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The series on the history of the 4th Infantry Division concludes with the founding of the division Dec. 10, 1917, at Camp Greene, N.C., under the...

A year and a half ago, 364-pound Justin Lahman was told he would never be a cop. Today he is a military policeman at Fort Carson and weighs a trim 210...

For all the time it's spent in combat, Fort Carson's 4th Infantry Division has lived to a ripe old age. On Sunday, the unit will celebrate its 100th...

Washington - With Kim Jong Un pushing aggressively to develop missiles that could hit the United States with nuclear warheads, pressure has been...

ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT - With the State Department in upheaval, and the president focused on "America First" domestic concerns, what diplomacy and...

Military-related events in and around Colorado Springs.

MESA, Ariz. - The storage unit's corrugated metal door slid upward, revealing 100 square feet of mostly empty space. Not very promising, thought Joe...

On the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha and Capt. Florent Groberg donated their Medals of Honor to Fort Carson's 4th Infantry...

Dec. 7, 1941 - "a date which will live in infamy" - has been deeply troubling for Colorado Springs resident Donald Stratton for the past 76 years. He...

Men and women stood silently as taps was played at the 76th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Observance in Colorado Springs on Thursday. The commemoration...

Colorado Springs will pay tribute to Pearl Harbor's legacy, victims and survivors Thursday during the city's annual remembrance ceremony at the...

A frigid, gray Wednesday morning marked the beginning of a 36-hour trial for the combat engineers of Fort Carson. Over the course of two days, the...

The unique combination of nerves and relief was present as the soldiers of 2nd Forward Surgical Team waited to be dismissed from the final formation of...

An Air Force Academy physical therapist was convicted of possessing child pornography and sentenced to six months behind bars, the Air Force announced...

A birthday brings presents. And Fort Carson is getting a massive one to honor the 100th anniversary of its 4th Infantry Division. Two former Fort...

The U.S. Air Force Band surprised visitors at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., with a flash mob performance. "The gift...

KUWAIT CITY - Three years after a 70-nation coalition was formed to fight ISIS in Syria and Iraq, 99 percent of the territory once occupied by the...

CAMP TITIN, JORDAN - "Now move from the 25 yard line to the 15 yard line," shouts one of the U.S. Marines training soldiers from the 77th Royal...

SALIDA — Authorities say a snowboarder was killed when he hit a tree at Colorado's Monarch Ski Area. The Chaffee County Sheriff's Office says the...

SEOUL, South Korea — Hundreds of aircraft including two dozen stealth jets began training Monday as the United States and South Korea launched a...

OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN - Defense Secretary James Mattis launched a four-nation Mideast tour Saturday amid growing concerns that ISIS is creeping more...

In the summer of 2009, the strategy in Afghanistan had been to deploy small units in forward combat outposts with a goal of denying Taliban access...

Military-related events in and around Colorado Springs.

DENVER — A Colorado man suffering from chronic pain died two days after he obtained methadone with a prescription from a Veterans Affairs Department...

WASHINGTON — The Army says it's investigating an anonymous email that accused service leaders of "moral cowardice" for ditching training standards and...

A day after its latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch, North Korea released photos of what it’s calling the “Hwasong-15.” 

The Air Force has fired the commander of its Thunderbirds flight demonstration team, citing his commanding officer's loss of confidence in him, the...

The military must begin accepting transgender recruits Jan. 1 despite a ban ordered by President Trump this year, according to a D.C. district court...

Seconds after a U.N. judge confirmed his 20-year war crimes sentence on Wednesday, former Bosnian Croat military commander Slobodan Praljak shouted,...

A day of testimony in an Air Force child porn case centered on whether the service's use of confidential informants will scuttle key evidence. An...