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New Fort Carson center provides crucial training

MARIA ST.LOUIS-SANCHEZ

A new Fort Carson training center will have its grand opening Wednesday afternoon. The ribbon cutting for the new Training Support Center is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. The center will be home to more than 500 training devices to help soldiers become ... Full story

Fort Carson on track toward 2020 energy independence

JAKOB RODGERS

Fort Carson appears on track to be off the grid by 2020, Army officials said Wednesday. Fort Carson generates 3.5 percent of the energy used on post — enough to be on track to be “net zero” in eight years as part of a pilot program... Full story

Springs part of effort to land federal drone test site

Three business and aviation groups in Colorado, including the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC, have formed a partnership to pursue one of six new federal training sites for remotely piloted aircraft or drones. The Chamber and EDC, along wit... Full story

Indictment issued in satellite parts-smuggling case

JAKOB RODGERS

A Chinese immigrant has been charged in connection with a plot to ship hundreds of sophisticated satellite computer chips from Colorado Springs to China in boxes disguised as baby formula.Philip Chaohui He is slated to be arraigned Wednesday on feder... Full story

Parker nonprofit recognized for help to military families

JAKOB RODGERS

A nonprofit organization based in Parker could be recognized by first lady Michelle Obama for helping to better the lives of military families. Project Sanctuary is one of 20 organizations that were named as finalists on Thursday in the Joining Forc... Full story

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Last known WWI veteran dies at 110

LONDON — Florence Green, the world's last known veteran of World War I, has died at the age of 110, the care home where she lived said Tuesday. Briar House Care Home in King's Lynn, England, said Green died Saturday, two weeks before her 111... Full story

Sandia Labs engineers create ‘self-guided’ bullet

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Figuring out how to pack a processor and other electronics into a machine gun bullet has been a challenge for engineers at Sandia National Laboratories, so weapons experts say the miniature guidance system the lab has develo... Full story

Treasure hunter says he found $3B WWII wreck

PORTLAND, Maine — A treasure hunter said Wednesday he has located the wreck of a British merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during World War II while carrying what he claims was a load of platinum bars now worth... Full story

US, allies will shift Afghan mission to training next year

BRUSSELS — The U.S. and its allies will formally change their military mission in Afghanistan to training and advising Afghan troops next year, a shift meant to extricate the alliance from a combat role after more than a decade of war, Defen... Full story

Probe: Air Force punished Dover whistleblowers

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators have concluded that the Air Force retaliated against four civilian workers at the mortuary at Dover Air Force Base who blew the whistle on the mishandling of remains from the war in Afghanistan. The Offi... Full story

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