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Healing Warrior Program provides free alternative therapies to veterans in Colorado Springs
After a massage focused on the flow of spinal fluid Tuesday morning, military veteran Tasha McGinley’s thoughts felt crisper. “I’ve been not as scatterbrained,” she explained. The craniosacral therapy, a light massage focused along the spinal column to help cerebrospinal fluid flow better, is one of three therapies offered to clients of the Healing Warriors…
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Colorado Springs-area veteran goes skydiving on his 90th birthday
How does a lifelong adrenaline junkie celebrate nine decades of living? If you’re Harry King, you jump out of a plane. King, a retired Army major and Vietnam veteran, made his 113th parachute jump on Friday, skydiving from a small aircraft thousands of feet above Fremont County Airport. It was his first jump in 10…
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‘Welcome home’: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day commemorated in Colorado Springs
Flags snapped in the breeze, hand salutes were rendered and tears flowed at Memorial Park on Sunday as Colorado Springs observed Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day. Proclaimed by President Barack Obama in 2012 and signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2017, March 29 is the day set aside to commemorate the millions of service…
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Colorado Springs to remember 9/11 victims with several memorial events
The community will remember the victims of the 9/11 attacks with several memorial events this week. The city will host a memorial at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Peace Officer’s Memorial in Memorial Park with a ceremony featuring retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Mike Gould, who was the commander of the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center…
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PHOTOS: Remembering our veterans
Young and old visit local cemeteries Friday, May 22, 2020, to honor our veterans on Memorial Day Weekend. Photos by Christian Murdock
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Army recruiters stretch the truth but privates remain happy, according to study
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Rand Corp. has issued a report profiling the lifestyles of the Army’s newest soldiers — and there are few surprises. The soldiers joined for a combination of altruistic and self-serving reasons. They wanted to help the country, see the world and have a steady…
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Army recruiters stretch the truth but privates remain happy, according to study
The Rand Corp. has issued a report profiling the lifestyles of the Army’s newest soldiers — and there are few surprises. The soldiers joined for a combination of altruistic and self-serving reasons. They wanted to help the country, see the world and have a steady paycheck. In the service, they’re not fond of picking up…