combat deployments and high-tempo training This commercial enterprise newspaper is their ability to make responsible decisions and decrease the cycles, the formations have endured many stresses that an authorized publication for members of the level of risk they were exposed to. can detract from making responsible decisions. Choosing Department of Defense. Contents of the My first sergeant and I even went so far as assigning the right battle buddy to share your Army experience with Mountaineer are not necessarily the official new Soldiers to the unit a battle buddy in order to is substantially more important than casually referring view of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government or incorporate a sense of team into the junior Soldiers. to a co-worker as a battle buddy. the Department of the Army. Printed circulation is 12,000 copies. The editorial content of the POST TALK Mountaineer is the responsibility of the Public Affairs Office, Fort Carson, CO 80913-5119, Tel.: 526-4144. The e-mail address is fcmountaineer@hotmail.com. The Mountaineer is posted on the Internet at http://csmng.com. The Mountaineer is an unofficial publication authorized by AR 360-1. The Mountaineer is printed by Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group, a private firm in What is your definition of battle buddy? no way connected with the Department of the “Someone who “It’s more than a Army, under exclusive written contract with Fort Carson. It is published 49 times per year. is there no matter co-worker; it’s a The appearance of advertising in this time, date, place friend who takes publication, including inserts or supplements, or situation.” care of you in every does not constitute endorsement by the aspect of life.” Department of the Army or Colorado Springs Spc. Robert Military Newspaper Group, of the products or services advertised. The printer reserves the Stokes Lucy Calo right to reject advertisements. 64th BSB Family member Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. If a violation or rejection of this equal opportunity policy by an advertiser is confirmed, the printer shall refuse to print advertising from that source until the violation is corrected. For display advertising call 634-5905. All correspondence or queries regarding advertising and subscriptions should be directed to Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group, 31 E. Platte Avenue, Suite 300, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, phone 634-5905. The Mountaineer’s editorial content is edited, prepared and provided by the Public Affairs Office, building 1430, room 265, Fort Carson, CO 80913-5119, phone 526-4144. Releases from outside sources are so indicated. The deadline for submissions to the Mountaineer is close of business the week before the next issue is published. The Mountaineer staff reserves the right to edit submissions for newspaper style, clarity and typographical errors. Policies and statements reflected in the news and editorial columns represent views “Someone who has your back “A man you can count on for “Your brother or sister in of the individual writers and under no — no matter what.” anything and someone you arms that will have your back circumstances are to be considered those of will do anything for.” in any situation.” the Department of the Army. Pfc. Alma Garcia Reproduction of editorial material is 759th MP Bn. Spc. Sidny Forester Spc. Deanna Walther authorized. Please credit accordingly. 2nd Bn., 8th Inf. Reg. 1st Bn., 8th Inf. 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    Sept. 21, 2012— MOUNTAINEER 3 Westcliffe, Silver Cliff Leaders partner with Carson By Billie Garner Garrison Public Affairs Office WESTCLIFFE — Leaders of the commu- nities of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff hosted Fort Carson leaders Tuesday to sign a partnership committed to recognizing the strength of Soldiers and Families and the support of the public. Held at the Custer County High School gymnasium, the Army Community Covenant signing highlights and recognizes the numerous ties and bonds Fort Carson has with the Westcliffe and Silver Cliff communities. “The community covenant was created by the Secretary of the Army to display support of the community to come together making a com- mitment to show their dedication to our military and their Families,” said Terrance McWilliams, a former Fort Carson command sergeant major and current military director for the El Pomar Foundation, during his introduction remarks. Photo by Antonio Francis “The strength of the community comes from the support of employers, educators, civic and Endorsers of the Custer County Communities of Westcliffe Carson; Lynn Attebery, chairman, Custer County Board of business leaders and its citizens,” McWilliams said. and Silver Cliff covenant commit to a joint venture of a Commissioners; and Col. David Grosso, Fort Carson “This is another historic day for the Army united pledge of support for Fort Carson Soldiers and garrison commander. Also signing, but not pictured are and the Westcliffe community that dates back to their Families Tuesday at the Custer County High School William J. Hybl, civilian aide emeritus to the Secretary of October of 1959, which was the time of the big gymnasium. Signing the Army Community Covenant, from the Army; Randy Woods, Custer County School Board snowstorm that left about 10,000 cattle stranded left, are Christina Veltrie, mayor of Westcliffe; Larry L. president; Charles Bogle, signing for Kenton Felty, See Covenant on Page 4 Weber, mayor of Silver Cliff; Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, American Legion Post 170; and Kathy Wampler, signing commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort for Dave Roever, Eagles Summit Ranch director. Smile. Your search for a new dentist is over. We Serve Those Who Serve. Call for an appointment today. New Patient Special $ 59 Cleaning, Exam & Digital X-Rays* at Fountain Modern Dentistry FREE Electric Toothbrush† at My Kid’s Dentist 719-322-0543 | MyKidsDentistOnline.com 719 382-4936 FountainModernDentistry.com Scott Cairns DDS & Associates FOUNTAIN WITH 6940 Mesa Ridge Pkwy MODERN DENTISTRY AND ORTHODONTICS Fountain, CO 80817 *Regular value of at least $290.00. In absence of periodontal (gum) disease. New patients only. Discounts may vary when combined with insurance and cannot be combined with other offers or discount plans. Not valid at My Kid’s Dentist®. †Upon completion of Cleaning, Exam & X-Rays. Only valid at My Kid’s Dentist.
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    4 MOUNTAINEER — Sept. 21, 2012 Re t u r n Lewis Crump, Troop B, 3rd Squadron, from Page 1 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th BCT, 4th Inf. Div. Soldiers sang the 4th Inf. Div. and His wife was overcome with joy, Army songs, before being released to seeing her Soldier safely back home. reunite with their Families. “Waiting for my husband filled me As the Soldiers and Families with anticipation,” said Shelby Crump. rushed to each other, Soldiers held “I was filled with a lot of emotion, but their children and hugged their I was very proud mostly.” Families and friends. Spouses cried as “I’m here now, I’m with my wife, they embraced their Soldiers for the and that’s all that I care about right first time in months. now,” said Lewis Crump. “I want to “When we got off the plane, I just spend as much time with her as I can.” couldn’t wait to get (home) and see my The rest of the 4th BCT Soldiers wife; nothing else mattered,” said Sgt. will begin returning home soon. Mayor welcomes home Soldiers By Steve Bach important work you carried out Mayor, City of Colorado Springs in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Your bravery, courage Welcome home Soldiers of the and dedication enabling the Afghan 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th National Security Forces and the Infantry Division. government of Afghanistan to On behalf of Colorado Springs defend and provide for the Afghan and our grateful citizens, I am people is historic and you have honored to welcome you home made all of us very proud. to Fort Carson and the City of We hope you enjoy this Colorado Springs. If you look up time with your Family and friends. Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome today, you will be able to see this We value your contributions to Sgt. Lewis Crump, Troop B, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th year’s first snow on Pikes Peak. our community and country. Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, embraces his wife, Shelby We’ve heard about the very Welcome back. Crump, at the Special Events Center Saturday, after returning home from his deployment to Afghanistan. Covenant at Custer County High School and one of about 50 Spc. Joyce Cochran, 10sth CSH, was moved by from Page 3 high school students who attended the ceremony. the ceremony. Proud of his family’s military background, Staton “My brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Kenneth without food. Soldiers came to help, battling waist-deep plans to join the Army after graduation. Cochran, died while we were deployed together in snow to save the cattle and would gladly help again “This (covenant signing) shows Fort Carson cares January. Being from a small town myself, it makes if needed, just as they did a couple months ago with about us,” Staton said. me feel good to know that small communities stand the Waldo Canyon Fire,” said Maj. Gen. Joseph The ceremony began with some light-hearted behind the military,” she said. Anderson, commanding general, 4th Infantry fun when Anderson tossed a cream puff pastry to Other Fort Carson military representatives Division and Fort Carson. Lane Byerly, a Custer County High School junior attending the signing include Command Sgt. Maj. The Westcliffe community, along with Dave and member of the football team. The commanding Brian Stall, senior enlisted leader, 4th Inf. Div. Roever at Eagles Summit Ranch, hosted an event general later presented the young man with a 4th and Fort Carson; Col. Patrick J. Ahearne, deputy called “Outdoor Buddies,” that pays tribute to wounded Infantry Division coin. commander for Health Services, Evans Army warriors and their Families. Soldiers from the 10th American Legion and Patriot Guard member Community Hospital; Maj. Brian Spangler, com- Combat Support Hospital, a partner unit, participate in William “Wild Bill” Miller was glad to be a part of mander, Rear Detachment, 10th CSH; and Master Custer County events each year and recently partici- the ceremony. Sgt. Daniel R. Traver, senior enlisted leader, Rear pated in the Memorial Day parade, Anderson said. “Our members participate in many community Detachment, 10th CSH. The covenant is designed to develop and foster and military events, including the annual toy run “Our successful collaboration will continue to effective state and community partnerships with the and escorting military funerals,” Miller said. enhance the lives of Soldiers and Families into the Army in improving the quality of life for military Charles Bogle, a retired Army colonel and co- future. The well-being of our Soldiers and Families members and their Families, both at their current chairman of the Fort Carson Retiree Council, was remains a top priority. We appreciate all you do and duty stations and as they transfer from state to state. pleased with the attendance. everyone’s continued support,” Anderson said. “This is great that the Army came here because it “Good turnout today with more than 200 people Fort Carson leaders hope to sign an Army shows they want to be involved with our community. I’m attending,” he said. “I am proud to see the participation Community Covenant with Denver and northern glad this is happening,” said Derek G. Staton, a junior of the community.” communities sometime next year. Has someone in your organization recently received kudos? Contact Mountaineer staff at 526-4144 or email fcmountaineer@hotmail.com.
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    Sept. 21, 2012— MOUNTAINEER 5 440th Civil Affairs activates Story and photo by Andrea Sutherland Civil Affairs Bn. “A year ago we had five men huddled around a cubicle. … 440th Civil Affairs Bn., like others before us, have a rendezvous with destiny.” to loss of life, property damage and military government,” he said. “During Mountaineer staff We started it from scratch.” Garner spoke about the history of World War II a civil affairs division was After more than a year of planning civil affairs units, dating back to the created and for the first time, civil As Command Sgt. Maj. Aaron A. and preparing, the civil affairs unit Civil War. affairs and military government staff Miller slipped the casing off the officially activated Saturday during a “Civil affairs was originally created sections were added to theater army, guidon for the 440th Civil Affairs ceremony at Founders Field. as an ad hoc from the forces available to corps and even division level. As a result Battalion, there was a metaphorical “The 440th Civil Affairs Bn. is handle the vast and cumbersome civilian of this creation, civil affairs Soldiers sigh of relief from commanders. forging a beginning,” said Lt. Col. issues that were being created by a were called governors as they led and “We’ve come a long way in the last Damone Garner, commander, during his military force conducting operations managed the Marshall Plan.” year,” said Maj. George Meyer, 440th remarks to the audience. “Today … the throughout populated areas in response Garner said the role of civil affairs units is no longer to conduct military government operations, but to support “Civil affairs was originally military commanders by engaging civilians in the operational environment. created as an ad hoc from the “In addition, our mission is to forces available to handle support the civil administration, which includes humanitarian assistance, disaster the vast and cumbersome response and emergency assistance, civilian issues that were population resource control and military civic action,” he said. being created by a military A reserve component of the U.S. force conducting operations Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), the throughout populated 163 Soldiers from the 440th come from areas in response to loss of numerous backgrounds including public safety, medical and engineering fields. life, property damage and During his remarks to the com- military government.” manders and Soldiers of the 440th, Col. Steve J. Ford, commander, 364th — Lt. Col. Damone Garner Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne), Portland, Ore., praised the men and women who chose to serve. From left, Col. Steve J. Ford, commander, “Being a citizen Soldier isn’t easy,” 364th Civil Affairs Brigade, Portland, Ore.; he said. “You must balance your life 440th Civil Affairs Battalion Commander Lt. between your Family, civilian job and Col. Damone A. Garner and Command Sgt. your life as a Soldier. Train hard and Maj. Aaron A. Miller uncase the battalion challenge yourself to be the best in colors, officially activating the unit, Saturday. all that you do.”
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    6 MOUNTAINEER — Sept. 21, 2012 Miscellaneous Fort Carson dining facilities hours of operation Points only, nondeployable unit — Reinforcement Dining facility Friday Saturday-Sunday Monday-Thursday training units provide a “home” for Individual Ready Stack Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Reserve Soldiers who want to maintain Reserve Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. affiliation. Soldiers considering leaving troop Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. program unit assignment can consider the 6399th/ Wolf Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. 6404th RTU as a short- or long-term option. Benefits Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. include earning retirement points and “good” years; Dinner: Closed Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. optional monthly nonpaid drill weekends; continued military training; paid annual training opportunities; Warfighter Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. earning retirement points via correspondence courses; (Wilderness Road Complex) Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and easy transfer to TPUs if desired. Contact Chief Dinner: Closed Dinner: Closed Warrant Officer 4 Lake Gardner at 720-363-0511 or LaRochelle Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. Closed Breakfast: 7-9 a.m. lakegardner@comcast.net for more information. 10th SFG(A) Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. German Armed Forces Military Proficiency Badge Dinner: Closed Dinner: Closed — training and testing is conducted monthly. Events include swimming, marksmanship, track and field • Facility custodial services — Call Bryan personnel being reassigned stateside. The briefings events (100-meter dash, shot put, long jump or high Dorcey at 526-6670 or email bryan.s.dorcey.civ@ are held in building 1129, Freedom Performing Arts jump and 3,000-meter run or 1,000-meter swim) and mail.mil for service needs or to report complaints. Center; sign-in is at 7 a.m. and briefings start at 7:30 a 12-kilometer road march. Soldiers with physical • Elevator maintenance — Call Bryan a.m. Soldiers are required to bring Department limitations can also participate with an approved Dorcey at 526-6670 or email bryan.s.dorcey. of the Army Form 5118, signed by their unit alternate event authorized by medical personnel. civ@mail.mil. personnel section, and a pen to complete forms. Upon completion of all required events, Soldiers are • Motor pool sludge removal/disposal — Call 526-4730/4583 for more information. awarded a badge in gold, silver or bronze level — Call Dennis Frost at 526-6997 or email Army ROTC Green-to-Gold briefings — are held determined by results of the marksmanship and road dennis.j.frost.civ@mail.mil. the first and third Tuesday of each month at noon march. This is a foreign military award authorized to • Repair and utility/self-help — Call Gary at the education center, building 1117, room 120. be worn on the Class-A or Army Service Uniform. Grant at 526-5844 or email gerald.l.grant2.civ Call University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Soldiers should submit packets through their chain of @mail.mil. Use this number to obtain self-help Army ROTC at 262-3475 for more information. command to Sgt. Michael Phillips at 526-5282 or tools and equipment or a motorized sweeper. ETS briefings — for enlisted personnel are held the email michael.j.phillips6@us.army.mil. Contact • Base operations contracting officer first and third Wednesday of each month. Briefing Chief Warrant Officer David Douglas at 720-250- representative — Call Terry Hagen at 526-9262 sign in begins at 7 a.m. at the Soldier Readiness 1221 or email david.douglas1@us.army.mil. or email terry.j.hagen.civ@mail.mil for questions Building, building 1042, room 244, on a first-come, Finance travel processing — All inbound and on snow removal, grounds maintenance and first-served basis. Soldiers must be within 120 days outbound Temporary Lodging Expense, “Do it contractor response to service orders. of their expiration term of service, but must attend Yourself ” Moves, servicemember and Family • Portable latrines — Call Jerald Just at the briefing no later than 30 days prior to their ETS member travel, travel advance pay and travel pay 524-0786 or email jerald.j.just.civ@mail.mil to or start of transition leave. Call 526-2240/8458. inquiries will be handled in building 1218, room 231. request latrines, for service or to report damaged Special Forces briefings — are held Wednesdays in Call 526-4454 or 524-2594 for more information. or overturned latrines. building 1430, room 123, from noon to 1 p.m. First Sergeants’ Barracks Program 2020 — is located Legal services — provided at the Soldier Readiness Soldiers must be specialist-staff sergeant from any in building 1454 on Nelson Boulevard. The hours of Processing site are for Soldiers undergoing the SRP military occupational specialty, have a general operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The process. The SRP Legal Office will only provide technical score of at least 107, be a U.S. citizen, score office assists Soldiers with room assignments and powers of attorney or notary services to Soldiers 240 or higher on the Army Physical Fitness Test, and terminations. For more information call 526-9707. processing through the SRP. Retirees, Family pass a Special Forces physical. Call 524-1461 or Sergeant Audie Murphy Club — The Fort Carson members and Soldiers not in the SRP process can visit the website at http://www.bragg.army.mil/sorb. Sergeant Audie Murphy Club meets the third receive legal assistance and powers of attorney at Tuesday of each month at the Family Connection the main legal office located at 1633 Mekong St., Hours of Operation Center from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The SAMC building 6222, next to the Family Readiness Center. is open to all active members and those interested Legal assistance prepares powers of attorney and Central Issue Facility in becoming future SAMC members. The club was performs notary services on a walk-in basis from • In-processing — Monday-Thursday from originally a U.S. Forces Command organization of 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays and 7:30-10:30 a.m. elite noncommissioned officers but is now an Fridays, and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays. • Initial and partial issues — Monday- Armywide program for those who meet the criteria Friday from 12:30-3:30 p.m. and have proven themselves to be outstanding Briefings • Cash sales/report of survey — Monday- NCOs through a board/leadership process. Contact Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. the SAMC president, Staff Sgt. Thomas Witt, at 75th Ranger Regiment briefings — are held • Direct exchange and partial turn ins — 526-5661 for more information. Tuesdays in building 1430, room 150, from noon Monday-Friday from 7:30-11:30 a.m. Recycle incentive program — The Directorate of to 1 p.m. Soldiers must be private-sergeant first • Full turn ins — by appointment only; call Public Works has an incentive program to prevent class with a minimum General Technical Score of 526-3321. recyclable waste from going to the landfill. 105; be a U.S. citizen; score 240 or higher on the • Unit issues and turn ins — Call 526- Participating battalions can earn monetary rewards Army Physical Fitness Test; and pass a Ranger 5512/6477 for approval. for turning recyclable materials in to the Fort Carson physical. Call 524-2691 or visit http://www. Education Center hours of operation — The Recycle Center, building 155. Points are assigned for goarmy.com/ranger.html for more information. Mountain Post Training and Education Center, the pounds of recyclable goods turned in and every Casualty Notification/Assistance Officer training building 1117, 526-2124, hours are as follows: participating battalion receives money quarterly. Call — is held Oct. 16-18 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in • Counselor Support Center — Monday- 526-5898 for more information about the program. building 1187 on Minnick Avenue, behind post car Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays 11 Directorate of Public Works services — DPW is wash. Class is limited to 50 people on a first-come, a.m. to 4:30 p.m. responsible for a wide variety of services on Fort first-served basis. Contact Jean Graves at 526- • Army Learning Center — Monday- Carson. Services range from repair and maintenance 5613/5614 or jean.graves@us.army.mil for more Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. of facilities to equipping units with a sweeper and information. • Defense Activity for Nontraditional cleaning motor pools. Listed below are phone Disposition Services — Defense Logistics Agency Education Support and Army Personnel Testing — numbers and points of contact for services: Disposition Services Colorado Springs, located in Monday-Friday 7:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-4:30 p.m. • Facility repair/service orders — Fort building 381, conducts orientations Fridays from Repair and Utility self-help — has moved to building Carson Support Services service order desk can be 12:30-3:30 p.m. The orientations discuss DLA 217 and is open Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. reached at 526-5345. Use this number for emergencies processes to include turning in excess property, Claims Office hours — are Monday-Friday from 9 or routine tasks and for reporting wind damage, reutilizing government property, web-based tools a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. on the first floor of damaged traffic signs or other facility damage. available, special handling of property and building 6222, 1633 Mekong Street. Shipment • Refuse/trash and recycling — Call Eric environmental needs. To schedule an orientation, under Full Replacement Value claimants must Bailey at 719-491-0218 or email eric.e.bailey4. contact Arnaldo Borrerorivera at arnaldo.borrerorivera submit Department of Defense Form 1840R to the civ@mail.mil when needing trash containers, trash @dla.mil for receiving/turn in; Mike Welsh at carrier within 75 days. Shipment under Defense is overflowing or emergency service is required. mike.welsh@dla.mil for reutilization/web tools; or Personal Property Program claimants must log into Rufus Guillory at rufus.guillory@dla.mil. the Defense Personal Property System at http:// Retirement briefings — are held from 8 a.m. to noon www.move.mil and report all the items online BOSS meetings are held the first the second and third Wednesday of each month at within 75 days. Claims must be submitted within and third Thursday of each month the Joel Hefley Community Center conference room, nine months directly with carriers to receive full from 2-3:30 p.m. at The Foxhole. 6800 Prussman Ave. The Retirement Services Office replacement value for missing and destroyed Contact Cpl. Rachael Robertson at 524-2677 or visit the BOSS office in room 106 of The recommends spouses accompany Soldiers to the items. All other claims should be submitted to Fort Hub for more information. Text “follow CarsonBOSS” briefing. Call 526-2840 for more information. Carson Claims Office within two years of the date to 40404 to receive updates and event information. Reassignment briefings — are held Tuesdays of delivery or date of incident. Call the Fort Carson for Soldiers heading overseas and Thursdays for Claims Office at 526-1355 for more information.
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    Sept. 21, 2012— MOUNTAINEER 7 Barracks management transfers back to military Story and photo by The 30 Soldiers selected to run Susan C. Galentine Fort Carson’s FSBP 2020 are set up in Directorate of Public Works teams from each of the brigades and public relations tenant units to manage the 64 barracks buildings and more than The face of Soldier barracks 8,100 rooms on the installation. The management transitions from contractors representatives are responsible for the back to green suiters effective Sept. 29, assignment and clearing of rooms, when the First Sergeants Barracks performing inspections, issuing keys Program evolves into FSBP 2020. and performing minor maintenance to The move toward military manage- support brigade and tenant units’ ment of barracks under FSBP 2020 is footprints. under way Armywide. The program will maintain as “As the Army transitions from a much unit integrity as possible, said wartime force back to a garrison-ready Lamb. The FSBP 2020 Soldiers may force, Department of the Army must not be from the same battalion or look at ways to reduce operational company as the barracks residents, but costs,” said Debra Lamb, Directorate of will be a representative of that brigade Public Works single Soldier housing or tenant unit. manager and lead for the FSBP program The FSBP 2020 representatives, transformation. “By transitioning from who are assigned to the program for contractor run, to an Army run program, one year, will work closely with their this will reduce operational costs and unit leadership to coordinate room allow this funding to go to other vital assignments and inform them of any areas of concern.” barracks issues. While many of the day- to-day functions of the barracks The First Sergeants Barracks facilities fall under FSBP 2020, Spc. Terrance Hines, left, and Cpl. Tamorris Jones, Fort Carson’s First Sergeants’ Barracks Program 2020 operates out of the units have, and will always be Program 2020 team members, familiarize themselves with the barracks key system as Single Soldier Housing Office, expected, to manage overall part of their duties in assisting single Soldiers with room assignments and terminations. located in building operation and command and 1454 on Nelson Boulevard. control of their barracks. is properly supported and that any and their assigned rooms in good condition The office is open Monday-Friday “The individual team (non- all barracks issues are addressed and the and calling in routine service orders from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. commissioned officers in charge) quality of life for the Soldiers is as needed to the FSBP 2020 team at For more information about the will coordinate with the command maintained or increased,” said Lamb. 526-9707 or for emergency service FSBP 2020 transition call 526-9707. sergeants major or unit first As always, Soldiers living in the orders to Fort Carson Support sergeants to ensure that the unit barracks are responsible for maintaining Services at 526-5345. The Colorado Springs Business Journal can publish your legal notices Easy and affordable. THE WORLD’S Ordinances Water Rights FIRST POCKET-SIZED Public Trustee Sales SEARCHLIGHT Notices to Creditors City Planning Agenda 500 FAR-REACHING LUMENS. Name Changes WIELD FURY.™ Summonses Adoption Notices Guardianships Sheriff’s Sales and more Call Kathy Bernheim at 719-329-5204 www.surefire.com/fury for more information Call your TLS/GSA Supplier to order now. | NSN: 6230-01-603-3305
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    8 MOUNTAINEER — Sept. 21, 2012 Carson honors fallen warrior Spc. Kyle R. Rookey Feb. 28, 1989 - Sept. 2, 2012 Spc. Kyle R. Rookey, a native of Oswego, N.Y., enlisted in the Army March 3, 2010. He attended Basic Training at Fort Spc. Robert Sill, Okla., and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Huachuca, Fleig, bugler, Ariz., as an unmanned aerial vehicle operator. 4th Infantry His only assignment was with the 4th Special Troops Battalion, Division Band, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, at Fort Carson. plays taps He was attached to the Dirty Bird during a Platoon as a UAV operator and memorial deployed in support of Operation ceremony Enduring Freedom in March. in honor of His awards and decorations Spc. Kyle R. include the Army Commendation Rookey, 4th Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Special Troops National Defense Service Medal, Battalion, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with 4th Brigade bronze star, Global War on Terrorism Combat Team, Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, 4th Infantry Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO Division, at Medal and Combat Action Badge. Soldiers’ Rookey is survived by his Memorial wife, Victoria Rookey; daughter, Flora; father, George Chapel, Rookey; mother, Carol Akers; brother, David Wallace; and sister, Monday. Elizabeth Rookey. Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/4THID WWW.TWITTER.COM/@4THINFDIV WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/THE4ID WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/THE4ID WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/THE4ID Having an Open House? Let our readers know! ONLY $30 For more information call 719-329-5236 or email m
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    Sept. 21, 2012— MOUNTAINEER 9 4th BSB trains to keep brigade moving Petroleum supply specialists assigned to Company Story and photos by Pfc. Andrew Ingram Base) to refuel before heading to their next A, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat 1st Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, objective,” said Staff Sgt. Joseph Hudson, petroleum Team, 4th Infantry Division, provide multiple military 4th Infantry Division supply specialist, Company A. “We set up a ROM vehicles with fuel during a refuel-on-the-move training point at a designated location so they can roll in, mission in the Fort Carson Training Area, Sept. 12. Petroleum supply specialists assigned to get the fuel they need as quickly as possible and Company A, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st continue the mission.” Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, battled The tactical expedience of a ROM operation Not only was the time improved, but the wind and rain to practice their basic tasks during ensures that U.S. Forces missions are completed inexperienced Soldiers were able to learn their a refuel-on-the-move training mission, Sept. 12. quickly and efficiently, making setting up a ROM jobs in the field. The Soldiers refueled Humvees, M1A1 Abrams point an important task for petroleum supply Soldiers Many of the junior enlisted Soldiers broadened tanks and M2A2 Bradley Fighting to master, said Hudson. their knowledge base of the vehicles they will work Vehicles at an improvised fueling “I have an outstanding group of individuals with during deployment, said Spc. Brandon Hartman, station in the Fort Carson working with me,” he said. “My Soldiers love getting petroleum supply specialist, Company A. training area. out there and doing missions, they love setting up the “This is a good team-building mission,” Hartman “In a combat environ- ROM. This is what we do, and we love it.” said, gesturing to the cold rain needling his comrades ment a unit may not The Sept. 12 mission marked the third time in as they prepared to meet the first convoy of the have time to go back to seven days the Soldiers set up a ROM point to day. “No matter what the weather conditions are, the (Forward Operating provide fuel for 1st BCT units operating in the Fort everybody pulls together and gets the job done.” Carson Training Area. “We have had a lot of vehicles come through here during these operations,” said Sgt. Christopher Brewer, petroleum supply specialist, Company A. “When they come in, we have two minutes to give them a quick top off and get them on their way.” Sgt. Doug Underwood, petroleum supply specialist, Company A, emphasized speed as the key to setting up a successful ROM mission. “The last time we set up the ROM point, it took us just over 30 minutes. This time, it took us 22 minutes,” Underwood said. “We would like to get it down to 15 minutes, but that will come with practice. Most of these Soldiers had never set up a ROM before, so I’m pretty pleased with how well they are doing.” Sgt. Christopher Brewer, left, and Pfc. Todd Berostick, both petroleum supply specialists assigned to Company A, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attach a fuel hose to a T-clamp, during a refuel-on-the-move training mission in the Fort Carson Training Area, Sept. 12. Spc. Alejandro Febus, petroleum supply specialist, Company A, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Spc. Reid Asanuwa, petroleum supply specialist, Division, refills of an M1A1 Company A, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Abrams tank during a Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, rolls up a fuel hose refuel-on-the-move training Sept. 12, at the conclusion of a refuel-on-the-move mission in the Fort Carson training mission. Training Area, Sept. 12.
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    10 MOUNTAINEER —Sept. 21, 2012 Sept. 21, 2012 — MOUNTAINEER 11 Law enforcement exercise Story and photos by Andrea Sutherland to the door, waiting to bust it open with a door ram. Across the street, neighbors unloaded groceries Lt. Col. Christopher Mountaineer staff from their SUVs, occasionally watching the Heberer, MPs continue In the 5519 block in the Cherokee Village neighborhood, military police in full SWAT gear crept up the sides of the brick duplex. A woman dressed in jeans, a hoodie and a gas commotion taking place during the law enforcement exercise, Sept. 14. When the door didn’t budge, an MP threw a flash- bang grenade through the window, hoping to maintain commander, 759th Military Police SRT quest the element of surprise and disorient anyone inside. Battalion, mask sat on the stoop in front of 5519E. Once inside, MPs restrained another suspect as debriefs As the MPs approached, they yelled for the a third taunted the MPs from upstairs. MPs after woman to lay down on the sidewalk. While a couple “I smell bacon!” he yelled. a Special of MPs restrained her, others stacked themselves next MPs stormed the stairs, securing bedrooms, Reaction closets and a bathroom. They apprehended three Team more suspects and “killed” a fourth. certification “This was a good effort,” said Lt. Col. exercise. Christopher Heberer, commander, 759th MP Heberer Battalion, during a debrief after the exercise. “It was commended a good training run. We’ll do more training and MPs on their practice till we get it right because that saves lives.” efforts, but The team had hoped to earn its certification as a said the team Special Reaction Team, the equivalent of a civilian would need SWAT team, but commanders and SRT evaluators more training determined the MPs needed before more training before receiving its “They have the granting the certification. certification. tactics, the “This was a good practice run,” said Lt. “In the two years I’ve been here we’ve had two “We’re optimistic. Their planning process was technology and Col. Michael Kropushek, incidents requiring a SWAT team,” he said. “We’ve perfect. The hardest part is for them to work as a Directorate of Emergency got to be ready at any given time.” team. They have the tactics, the technology and the equipment. Services. “We’ll do it again.” “They’ll have another few weeks of training,” the equipment. Now it’s just putting that all Now it’s just Kropushek said Fort said Capt. James Bloom, commander, 148th together and working together.” Carson hasn’t had its own Military Police Detachment, 759th MP Bn. “They’ll After the exercise, MPs said they were grateful putting that all SRT in 18 months due to be practicing breaching.” for the feedback from their leaders. Evaluators take notes and military police apprehend a suspect and breach a house during a together and deployments and other demands on MPs. The post Bloom said that the team had only been together five weeks and although they were not ready to be “Overall, it’s a great opportunity to do this in the buildings we might be called to,” said one MP Sept. 14 certification exercise to become a Special Reaction Team. It has been 18 months since working together.” has an agreement with an certified as SRT, they were ahead of where they who participated in the exercise. Fort Carson had its own SRT. 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    Sept. 21, 2012— MOUNTAINEER 13 Hispanic American Heritage Month Lopez to troops: education is way forward By Andrea Sutherland Mountaineer staff cycle of poverty,” he said. “Education is expensive, but ignorance is even said Sgt. 1st Class Harry DeBoise, equal opportunity adviser, 2nd Brigade more expensive.” Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. For Felix Lopez, the vice president Lopez provided sobering statistics “(Observances) give other for student success at Pikes Peak comparing Hispanic Americans to people insight into different cultures,” Community College, education is the the rest of the population. said Sgt. 1st Class Rhonda Dow, key to uniting different cultures and According to a study completed EO adviser, 43rd Sustainment accepting societal differences. by the U.S. Department of Education, Brigade. “Sometimes we take things “It is important for all of us to in 2008 only 11 percent of Hispanic for granted or we take things at be educated,” said Lopez during his adults between ages 25-29 had at face value. These events offer speech Tuesday at the Hispanic least a bachelor’s degree, compared more insight and information on American Heritage Month observance to 33 percent of white Americans different cultures.” at the Elkhorn Conference Center. and 60 percent of Asian-Americans In addition to Lopez’s speech, Lopez, a Mexican-American born in the same age group. dancers performed Hispanic-inspired to Mexican parents who had little “We cannot afford to be the status numbers including the meringue, the formal education, said his family quo,” Lopez said. rumba and the salsa. Biographies of Lopez placed an emphasis on the importance of education as an investment. He challenged Soldiers to “break the cycle” and take advantage of Pablo Picasso, Cesar Chavez and other prominent figures in Hispanic culture “(My parents) wanted to break the education benefits the military offers. lined the walls. Attendees enjoyed a “Not only do I salute you, lunch buffet of Hispanic foods, From left, I challenge you,” he said. including chicken fajitas, taquitos, Command Sgt. “Education should be used enchiladas and jalapeno poppers. Maj. Brian Stall, to make us colorblind.” In his closing remarks to 4th Infantry Lt. Col. David Cushen, attendees, Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, Division and Fort manager for the Equal commanding general, 4th Inf. Div. and Carson, and Opportunity Program, said Fort Carson, reiterated the importance Command Sgt. Maj. he hoped Lopez’s words of respecting Hispanic culture and Randy Varner, 43rd resonated with Soldiers. the importance of higher education. Sustainment “(Lopez) shared his story “Education is the key to under- Brigade, pile about how education was standing how diversity can be a unifying their plates with critical to his success,” Cushen factor across ethnicities,” he said. jalapeno poppers, said. “Had he not persevered, Anderson praised the influence taquitos, chicken he wouldn’t have … aspired Hispanics and Latinos have had on fajitas and to the level where he is now.” American culture and applauded enchiladas during Sharing those inspiring their service in the military. the Hispanic stories and connecting with “While diversity implies a American Heritage Soldiers is precisely why the difference, it also incurs that Month observance Equal Opportunity Program that difference is beneficial,” he said. Tuesday at hosts cultural observances. “Without the dedicated efforts of the Elkhorn “These events promote Hispanic Americans in government, Conference Center. cross-cultural awareness military service, social science, art, because we come from so music and sports, our nation would Photo by Andrea Sutherland many different backgrounds,” be something less than it could be.” Dancers Brad Ackerman and Lori Ackerman perform for Soldiers and guests at the Hispanic Heritage Month event hosted by 4th Infantry Division Equal Opportunity Program at the Elkhorn Conference Center, Tuesday. The volunteers demonstrated three different dances to familiarize audience members with the variety and depth of Hispanic culture. Photo by Staff Sgt. Wallace Bonner
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    Sept. 21, 2012— MOUNTAINEER 15 ACS hosts spouse career day Story and photo by Andrea Sutherland Mountaineer staff For many military spouses, finding employment can be stressful, frustrating and infuriating. “I’ve been looking for a job for 10 months,” said Amanda Avila. “I’ve applied to a lot of jobs online, but I never hear back. At most, I’ll get an email saying I didn’t get the job.” Avila joined dozens of other spouses Sept. 13 for the Spouse Career Day, hosted by Army Community Service. ACS hosted a career fair Sept. 14 for spouses to practice their skills. “Military spouses need guidance on job searches,” said Mercedes Jamieson, coordinator for the employment readiness program at ACS. “As a military spouse myself, I remember how difficult it was to get a job.” Jamieson said she uses her experience to help other spouses. “I try to guide them and mentor them,” she said. “My vision is for all military spouses to have the same opportunities that I have had.” To aid spouses in their search, Jamieson At career fairs, Hessler suggested arriving Dozens of spouses learn valuable tips for job searches organized the Spouse Career Day, which brought early and collecting brochures from a variety of Sept. 13 during the Spouse Career Day at the Special in a certified career coach to provide tips on job companies and review the information before Events Center. searches and career fair etiquette. approaching company representatives. “The most important thing a military spouse Hessler also encouraged spouses to meet with approach a search,” he said. “I learned not to who’s looking for a job can do is get connected in 10 employers they would not want to work for to ‘attack’ employers with my resume and say, ‘I the community,” said Kimberly Hessler, career coach. practice engaging with professionals before meeting need a job.’” “You want to strategically embed in the community with representatives from companies that did Avila said she appreciated the suggestions, and build relationships through volunteering.” interest them. particularly that she should be volunteering in Hessler encouraged spouses to maintain a Lee Davis said he learned a lot from the session order to make connections within a company. profile on the professional social networking site, and found Hessler’s tips beneficial. “It’s hard, especially with kids,” she said. LinkedIn, and print business cards to hand to “I learned how to work a career fair and how “To pay for child care while volunteering is potential employers. to go about looking for a job and the proper way to difficult. I know I need to suck it up and do it.” Do you need a better marketing plan? 715 South Academy Blvd. 1850 East Woodmen Rd. 412 Eagleridge Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80910 Colorado Springs, CO 80920 Pueblo, CO 81008 719-597-2311 719-277-0407 719-584-3028 Contact your Account Executive to discuss options for your business at 719.634.5905
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    16 MOUNTAINEER —Sept. 21, 2012 Claims to the estate information provided on the application is confidential and will be used only for the Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin J. Griffin — With purpose of determining eligibility and verifying deepest regret to the Family of the deceased. data. Applications may be submitted any time Anyone having claims against or indebtedness during the school year. Contact Dawn Muniz to his estate should contact 2nd Lt. Eric Tyson at 719-382-1334 or email DMuniz@FFC8.org at 631-902-8953. for more information. Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Birdwell — With deepest Ambulance service — Fort Carson officials urge regret to the Family of the deceased. Anyone community members to contact emergency having claims against or indebtedness to his personnel by calling 911 instead of driving estate should contact 2nd Lt. Thomas W. Cagle personal vehicles to the emergency room. at 325-212-8867. In the event of a life- or limb-threatening Spc. Kyle R. Rookey — With deepest regret to the emergency, skilled paramedics and ambulance Family of the deceased. Anyone having claims crew will be able to administer critical care against or indebtedness to his estate should and aid. Contact the Emergency Department contact Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kamau Gaynor at 526-7111 for more information. at 719-503-4614 or 520-226-6281. New prescription policy — All handwritten Spc. Mabry J. Anders — With deepest regret to the prescriptions from a TRICARE network Family of the deceased. Anyone having claims provider will be filled at the Soldier and Family against or indebtedness to his estate should contact Care Center located adjacent to and east of 2nd Lt. Samuel E. Gooding at 734-478-3104. Evans Army Community Hospital. When calling in for refills on those prescriptions, Upcoming events beneficiaries will continue to use the SFCC. Coat drive — The Mountain Post Spouses Club is A dedicated refill window in this facility will collecting winter coats, scarves, hats and gloves for reduce wait time. The SFCC pharmacy is open Fort Carson Families through Nov. 1. Donations Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. may be made at Family Connection, the The pharmacy is located on the first floor commissary, Evans Army Community Hospital, near the east entrance of the facility; park in the Iron Horse Sports and Fitness Center, the “G” lot, east of the building. Call 719-503-7067 Exchange, Soldier Family Care Center and the Hub. or 719-503-7068 for more information. Mother Son Roundup — The Southeast YMCA hosts Warrior Family Medicine becomes Iron Horse — a mother and son western dinner and dance Effective immediately, the name of Warrior Saturday from 2-5 p.m. Cost is $15 per mother and Family Medicine Clinic has changed to Iron son. There is a $5 charge for each additional son. Horse Family Medicine Clinic. The clinic is Call 719-622-9622 for more information. still located on the second floor of Evans Army Privately Owned Weapon Range safety days — Community Hospital. Hours of operation are the Fort Carson Privately Owned Weapon from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 526-9277 for range hosts safety days Saturday and Oct. 20. more information. Contact Master Sgt. Willie R. Chatman Sr. at 2-1-1 data expands to two counties — The Pikes 526-3058 or Jose L. Colon-Rosa at 526-9717 Peak Area Council of Governments has partnered for more information. with Pikes Peak United Way to include 2-1-1 Retiree Appreciation Day — The annual Retiree data for El Paso and Teller counties in the Appreciation Day takes place Oct. 13 from Network of Care for servicemembers, veterans 7 a.m. to noon at McMahon Auditorium and the and their Families. The service directory Special Events Center. Call 526-0682, 526-2260 component of the Network of Care now includes or 524-2342 for more information. more than 1,500 local resources to assist the civilians from Fort Carson to speak about their military community, service providers and work, training and varied experiences to public General announcements others. Visit http://pikespeak.networkofcare.org organizations throughout the Pikes Peak region. for more information. Speakers must be well-qualified professionals Car wash construction — In an effort to improve Share-a-Ride — is a free online car pool who know how to capture and maintain an its services, the Mountain Post Car Wash is coordination to and from post, as well as van audience’s attention for 20-30 minutes. Speakers undergoing construction to upgrade an automatic pool options, typically for those commuting should be comfortable speaking to businesses, bay to an express wash. The facility remains 30 or more miles to post. Riders are matched professional organizations, community leaders, open 24-hours for business and the staff will based on their origination and destination points, civic groups and schools. Contact Community do its best to accommodate customers during as well as days and times of travel. Users specify Relations at 526-1246 or 526-1256. construction. Contact Mike Jimenez at whether they are offering a ride, need a ride or if Al-Anon meetings — Al-Anon is a 12-step 719-226-2850 for more information. they are interested in sharing driving duties. When program for families and friends of alcoholics TRICARE online access — TRICARE patients will a “match” is found, users are notified immediately (admitted or not). Meetings take place in the no longer be able to access online accounts with of rider options, allowing them to contact and conference room of The Colorado Inn at MHS/iAS username and password. Users must coordinate ridesharing within minutes. Access 6 p.m. every Monday. Attendance is free and either use a registered Department of Defense the ride-share portal by visiting http://www. anyone can attend these open, anonymous Common Access Card or register for a DOD carson.army.mil/paio/sustainability.html. meetings. Contact Al-Anon Service Center Self-Service Logon. Visit: www.dmdc.osd.mil/ Vanpools — Vanpools serve commuters who at 719-632-0063 for information. identitymanagement. Patients may also receive travel on Interstate 25, Powers Boulevard, Nutrition counseling and classes — The Evans personal assistance in creating an account by Security-Widefield and Fountain. Vanpool costs Army Community Hospital Nutrition Care visiting the TRICARE Service Center at Evans for Soldiers and civilians may be reduced (or free) Division offers nutrition counseling on a healthy Army Community Hospital or Veterans Affairs when using the Army Mass Transit Benefit subsidy. diet, weight loss or gain, high cholesterol, Regional Office. The program provides the van, maintenance and hypertension, diabetes, sports nutrition and other Cooling system undergoes repairs — One of the repairs, insurance, fuel and has an Emergency nutrition-related diseases or illnesses. Nutrition two chilling systems that provide cooling for Ride Home feature. Go to http://tinyurl.com/ classes include heart-healthy/lipid, weight loss, the majority of the “banana belt” area of the FtCarsonVanPool for further details, and to reserve pregnancy nutrition, commissary tour/healthy cantonment is undergoing emergency repairs. a spot. Contact Anneliesa Barta, Sustainable Fort shopping and sports nutrition. To schedule an Buildings in the area, which include barracks, Carson at 526-6497 or email anneliesa.m.barta. appointment, call the TRICARE appointment dining facilities, gyms and administrative ctr@mail.mil for more information. line at 719-457-2273. To register for a class, buildings, are currently receiving limited call the Nutrition Care Division at 526-7290. cooling. Repairs to the chiller is anticipated Ongoing events Take Off Pounds Sensibly — meets in the Grant within the next several weeks. The Directorate Library conference room Thursdays. Weigh-in of Public Works apologizes for any inconvenience Yard sales — can be held on post the first and third is from 5-5:45 p.m. and the meeting is from this may cause. DPW will notify facility Saturday of the month through December. Post 6-7 p.m. Annual membership fee is $26 and managers of outages or changes to the cooling residents set up their items in front of their homes. includes the TOPS magazine. Monthly dues system due to the repairs. Call the DPW Single Soldiers and Families who reside off are $5. Call Norma Rook at 719-531-7748 or Operations and Maintenance Division post can set up in the building 5510 parking TOPS at 800-932-8677 for more information. at 526-9241, 719-491-2943 or email bruce. lot. Yard sales are organized and conducted by Pregnancy and Parenting Portal — A new portal gronczniak@us.army.mil for more information. the Installation Mayoral Program, the Directorate from TriWest Healthcare Alliance connects School lunch and breakfast program — School of Public Works Housing Liaison Office and the military Families to helpful information for various District 8 is accepting applications for the Balfour Beatty Family Housing Office. Call the stages of pregnancy, as well as for adoption. national School Lunch and School Breakfast Mayoral Program at 526-8303 or Army Community Different from other pregnancy sites, the TriWest programs. Application forms are being provided Service at 526-4590 for more information. portal offers information on TRICARE coverage to all homes with a letter to parents. Additional Seeking speakers — The Fort Carson Public Affairs and locating a nearby military clinic. Access copies are available in each school. The Office is seeking Soldiers, Family members and the site at http://www.triwest.com/pregnancy.
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    Sept. 21, 2012— MOUNTAINEER 17 Suicide Prevention Month Carson raises awareness By Spc. Nathan Thome 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and Army leaders are teaching Soldiers Leaders: Loss of one is too many Editor’s note: Army leaders released the a Suicide Prevention Stand Down Thursday. This and Families the skills they need to do their part in following letter in observance of Army Suicide stand down aims to promote good health, teammate helping a fellow warrior. Prevention Month. involvement, risk education and resilience training. For years, the Army has faced this enemy It is truly remarkable what our Soldiers, Army Units will promote Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, both stateside and overseas, developing plans civilians and Family members have accomplished stigma reduction, resiliency training, protective and conducting training to address this threat to over the past 11 years. Our Army and our nation factors and effective treatment resources. U.S. Soldiers. have asked much of you and you have performed Many factors may influence whether someone “Obviously, suicide continues to be a major exceptionally well. That said, the stress and strain of is likely to attempt suicide. Developing resilient concern. It’s something that is vexing to us, and we more than a decade of war has had an impact on our Soldiers, Army civilians and Family members have studied it incredibly hard,” said Army Chief force and, in particular, on our people. requires comprehensive, collaborative Armywide of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, during a visit Unfortunately, many are dealing with difficult issues approaches. Effective suicide prevention and inter- to Fort Hood, Texas. “We’re focused on this, and and some view suicide as a solution to their vention activities require a continuum of services we’re going to sustain our focus on this.” problems. Every one of these individuals has a and strong communities that build on individual, The first national strategy for suicide prevention friend, a battle buddy or a leader who is in a position unit/agency and Family strengths. Members of our and Suicide Prevention Month were both launched to help. We need everyone to get involved — there is Army Family must adopt effective coping skills, in 2001 by then Surgeon General David Satcher as no room for bystanders. We are a team, and the loss turn to trusted friends and Family members in times a way to save the lives of Soldiers and decrease of even one member of our Army Family is one too of need, and be willing to seek assistance when the amount of suicides in the Army. many; every single person is too important to lose. needed. There is no shame in asking for help. “There are several prevailing thoughts and This September, the Army will expand National We urge all Soldiers, Army civilians and Families theories about why someone ends their own life,” Suicide Prevention Week and World Suicide to work together to prevent suicide and to raise their said Maj. Samuel Preston, chief, Fort Carson Prevention Day to Suicide Prevention Month. The own awareness of the available tools and resources. Embedded Behavioral Health Service, Evans theme is “A Healthy Force is a Ready Force.” As part Remember — your actions may save a life. Army Community Hospital. “In the Army we have of Suicide Prevention Month, the Army will conduct — Army Strong analyzed the stats of Soldiers by suicide, and what we’ve uncovered is that there are some very Raymond F. Chandler III Raymond T. Odierno John M. McHugh specific trends (in regards to) completed suicides.” Sergeant Major of the Army General, United States Army Secretary of the Army Statistics have shown suicide in the Army at a Chief of Staff low from 2001-2003, then trending upward since 2004. The 2012 National Strategy for Suicide powerlessness or hopelessness, said Preston. team and unit, to not be afraid to talk about suicide.” Prevention stated that the Army has refined the The Army provides many training programs The Army provides multiple services which Suicide Prevention Program to reflect major to help Soldiers recognize warning signs. offer help to Soldiers and those concerned about developments in suicide prevention, research and “The Army has developed programs, including them, said Goode. 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    18 MOUNTAINEER —Sept. 21, 2012 Army Families build ‘Strong Bonds’ Story and photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jacob A. McDonald 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office Sixteen Fort Carson Families took time off from their daily routines and descended on Keystone Resort, Sept 14-16, to build their relationships with Strong Bonds Marriage Enrichment Training. The training, led by Chap. (Capt.) Sam Rico, Headquarters and Head-quarters Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, allowed the couples to step away from their daily routines to learn some new tools to keep their marriages healthy in a vacation atmosphere. “This is an opportunity for Families to get away from work to a peaceful place where they can have concentrated time to focus on building strong bonds in their relationships,” Rico said. “Soldiers with strong them and they will mention they are The couples who attended also Chap. (Capt.) Sam Rico, Headquarters and relationships make better Soldiers.” implementing the skills they learned said it was beneficial and could Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry The training offers relationship successfully. It is change for the help them in their relationship. Division, speaks to Fort Carson Soldiers tools for couples or single Soldiers, positive. It is growth.” “It’s a good idea to be open and their spouses during Strong Bonds to include communication skills Rico said the training is good for to find new ways to improve our Marriage Enrichment Training at and learning to focus on their the well-being of the Army as well, relationship,” said Sgt. Mario Keystone Resort, Sunday. spouse or significant other. Even stating that the skills learned can be Anguiano, Company C, Headquarters though the chaplains run the Strong passed on to other Soldiers to help them and Headquarters Battalion, who Bonds program, the emphasis is when they may be having trouble. attended with his wife, Jessica will help them to make their not on religion, but relationship “Relationship issues are one of Anguiano. “The training has been marriage stronger. training based on religious the greatest contributors to combat entertaining, insightful and relaxing. “A marriage takes a lot of work, principles, Rico said. stress,” he said. “We need to focus on Everything in the seminar is true. we are always working at it,” she said. “It is great to see couples come, our Soldiers and their relationships.” The material is something we can Soldiers or Families who wish get the training, learn the skills, and Rico emphasized that the relate to.” to find out more about the Strong then use them,” Rico said. “A week training is part of Comprehensive Jessica Anguiano said that Bonds training should contact their after a training (session), I will see Soldier Fitness. the tools they learned at the training chaplain or unit ministry team.
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    20 MOUNTAINEER —Sept. 21, 2012 Suicide outlook looms around the prospect Wellness Fair and are receiving ASIST Resources from Page 17 of getting help. and ACE training from their chain of Numbers to call “Soldiers are afraid that getting command and chaplains. Fliers and National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Army ASIST and ACE programs help will label them as weak,” said information about programs and services v 800-273-TALK (8255), option 1 provide Soldiers with the tools to Chap. (Maj.) James Lester, Family Life have been posted at the Exchange and Suicide Prevention Program Manager help not only themselves, but their Chaplain, 4th Inf. Div. “To reduce that commissary. Soldiers will also attend a v 526-0401 fellow Soldiers as well. stigma, it helps when senior leaders or suicide prevention standdown Oct. 4. Fort Carson Suicide Prevention Office “We want to make sure we have the commanders who have gotten help talk Communication is a common v 524-2115 right feedback and programs in place to Soldiers about their experiences.” theme of the services provided on that will help us in our attempts to When other Soldiers talk about post. Through talking, Soldiers have Websites reduce what I consider to be a very getting help, it takes away the sense the ability to help those in need. Signs of Suicide serious problem in the Army,” Odierno of being the only one; Soldiers realize “When I talk to Soldiers on post, v http://www.mentalhealthscreening. told reporters at Fort Hood. “It’s about that it’s all right to get help, said Lester. the question always comes up, ‘When org/military/index.aspx creating environments where we can “If you think someone is should a battle buddy talk to a fellow Army chaplains identify those who may be at risk and depressed or thinking about suicide, Soldier about concerns with their v http://www.army.mil/info/ helping them with the proper programs.” talk to them and actually listen to what behavioral health?’ And my answer to organization/chaplaincy Although services are provided they say,” Lester said. “Soldiers are that is ‘regularly,’” said Preston. “We Mountain Post Wellness Center to those who need it, a negative more likely to talk to someone about should be checking in with one another v http://evans.amedd.army.mil/ problems when they feel they trust on a regular basis. We must understand wellness that person and are cared about.” as an Army, as an installation, and “If you think someone is In previous years, Fort Carson held as Soldiers, that 11 years of armed On-post services v Army Community Service depressed or thinking many activities to train and encourage conflict does have its toll. v Army Substance Abuse Program about suicide, talk to Soldiers to seek help, including runs, “We must understand that it is v Mountain Post Wellness Center suicide standdowns, platoon-level our responsibility, as Soldiers and v Behavioral Health them and actually listen sit downs, and posting fliers and battle buddies, to ask each other v Chaplains to what they say.” information promoting on-post services how we are doing and check in,” v Fort Carson’s Suicide available to Soldiers and Families. said Preston. “If we don’t ask the Prevention Program — Chap. (Maj.) James Lester This year, Soldiers participated in a question, we will never know.” Lisa Herman Master of Business Administration Learn more at: I’ve learned CPS.Regis.edu/beinfluential WHAT IT TAKES to lead an ORGANIZATION... BE INFLUENTIAL. Lisa used her Regis MBA degree and entrepreneurial spirit to start her CHANGE YOUR own business. Now she runs a bakeshop that gives back to the community. WORLD How will you be influential? The School of Management in Regis University’s College for Professional Studies offers undergraduate and graduate degrees A SCHOOL OF that build strong business, management and communications skills INFLUENCE through both theory and real-world application. Students benefit from our industry partnerships and experienced faculty who know first-hand how to be successful in a competitive market. Busy adults choose Regis University for the academic rigor and our College for Professional Studies for the flexibility. ON YOUR SCHEDULE > Regionally accredited and nationally ranked > Accelerated 5- and 8-week classes > Online and campus-based learning > Multiple start dates throughout the year EXPLORE IN-DEMAND DEGREES | REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | APPLY NOW CPS.Regis.edu/beinfluential | 800.392.7984 | > CLASSES START OCTOBER 22
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    22 MOUNTAINEER —Sept. 21, 2012 Sept. 21, 2012 — MOUNTAINEER 23 Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class James Lynch, corpsman, Medium Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 263, straps on his flight gear in preparation for takeoff at Butts Army Airfield, Sept. 13. A Marine leans out of an MV-22 Osprey Sept. 13 as it flies to Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site for a training mission. Fort Carson hosted the eight Ospreys and 200 Marines from the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, based out of the Marine Corps Air Station in New River, N.C., Sept. 6-Monday. Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome By Andrea Sutherland test Marines as if they were in a deployed environment. eight Ospreys from North Carolina to Mountaineer staff Marines practiced transporting personnel to specific drop Colorado in seven hours. points, evacuating casualties and recovering personnel. “Ospreys can travel to a place in In the cockpit of the MV-22 Osprey, pilots performed “We’re training to improve our pilots, mechanics and half the time as helicopters,” said Marine last-minute checks as dual sets of rotor blades spun in crew,” he said. Maj. Lee York, aviation maintenance rapid succession. Giving the ground crew a thumbs up, In their off time, a couple dozen Marines traveled to officer, VMM-263. “It gives us the the pilots guided the aircraft — part helicopter and part a local food bank to pack 244 boxes of food for families ability to train in really cool places. … airplane — down the runway at Butts Army Airfield. affected by the Waldo Canyon Fire. To have the ability to train here and get As it navigated the runway, the aircraft lifted into the “The kind of person that serves in the Marine Corps not comfortable, it will make us that more air with the ease of a Black Hawk or Chinook, rising higher only wants to serve their country, they want to serve their comfortable (when deployed).” and higher before tilting its rotors forward into propellers, community,” U.S. Navy Chap. (Capt.) David Pahs said. One of the newest aircraft in the Photo by Andrea Sutherland switching to airplane operations. “They have a heart and a passion to care about people.” military, Ospreys have been deployed Marines from the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 pack food into boxes for families affected “There’s a lot of Gs involved,” said Chief Warrant To travel to Fort Carson, Marines flew their fleet of since 2007 in land-based operations in by the Waldo Canyon Fire Sept. 12 at the Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado. Marines Officer 4 Michael Madura, air operations officer, Iraq and Afghanistan took time off from their monthlong training at Fort Carson to give back to the local community. In Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry The runway grows and sea-based two hours, the Marines filled 244 boxes, filling seven pallets. Division. “They can climb very rapidly.” smaller as the operations in Haiti Madura helped facilitate the September high-altitude MV-22 Osprey and Libya, according speed and ability to fly long distances as an airplane, make training for the 200 Marines from the Marine Medium takes off from to a Marine public service announcement. it an attractive option for units operating in combat zones. Tiltrotor Squadron 263, based out of Marine Corps Air Butts Army “In the late ’80s, it started to be “It’s the best of both worlds,” said O’Malley, Osprey pilot. Station in New River, N.C. Airfield tested,” York said. “It’s 10 times safer “To get up that high that quickly — no other aircraft can do “Fort Carson is unique in the fact that we are up so Sept. 13. than older aircraft.” this. It can go farther distances in a shorter amount of time.” high,” Madura said. “Butts is 6,000 feet above sea level.” A former CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter York said the aircraft’s capabilities meant evacuating Madura said Fort Carson hosts numerous aviation pilot, York said the redundancy of systems casualties from combat zones would be quicker and units for high-altitude training, facilitating hangar space, on the Osprey are better than those of more efficient. accommodations and training areas. other helicopters. He said during a deployment to Iraq, his unit medevaced “It’s been exciting,” said Marine 1st Lt. K.C. O’Malley, “It’s fly-by-wire,” he said. “It’s a casualty to a combat hospital in a helicopter. The casualty VMM-263. “In North Carolina, we’re at sea level. The computerized. … This thing can tell then had to be flown to another hospital that was able to aircraft operates much differently. Here, we have to do you so much information. If it foresees treat his wounds. Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome more calculations. … It’s been a good opportunity to see a problem, it tells you.” “If we had been in an Osprey we could have evacuated An MV-22 Osprey lands on top of a mesa during a training mission at how we operate away from our home base.” Marines said the Osprey’s ability to him straight to the larger hospital,” York said. “This Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Sept. 13. O’Malley said the three-week training was intended to operate as a helicopter, coupled with its (aircraft) is a lifesaver.” Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome Layout by Jeanne Mazerall
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    24 MOUNTAINEER —Sept. 21, 2012 Veterans honor 9/11 fallen Story and photos by Sgt. April York 2nd Brigade Combat Team Public The ceremony ended with a special signal from a fireman’s bell to honor the fallen of 9/11. Affairs Office, 4th Infantry Division “In the past, as firefighters began their tour of duty it was the bell that Rays of sunlight broke through signified the beginning of the day’s the clouds and peeked over the shift,” said Christopher Riley, fire Main Street Bridge to shine during chief, City of Pueblo. “Throughout the a tribute ceremony for the fallen day and night each alarm was sounded heroes of 9/11 at the Historic Arkansas by a bell, which summoned these Riverwalk of Pueblo, Sept. 11. brave souls to fight fires and to place Col. Omar Jones IV, commander, their lives in jeopardy for the good of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th their fellow citizens. When a firefighter Infantry Division, joined veterans, died in the line of duty, it was the Pueblo City representatives and mournful toll of the bell that solemnly local residents in remembering announced a comrade’s passing. the events of 9/11. “These brave souls (9/11 victims) “We are here so we never have done their duty, a special signal forget,” Jones said. “It’s important of three rings, three times each, for the families of the great represents the end of our comrades’ Americans we lost that day to duties. To those that have selflessly know that we are never going to given up their lives for the good of forget their sacrifice, who they were their fellow man, their task complete and the contributions they made. (and) their duties well done; to our “I was at the Pentagon when it comrades — their last alarm.” got hit (by a hijacked airplane), and it is a very personal experience for Col. Omar Jones IV, left, me having actually gone through the commander, 2nd Brigade attack,” Jones said. “Fortunately, for Combat Team, 4th me and my team, we were all able Infantry Division, and Sal to evacuate the building safely.” Torres, retired Marine and The ceremony consisted of a member of the Pueblo posting and retiring the colors, Veterans Ritual Team, speeches, a wreath laying, a volley prepare to place a wreath from a firing squad and the ringing at the base of a 9/11 of the fireman’s bell. memorial at the Historic In May, a steel beam from Arkansas Riverwalk of Ground Zero was unveiled as part Pueblo, Sept. 11. of the 9/11 memorial just outside the steps of The Center for American Values, which hosted the event. According to Trish Rooney, manager, The Center for American Values, the 9/11 tribute ceremony is an annual event held in Pueblo. A firing squad of retired Previously it was held at Gateway veterans prepares to fire Park, but this year it was held outside three rounds to remember the center. the victims of 9/11 during Jones, along with representatives a ceremony at the Historic from the Pueblo City fire and police Arkansas Riverwalk of departments, Pueblo County Sheriff’s Pueblo, Sept. 11. Office, Pueblo Veterans Ritual Team, Home of Heroes Marine Corps League, American Legion Post No. 2, Pueblo West Fire Department, Colorado Patriot Guard, Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and the American GI Forum men’s and women’s chapters, laid wreaths of flowers at the base of the memorial in memory of all the men and women who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks. Residents viewed the ceremony in silence from across the river. The simplicity and emotion of the ceremony made it memorable. “It’s events like these that plant the seed in our youth,” Rooney said. “So that we remain great as a country, we have to have them focused on honor, integrity and patriotism.” The Pueblo Police Honor Guard retires the colors to remember the victims of 9/11 during a ceremony in Pueblo.
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    Sept. 21, 2012— MOUNTAINEER 25 Drug Take-Back Day Sept. 29 Mountaineer staff combat prescription drug abuse. According to a Drug Enforcement Agency Fort Carson community members can turn press release, citizens turned in a record- in unused and expired prescribed medication breaking 552,161 pounds (276 tons) of unwanted for proper disposal Sept. 29 as part of the U.S. or expired medications for safe and proper Drug Enforcement Administration’s National disposal during the April 28 National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Drug Take-Back Day. The medications can be dropped off between When the results of the four Take-Back Days 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Exchange and commissary. to date are combined, the DEA and its state, local, The “no-questions-asked” turn in day was and tribal law-enforcement and community initiated Sept. 24, 2010, as an opportunity to raise partners have removed more than 1.5 million community awareness and mobilize support to pounds (774 tons) of medication from circulation. LETTERS FROM HOME USED TO Furniture Built to Last. TAKE WEEKS Explore over 65,000 square feet of merchandise TO ARRIVE with new items coming in daily! With over 300 dealers in one location, American Classics Marketplace is the best place to find amazing furniture at great bargains! Accent Tables - Chairs - China Cabinets Bedroom Furniture - Dining Sets & more! TECHNOLOGY CHANGES EVERYTHING. IT TRANSFORMED THE WAY YOU DEPLOY OVERSEAS. THE WAY YOU TALK TO YOUR LOVED ONES. HEAR N E W S F R O M H O M E . E V E RY DAY, I N N OVAT I O N S www.AmericanClassicsMarketplace.com WHAT IF TECHNOLOGY CONNECTED 1815 N. Academy Blvd. - Colorado Springs - 719-596-8585 YOU TO A COLLEGE DEGREE? BELONG TO A WORLDWIDE LEARNING COMMUNITY. . M I L I TA R Y. A S H F O R D . E D U/ M O U N TA I N E E R | 8 0 0 . 5 4 8 . 1 7 6 6
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    Sept. 21, 2012— MOUNTAINEER 27 Health wise Survey says Hidden health Feedback pays EACH, insurance hurts improves services By Stacy Neumann surveys that are sent out, particularly By Stacy Neumann Medical Department Activity Public Affairs Office Evans Army Community Hospital is losing thousands of dollars a year because TRICARE beneficiaries are failing to make Medical Department Activity when it comes to active-duty it known that they have other health insurance. Public Affairs Office servicemembers and their Families. “If one of our beneficiaries has health insurance through an Last year, only 9.9 percent of employer or private insurance program, we are required by law Within 48 hours of a visit to surveyed active-duty members to bill that program,” said Lt. Col. Russell DeVries, deputy Evans Army Community Hospital, completed their APLSS surveys while commander for Administrative Services. the Army Provider Level Satisfaction Family members had a completion Each year, TRICARE beneficiaries must fill out a Department Survey is sent to a sample of random rate of 29.4 percent. Overall, retirees of Defense Form 2569, declaring whether or not they have additional beneficiaries to ask about the quality averaged a return rate of more health insurance. Hospital administrators said that many people of their care. The 27-question survey than 50 percent. are reluctant to admit they have additional coverage. packs a lot “We’d really like to hear more from “Many people have said to me that they are worried. They of punch at our active-duty military,” said Col. John think it means their premiums will go up,” said Nina Britton, a “We can’t the military M. McGrath, hospital commander. “We nurse in Patient Administration Division. improve treatment facility. can’t improve without your feedback. Not only does APLSS provide money She said that isn’t true. Instead, disclosing an additional policy benefits both the patient and the military treatment facility. without your “We’re very interested for our facilities, but the results help “Not only will your other premium stay the same, but the us determine where to spend money to services you receive at our facility count towards your deductible,” feedback. in improving improve your experience.” said Britton. “We will bill your insurance company through our ... the results overall satisfaction,” EACH’s overall APLSS satisfaction rate regularly exceeds 90 percent, Third Party Collections Program and that money comes directly back to Evans. It allows us to buy the latest equipment or services help us said Adalia Solero, but the facility’s goal is to top for our patients.” 95 percent, said Solero. Once patients fill out DD Form 2569, the Third Party Billing determine EACH patient “We want to create a small clinic Department will verify their information and provide them a where to advocate. “We scrutinize the atmosphere for you,” she said. “It should be a place where we know you green OHI card. Beneficiaries then present this card with their DOD identification card each time they are treated at a hospital clinic. spend money APLSS results monthly. We and greet you. We want to know how If a beneficiary has other health insurance and does not declare our patients are feeling. You are a part it, there could be consequences, DeVries said. An outside agency to improve check the of our Family.” researches service TRICARE beneficiary information and compares your verbatim comments The survey is administered by the Office of the U.S. Army Surgeon that information to a list of outside insurance programs. If someone is found to have an additional policy and not identify it, the military experience.” and make improvements.” General and all results are confidential. treatment facility can still bill for services rendered. In addition, Col. John M. Once a beneficiary receives a falsification on forms can be punished by a fine or imprisonment. The hospital questionnaire, he can fill it out and “If you are paying premiums for another policy, you should make McGrath can earn up mail it back, answer via Internet or use sure you tell us and use it,” DeVries said. “The Third Party Collections to $800 for an automated toll-free number. program ensures you are getting your money’s worth and it benefits each returned survey. Anywhere from For more information on APLSS, the place where you are getting your health care. 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    28 MOUNTAINEER —Sept. 21, 2012 Building culture of life or death? Commentary by J. Wesley Smith chronicles what he Chap. (Capt.) Scott Ingram calls ‘the assault on medical ethics in 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd America.’ Smith analyzes the practices Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and philosophies that have taken the medical profession away from the moral Recently, Sgt. Marc Frazer and I — the unit certainty provided in the maxim of the ministry team — conducted a two-day suicide Hippocratic Oath, ‘First do no harm.’” intervention training. At one point in training, the As Smith tells students discussed whether or not they agreed readers, the bioethics with certain attitudes toward suicide. Examples of some of those attitudes included establishment “(rejects) what until “So God created mankind suicide is wrong, people have a right to suicide; I have failed if a person I am helping dies by suicide; now has been the core value of Western in his own image, in the and people serious about suicide cannot be helped. We discuss these attitudes in the training because civilization: that all human beings possess image of God he created how we feel about suicide may either attract or repel someone who is struggling with whether or not to equal moral worth. “As a result of this them; male and female follow through with it. While a significant portion of the participants clearly wanted to prevent and even rejection, bioethicists increasingly embrace he created them.” intervene to assist someone who was suicidal, they the idea that there are — Genesis 1:27 also believed that it was a person’s choice whether lives that are not worth to live or die. When pressed to provide a basis for this living — that the right to life is contingent choice, their answers were random or indiscriminate. on an arbitrary idea known as ‘quality of life.’” existence, our being free and having the ability to This is not unlike many other groups that we This quality of life idea appears to be the pursue the virtuous life is contingent upon this truth. have trained in suicide intervention. prevailing attitude that I have observed in every suicide Another pivotal idea to promote life is by The question of how to build a culture of life intervention and ethics training that I conduct. It affirming that human life is sacred, has immense was brought into even sharper focus a few weeks leads us to ask, “How do we build a culture of life?” value, and warrants dignity because we bear the ago when we conducted ethics training at Glen One place to begin is to recover what our image of God. This foundational idea is that Eyrie castle. The session was centered around the country’s founders voiced in the Declaration touchstone upon which western civilization has question of, “What does it mean to be human?” of Independence: “We hold these truths to be been built. Without it, the value of human beings How a person answers that (life and death) question self-evident, that all men are created equal, that is only based upon their capacity or utility. Once will determine how he treats another person. they are endowed by their Creator with certain their utility is gone (either by age or disability) It goes to the heart of what it means to be a unalienable Rights, that among these are life, liberty, and without a fixed value point, then their warrior in the Army, upholding its core values and the pursuit of happiness.” America’s unique personhood and worth are relative. for the good of everyone. contribution to the world was that we held that Building and sustaining a culture of life is Chuck Colson commented on our society as it our human rights were not given to us by the more than talking about attitudes in a class, it’s a has been dubbed as a culture of death: “In his new government or person, but by our creator — worldview to how we see and engage all of life. book, appropriately entitled “The Culture of Death,” God. Since our right to life is integral to our very What kind of culture are you building? Chapel briefs Facebook: Search “Fort Carson Chaplains (Religious Chapel Schedule Support Office)” for the latest events and schedules. Bible Bistro: Cookout and user-friendly Bible ROMAN CATHOLIC discussion Sept. 24 from 11:45 a.m. to Day Time Service Chapel Location Contact Person Saturday 4-45 p.m. Reconciliation Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Cecilia Croft/526-5769 12:45 p.m. at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel. Saturday 5 p.m. Mass Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Cecilia Croft/526-5769 Call 803-319-5296 for more information. Sunday 8:15-8:45 a.m. Reconciliation Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Cecilia Croft/526-5769 Sunday 9 a.m. Mass Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Cecilia Croft/526-5769 Bethlehem Bash items needed: Unbroken turkey Sunday 10:30 a.m. Religious education Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Pat Treacy/524-2458 breast bones; pinecones; plastic, six-pack can Sunday 10:30 a.m. RCIA Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Pat Treacy/524-2458 holders; and paper grocery bags are needed for Sunday 11 a.m. Mass Healer Evans Army Hospital Fr. Nwatawali/526-7347 Mon-Fri 11:45 a.m. Mass Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Cecilia Croft/526-5769 this year’s Bethlehem Bash. Items can be dropped Mon-Thurs noon Mass Healer Evans Army Hospital Fr. Nwatawali/526-7347 off in room 133 at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel. PROTESTANT Contact Heidi McAllister at heidi.a.mcallister. Friday 4:30 p.m. Intercessory prayer, Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Chap. Stuart/524-4316 civ@mail.mil for more information. Bible Study Military Council of Catholic Women meets Friday Sunday 9 a.m. Protestant Healer Evans Army Hospital Chap. Gee/526-7386 Sunday 9 a.m. Communion Service Provider Barkeley & Ellis Chap. Landon/526-2803 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel. Sunday 9:15 a.m. Sunday School Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Heidi McAllister/526-5744 For information call 526-5769 or visit “Fort Carson Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday School Prussman Barkeley & Prussman Heidi McAllister/526-5744 Sunday 11 a.m. Protestant Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Chap. Stuart/524-4316 Military Council of Catholic Women” on Facebook. Sunday 11 a.m. Gospel Prussman Barkeley & Prussman Ursula Pittman/503-1104 Knights of Columbus, a Catholic group for Sunday 10 a.m. Chapel NeXt Veterans Magrath & Titus Chap. Palmer/526-3888 men 18 and older, meets the second and fourth Sunday 2:30-4:30p.m. Youth ministry Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Heidi McAllister/526-5744 Tuesday 9:30 a.m. PWOC Soldiers’ Nelson & Martinez Chap. Stuart/524-4316 Tuesday of the month at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel. Call 526-5769 for more information. JEWISH Protestant Women of the Chapel meets Tuesday Fort Carson does not offer Jewish services on post. Contact Chap. (Lt. Col.) Fields at 503-4090/4099 for Jewish service and study information from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel. Free child care is available. Email ISLAMIC SERVICES carson@pwoc.org or visit PWOC Fort Carson Fort Carson does not offer Islamic services on post. Contact the Islamic Society at 2125 N. Chestnut, 632-3364 for information. on Facebook for details. Latter Day Saints Soldiers: Weekly Institute (FORT CARSON OPEN CIRCLE) WICCA Sunday 1 p.m. Provider Chapel, Building 1350, Barkeley and Ellis ftcarsonopencircle@gmail.com Class (Bible study) is Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel. Call COLORADO WARRIORS SWEAT LODGE 719-266-0283 or 719-649-1671 Meets once or twice monthly and upon special request. Contact Michael Hackwith or Wendy Chunn-Hackwith at 285-5240 for information. for more information. Deployed Spouses Group meets for fellowship, food and spiritual guidance Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel Fellowship Hall. Children are welcome to attend. Call Cecilia 6:30-8 p.m. at the Fallen Heroes Family Center, Memorial Chapel Tuesday at 6 p.m. Contact Croft at 526-5769 for information. building 6215, 6990 Mekong St. The group Staff Sgt. Jose Varga at 719-287-2016 Heartbeat, a support group for is open to members of all branches of for details. battle buddies, Family members service. Contact Richard Stites at Jewish Lunch and Learn with Chap. (Lt. Col.) and friends who are suicide 719-598-6576 or Cheryl Sims Howard Fields takes place Wednesday from survivors, meets the second at 719-304-9815 for more information. noon to 1 p.m. at Provider Chapel. For Tuesday of each month from Spanish Bible Study meets at Soldiers’ more information, call 526-8263.
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    Sept. 21, 2012— MOUNTAINEER 29 Bargain hunters Community members sift through items during the Postwide Yard Sale, Saturday. Each year, Fort Carson hosts two large community yard sales on post. Kris Vetts said she found lots of good finds at Saturday’s yard sale. “I need to quit shopping or get another bag,” she said, laughing. Photo by Andrea Sutherland CIRCLE DRIVE SELF STORAGE Phone and Internet Discounts MILITARY SPECIALS Available to CenturyLink Customers The Colorado Public Utilities Commission designated CenturyLink as an Eligible Secure your space today Telecommunications Carrier within its service area for universal service purposes. CenturyLink’s basic local service rates for residential voice lines are $15.40-$17.00 Save An Additional 5% per month and business services are $30.60-$35.02 per month. Specific rates will be provided upon request. On Your Monthly Rent CenturyLink offers Lifeline service to customers who meet eligibility requirements. FREE use of our moving van on move-IN and OUT The federal Lifeline program is undergoing some changes in 2012, but customers may be eligible if they participate in certain federal or state assistance programs or FREE have a household annual gross income at or below 135% of the federal poverty Call us today and reserve your storage level. Lifeline is available for only one wireline or wireless telephone per household. 2515 Arlington Drive, Colorado Springs, CO Lifeline is not transferrable and documentation of eligibility is required to enroll. (South of Fountain Blvd, behind the Diamond Shamrock on Circle Drive) Qualifying residents of American Indian and Alaskan Native tribal lands may be eligible for additional discounts. 719-447-0452 Lifeline eligible subscribers may also qualify for reliable home high-speed Internet service up to 1.5Mbps for $9.95* per month for the first 12 months of service. Further details are available at centurylink.com/internetbasics. If you live in a CenturyLink service area, please call 1-800-244-1111 or visit centurylink. com/lifeline with questions or to request an application for the Lifeline program. *CenturyLink Internet Basics Program – Residential customers only who qualify based on meeting income level or program participation eligibility requirements, and requires remaining eligible for the entire offer period. First bill will include charges for the first full month of service billed in advance, prorated charges for service from the date of installation to bill date, and one-time charges and fees described above. Qualifying customers may keep this program for a maximum of 60 months after service activation provided customer still qualifies during that time. Listed High-Speed Internet rate of $9.95/mo. applies for first 12 months of service (after which the rate reverts to $14.95/mo. for the next 48 months of service), and requires a 12-month term agreement. Customer must either lease a modem/router from CenturyLink for an additional monthly charge or independently purchase a modem/router, and a one-time High-Speed Internet activation fee applies. A one-time professional installation charge (if selected by customer) and a one-time shipping and handling fee applies to customer’s modem/router. General – Services not available everywhere. CenturyLink may change or cancel services or substitute similar services at its sole discretion without notice. Offer, plans, and stated rates are subject to change and may vary by service area. Deposit may be required. Additional restrictions apply. Terms and Conditions – All products and services listed are governed by tariffs, terms of service, or terms and conditions posted at centurylink.com. Taxes, Fees, and Surcharges – Applicable taxes, fees, and surcharges include a carrier Universal Service charge, carrier cost recovery surcharges, state and local fees that vary by area and certain in-state surcharges. Cost recovery fees are not taxes or government-required charges for use. Taxes, fees, and surcharges apply based on standard monthly, not promotional, rates.
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    30 MOUNTAINEER —Sept. 21, 2012 World Rabies Day Threat should be taken seriously By Chanel S. Weaver shots in the arm over a period Central Command’s general order U.S. Army Public Health of several weeks. to avoid contact with wild and Command Public Affairs Office “If individuals obtain medical stray animals. But Army medical treatment promptly following personnel say fear of punishment Sept. 28 marks World Rabies a potential rabies exposure, should not prohibit a Soldier Day, a global health observance nearly all cases of rabies can from coming forward. that seeks to raise awareness about be prevented,” said Cersovsky. “It is vital that everyone with rabies and enhance prevention DOD officials have updated potential exposures receive immediate and control efforts. the Post-Deployment Health medical evaluation,” said Cersovsky. After the death of a Soldier Assessment and Post-Deployment “Rabies is a fatal disease, and it from rabies last year, Army public Health Reassessment forms — should be taken seriously.” health officials are reiterating the health questionnaires that The rabies virus infects the central need for Soldiers to stay vigilant Soldiers complete after returning nervous system, ultimately causing and protect themselves from the from a deployment. disease in the brain and death. deadly disease. They warn Army “We have always asked Rabies is rare in the United States, personnel to be aware of the Soldiers about animal bites due to an active vaccination program risk of rabies during travel or on these questionnaires, but for pets. The vast majority of human deployments to less developed now there is a more specific rabies cases that occur in the United countries, and to seek prompt question on these forms that States each year are the result of medical treatment if they have asks redeploying personnel to contact with wild animals like a bite or scratch from an animal identify if they have been bitten raccoons, skunks, bats and foxes. while deployed. or scratched by an animal while But in the developing world, dog “In a deployed environment, deployed,” said Cersovsky. bites are the most common cause of it’s best to treat every animal as He also said there is still human infection, causing more than potentially rabid,” said Col. a space on the form for Soldiers 99 percent of the estimated 55,000 Steven Cersovsky, senior physician officials are also continuing to to write in information about a human deaths from rabies each year. epidemiologist at the U.S. Army ensure that medical providers are possible rabies exposure, Public Health Command. Soldiers who deploy are educated trained on rabies evaluation and treatment protocols, and that Soldiers or any other health concern they may Resources about how to prevent the disease during understand what they should do have. These free-text For more information on rabies and how to routine predeployment medical threat if they are exposed to a bite or fields are now more prevent the disease, visit: briefings. These prevention measures scratch from a wild animal. easily accessible to U.S. Army Public Health Command include not approaching, feeding or “Individuals who receive bites Army medical providers. http://phc.amedd.army.mil/topics/discond/aid/ handling animals, and not adopting from animals should wash the wound Many Soldiers may Pages/Rabies.aspx animals as pets or mascots. Educational thoroughly with soap and water, fear coming forward tools such as posters and cards also are and promptly seek medical attention,” to report animal bites Centers for Disease Control and Prevention available from the USAPHC website said Cersovsky. because they may be http://www.cdc.gov/rabies for use before and during deployment. If medical treatment is warranted, reprimanded for not Wounded Soldier and Family Hotline — 800-984-8523 Department of Defense health the Soldiers will receive a series of following the U.S.
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    Sept. 21, 2012— MOUNTAINEER 31 Iron Horse welcomes new manager Story and photo by Walt Johnson “I can honestly say the thing that has really on my own. They have helped me learn how things Mountaineer staff made my job easy is the way my staff reached out are done here, from the paperwork aspect to and welcomed me,” she said. “They have been very the actual hands-on aspect.” When the Iron Horse Sports and Fitness helpful to me in every aspect. Everywhere you go Mack said one of the first things she wanted Center opened three months ago, there was an things are done differently and they have a lot to do was determine what was working well. important piece to the puzzle that still had to be of knowledge about how things have been done “I now want to make sure that those things found. The center needed a manager. here in the past and that has helped me to learn this continue to work well and with my staff’s help, After an exhaustive search, self-proclaimed community at a quicker pace than if I had to learn that is happening,” Mack said. outdoor and fitness lover Teia Mack assumed She said the fitness and sports programs the role and the center has flourished. are in a constant state of change and the Mack came to Fort Carson from Fort facility’s staff challenge is to make sure that Bliss, Texas, to continue working in the it stays on top of all the latest aspects of sports and fitness business; she has been those programs. Mack has set a goal for working for the past 17 years for the military her and the staff to know and understand all and in the civilian sector before that. Mack of the latest improvements in the sports played whatever sport she could growing up and fitness field to make sure facility and continued playing as a young adult. She customers are getting the most out of the is a personal trainer and an expert on fitness programs the facility offers. and sports programs and needs. Her sports “Our goal is to be the best facility and and fitness background is based on hands-on provide the best programs we can for our knowledge and she brings that experience customers, and that will always be our goals to the job she says she has always loved. as long as I am here,” Mack said. “We have Ironically, Mack’s strength has been the a lot of state-of-the-art equipment in this one thing that she has spent the least amount facility and I want to make sure that all our of time working on. Her biggest challenge programs will also be of the highest caliber. so far has been managing the operation of “I would love to see us have more the new facility and seeing to its needs. The programs for the Soldiers and their Families. facility is like a newborn baby in need of One of things I am doing right now is constant attention as some of the bugs, examining what programs I can add which are common with any new facility, here. We are taking some feedback from are being worked out. Soldiers and their Families as to the types “I’ve been especially busy dealing with of programs they would like us to all of the warranty issues associated with a provide, and we’ll see if we can make new building. This is a demanding job the programs become available here.” because it is not going to be easy getting the Mack said she wants the facility to things fixed in a new facility because there provide a good atmosphere and be a good are so many different things you have to do facility for everyone that comes through its and so many different channels to go through doors to get in a workout. She said one to get things fixed. But it’s a challenge that of the main goals for her and the staff is we are meeting so far,” Mack said. to have a facility that people are excited to Another interesting and unique challenge come to because they know it is a place Mack has had is learning about her staff that will provide everything possible for members and getting them familiar with their sports and fitness needs. her expectations for making the facility successful. Mack said this is one of the Nick Nicholson, left, Iron Horse Sports and things that she has enjoyed the most in Fitness Center fitness instructor, shows the past three months, because she said Teia Mack, fitness center manager, the way she likes getting to know new people and he teaches classes on the TRX exercise tackling new challenges. equipment Monday. Mountaineer Sports Feature Batter up Alex Napier, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Avengers, drives a base hit to center field during the Military Classic Softball tournament at Peterson Air Force Base Saturday. The Avengers finished second in the tournament that pits teams from local military bases and Buckley Air Force Base in Denver. Shriever Air Force Base beat 4th BSB 15-5 to capture the title. Photo by Walt Johnson
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    32 MOUNTAINEER —Sept. 21, 2012 On the Bench Iron Horse to host racquetball tournament By Walt Johnson day registration and check-in Mountaineer staff will begin at 7:30 a.m. The registration fee is $25 in advance Iron Horse Sports and and $30 on the day of the Fitness Center will host a race. Participants may register singles and doubles racquetball online at http://www.raceit.com/ tournament Oct. 24-25. search/event.aspx or http://www. The single-elimination spartykawoundedwarrior.com. tournament will be played in a For more information about best-of-three format. Officials the event, contact Rebecca said the tournament will be Desjardins, race director, at limited to 20 singles players and rebeccad@spartykanation.com 10 doubles teams. All participants or 860-334-2268. must be Department of Defense The Sergeant Audie identification cardholders. Prizes Murphy Club will sponsor will be awarded for first and a four-person golf scramble second place. Entry deadline is Wednesday at the Cheyenne Oct. 22. For more information Shadows Golf Club. contact Joe Braxton at 526-3972. The event includes 18 holes The Spartyka Wounded of golf, lunch, a cart and a future Warrior five-kilometer free round of golf. Fees are $40 run/walk will be held Saturday for military and $45 for retirees at 9 a.m. at Monument Valley and nonmilitary. Check-in is at Park in Colorado Springs. 7 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8 The Spartyka Wounded a.m. Awards will be presented Warrior program is designed to to first-, second- and third-place honor the nation’s troops and teams and for longest drive, raise funds for the Wounded closest to the pin and hole-in- Photo by Walt Johnson Warrior Project, a national nonprofit organization supporting one. For more information contact Sgt. 1st Class Danielle Vaccaro Arriving safely injured veterans, according to at 719-373-2394 or at danielle. Deb Gerken slides safely into third base just ahead of a tag during action in the women’s event organizers. vaccaro@us.army.mil. Event is division of the Fort Carson Athletic Officials Association tournament Saturday at the The event is open to runners Mountain Post Softball Complex. See Bench on Page 33 and walkers of all ages. Race Fort Carson Football Picks College Pro 1. BYU vs. Boise State 9. N.Y. Giants vs. Carolina 2. Army vs. Wake Forest 10. Cincinnati vs. Washington 3. Missouri vs. S. Carolina 11. Tampa Bay vs. Dallas 4. LSU vs. Auburn 12. St. Louis vs. Chicago 5. Michigan vs. Notre Dame 13. Atlanta vs. San Diego 6. Kansas State vs. Oklahoma 14. Houston vs. Denver 7. Clemson vs. Florida State 15. New England vs. Baltimore 8. Air Force vs. UNLV 16. Green Bay vs. Seattle Franck Emmou Elaine Garcia Brian Herzik David Hill AFSBN 1st Bn., 68th Armor Reg. 4th Bn., 42nd FA Reg. WTB BYU Carolina Boise State N.Y. Giants Boise State N.Y. Giants Boise State N.Y. Giants Wake Forest Washington Wake Forest Washington Army Cincinnati Wake Forest Washington S. Carolina Dallas S. Carolina Dallas S. Carolina Dallas Missouri Tampa Bay LSU Chicago LSU St. Louis Auburn Chicago LSU Chicago Michigan Atlanta Notre Dame Atlanta Notre Dame Atlanta Notre Dame Atlanta Oklahoma Denver Oklahoma Houston Kansas State Denver Oklahoma Denver Florida State New England Florida State New England Florida State New England Florida State Baltimore UNLV Green Bay Air Force Green Bay Air Force Green Bay Air Force Seattle
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    Sept. 21, 2012— MOUNTAINEER 33 Bench from page 32 limited to 144 players. Proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. The Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Sports Office is looking for people interested in playing in a soccer tournament at the U.S. Air Force Academy Oct. 13. The tournament is open to active-duty members, Department of Defense civilians, post contractors, Family members 18 years and older and DOD retirees. For more information contact the intramural sports office before Monday. The 2012 National Physique Committee GNC Natural Colorado Open Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure, Bikini and Physique Championships will be held Oct. 13 at Colorado Heights University Theater, (formerly Teikyo Loretto Heights), 3001 S. Federal Blvd., in Denver. Prejudging for bodybuilding and physique will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the men’s and women’s bodybuilding and physique categories. Judging will then take place in women’s bodybuilding and physique; fitness routines, bikini, fitness physique and figure competitions respectively at 10:30 a.m. The finals will begin at 5 p.m. The Colorado Rockies are offering their last military special ticket buys this season. The next chance to take advantage of these deals is Saturday-Thursday. The Arizona Diamondbacks will be in Denver Saturday-Monday; game times are 6:10 p.m. Saturday, 1:10 p.m. Sunday and 6:40 p.m. Monday. The Chicago Cubs will be in Denver Tuesday-Thursday; game times are 6:10 p.m. Tuesday- Wednesday and 1:10 p.m. Thursday. Tickets will be sold for $14 each (with a $3.50 service Photo by Walt Johnson charge per order), a discount from the usual range of $19-$39. Soccer time Call the Rockies at 303-ROCKIES, ask for the Members of the Fort Carson Youth Services Center soccer league battle for the ball Saturday during military discount and provide reference number action at Pershing Field. 21231258 to take advantage of the offer. This offer is not available on a walk-up basis. Now accepting appointments in our new location. COLORADO SPRINGS 660 South Pointe Court, PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY Suite 100 719-596-2097 Little People, Big Smiles Welcoming New Patients Technology with a Caring Touch Specialized treatment planning for all ages Treatment under conscious sedation and general-anesthesia Digital radiography for pinpoint treatment plans and reduced radiation exposure Jeff Kahl, DDS Parents can stay with children during treatment Derek Kirkham, DDS Most insurance accepted including Military and Medicaid Zachary Houser, DMD 719-596-2097 (719) 522-0123 660 South Pointe Court, Suite 100 9480 Briar Village Point, Suite 301 www.cspediatricdentistry.com BOOK NOW FOR THE HOLIDAYS Let Us Help Y P You Prepare For Summer Driving! GREAT CHINA BUFFET $ 500 OFF your next car purchase from Ever y Full Ser vice Is A 16-Point r Super Buffet Voted Best in the Springs Roger Phillips Preventive Maintenance Review! Featuring All You Can Eat Chinese, PLUS American and Japanese Cuisine I Pay a $200 Referral Fee! $5.00 OFF Roger Phillips A FULL SERVICE OFFER VALID AT THE BELOW OFFER VALID AT THE BELOW COLORADO SPRINGS LOCAT ONS TI COLORADO SPRINGS LOCATIONS 243-5941 cell CHANGE! OIL CHANGE! 350 South 8th St. 260-6600 store Phone: 719-520-0064 WE NOW OFFER TAKE-OUT FROM OUR MENU & BUFFET* Roger@coloradospringsusedcarsandtrucks.com *Charge per pound COLORADO SPRINGS 572-8009 Valid only at the 350 South 8th St. and 3795 Airport Blvd. 3795 Airport Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO. Phone: 719-570-6112 Airport USED CARS AND TRUCKS Not valid with any other offers. S. Academy Blvd Satellite Powers Blvd Offer expires 9/30/12. MTFS05 Mon.-Fri. 8-6 Sat. 8-5 Sun. 9-4 Hotel 195 N. Academy Blvd. Circle Dr Colorado Springs, CO 80909 No Appointment Needed! 628 South Academy Blvd. Exit 25 Great China 139 Buffet Fountain 24 LUNCH DINNER ONLY WHAT YOU NEED. YOU NEED. Monday-Saturday 4:00pm-9:30pm Monday-Sunday GUARANTEED. 11:00am-3:45pm Sunday 4:00pm-9:00pm
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    34 MOUNTAINEER —Sept. 21, 2012 Sept. 21, 2012 — MOUNTAINEER 35 Just the Facts • TRAVEL TIME — One hour plus • FOR AGES — anyone • TYPE — mining town, fall color • FUN FACTOR — ★★★★★ turn to gold (Out of 5 stars) • WALLET DAMAGE — FREE ENTRY $ = Less than $20 in autumn $$ = $21 to $40 $$$ = $41 to $60 $$$$ = $61 to $80 Story and photos by Nel Lampe (BASED ON A FAMILY OF FOUR) Mountaineer staff In fall, the changing colors can be glorious in to learn about the area’s mining history. It’s free Colorado, depending on the weather, and adds another of admission. outdoor Colorado adventure — leaf peeping. The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine is open for tours Aspen trees are the dominant fall color tree in this until mid-October. It’s open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and costs area, turning gold during autumn. Aspen trees are $18 for a tour for adults, $10 for those 12 and below. usually straight and tall, perhaps reaching 60 or 70 feet. The Jail Museum is also in Cripple Creek as is Trees begin changing color earlier at high elevation the Homestead House Museum. — 8,000 feet or higher. Especially colorful displays Cripple Creek also has casinos, restaurants can be found in the San Juan Mountains, the Maroon and a park. Bells, Cottonwood Pass, Estes Park, Durango, Near Woodland Park, Farish Recreation Area Ouray, St. Elmo, Boulder, Aspen, Twin Lakes, Salt is another scenic area to see aspens in color. Creek and Grand Mesa. A recreation center/resort operated by the U.S. Air Above: The Colorado State Parks officials usually recommend Force Academy, it can be used by Department heritage center trips to state parks that show autumn colors. Check of Defense employees, retirees, Soldiers and is filled with first the web site http://www.parks.state.co.us/fall. Families; show military identification. There’s a class exhibits, To check on fall colors in the forests, call $5 day-use fee. Farish is reached by turning right photographs and the Forest Service at 800-354-4595 or visit at the traffic light just before McDonald’s, onto artifacts from http://www. fs.fed.us/r2/colors. Baldwin Street, which later becomes Rampart early mining But the fall color season at high elevations is short Range Road. Drive almost three miles to a “Y” days as well as — usually the last two weeks in September and the intersection, and turn right on Loy Creek Road. Colorado history. first week of October. Once the first freeze of winter Follow the signs to Farish. arrives, the leaves turn black and begin to fall off. Pikes Peak Highway also has fall color — just Fall color will be available later in the season in the drive the six miles to the Crystal Reservoirs on Colorado Springs area, but seeing the most spectacular the Pikes Peak Highway paved road. The toll is fall colors in Colorado may require a drive of several $4 for each adult for a car to use the highway Left: A mining hours and an overnight or weekend stay. to the reservoir. The toll to the top of Pikes Peak headframe is at Or, opt for a day trip to see golden aspen by going to is $12 for each person older than 16 and $5 for the Molly Kathleen nearby Cripple Creek; take highway 24 west to Divide, each child age 6-15, or a maximum of $40 per Mine near Cripple turn south on Highway 67 to reach Cripple Creek. car load to go all the way to the top and return, Creek. The mine Mueller State Park is about three miles down the about 19 miles each way. It takes two-three hours to is open for tours. road and usually has aspen trees in fall foliage, but make the round trip. Pikes Peak Highway is reached requires a day fee of $7 or an annual pass. Mueller by taking Highway 24 west to the small town of has several walking paths, picnic tables and a visitor Cascade. Take a left at the stoplight; there are signs center with several exhibits. for Santa’s Workshop at the North Pole and the Pikes It’s about 15 miles further to Cripple Creek, a drive Peak Highway. Continue past Santa’s Workshop to Below: that should be in prime color this weekend. There are the entry gate for Pikes Peak Highway. Passengers several pull-offs along the way for picture-taking. The fall color show may not reach Colorado Springs talk with the Once in Cripple Creek, if interested in a backcountry until late October or early November, depending on Cripple Creek tour, stop at the District Museum for the free tours weather. Local sites for color include North Cheyenne and Victor Above: Aspen offered by the Two-Mile High Four Cañon, Garden of the Gods and local parks. Narrow Gauge leaves on the Wheel Drive Club. Tours are offered Railroad crew. road to Cripple Saturday-Sunday and Sept. 29-30, Creek were 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., first-come, first- magnificent in served. No reservations are accepted. September 2011. The museum is next to the visitor The Collegiate information center at 510 Bennett Range of the Ave. Donations are accepted for Rocky Mountains tours, with the money used to care can be seen in for Cripple Creek’s herd of donkeys. the distance. The museum itself is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Oct. 14. Admission of $3 is charged for military and children; regular adult admission is $4. Cripple Creek has several Right: The attractions to visit. A good place to Cripple Creek start is the Cripple Creek Heritage Heritage Center Center, on the right-hand side of tells the story of Highway 67, just opposite the Mollie the discovery Kathleen Gold Mine attraction. The of gold and Cripple Creek Heritage Center is a mining in this first-class facility and a good place part of Colorado. It’s free. Places to see in the Pikes Peak area.
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    36 MOUNTAINEER —Sept. 21, 2012 GET “Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.” a musical Out presented by Fort Carson Community Theatre, military; under 21 are free. It’s in Woodland Park, about 18 miles west on Highway 24, in the Ute Pass Cultural Center and grounds at 24th and Fairview Street. The 77th Apple Day will be celebrated Oct. 6 in Penrose, the small town south of Fort Carson on Highway 115 where apples are grown. The day is celebrated with a parade at 11 a.m., a car Upcoming Pikes Peak Center events include: • Tap Dogs perform Oct. 17-18 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets for events in Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., call 520-SHOW for tickets or visit the box office. World Arena has the following events scheduled: • Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions, including top performing gymnasts of the is in the Freedom Performing Arts Center at show, apple pie contests, entertainment and a free just completed Olympics, is Sept. 29. Tickets 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Tickets are available at slice of apple pie for everyone attending. There start at $25. Information, Tickets and Registration and are arts and crafts booths, food vendors and a • “Batman Live,” a $15 million live-action arena at the door. library book sale. Early risers can buy breakfast adventure production with fight sequences, at the VFW or Fire Department. For information illusions, a large cast of actors and a batmobile, Two Mile High Club’s aspen tours in Cripple visit to http://www.penrosechamber.com. is in the World Arena Oct. 23-24 at 7:30 p.m. Creek are Friday-Saturday and Sept. 29-30, 10 and Oct. 24 at 3:30 p.m. Tickets start at $29.50. a.m. to 4 p.m. Free tours to see the fall colors in Lakeside Amusement Park, in the Denver • The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is in the World the backcountry are on a first-come, first-served suburb of Lakeside, is open Saturday-Sunday Arena Nov. 17. basis — reservations are not accepted. Tours are then closes for the season. Admission is $2.50 free, but donations are appreciated. Proceeds per person, parking is free and unlimited Air Force Academy concerts for the 2012-2013 are used to care for the city’s free-roaming ride tickets are $22 Saturday-Sunday. The season include “Capitol Steps” Oct. 5 at Palmer donkey herd. Meet at the Cripple Creek District old-fashioned park is at Interstate 70 and High School; “Titanic the Musical” Nov. 2; John Museum, 520 E. Bennett Ave., in Cripple Creek. Sheridan Boulevard; call 303-477-1621 to see Tesh Holiday Show Dec. 7; “Nunset Boulevard” See a related story on pages 34-35. if the park is open during inclement weather or Feb. 1, “Midtown Men” March 8; and “Rat Pack visit http://www.lakeside amusementpark.com. Show” April 19. Tickets are now available, call Florissant Fossil Beds hosts “Wapiti Walks,” 333-4497 to reach the box office in Arnold Hall. Friday and Sunday and Sept. 28-30, from Santa’s Workshop at the North Pole, on the 5-7:30 p.m. There is a presentation about the Pikes Peak Highway, is open Friday-Tuesday Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center announces bull elks followed by a trail hike to look for and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Christmas Eve. its 2012-2013 theater season: “Gypsy: A listen to the bugling elks on the Florissant Fossil General admission to the Christmas theme park Musical Fable” is on stage Sept. 27-Oct. 21, Beds National Monument. Advance registration is $18.95 for ages 2-59. Active-duty military “A Christmas Story” is Nov. 29-Dec 12, “Prelude is necessary as programs fill up quickly. Call members and their Families are charged $13.95 to a Kiss,” Jan. 31-Feb. 17; “Other Desert Cities” 719-748-3253, ext. 161. Entrance fee to the per person and everyone 10 or older must March 14-31, “The Drowsy Chaperone” May national monument is $3. show their own military identification card. 9-June 2 and “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well Call 684-9432 for more information. and Living in Paris,” is June 20-30. Season The annual Chile and Frijoles Festival is in tickets are available or purchase single tickets Pueblo Saturday-Sunday, celebrating the harvest Elitch Amusement Park’s major rides are still at the box office, 634-5583. The Fine Arts of the popular Pueblo chiles and pinto beans. available although the water park is now closed. Center theater is at 30 W. Dale St. There’s a free Admission is $2 for ages 12 and older. The Elitch’s is open through Oct. 28, weekends only. parking lot in front of the Fine Arts Center. festival, in downtown Pueblo on Union Avenue, Daily tickets at the gate are $39.99 for adults draws thousands of people for the food, farmers’ and $29.99 for those under 48 inches. Buy three The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has market, cooking competitions, entertainment and tickets at ITR for $28 each, get one free. opened a special exhibit, “A Day in Pompeii” arts and crafts. To avoid parking issues, park at that runs through Jan. 13, Mount Vesuvius Midtown Shopping Center, 1000 West 6th St. and The Harvest Festival at Rock Ledge Ranch erupted in AD 79, destroying the Roman city take the fest shuttle that runs every 15 minutes. Historic Site is Oct. 6, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and of Pompeii that is now excavated. This exhibit admission is free. Activities cost a small fee provides a glimpse into the life of its citizens Woodland Park holds its annual Rocky Mountain and include horse-drawn wagon rides, old-time before the eruption. Special tickets are required Oktoberfest PLUS Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m. music and pumpkin picking. Visitors may tour the for the exhibit at $26 for adults and $17 for junior to 7 p.m. with German music, food and drink, 1880s Rock Ledge House and the 1907 estate. students. Tickets are timed and may be purchased arts and crafts, children’s games, bouncy houses, Food vendors will be on site or visitors may bring in advance for a specific date or at the door, if a climbing wall, balloon art and face painting. a lunch. Rock Ledge Ranch is located left of available. The museum is at 2001 Colorado Admission for those over 21 is $6 or $5 for the Garden of the Gods entrance off 30th Street. Blvd.; call 303-370-6000. There’s free parking. The person pictured is not an actual service member Help us raise $25,000! Help us raise $25,000! Join us at HuHot – Monday, Sept. 24th from 9AM-9PM 2 Locations in Colorado Springs: Ask me about 7790 N. 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