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Panel discussion on diversity shows military’s progress
A panel of six retired and current military personnel largely agreed Tuesday night that the U.S. military is a model of diversity that the corporate world should follow. A pair of retired soldiers joined a former Air Force chaplain, two active Fort Carson officers and a sergeant in the Army National Guard at Berger Hall…
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Panel discussion on diversity shows military’s progress
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A panel of six retired and current military personnel largely agreed Tuesday night that the U.S. military is a model of diversity that the corporate world should follow. A pair of retired soldiers joined a…
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Colorado Springs veterans parade honors past organizer
The 2015 Veterans Day parade was different from the previous 15 editions of the annual event because Diana Ceciliani wasn’t there to make it happen. Ceciliani, a retired Air Force chief master sergeant credited with revitalizing the parade in 2000, died in August after a 16-month battle with lung cancer. Saturday’s parade, attended by about…
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Colorado Springs area military events starting Oct. 25, 2015
WEDNESDAY Visiting Film Series: “The Horror Genre and U.S. Warfare” – 3:30 p.m., Colorado College, Cornerstone 131, Screening Room, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave., free; 389-6607. ONGOING Pikes Peak Chapter/Military Officers Association of America – Open to active-duty, retired and former officers in seven uniformed services. $24 annual dues. Monthly…
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Colorado Springs area military events starting Oct. 25, 2015
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WEDNESDAY Visiting Film Series: “The Horror Genre and U.S. Warfare” – 3:30 p.m., Colorado College, Cornerstone 131, Screening Room, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave., free; 389-6607. ONGOING Pikes Peak Chapter/Military…
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Army gathering looks to space
Army gathering looks to space Army space experts from around the nation gathered in Colorado Springs last week to talk tactics and share ideas. The group represented a third of the Army’s space troops who fall under the service’s Functional Area 40 and go by the job title FA-40. Army Space and Missile Defense Command…
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UCCS working to upgrade veterans center
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs will double the size of its center for student veterans next year thanks to a donation. Expected to open in 2016, the McCord-Herbst Veteran and Military Student Center also puts facilities for the school’s more than 1,200 veterans at the center of campus. They now get their help…
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Army gathering looks to space
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Army gathering looks to space Army space experts from around the nation gathered in Colorado Springs last week to talk tactics and share ideas. The group represented a third of the Army’s space troops who…
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Military Update: DOD resists push to roll back compound drug rules
Thirty-one House members, most of whom, public records show, got campaign dollars from compound drug lobbyists, are pressing the Department of Defense to soften rules set in May that block Tricare coverage of compound medicines when medical efficacy is unproven or prices extreme. Defense officials say they don’t intend to relax the rules created to…
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Military Update: DOD resists push to roll back compound drug rules
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty-one House members, most of whom, public records show, got campaign dollars from compound drug lobbyists, are pressing the Department of Defense to soften rules set in May that block Tricare coverage of compound medicines…