Soldiers enjoy `The Beyoncé Experience`

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Vol. 65, No.
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S ept. 7,
7, 2007
Soldiers enjoy ‘The
Beyoncé Experience’
by Julie M. Lucas
Mountaineer editor
ASG. “I have never had anything like
this happen in my life. It is great that
they are finally recognizing Soldiers
“Where my Soldiers at?” shouted who have been deployed.”
out R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles
Curnutt deployed with the 557th
during a concert in Denver on Aug. Maintenance Company, while Thomas
22. Two Fort Carson Soldiers were went with the 215th Forward Support
honored at the concert, getting to meet Battalion, 1st Cavalry.
the singer during her world tour, The
“I felt really appreciated, because I
Beyoncé Experience.
actually had people come up to me
“They asked us if we had been during the concert to say ‘thank you so
deployed and if we would like to go,” much for what you are doing.’ As a
Sgt. Tiffany Thomas, Headquarters Soldier, I told them that we appreciate
Company, 43rd Area Support Group. “I the support,” Curnutt said.
was thrilled to be chosen. It was great to
In addition to meeting Beyoncé, the
be honored and get to
Soldiers sat very close
meet a celebrity.”
to the front of the
During
the
stage. Thomas said
concert, the singer
after getting to hug
added in a special
the singer, “she isn’t
portion of the show
as tall as I thought.”
to recognize not
The recognitions
only Soldiers in
at the shows are
attendance, but to
part of the Army’s
show support of
Operation Tribute
Operations
Iraqi
to Freedom program
Freedom
and
— Sgt. Tiffany Thomas which honors veterans
Enduring Freedom.
from
Operations
The Soldiers got
Iraqi Freedom and
to meet the singer before the concert, Enduring Freedom. Beyoncé has been
they received hugs from Beyoncé and honoring other Soldiers at her shows,
took photos. Other Soldiers from post including five Soldiers from the
were selected but couldn’t make it due California National Guard and the
to transportation and other issues.
Fresno Recruiting Company.
“Beyoncé told us she thought we
For more information about
had ‘cute outfits’,” said Pvt. Pavlarr Operation Tribute to Freedom, visit
Curnutt, 230th Finance Battalion, 43rd www.army.mil/otf.
‘
I was thrilled
to be chosen.
It was great to
be honored and
get to meet a
celebrity.
’
Photo by Spc. Paul J. Harris
Town Hall
Pfc. Harvey Deihl, truck operator, Company E, 1st Combat Arms
Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division, holds his son Isaac at a town hall meeting at Fort
Carson regarding the Striker Brigade’s future deployment to Iraq.
INSIDE THE MOUNTAINEER
Opinion/Editorial
Readiness has many aspects . . . . . . .2
News
Hunters come out blazing . . . . . . . . .3
Change of command info. . . . . . . . . .4
Military
2nd BCT Soldier re-ups a 4th time
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Photo by Jennette F. Everett
Sgt. Tiffany Thomas and Pvt. Pavlarr Curnutt of Fort Carson were
greeted by pop/R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles before her concert
performance on Aug. 22 at Denver’s Pepsi Center.
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Opinion/Editorial
MOUNTAINEER
Sept. 7, 2007
Readiness has many aspects
by: Sgt. 1st Class Jose A. Colon Rivera
Fort Carson Equal Opportunity Office
noncommissioned officer in charge
The Boys Scouts of America’s motto is very
well known: “Be Prepared.” Five hundred years
before Christ, Sun Tsu said in The Art of War:
“He will win who, prepared himself …” The
United States military is the most powerful fighting
force in the world. But we can still be defeated if
we are unprepared. What does being prepared mean
for a warrior or a Soldier? Let’s briefly think about
the three most important areas of our life.
Let’s start with the physical area of readiness.
We all know that physical fitness is very important.
One of the most important things that we can do for
ourselves, our Soldiers and our Families, is to get in
shape, help our Soldiers improve their fitness, and
encourage our Families to participate in a regular
fitness program. Physical fitness reduces stress,
make us strong, capable of withstanding the rigors of
combat, helps our families be healthier, thus reducing
the burdens of illness, injuries and frustrations.
As Soldiers, part of our physical readiness
includes making sure that our finances, legal
documents and basic Soldier skills are in top shape.
It is not only our unit’s leadership responsibility, but
also ours. Training is what we do when we are not
deployed for war. It is that training that increases
our survivability. Our finances, and administrative
portions of our Army life, are part of our daily duties.
The next important part of our readiness is the
mental portion. How many times have we heard the
statement: “Keep your head in the game”? Survival is
90 percent awareness and 10 percent technique. When
we keep our personal affairs in order, we have peace
of mind. By also keeping our mind sharp, furthering
our education when possible, and using every
opportunity to increase our leadership skills, we
not only benefit ourselves, but also our entire team.
We become more efficient and professional.
Last but not least important is our spiritual
health. What are our values? What is the most
important thing or concept in our lives? Is religion
important to you? If not, do you respect your
fellow Soldiers belief in their specific religion?
Our founding fathers guaranteed that we would
have freedom to worship, as we so desire. Also
remember the Army’s seven core values: Loyalty,
Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity,
and Personal Courage. By keeping these values
in mind, and by ensuring that they are not empty
words to us, we complete our character.
Being aware of the physical, mental, and
spiritual dimensions of readiness makes us more
complete Soldiers and human beings help us not
only take care of ourselves, but also our Families
and our Soldiers. And when we keep readiness
at the forefront of our military training, we become
the professional Army that we are meant to be.
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Sept. 7, 2007
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NEWS
Hunters come out blazing
by 2nd Lt. Matthew Carroll
and Spc. Paul J. Harris
3rd Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division
The Hunters of 2nd Squadron, 9th
Calvary, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division, are in the field again,
after returning two months ago from
National Training Center at Fort Irwin,
Calif. This time they are training for
vehicle gunnery and qualification in
preparation for their upcoming deployment to Iraq. Currently, the Hunters are in
phase three of Operation Hunter Steel III,
a four-phased training operation designed
to rigorously prepare and assess the
Soldiers of 2/9 Cav., in basic cavalry skills.
“To date, all crews are a 100% go
on their crew tables,” said Sergeant
Photo by Spc. Paul J. Harris
Spc. Kolby Semon, Bradley Fighting Vehicle driver, Troop C, 2nd
Squadron, 9th Calvary, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
removes the spent ammunition from a Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
Major David Dantzler, operations
sergeant major for 2/9 Cav.
The training event not only encompasses the skills necessary to be
successful on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle
but also focuses on Humvee operations
to include firing from M-2 and M-240B
mounted machine-gun systems. After
two days of qualifications, several
Hunters stood out as superior shots. A
first time gunnery hero was Spc. John
Roberts, scout, Troop C, 2/9 Cav., who
shot an impressive mark of 800 out of
800, earning him the title of perfect gun.
“The biggest challenged for me is a
lot of my Soldiers have combat experience and I am out here learning a lot more
than they are, for them it is a refresher,”
said 2nd Lt. Jared Lang, platoon leader,
Troop C, 2/9 Cav. Lang is almost brand
new to the troop and is preparing for his
first deployment to Iraq. Gunnery is an
integral part of the build up to deploy,
Lang said, but he biggest concern was the
emotional welfare of his Soldiers.
“Making sure everybody is ready to
go, everyone is in the right mindset and
everything is taken care of back in the
States,” Lang said. “So when we go over
there we can get right down to business.”
After the two-week operation, the
Soldiers will leave the field with greater
confidence in their weapon systems,
vehicles,and fellow crew members.
For Cpl. Jeremy Wills, Bradley
Fighting Vehicle gunner, Troop C, the
exercise boosted his confidence to
handle the tougher challenges of Iraq
which will be providing security against
possible vehicle-borne improvised
explosive devices.
“Moving targets (are the most
difficult to shoot),” Wills said. “Target
is moving and you have to compensate
for where the rounds are going to land,
not easy at all.”
Prior to Operation Hunter Steel III,
Soldiers of 2/9 Cav. honed in on their
personal weapon proficiency. In
accordance with policy set by Maj.
Gen. Jeffery Hammond, commander,
4th Infantry Division, all Ivy Soldiers
will shoot expert, 36 out of 40 targets,
with their M-4 or M-16 rifle before
the pending deployment to Iraq. The
Hunters have aggressively pursued this
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of the dedicated cavalry trooper.
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MOUNTAINEER
Sept. 7, 2007
Div West Change of Command
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Commanding General Maj. Gen. Robert W.
Mixon will be retiring from the United
States Army after serving 33 years. Mixon
arrived at Fort Carson in 2005, to serve as
commander of the 7th Infantry Division.
After the division was inactivated, Mixon
assumed his current position. The incoming
commanding general is Maj. Gen. Mark A.
Graham. Graham recently served as the
Fifth Army deputy commanding general at
Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
A change of command ceremony for Maj.
Gen. Robert W. Mixon will be held Sept. 14,
at 10 a.m. on Manhart Field. A farewell dinner
honoring Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Mixon will be
held Sept. 13 at 6 p.m., Special Events Center.
The dinner will be a barbecue buffet dinner
with entertainment. The theme is country,
Colorado casual attire.
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Nelson Boulevard heading east of Chiles Avenue, on Wetzel Avenue heading
south of Felkins and also on Wetzel heading north of Flint Street.
Parking is available just north of Manhart Field
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Hogan and Wetzel.
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Sept. 7, 2007
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MILITARY
2nd BCT Soldier re-enlists a 4th time
by Cpl. Rodney Foliente
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
“I do solemnly swear that I will support and
defend the constitution of the United States against
all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear
true faith and allegiance to the same,” began Sgt.
Matt Nelson, security manager for 3rd Battalion, 16th
Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division, at Fort Carson Aug. 23.
Nelson was no stranger to the re-enlistment oath, as
he re-enlisted in the active Army for his fourth time.
Nelson served in the Army National Guard for 10 years,
before deciding to join the Army full-time in 1998.
During a 14-month deployment to Iraq, Nelson said he
wanted to switch over from the personnel field to a more
personally challenging military occupational specialty.
“I re-enlisted on the (Bonus Extension and
Retraining Program) and switched to military
intelligence,” said Nelson, who intends to make a
career with the Army. “It was more of a challenge
than being in personnel.”
The BEAR program allows Soldiers who are staff
sergeants and below, in an overstrength MOS to
migrate to a critically short MOS and receive a
Selective Re-enlistment Bonus.
On top of receiving a bonus, he said he
switched over to a critically short MOS to allow for
better promotion possibilities, which furthers his
career and helps his family.
Nelson’s wife April said her husband is dedicated
to the Army and his country. Being no stranger to
military life, she said she grew up as a Marine brat,
and expressed the importance of serving.
“I’m very proud of my husband, that he can serve
his country right now, since I know it is very difficult
for our Soldiers as well as the Families,” she said, as
their 16-month-old son, Nathaniel, also expressed a
great deal of enthusiasm at the event, constantly
making affectionate contact with his father.
“It was a pleasure to re-enlist Sgt. Nelson,”
said Sgt. Chris Lippard, battalion retention noncommissioned officer, 3-16 FA Regiment. “The NCO
approached me and said, ‘I want to re-enlist.’ He just
wanted to re-enlist to stay in the Army.”
Photo by Sgt. Chris Lippard
Sgt. Matt Nelson, right, security manager for 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 4th Infantry Division, takes the oath of re-enlistment with Capt. Richard Fierro, commander,
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, at Fort Carson
Aug. 23. Nelson reenlisted in the active Army for his fourth time.
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MOUNTAINEER
Sept. 7, 2007
Military briefs
Miscellaneous
Automotive Service Excellence exams — will
be administered Nov. 8, 13 and 15 at the Mountain
Post Training and Education Center in building
1117. Funded exams are available for service
members who are currently enrolled in an automotive
technology degree program or have an eligible
military occupational specialty in the automotive/
mechanical service specialities. Soldiers interested
in taking the exams must register prior to Sept.
14. Contact Margaret T. Dahm at 526-2951 for
additional information.
4th Infantry Division Town Hall Meeting — The
first in a series of town hall meetings for Fort Hood,
Texas, and Fort Carson 4th ID personnel and garrison
support agencies will be held Tuesday from 6:30-7:30
p.m. at McMahon Auditorium. The meetings are held
to support the 4th ID deployment and will become a
monthly event once the division deploys. Call Carl
McPherson at 524-0331 for more information
$5,000 Reward — The U.S. Army Criminal
Investigation Detachment is offering a $5,000 reward
for information leading to the apprehension and
conviction of the person(s) responsible for the fire
at 4467 Ray Circle on post. If you have information
about this or any crime, contact CID at 526-3991 or
the Military Police desk at 526-2333. The $5,000
reward offer expires Aug 8, 2008.
Harmony in Motion — is holding auditions for
basses, tenors and sopranos. Any Soldiers interested
may contact Sgt. Scott Dickson at 524-3618,
338-2340 or [email protected].
The Directorate of Environmental Compliance
and Management Wildlife Office — is looking for
units to adopt some of the reservoirs downrange to
provide trail maintenance and general upkeep.
Anyone interested may contact DECAM Wildlife
Off icer Chris Zimmerman at 524-5394 or
[email protected].
Self-Help Weed Control Program — Units that
wish to participate in the Self-Help Weed Control
Program must have Soldiers trained in the proper
handling, transport and application of herbicides.
Training sessions are held every Wednesday from
10-11 a.m. through the end of October in building
3711. Each unit may send up to five people for
training unless preapproved for more through the unit
commander and the Directorate of Environmental
Compliance and Management. Call the Pest Control
Facility at 526-5141 for information.
Officer Candidate School — Packet submissions
for direct select and local OCS are handled by the
Personnel Services Branch, Military Personnel Division,
in building 1218, room 160. OCS direct selection is in
effect until Sept. 30 and there are still slots open.
Contact Tom Grady at 526-3947 for more information.
DPW services — The Directorate of Public
Works is responsible for a wide variety of services
on Fort Carson. Services range from repair and
maintenance of facilities to equipping units with a
sweeper and cleaning motor pools. Listed below are
phone numbers and points of contact for services:
• Facility repair/service orders — KIRA service
order desk can be reached at 526-5345. Use this
number for emergencies or routine tasks.
• Refuse/trash — Call Larry Haack at 526-9237
when needing trash containers, trash is overflowing
or emergency service is required.
• Facility custodial services — Call Larry Haack
at 526-9237 for service needs or to report complaints.
• Elevator maintenance — Call Sharon Gayle at
526-1695.
• Motor pool sludge removal/disposal — Call
Don Phillips at 526-9271.
• Repair and utility/self-help — Call Gary Grant
at 526-5844. Use this number to obtain self-help
tools and equipment or a motorized sweeper
• Base operations contract Contracting Officer
Representative — Call Terry Hagen at 526-9262 for
reporting wind damage, snow removal concerns,
damaged traffic signs or other facility damage.
• Portable latrines — Call 526-1854 to
request latrines, for service or to report damaged
or overturned latrines
Hours of Operation
Central Issue Facility regular business hours —
are listed below. Call 526-3321 to make appointments.
In-processing
Monday-Thursday from 7:30-10:30 a.m.
Initial issues
Monday-Thursday from 12:30-3 p.m.
Partial issues
Cash sales/report of survey
Monday-Thursday from 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Direct exchange
Partial turn-ins
Full turn-ins
Monday-Thursday 7:30-10:30 a.m.
Unit issues and turn-ins
Call 526-5512/6477 for approval.
Trial defense service hours — TDS hours of
operation are Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
TDS is closed on Fridays except for appointments and
emergencies. Administrative chapters and Article 15
briefings are held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1 p.m.,
and walk-ins are taken until 12:50 p.m.
Claims Division hours — The Claims Division
office hours are Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m.-5
p.m, Friday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and closed federal and
training holidays. To make a claim, Soldiers must
attend a mandatory briefing. At the briefing, Soldiers
must submit a Department of Defense Form
1840/1840R (pink form).
DFAC hours — Fort Carson dining facilities
operate under the following hours:
Patton –– Monday-Friday 7:30-9 a.m. (breakfast),
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (lunch) and 5-6:30 p.m. (dinner).
Weekend hours are 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (brunch) and
3:30-6:30 p.m. (dinner).
Warhorse Cafe — Monday-Friday 7-9 a.m.
(breakfast), 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (lunch) and 5-6:30
p.m. (dinner). Weekend hours are 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
(brunch) and 5-6:30 p.m. (dinner).
Wolf Inn — Monday-Friday 7-9 a.m. (breakfast),
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (lunch) and 5-6:30 p.m. (dinner).
Weekend hours are 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (brunch), and
5-6:30 p.m. (dinner).
Butts Army Airfield — Monday-Friday 7-9 a.m.
(breakfast), 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (lunch) and 5-6:30 p.m.
(dinner). Weekend hours are 7:30-9 a.m. (breakfast),
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (lunch) and 4:30-6 p.m. (dinner).
10th SFG — Monday-Friday 7-9 a.m.
(breakfast), 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (lunch). Closed for
dinner and on weekends.
Education Center hours of operation — The
Mountain Post Training and Education Center’s hours
are as follows:
• Counselor Support Center — Monday
through Thursday 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Friday,
11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Learning Resource Center/Military Occupational Specialty Library — Monday through
Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday
10 a.m.-3 p.m.; and training holidays 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Defense Activity for Nontraditional Education
Support and Advanced Personnel Testing —
Monday-Friday 7:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:15-4:15 p.m.;
closed training holidays.
• Basic Skills Education Program/Functional
Academic Skills Training — Monday-Thursday
1-4 p.m.; closed training holidays.
• eArmyU Testing — Monday-Friday, 12:15-
4:15 p.m.; closed training holidays.
Legal Assistance hours — Operating hours
for the Legal Assistance Office are Monday and
Thursday 9 a.m.-11 a.m. (appointments) and 1
p.m.-4 p.m. (walk-ins), Tuesday and Wednesday
9 a.m.-11 a.m. and 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.(appointments)
and Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (appointments). Call
Capt. Seth Cohen at 526-6461 with questions.
Briefings
ACAP briefing –– The Army Career and
Alumni Program preseparation briefing is required
for all departing servicemembers. Current ACAP
policy requires personnel ending time in service to
register one year out and retirees two years out.
ACAP preseparation briefings are held MondayThursday from 7:30-9 a.m. Attendees should report
to ACAP by 7:15 a.m. to building 1118, room 133.
Call 526-1002 to register.
ETS briefing — The ETS briefing for Tuesday
has been rescheduled for Tuesday. Otherwise,
ETS briefings for enlisted personnel will be held
the first and third Tuesday of each month until
further notice. Briefing sign-in begins at 7 a.m. at
building 1042, room 310. Briefings will be given
on a first-come, first-served basis. Soldiers must
be within 120 days of their ETS but must attend
the briefing no later than 30 days prior to their
ETS or start date of transition leave. Call 526-2240
for more information.
Special Forces briefings — are held
Wednesdays in building 1217, room 305, from
10-11 a.m., noon-1 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. Soldiers
must be E4-E6 from any military occupational
specialty; have a general technical score of at least
100; be a U.S. citizen; score 229 or higher on the
Army Physical Fitness Test; and pass a Special
Forces physical. Call 524-1461 or visit the Web
site at www.bragg.army.mil/sorb.
Commanding
General’s Hotline
by Maj. Gen.
Robert W. Mixon Jr.
Commanding General,
Division West, First Army
and Fort Carson
The Commanding
General’s Hotline exists to
provide Mountain Post
Team members a channel to express their
concerns and good ideas directly to me.
It is in everyone’s interest to share
information and solve problems efficiently and
quickly. The Commanding General’s Hotline is
one way to successfully resolve difficulties.
Communication is a two-way street, and
this is one way I use to communicate with
Soldiers, family members, civilian employees
and contractors of the Mountain Post team.
There are two avenues to communicate
concerns, complaints, suggestions or praise:
call the hotline, 526-2677, or go online to
www.carson.army.mil, click on “contact us”
and complete the form.
Your issue will be worked by me and
my staff, but please try to resolve conflicts
through traditional means first, including your
chain of command.
So that we may process your concern,
suggestion, complaint, problem or praise, please
give us your name, rank, unit and as much
information about the situation as possible.
Mixon
Military
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Uncle Sam wants your photo
Story and photo by Michael J. Pach
Mountaineer staff
Diana Nicholas-Addy places tape on a jacket pocket of Sgt. 1st Class Douglas P. Hall's uniform at the
Directorate of Information Management Visual Information photo studio. Hall is with the 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and is having his photo taken for a master sergeant promotion board.
“Keep your arms down,” said Diana
Nicholas-Addy to a Soldier waiting to have
his portrait taken at the Directorate of
Information Management Visual Information
photo studio.
Nicholas-Addy, a DOIM VI photographer,
instructs Soldiers who enter the studio not to
bend their arms so they don’t put wrinkles in
the jacket sleeves of their Class A uniforms.
According to regulations, we’re not allowed
to touch up photos or remove wrinkles,” said
Nicholas-Addy. “We can adjust for lighting and
we can put tape on jackets in a few places, but
we can’t alter uniforms.”
The regulation Nicholas-Addy is referring
to is AR 640-30, Photographs for Military
Personnel Files, which describes the procedures
for Department of the Army photos. The
document
can
be
downloaded
at
www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/R640_30.pdf.
The studio, located in building 1230, at the
southeast corner of Ellis Street and Specker
Avenue is the only official Department of the
Army studio in the state of Colorado. Portrait
services are provided there for Soldiers and
other military servicemembers from across the
state and the country.
Soldiers have their photos taken there for
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Sept. 7, 2007
Fort Carson honors retirees
Story and photo by Michael J. Pach
Mountaineer staff
Five Soldiers with more than 108 years of
combined service officially ended their Army careers
at a retirement ceremony Aug. 29 at Manhart Field.
The retirees shared their thoughts on their careers
and their transitions into the civilian world.
Maj. Cheryl Yates, a nurse educator at Evans
Army Community Hospital, has more than 20 years
of experience in the Army. She plans to stay in the
area and continue to work at Evans.
“My biggest challenge as a Soldier has probably
been balancing being an Army nurse, a Soldier, a
mother and taking care of my family,” said Yates.
“The Army Nurse Corps has been wonderful. I have
no regrets, just praises. I never have to say ‘I wonder
what it would have been like to be an Army nurse
because I know and it’s been a wonderful experience.
The best experience I had was when I was stationed
at Walter Reed. I had the opportunity to work on
the VIP suite where I took care of senators, foreign
dignitaries, two-star generals and above. I had the
opportunity to meet a lot of leaders, those whose
names you see in the books you are reading.”
Chief Warrant Officer 4 David W. Hobden spent
26 years and three months in the Army and was a
senior maintenance technician with Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 43rd Area Support Group.
“It’s hard to believe it’s over with,” said Hobden.
“Where did those 26 years go? I’m glad I made it and
See Retirees on Page 9
Brig Gen. Norman Andersson, deputy commanding general (Army Reserve), Division West,
First Army, left, speaks to retirees and their spouses prior to the retirement ceremony at
Manhart Field Aug. 29.
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command photos and for promotion
packets. Soldiers being considered for a
promotion need to submit an updated
photo, one taken within the past six
months, to the promotion selection board.
“Soldiers who have been deployed
and have been back on post for a short
time don’t always think about having
their pictures taken,” said Nicholas-Addy.
“It’s an easy thing for them to forget
and they have their photos taken at the
last minute before a board.”
According to Nicholas-Addy, it is
important for Soldiers to know the dates
of their boards and to have their photos
taken as soon as possible.
The photos taken here are submitted
to the Department of the Army Photo
Management Information System at
U.S. Army Forces Command in Atlanta.
Once a photo has been submitted to
DAPMIS, the Soldier has three days to
view the photo online through his or her
Army Knowledge Online account and
accept it or reject it.
“Photos have to be submitted two
weeks prior to the board start date,”
said Nicholas-Addy. “Soldiers have
three days to approve their photo, so
if they wait until three days prior to
the cutoff, they’re not going to have
the chance to make sure their photo
is correct.”
Nicholas-Addy stressed the
importance of making sure the photos
are correct from the spelling of the
Soldier’s name, his or her Social
Security Number and the position of
ribbons and medals. Incorrect information can place the photo in the wrong
person’s file and uniform errors can ruin
a Soldier’s chances for a promotion.
Not having a photo in a promotion
packet will result in a rejection from the
promotion selection board.
Nicholas-Addy also recommends
that Soldiers wear a real tie instead of
a clip-on, remove their jackets from
dry-cleaning bags immediately to avoid
wrinkles and bring along a senior
enlisted member of their unit, preferably
a first sergeant, to make sure their
uniforms are correct.
“I can’t stress enough how important
preplanning is for these photos,” said
Dan Todd Beck, chief, DOIM
Multimedia/Visual Information Branch.
“We only have one studio and can only
accommodate about 20 Soldiers per
day. If a Soldier is prepared, they can be
in and out in a matter of minutes.”
Beck also recommends that
Soldiers come to the studio prior to
their appointment to look at the posters
on the walls that illustrate the correct
configurations of their uniforms.
All photo sessions are done by
appointment Mondays-Fridays from
7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 526-1500 and
listen to the menu choices to schedule
an appointment.
Retirees
From Page 8
I’ve met a lot of fine people over the
years. Once I get through today, I’ll start
my second career at Missile Defense
Agency, Schriever Air Force Base.”
Sgt. 1st. Class Joseph Johnson
from Northern Command said that
the most rewarding thing about his
time in the Army has been finishing
at the rank he has.
“I just thank God. I give him all
the glory and honor for this day and
all that my husband has done in the
military to serve,” said Johnson’s
wife Zina.
Sgt. 1st Class Gerald W.
Boardman was the noncommissioned
officer in charge of Space and Missile
Defense Command’s Battle Lab and
leaves with 20 years under his belt. He
will be a classification manager in
Reston, Va., near his home in
Fredericksburg, Va.
“I’m a little nervous,” said
Boardman. “Serving in the Army is
all I’ve ever known as an adult, so it’s
going to be a big step transitioning to
a civilian job.
Sgt. 1st Class Darryl L.
Timmerman, a Soldier of 21 years,
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Headquarters and Headquarters Troop,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division. He and his wife
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Fountain and he will be working as a
heating, ventilation and air conditioning
contractor in Iraq for the next year.
“The most exciting thing about
my Army career has been my transition from communications to
infantry,” said Boardman. “Most
people go the other way, but I went
the hard route. We’re a little bit
nervous because of the uncertainty
that comes with making a change.”
Brig Gen. Norman Andersson,
deputy commanding general (Army
Reserve), Division West, First Army,
honored retirees and their families
with a speech.
“It is both a privilege and an
honor to recognize the service and
sacrifice of these great Americans,”
said Andersson. “Altogether, these
Soldiers have achieved more than 150
awards and decorations, including a
Legion of Merit, a Bronze Star, a
Defense Meritorious Service Medal,
seven Meritorious Service Medals
and 17 Overseas Service Ribbons.
Honorees, over the years, you have
learned the value of strong relationships, the value of camaraderie, the
importance of setting and enforcing
standards and leading from the front.
You’ve lived the Army values and
hold the warrior ethos close to your
hearts. Your dedication, sacrifice and
commitment have been constant and
each of you represents the true
meaning of the American Soldier.”
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COMMUNITY
Sappers make the difference
Story and photos by
1st Lt. Todd M. Leeds
62nd Engineer Company
Executive Officer
Pfc. Jeremie Marlow, 62nd Engineer Company, clears debris off
Rampart Range, during a cleanup effort Aug. 23.
Fort Carson Soldiers are putting
their best foot forward and making
a difference in the surrounding
community this summer. On Aug. 23,
45 Soldiers from the 62nd Engineer
Company (Sapper), 4th Engineer
Battalion took a day out of their busy
training schedule to volunteer their
time with the U.S. Forest Service and
clean up Rampart Range Recreational
Shooting Area.
Rampart Range is located just
up the road from the Garden of the
Gods-a Colorado Springs City Park,
which helps it get lots of attention
from volunteer groups. While on the
other hand, Rampart Range just a few
miles up the road that hardly gets any
volunteer help.
The best way to describe what
Rampart Range looked like before the
Sappers showed up was simply a
dumping ground. The range was completely trashed with everything from old
musty couches, to shot-up washing
machines which had apparently been
used as target practice. In all, the range
was in very poor shape and needed some
serious attention and the 62nd Engineers
were well suited to tackle the task at hand.
The day of volunteer work was
primarily focused around trash cleanup
but also included some grounds work
as well, and painting over graffiti that
had been left on signs and benches
around the range.
A little bit of history about
Rampart Range and its Fort Carson
connection is that it was originally
built by the recently deactivated 52nd
Engineer Battalion in 1989 as a
community service project.
One of the many volunteers at the
range was Capt. Jeff Nordin the 62nd
Engineers commander. The idea to
do a service project for the community
came from Nordin.
“I first came up here a few months
ago and noticed that the place looked
like it had been hit by a tornado of
trash, so I thought maybe the Sappers
could help out. It was easy to set up; all
we had to do was call the U.S. Forest
Service to throw them the idea and they
were ready to run with it,” said Nordin.
The project coordinator from the
U.S. Forest Service Pikes Peak Ranger
district was Rick Ellsworth, who
also served as liaison between the
engineers and several other U.S. Forest
Service employees.
“This is a great turnout for a
volunteer project. It’s by far the best we
have ever had for Rampart Range and
I’ve been working with the U.S. Forest
Service since 1985,” said Ellsworth.
Another volunteer working at the
cleanup was Staff Sgt. Jesus Harrison.
When asked why he volunteered,
Harrison replied, “It seems like you
hear a lot about Fort Carson Soldiers
in the news getting into trouble in
Colorado Springs and not enough about
the good things we do for the
community. I thought this would be a
great way to give back to the community.”
By the end of the day, the Soldiers
had far exceeded their goal by not
only filling a 20-foot long roll-away
dumpster to the brim with trash, but
also a very large Forest Service truck.
Today Rampart Range looks a
lot more like a National Forest and
less like a landfill.
If you want to visit Rampart Range
to do a little recreational shooting,
please be sure to take your trash.
As the U.S. Forest Service says “visit,
enjoy and, leave no trace.”
Abandoned
household
appliances at Rampart
Range were cleaned up and
removed by Soldiers from
62nd Engineer Company.
Soldiers from 62nd Engineer
Company pick up ammunition
shells and other debris on
Rampart Range.
62nd Engineer Company Soldiers listen to instructions from Rick Ellsworth, a U.S. Forest Service Pikes Peak Ranger,
about the cleanup of Rampart Range.
12 MOUNTAINEER
Sept. 7, 2007
Community
10th CSH celebrates Women’s Equality Day
Story and photo by
Rebecca E. Tonn
Mountaineer staff
“Male Soldiers usually think female
Soldiers can’t lift heavy objects,”
said Sgt. Charlene Sutton, training noncommissioned officer for Headquarters,
Headquarters Detachment, 10th
Combat Support Hospital.
“They try to help because of their
upbringing. I have to tell them,
‘we’re all Soldiers. Women can lift
that as well as you,’” Sutton said, after
60 Soldiers from 10th CSH attended
a presentation to commemorate
Women’s Equality Day Aug. 29.
Formerly open only to men, the
10th CSH now has “women of all
ethnicities in uniform,” said Staff
Staff Sgt. Derek Eurales, 10th Combat Support Hospital career counselor,
asks a question after Jan Martin, Colorado Springs councilwoman, spoke
to 60 Soldiers from 10th CSH Aug. 29.
Sgt. Terrilyn Williams, before she
introduced guest speaker Colorado
Springs City Councilwoman Jan Martin.
Martin gave an overview of the
history of women’s suffrage, noting
that in 1893, Colorado was the first
state in the union to approve women’s
suffrage. Suffragists have fought since
1848 for women’s rights. The 19th
amendment, granting women the right
to vote, was finally ratified Aug. 18,
1920, Martin said.
“We are only one generation
removed from a woman’s right to vote.
My grandmothers were 30 years old
before they were able to vote. We take
it for granted, but most of us envision
a world where our sisters, daughters,
moms and nieces — all girls and women
— can pursue their talents and dreams.
“You Soldiers know more than
anyone how much has been sacrificed
and continues to be sacrificed to
maintain our right to vote. The women
in this audience are well aware of
what it’s like to push boundaries in
their careers,” Martin said.
Sutton, whose military occupational
specialty is shower/laundry/ clothing
repair supervisor, is pushing
boundaries: she’s taking prerequisites
for a Bachelor of Science in nursing,
through the Army Enlisted
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In Iraq, Sutton learned a lot from
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respects them. Laughing and smiling
come naturally to her, and she intends to
distract patients with jokes while giving
them shots — a technique she learned
from watching medics in theater.
“It was my decision to join the
Army,” Sutton said, knowing that
women in our country have only
recently had such a career option.
“I smile a lot and I’m nice, so
people sometimes think they can walk
over me. ‘Think’ is the key word,”
she said and smiled. “If a Soldier is
upset, first I try to talk to him. Maybe
he’s having a bad day or has been
yelled at his whole life,” she said.
As Martin recommended during
her presentation, Sutton brings her
own brand of wisdom to her job.
Sutton said, “I can tell from far
away if a Soldier needs mentoring and
attention or just needs tough love.
“In Iraq, there is already enough
chaos. You can’t bring emotions
and personal situations to work. The
military is not hard. It’s all mental.
If you’re strong in the head, you
can make it.”
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Sept. 7, 2007
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Community briefs
Miscellaneous
Welcome Home Warrior will host a workshop
— titled “Coming Home, Going Forward:
Understanding and Coping with the Effects of War,”
Oct. 5, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Ute Pass Cultural
Center, 210 E. Midland, Woodland Park, which
is the Chamber of Commerce building, near the
library, off Highway 24.
This is the second of a series of quarterly
workshops that provide information about the effects
of war experiences and how veterans, families and
others are affected. For more information, e-mail
[email protected] or go to
http://home.comcast.net/~welcomehomwarrior
or call 439-3621.
Special Education Advisory Council —
Parents, community members, and school staff are
invited to attend the next meeting of the FountainFort Carson School District Eight Special Education
Advisory Council.
The council created the Special Education
Parent Handbook and the monthly SEAC Newsletter,
and organized parent/educator trainings. The
meeting is Sept. 21, from 9-11 a.m. at Jordahl
Elementary School, 800 Progress Drive, in Fountain.
Representatives from the PEAK Parent Center
and the School to Work Alliance Program will
provide information about services available
through their organizations. Refreshments will be
served. Please RSVP to Peter Babeu at 382-1569
or [email protected].
Volunteers are needed for SHARE Colorado
— to distribute food one Saturday per month. Call
Lori Barteau at 526-1070.
Exceptional Family Member Program
resource group — meets the last Tuesday of each
month at 5 p.m. at Family Readiness Center, building
1526. Learn about new resources, share the ones you
have found and meet with guest speakers from the
local community. For more information call 526-4590
or e-mail [email protected].
Operation Hope: a Freedom Walk and tributes
to Soldiers and veterans — is Saturday, from 10
a.m.-5 p.m., at the Special Events Center, sponsored
by Beacon of Hope Outreach Center. Admission is
free; preregistration is required. All ages and physical
conditions are welcome. The Freedom Walk will be
first, followed by an afternoon of tributes. Guest
speakers include: Cheryl McGuinness, Stephen
Mansfield and Ken Davis. Performers include:
Tammy Cochran, Aaron Lines and Kory Brunson
Band. For more information or to register call
(303) 290-7412 or go to www.BHOC.us.
Fort Carson Chiropractic Clinic — moved
from building 1150 to Evans Army Community
Hospital, hallway B (west side, second floor),
rooms 2240-2244. Use room 2200 to check in. The
phone number is still 526-7834.
Fort Carson Thrift Shop — is closed until the
end of September. Corley House is not the place to
drop off items for the Thrift Shop. Donations should
be held until the Thrift Shop reopens.
Donated annual leave needed for Fort Carson
civilian employees — Helen Crow, who previously
worked at Fort Carson’s Garrison Resource
Management; May Harris, Army Community
Service; and Barbara Dowling, Directorate of
Information Management, had medical emergencies
and have exhausted all available leave.
Crow, Harris and Dowling have been accepted
in the Voluntary Leave Transfer Program. To
donate annual leave, call or e-mail Connie Griffin,
Garrison Resource Management, at 526-1839
or [email protected] to obtain form
OF-630A: “Request to Donate Annual Leave.”
Griffin’s fax number is 526-1838.
Cub Scout Pack 264 on Fort Carson — offers
activities for boys in the first-fifth grades, including
sports and academics, that help families teach ideals
such as honesty, good citizenship and respect. For
information on joining Pack 264, contact Cindy
Mathis at 559-8886 or [email protected].
Peterson Air Force Base’s west gate — is
closed through the end of October for construction.
During this time, the north gate will be open 24
hours a day, seven days a week, and the east gate
will be open 5 a.m.-10 p.m., Mondays-Fridays, and
6 a.m.-10 p.m. weekends.
Spouse Support Group — Are you feeling
lonely, anxious or fearful about this deployment? Join
this group of caring spouses. To register call Army
Community Service at 526-4590. Free child care is
available for registered children. The support group
meets Tuesdays from 12-1:30 p.m. at the Family
University, building 1161.
Neuro Support Group — Head-Way is a
support group for independent adults who have
experienced a neurological event (traumatic
brain injury, cerebral vascular accident, tumors,
etc.) and want to socialize. Head-Way meets
Wednesdays, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Fargo’s
Pizza Co., 2910 E. Platte Ave. For more
information call Valerie Gardner with Memorial
Hospital Adult Rehabilitation at 365-1264.
Military Spouses Support Group — meets
Tuesdays from 2:30-4 p.m. at Evans Army
Community Hospital, fourth floor, room 4846.
Learn more about: communication difficulties,
coping with a spouse’s mental health issues,
coping with loneliness, combat stress and
post-traumatic stress disorder, readjustment
issues, single parenting, depression, stress,
anxiety and other hardships. For more information
call Dr. Jacqueline Delano at 526-7013.
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings — are
held each Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. at the Colorado
Inn, corner of Sheridan Avenue and Woodfill
Road, building 7301, room 203. Call 322-9766 or
471-1625 for more information.
Ongoing road closures — Questions about the
closure or disruption of traffic along Butts Road can be
addressed to Fort Carson’s Directorate of Public Works
Traffic Engineer, Rick Orphan, at 526-9267 or Fort
Carson’s Army Corps of Engineers Transformation
Resident Office, Maj. John Hudson, at 526-4974.
Claims against the estate —With deepest
regrets to the family of Staff Sgt. Robert Pirelli,
deceased. Anyone having claims against or
indebtedness to his estate should contact Capt.
Amber Eastburn at 524-1821 or 466-1966.
With deepest regrets to the family of Spc.
Brenton A. Slayton, deceased. Anyone having claims
against or indebtedness to his estate should contact
Warrant Officer 1 Jason Glassow at 524-2109.
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Why not become a stringer for the Mountaineer?
The next class will be on Sept. 20. Call 526-4144 or e-mail
[email protected] for details.
14 MOUNTAINEER
Sept. 7, 2007
Community
Thoughts to consider after Labor Day
by Chap. (Capt.) Darren K. Coleman
1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment
As a reflection on Labor Day, which we
celebrated earlier this week, I would like to take a
different take on the meaning of labor to consider
and appreciate those who labored to make our paths
where they are, and to contemplate the products of our
labors in continuing the legacy. My mother had a
saying that she would share with us while growing up:
I stand today a reflection ...
A part of the past of foundations laid ...
By those who struggled to make a place
for my existence.
I stand today, on the threshold of tomorrow ...
Responsible for the destiny I build,
And the heritage I leave for others yet to exist.
— Charlotte Coleman, 1984
Oft times, we get so caught up into our own
issues and our own needs that we have to have
“right now,” that we fail to think about and appreciate our lineages and heritages, taking them for
granted. We forget about the gifts which have been
passed down through the generations, that have been
handed to us, and we find ourselves being apathetic
towards working and creating a legacy of our own
to pass to our posterity. Yet, our own posterity
depends upon our wisdom and understanding that
will lead them through their life’s challenges.
There are a few things in which we can do to
show our appreciation to those who have labored so
diligently before us and to leave a legacy of strength
and virtue to those we leave behind.
Live in such a way that would never bring
shame upon your family’s name. If you have made
mistakes, rectify the situation and move on with
the goal of bringing honor to your name. Decide
that you will live a certain standard with uplifting,
unselfish, positive values. Your children,
grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will note your behaviors
and draw upon your habits and
attitudes about life. This
may then be passed through
several generations.
Decide now that
you can be positive
regardless of the
circumstances. You
can choose to be
happy or sad, to
make the best of
every situation. It has
been said that one can
either be the producer
or the product of his
or her environment.
Regardless of what
is happening
around you, the
choice is
yours, and for
every choice that is
made, there is a consequence,
whether positive or negative.
Enjoy life to the fullest and realize that this
enjoyment was partly gained realized through the
sacrifices of these ancestors.
Understandingly, not everyone has had a
positive family background. You may have grown up
within a painful environment. Decide now that you
will change whatever aspect or pattern
that needs to be changed. Be a
transformer and leave the
legacy and foundation of
good will of which you
wished might have existed
earlier in your own life.
Show others the “right
doorway.” At the same
time realize that none
of us is perfect and that
we can take life one step
at a time.
May we be grateful
for our legacies and
heritages that have been
left for us, that their
labors be not in vain;
and may we unselfishly
labor to leave the
positive heritage
that would
strengthen
our children
to become even
better, more
confident, and more
productive members of society.
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Community
styles of Protestant denominations make it difficult to
know what to expect at a worship service. What,
exactly is a contemporary service?At Fort Carson, it is
a relaxed atmosphere, modern worship and a relevant
message. The contemporary service at Veterans Chapel
will be called “ChapelNext,” beginning Sept. 21. There
are ChapelNext services on other Army posts. The goal
of ChapelNext is to connect people with God and with
other people. The worship music is modern and upbeat;
the messages are challenging and engaging. Attendees
wear anything from shorts and flip flops to shirts and
ties.If this sounds like your kind of church, then come
to Veterans Chapel at 11 a.m. Sundays.
AWANA — AWANA Clubs International is a
nondenominational ministry whose goal is to reach
boys and girls with the gospel of Christ and train
them to serve him. The Fort Carson AWANA Club
is for children from second through eighth grade.
The club meets at Soldiers’ Memorial Chapel 5-7 p.m
Thursdays during the school year.
Volunteer positions are available. If you have a
heart for reaching children with the love of Jesus
and a couple of hours a week to give, join the team.
For more information call Stacy Chapman at 382-3970.
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Chapel Schedule
Chapel
Protestant Women of the Chapel — PWOC
meets from 9-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Soldiers’ Memorial
Chapel. PWOC is open to all women of Fort Carson
and the community.
Contact Jennifer Hinz at 559-5103 for more
information. Child care is provided, but children must be
registered with the Child Development Center and must
have a reservation; contact Liana Henkel at 559-8792.
Registration — is now taking place for Catholic
religious education. Forms can be picked up at Soldiers’
Memorial Chapel.
Contemporary Service — Different types and
MOUNTAINEER
Sept. 7, 2007
ROMAN CATHOLIC
Day
Mon., Wed., Fri.
Tues., Thurs.
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Tuesday
Saturday
Time
noon
noon
5 p.m.
9:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
6:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Sunday
Tuesday
Sunday
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
9 a.m.
6 p.m.
11 a.m.
7 p.m.
9 a.m.
Service
Mass
Mass
Mass
Mass
CRE
Mass
Mass
RCIA
Reconciliation
Chapel
Healer
Soldiers’
Soldiers’
Soldiers’
Soldiers’
Healer
Provider
Soldiers’
Soldiers’
Location
Evans Army Hospital
Nelson & Martinez
Nelson & Martinez
Nelson & Martinez
Nelson & Martinez
Evans Army Hospital
Barkeley & Ellis
Nelson & Martinez
Nelson & Martinez
Contact Person
Fr. Gagliardo/526-7412
Chap. Goellen/526-5769
Pat Treacy/524-2458
Fr. Gagliardo/576-7412
Pat Treacy/524-2458
Protestant
Healer
Evans Army Hospital
Protestant Communion Provider
Barkeley & Ellis
Protestant
Soldiers’
Nelson & Martinez
Prot./Gospel
Prussman
Barkeley & Prussman
Sun. School
Prussman
Barkeley & Prussman
Sun. School
Soldiers’
Nelson & Martinez
PWOC
Soldiers’
Nelson & Martinez
Adult Bible Study
Soldiers'
Nelson & Martinez
Contemporary
Veterans’
Magrath & Titus
PYOC
Soldiers’
Nelson & Martinez
Samoan
Veterans’
Titus
JEWISH
For information and a schedule of Jewish Sabbath services, call the U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel at 333-2636.
WICCA
Monday
6:30 p.m.
Building 4800, corner of Harr and O’Connell
Chap. Pollok/526-7387
Chap. Mitchell/650-8042
526-8011
Chap. Borden/526-6263
Chap. Borden/526-6263
Pat Treacy/524-2458
526-8011
Mr. Love/526-5229
Chap. Lesh/526-8890
Ms. Scheck/231-9511
Chap. Lesh/526-3888
PROTESTANT
Rhonda Helfrich/338-9464B
NATIVE AMERICAN SWEAT LODGE
Native American Sweatlodge ceremonies (He Ska Akicita Inipi) are offered to military dependents and Department of Defense personnel. These
lodges are traditional Lakota spiritual ceremonies for cleansing, purification and prayer, and are fully sanctioned and supported by the Fort Carson
Chaplain Command. Please call the following for information and directions: Charlie Erwin at 382-8177 or [email protected]; or Zoe
Goodblanket at 442-0929.
Daily Bible readings: To assist in regular Scripture
reading, the following Scriptures are recommended.
These Scriptures are part of the common daily lectionary, which
is designed to present the entire Bible over a three-year cycle.
Today
—
Psalms
91,
Proverb
s8
-10
Saturd
ay —
Psalms
92,
Proverb
s1
Sunday 1-13
—
Psalms
93,
Proverb
s 14-16
Monday —
Psalms 94, Proverbs 17-19
Tuesday —
2
Wednesday —
5
Thursday —
8
The Army Cycle of Prayer
Unit: For the Soldiers, Families
and leaders of the 82nd Airborne
Division, headquartered at Fort Bragg,
N. C., and forward deployed in
Afghanistan and throughout the world.
Army: For all those Soldiers
and civilians serving as instructors
throughout professional schools in the
Army. God grant them the gift of
effective teaching as they shape the
next generation of leaders.
State: For all Soldiers and
Families from the state of Arkansas.
Pray for Gov. Mike Beebe, the state
legislators and municipal officials of
the Natural State.
Nation: For all immigrant workers
in this nation. Pray that through their
hard toil in the land and in factories,
they may provide better lives for their
families and reap the blessings of
working in a free economy.
Religious: For the Soldiers
and Families of the National Baptist
Convention. Pray also for the military
chaplains endorsed to serve the Army
by this community of faith.
For more information on
the Army Cycle of Prayer, or
to pray for items from previous
weeks, visit the cycle’s Web
site at usarmychaplain.com.
16 MOUNTAINEER
Sept. 7, 2007
Community
2nd BCT Soldiers honored at baseball game
by Cpl. Rodney Foliente
2nd Brigade Combat Team Public
Affairs Office, 4th Infantry Division
Two Soldiers from 3rd Battalion,
16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, were honored Aug. 26 at
Security Service Field, by the man
whose life they helped save.
Rai Henniger, senior vice president
for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox,
returned to the field for the first time
since his May accident and thanked Sgt.
Michael Cordosi and Sgt. Christopher
Smith as the gathered fans cheered.
“Luckily, two dedicated Soldiers
were here that day,” said Henniger,
describing the day of his accident.
“They heard the explosion and raced
back behind the scoreboard to find me.”
The Soldiers were joined by the
groundskeeper, Steve Deleon, and “kept
me alive until the ambulance arrived.
“I thank you for your service to
your country and especially for your
service to me,” said Henniger to the
Soldiers. “That’s why I’m here today;
it’s because of you two.”
Henniger and his family
hugged the Soldiers and presented
the Soldiers with baseball bats
autographed by the Sky Sox team.
Henniger said he wanted to publicly
thank them because he felt the Soldiers
were too modest. The Soldiers were
previously able to meet with Henniger
as he lay in his hospital bed in June.
Though the Henniger family and
his doctors have labeled Cordosi
and Smith as heroes, the Soldiers said
they just did their duty as Soldiers
and community members.
“I don’t believe I am a hero,” said
Smith. “We just happened to be in
the right place at the right time to help
him out. The Army gives us great
training. You see something like
that and you just react to it. It’s part
of our duties to help people.”
Both Soldiers are combat life-saver
Photo by Maj. Tanya Bradsher
©2004. Paid for by the United States Army. All rights reserved.
Rai Henniger, senior vice president, Sky Sox, thanks Sgt. Christopher Smith and Sgt. Michael Cordosi, both from
3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, for saving
his life, during the season’s last game Aug. 26 at Security Service Field. Henniger was severely injured in a
pyrotechnics explosion May 12 and Cordosi and Smith helped keep him alive until paramedics arrived.
qualified and have been deployed to
Iraq. They attributed their ability
to help Henniger to the quality and
consistency of their Army training.
Saving lives is a part of soldiering.
“You’ve seen it a few times, you
jump on, you use your training,” said
Cordosi, who added that 10 years of
Army training also helped him keep
his calm and do what was needed.
Henniger was injured in an
explosion May 12, during pregame
setup of a pyrotechnics display.
Cordosi and Smith and the rest of
Battery A, 3rd Bn., 16th FA Regiment,
were at the stadium to fire a salute
battery for military appreciation day.
“We heard an explosion behind
the scoreboard,” recalled Cordosi. “We
saw Mr. Henniger on his back bleeding
badly. We made sure he was breathing,
kept him breathing. We tried to stop
the bleeding as much as possible and
waited till the paramedics got there.”
They said they continued to
assist the paramedics until Henniger
was transported to an ambulance.
“Thank God he’s still here today,”
said Smith. “It was good to see him up.
It was a good opportunity to see him
and his family back together again.”
Henniger also asked all military,
past and present to rise and receive
recognition “for what you do for our
freedom, both home and abroad.
“I am so fortunate and thankful
to be alive and here with you
today,” said a beaming Henniger to
the assembled crowd.
There are thousands of good reasons to reenlist.
SPC Jamie Kedrowicz did it for his future. His plan
is to take the real-life training he’s received here
on to an illustrious career with one of the finest law
enforcement agencies in the land. He knows that
after proving he can fight hard for his country those
agencies will find themselves fighting over him.
®
Community
MOUNTAINEER
Sept. 7, 2007
17
Army Sergeants Major Academy
Warfighter exemplifies ‘Army Strong’
Story and photo by Virginia Reza
Fort Bliss Public Affairs Office
FORT BLISS, Texas — Loyalty and allegiance
by definition means faithfulness to whatever one is
tied to, by duty, pledge or promise. It’s a willingness
to enthusiastically devote moral and intellectual
resources, which defines Sgt. Maj. Brent Jurgersen,
the first full-limb amputee student to attend the
Army Sergeants Major Academy.
Not even two near-death encounters deterred
his passion and eagerness to serve his country and
lead his troops back home.
Jurgersen celebrated his second “alive day”
anniversary Jan. 26. It was a day of mixed emotions
for him because on that same day two years ago he
was given a second chance to live. It was a day that
changed his life forever. While on patrol in Ad
Dyuliah, Iraq, two rocket-propelled grenades
struck his Humvee. The explosion killed his gunner
and left Jurgersen fighting for his life, flat-lining
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weeks later he was out of the hospital
and four months later, the “Rock,” a
nickname he earned years ago, was healed
and ready for battle. Despite friends’
advice to stay behind, Jurgersen returned
to Iraq, determined to complete the mission,
and bring his troops home.
Jurgersen suffered the second
near-death encounter Jan. 26, 2005, while
conducting a reconnaissance patrol that his
Humvee was hit by the rocket-propelled
grenade. Jurgersen was critically injured,
stabilized, and flown to Walter Reed Army
Medical Center, in Washington, D.C.
“When I regained consciousness five
days later, my wife, Karin, explained my
injuries,” said Jurgersen. “I had an open
compressed-skull fracture with a brain
hematoma, traumatic brain injury, injury to
the left leg resulting in amputation through
the knee, deep joint and soft tissue injury to
the right knee, open fracture of the right
hand and ring finger, and numerous other
shrapnel wounds and burns to my body.
“Like many, I am still searching for
why my life was spared and another’s
taken,” he said. “When I woke up two years
ago from a coma, I remember the look in
my wife’s eyes, and I remember looking
down at my body in disbelief. I shook
my head and had to look away. I honestly
thought my life was over, as I knew it. I
also thought my military career was over.”
But, the Army took care of Jurgersen
and his family. He was approved to
remain on active duty.
“I now have to find the best way to
serve our great country, the Army and
Soldiers,” he said.
During a promotion ceremony last
August, Jurgersen was selected for a
command sergeant major appointment —
his dream had arrived.
The Army asked Jurgersen to become
the Sergeant Major of the Army Wounded
Warrior Program. Jurgersen said it was one
of the hardest career decisions he ever
made. He struggled with the idea of deferring
his command sergeant major appointment
for a year, but finally realized it was not
about what Soldiers put on their uniform,
but what is done for them and their
families. He accepted the appointment.
Having gone through numerous
surgeries and countless hours of physical
therapy, he has experienced firsthand set
backs, nightmares, survivor’s guilt,
phantom pain and the lengthy step-by-step
requirements needed for approval to stay
on active duty. Jurgersen said he’d like
to see some modifications and
implementations of policies for the many
wounded Soldiers. He wants Wounded
Warriors to know there are options
even after being critically wounded.
“I’m just doing what I think is right.
It will be an honor to represent the
thousands of wounded Soldiers and
their Families, and lead the civilian and
military personnel charged with caring for
them,” he said.
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Pikes Peak Highlanders honor those who serve
Story and photos by Michael J. Pach
Mountaineer staff
Shelley Wheelon
Jeff Litchfield
in my place, I feel it’s completely worth it,” said
Kirkham. “I’m honored that we’re allowed to come
down to Fort Carson to be a part of that. It’s very
solemn. It’s very special. It’s not something that I
necessarily enjoy doing, but it needs doing and I want
to do it to my utmost abilities.”
“It’s an honor,” said Litchfield. “We have folks who
are fighting for our freedom, so it’s the least we can do
to take some time out and respect them. I think they’re
all difficult, but the hardest one for me to do was the
one for Chaplain Harrison because he was the only
one that I actually knew. I was concerned that I wouldn’t
be able to make it through the ceremony.”
“Since I’ve never served in the military, it’s a
way for me to give a service to the people who have
sacrificed more than I’ve ever sacrificed,” said Wheelon.
“It’s also a tiny way be able to serve my country by
serving the people who have given their lives.”
“Memorials are hard,” said Harty. “There’s no
question about that because you know why you’re there.
Some of them are tougher than others. As the father
of an 18-year-old who is in boot camp, (seeing a young
Soldier lose his life) strikes real close to home.
Oftentimes folks come up and thank you afterwards
for playing the pipes. For me that is always touching
and I literally get choked up. It’s us who are thanking
you and this is literally the least we can do given the
ultimate sacrifice the people we’re honoring have made.
The thanks isn’t to us, the thanks is to the folks at the
base for whom we’re playing.”
To learn more about the Pikes Peak Highlanders
or book them for a performance, contact Wheelon at
495-7459 or [email protected] or visit their
Web site at www.pphighlanders.org.
Pe t er Har ty
Robert Kirkham
Mike Hale y
Have you ever asked a piper what he or she is
wearing under their kilt? If you ask Peter Harty,
vice president of the Pikes Peak Highlanders, he’ll say,
“My socks and my boots.”
Founded in 1985, Pikes Peak Highlanders Pipes and
Drums, Inc. first established a presence on Fort Carson
while playing for a deployment ceremony during Operation
Desert Storm. Today, the wailing sounds of their pipes
can be heard at memorial services and other ceremonies on
post. They were also dubbed the official band of the
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment several years ago.
Harty has been playing the bagpipes with the group
since 2003. He joined the band with his son, who is
finishing Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego. Harty
is in charge of finding pipers to play for memorials
and other ceremonies.
“Peter has done an excellent job of making sure
we’re covered,” said Jeff Litchfield, Colorado Springs
City Auditor and group piper since 2005. “All of us
have day jobs and sometimes it’s hard to arrange
schedules to have someone there, but we do what we
can to make it work.”
Arranging schedules isn’t the only challenge facing
Harty and the other pipers who regularly play on post.
Dealing with a temperamental instrument offers its
own unique set of difficulties. Changes in weather,
temperature and altitude can affect the instrument’s
performance considerably.
Bagpipes are said to be one of the most difficult
instruments to play, and according to Pipe Major
Shelley Wheelon, only one out of ten students learning
to play will stick with it. It’s commonly said among
pipers that it takes seven years of practice before
one is at the start of piping knowledge.
“It’s probably easier to get into Yale then learn
to play the pipes,” said Harty
So what’s the hardest thing about playing
the bagpipes?
“The bagpipes themselves,” said Robert Kirkham.
“When you look at everything that could possibly
go wrong, it’s amazing these things play. It’s like the
moon landing.”
“You have to learn how to blow, keep the bag
inflated and keep a steady tone,” said Mike Haley, piper
and Fountain police officer.
The Pikes Peak Highlanders have been playing
for the memorial services on post since the first
casualties of the Global War on Terrorism.
John Poole played at the first GWOT memorial
ceremony and shared his thoughts about playing
on Fort Carson.
“I find that being a veteran, it’s an honor to be able
to do this,” said Poole. “I also spent 21 years on Fort
Carson in the fire department and retired in 2003. Since
know a lot of people there, it’s more of a community to
me. I see it as something special I’ve been able to do.”
Other pipers who have played for memorials on post
also shared their feelings about honoring fallen Soldiers.
“For me it’s just an extension of the service to the city
of Fountain and the Fort Carson Community,” said
Haley. “I live and work and breathe down there, so it’s an
honor to serve those who serve our community abroad.”
“I come from a family of Soldiers and unfortunately,
that’s not what I was meant for, but if I can just give
something back to the Soldiers who are going over there
John Poole
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The Pikes Peak Highlanders play for visitors at the armed forces celebration in Cripple Creek.
Layout by Jeanne Mazerall
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Community
Community
Police blotter
The following crimes were committed on the Fort Carson
installation between Aug. 23-29.
Desertion and AWOL crimes
__4_ servicemembers were
cited with AWOL – failed
to go to place of duty, for
being absent without
leave from their units.
__1_ servicemember was cited
with AWOL-surrendered
to military/civilian
authorities for being
absent without leave
from his unit
cited with desertion –
apprehended by civilian
authorities
with simple assault
cited with assault
consummated by battery
with conspiracy to
commit malingering
__1_ ROI- criminal attempt
second degree murder
__1_ ROI- unlawfully carrying
a concealed weapon
with disorderly conduct
__2_ servicemembers were a
victim of wrongful
destruction of private
property
__1_ civilian was cited with larceny of government funds
__1_ servicemember was
cited with larceny of a
private motor vehicle
Miscellaneous crimes
__1_ servicemember was
cited with assault
(3rd degree)
Motor vehicle crimes
cited with a traffic
accident resulting in
damage to private property
cited with driving under
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Property crimes
the victims of a larceny of
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a victim of larceny of
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Interested officers should review Chapter 14, Amy
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SPORTS & LEISURE
Post team heads to Peterson for tournament
Story and photo by Walt Johnson
Mountaineer staff
Post softball players like this member of the post intramural
champions will take part in a challenge match Saturday at
Peterson Air Force Base.
Colorado Springs softball fans will
be in for a major treat Saturday when the
2007 Rocky Mountain Military Softball
Championship will be held at Peterson
Air Force Base’s softball complex.
The all-day round robin tournament
will feature the best teams from Fort Carson,
Schriever Air Force Base, the Air Force
Academy, and Peterson Air Force Base.
The team with the best record will be
declared the champion. In the event of
a tie the head-to-head matchup will
determine the winning team.
The schedule for the game will be as
follows: at 10 a.m. Fort Carson will meet
Schriever on Field 2 and the Air Force
Academy will meet Peterson on field 1. At
11:30 a.m. Fort Carson will meet Peterson
on field 2 while the Academy and Schriever
will meet on field 1. At 1 p.m. Schriever
will meet Peterson on field 1 and the
Academy will meet Fort Carson on field 2.
Mike Coats, Peterson intramural
sports director, said the tournament will
be a continuation of a challenge series
that began a little more than a year ago
when Peterson, Schriever and Academy
softball champions met at Peterson. The
competition continued with this year with
a volleyball challenge game at Schriever
in June that was won by Peterson. He said
this is the brain child of a member of the
Academy sports office who Coats said
worked diligently to make it a reality.
“The idea for the competition came
from the Air Force Academy’s Dave
Castellia who cooked up the idea of the
series after thinking about it and taking
the necessary steps to make it happen. The
original idea was to get the champions
at each installation of the core sports,
basketball, football, volleyball and softball
to play each other,” Coats said.
“The Air Force Academy sports officials
brought a traveling trophy that is given to the
winning organization and they get to keep
it until the next challenge series. The plaque
has each sport and the name of the
winning unit will be on it. Right now it
is at the Peterson gym because Peterson won
the volleyball challenge,” Coats said.
Coats said the idea is to have each
installation host a sport each year. He said
that will give every installation a chance to
host its brothers and sisters in arms and
really make it a fun event for the people
of each installation to host.
“This is great competition for the
athletes and it gives us a chance to see
how good the other base's athletes are. It
gives the players a chance to meet each
other. Competition is fun and sports
are fun. We are all in this together and
of course there is the chance to have
bragging rights,” Coats said.
Mountaineer Sports Feature
Come here
A defender for the
167 Forward Support
Battalion, 4th Infantry
Division, right, tries
to prevent Trey
Stowbridge, Forward
Support Company, 1st
Battalion, 8th Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division from
scoring. On this play,
Stowbridge took the
swing pass and raced
up the left sideline to
score a touchdown for
his team Tuesday at
the Mountain Post
Sports Complex.
Photo by Walt Johnson
26 MOUNTAINEER
Sept. 7, 2007
Sports & Leisure
On the Bench
Rockies offer deals as
season comes to close
by Walt Johnson
Mountaineer staff
The Colorado Rockies will have
some special ticket events in the
coming weeks for baseball fans.
All military people can
purchase discount tickets in the
outfield box, pavilion and upper
reserved Infield area for their family
and friends for three upcoming
series in September. The San Diego
Padres will be the opposition Friday
through Sunday. Friday’s game will
begin at 7:05 p.m, Saturday’s game
will begin at 6:05 p.m and Sunday’s
game will begin at 1:05 p.m.
The Florida Marlins will be the
opposition Sept. 14-16. Game times
will be 7:05 p.m. Sept. 14, 6:05 p.m.
Sept. 15 and 1:05 p.m. Sept. 16.
The Los Angeles Dodgers will
be the opposition Sept. 18-20.
Game times will be 6:35 p.m. Sept.
18-19, and 1:05 p.m. Sept. 20.
The tickets will be sold for $8
per ticket, a discounted rate from the
usual range of $17-$28 dollar price.
To take advantage of the offer, call
the Rockies at (303) ROCKIEWS
and state that you are a military
member and provide reference
number 741532.
Bowlers can take advantage
of an exciting program at the post
bowling lanes on Mondays that not
only offers fun but saves money compared to regular nights at the facility.
Monday nights from 5-11 p.m.
are $1 bowling nights at the center.
The fee to bowl is $1 per person,
per game on Mondays and shoe
rentals are $1.75. The post bowling
lanes is one of the top facilities in
the Colorado Springs area and offers
a great family atmosphere. For more
information on the program contact
the bowling lanes at 526-5542.
Basketball season is fast
approaching and there is a unique
opportunity for military females
to take part in an exciting and
competitive program.
Any woman interested in
playing on a women's basketball
team consisting of Fort Carson
women should contact Stephanie
Timmons at 337-8888.
What now?
A defender for the 1st Battalion, 8th Forward Support Company,
center, looks at the offense of Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry,
3rd Brigade Combat team, as he ponders what play the team intended
to run during action Tuesday at the Mountain Post Sports Complex.
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Pigskin Picks
NFL
1. Broncos vs. Bills
2. Bears vs. Chargers
3. Lions vs. Raiders
4. Eagles vs. Packers
Tony Claiborne
WCAP
1. Broncos, 2. Bears, 3. Raiders,
4. Eagles, 5. Vikings, 6. Giants,
7. Ravens, 8. 49ers, 9. Rutgers,
10. Oklahoma, 11. Nebraska,
12. Army, 13. Michigan,
14. Georgia, 15. Texas,
16. Air Force
College
5. Falcons vs. Vikings
9. Navy vs. Rutgers
6. Giants vs. Cowboys 10. Miami vs. Oklahoma
7. Ravens vs. Bengals 11. Nebraska vs.
8. Cardinals vs. 49ers
Wake Forest
12. Rhode Island vs. Army
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Co. A, 3-29 FA
1. Bills, 2. Chargers, 3. Lions,
4. Eagles, 5. Falcons, 6. Cowboys,
7. Bengals, 8. Cardinals,
9. Rutgers, 10. Miami,
11. Nebraska, 12. Army,
13. Michigan, 14. Georgia,
15. Texas, 16. Air Force
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1. Broncos, 2. Bears,
3. Raiders, 4. Eagles,
5. Falcons, 6. Giants,
7. Bengals, 8. Cardinals,
9. Navy, 10. Oklahoma,
11. Nebraska, 12. Rhode Island,
13. Michigan, 14. Georgia,
15. Texas, 16. Utah
13. Oregon vs. Michigan
14. S. Carolina vs. Georgia
15. TCU vs. Texas
16. Air Force Academy
vs. Utah
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Rear-D, 2nd BCT 2nd ID
1. Broncos, 2. Chargers,
3. Raiders, 4. Eagles, 5. Vikings,
6. Giants, 7. Bengals,
8. Cardinals, 9. Rutgers,
10. Oklahoma, 11. Nebraska,
12. Army, 13. Oregon,
14. Georgia, 15. Texas, 16. Utah
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Mountaineer
Athlete of the Week
Julius Blue
Sports Position: Intramural football player
What got you started playing sports?
My dad got me involved with baseball when I was a
little kid and then he got me involved with football and
basketball. I had an immediate liking to sports and developed
into a good athlete. I also ran track when I got older.
What is your best personal sports moment?
I was a freshman running back for Lee County High
School in North Carolina and my best moment in sports
to this day was when I scored my first high school
touchdown. It was so special to me to be able to score
a touchdown as a freshman.
What is your favorite professional sports moment?
It had to be when Shaq (Shaquille O’Neal) came back
home to play for the Miami Heat and Dwayne Wade and Shaq
carried the Heat to the NBA championship two years ago.
Who would you like to meet in sports?
Julius Peppers (Charlotte Panthers defensive lineman).
He dominated in both football and basketball when he
was at North Carolina during his college days and he is
continuing to be dominant in the NFL.
Would you like to see anything in sports changed?
I have a hard time with people not honoring their
contracts. I don’t like it when players hold out for more
money after they have signed a contact I say if you sign a
contract you have to honor it. If the player doesn’t want to
honor the contract then I would fine them until they did.
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Titanic
artifacts
displayed
at
Denver Museum
of Nature, Science
Story and photos by Nel Lampe
Mountaineer staff
Museum guides set the 1912 mood as visitors
enter the Titanic artifacts exhibit with a “boarding
pass” bearing the name of a real passenger who
was aboard the ship when it went down.
T
he Denver Museum of Nature
and Science is one of the
largest museums in the
country, with about a million visitors
each year. Still in its original building,
which has been expanded and
renovated over its 107-year history,
the exhibits are first class.
Exhibits range from prehistoric to
space, from gems and minerals to
American Indian. There’s surely
something of interest to everyone.
A special exhibit presently in the
museum attracting a lot of visitors is
“Titanic, the Artifact Exhibition.” It
will be in the museum until Jan. 6,
2008. The Titanic has its own
admission fee, which is $10 for adults
and $8 for children, in addition to
general museum admission. Soldiers
and their Families will only have to
pay the special admission fee as
entrance is free for Soldiers.
The Titanic exhibit opened in the
Denver museum in June, 95 years after
the Titanic sank — April 15, 1912.
Interest in the Titanic has not
waned; the exhibit has been touring
since 1994 and has been visited
by 18 million people.
The Titanic, the largest, most luxurious ship in the world was believed to
be unsinkable, yet the ship went down
on its maiden voyage. Costing $7.5
million when completed in 1912, the
ship would cost $400 million in
Left: Egyptian mummies are displayed
in an exhibit on the third floor of
the museum. Above: A mammoth
(an American elephant) that lived
millions of years ago is displayed in
the Prehistoric Journey exhibit, along
with a variety of dinosaurs.
today’s dollars. A first-class ticket
on the White Star Line’s Titanic cost
$4,350 in 1912. Today, fare for a large
parlor suite, about 12 by 15 feet,
would cost $50,000.
A Denver citizen, Margaret Brown,
was a first-class passenger aboard the
Titanic. Later known as “Unsinkable
Molly Brown,” she helped save
passengers and assisted survivors.
The Titanic was almost four
city blocks long and as wide as a
four-lane interstate highway.
First-class passengers had a squash
court, a swimming pool and a grand
staircase paneled in oak. Luxurious
décor and accessories were in the
ship’s first class accommodations, and
many remnants of that part of the
ship are on display. More than 300
artifacts are in the exhibit, including
a 3,000-pound piece of the hull as
well as jewelry, money, clothing,
bottles and china all recovered from
the wreck of the Titanic.
The wreck was discovered in 1985
by a joint U.S.-French expedition.
Recovery efforts were started a few
years later.
A Titanic gift shop is included in
the exhibit. Buy jewelry, books, videos,
postcards and other souvenir selections,
including reproduction dinnerware
used in first, second or third class.
The Titanic exhibit itself is
worth the trip to Denver.
Other exhibits to see include
“Prehistoric Journey,” with its very large
collection of dinosaurs and exhibits
tracing what Colorado, Kansas and
Nebraska looked like millions of years
Places to see in the
Pikes Peak area.
See Denver Museum on Page 30
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Denver Museum
From Page 29
ago when giant creatures roamed.
Filled with bones from
prehistoric dinosaurs, mammoths
and fish, the exhibits start with the
Cambrian Era — 4,000 million
years ago. The exhibit progresses
through the Permian Period, the
Triassic Period, the Jurassic Period
and finally, the Cretaceous Period
in which the dinosaurs lived.
Visitors will see displays
depicting Colorado as a rain forest
50 million years ago and Kansas
with a coastline. See the displays
of giant pig-like animals that
once were in Nebraska.
Space Odyssey is a multimillion dollar exhibit that opened
a few years ago. It is very popular
with youngsters and has several
interactive exhibits.
There’s a Mars Outpost;
visitors learn about Mars’ geology
and how wind affected the terrain
on Mars. Other exhibits include
a Robotic Rover, a Cosmic
Explorer and infrared lenses.
Attendants dress in space-themed
costumes, answer questions and
assist at the space exhibits.
The museum’s Gates
Planetarium is the most advanced
planetarium in the world. The
digital projection lends realism to
the audience of 125 people. Buy a
ticket for the showing of your
choice at the entrance.
Extensive exhibits on North
American Indian cultures, Australia
and the South Pacific Islands are
are on the second floor. First-class
exhibits on North American
wildlife, sea mammals and the
edge of the wild exhibits are
also available on that floor.
Exhibits about Botswana,
Africa and South America are on
Above: Visitors learn about Mars in the Space Odyssey exhibit. Below: Visitors control space shuttle models in
an interactive exhibit in the popular space exhibit.
the third floor, as well as “Explore
Colorado” exhibits and the
Egyptian mummies.
Other third floor exhibits
depict rare birds.
It takes time to see all the
exhibits in the Denver Museum
of Nature and Science, but you
may want to schedule time to see
an IMAX film.
“Back from the Abyss” is
about the recovery of the Titanic
and is a great companion piece to
the Titanic artifacts exhibit. It
alternates with other IMAX movies
in the theater.
Choose your movie and
showing time and purchase tickets
at the entrance.
The Web site www.DMNS.org
lists IMAX and planetarium
showings.
Visitors are greeted by a
Tyrannosaurus Rex just inside
The Museum Shop in the museum has a wide selection of gifts, games,
kits and books, related to museum exhibits.
the entrance near the ticket counter.
When refreshments are needed,
stop by the deli in the atrium, where
cold salads, sandwiches and snacks
are available, as well as soft drinks
and coffee. T-Rex Café is behind the
deli, and offers a large selection of
entrees, salad by the ounce, pizza
slices, cooked-to-order hamburgers
and other sandwiches, as well as
pastries and desserts. A large,
quiet dining area is nearby, or
choose a table in the atrium.
For information about the
museum or IMAX showings,
call (800) 925-2250 or check the
Web site at www.dmns.org.
There are lockers and an
automated teller machine near
House Museum is also in Denver, at
the main entrance. Strollers and
wheelchairs are also available there. 1340 Pennsylvania St. Go online at
www.mollybrown.org or call (303)
Make your last stop at the
832-4092 for information.
well-stocked Museum Shop, filled
The Denver Museum of Nature
with books, gifts, souvenirs and
and Science is in City Park, near
models of museum-themed items.
Denver Zoo.
Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5
To reach the museum, go to
p.m., every day except Christmas.
Denver on Interstate 25 north, and
General museum admission is $10
take the Colorado exit north to City
for adults, $8 for the IMAX or
Park. There are signs for the zoo
Planetarium showing. General
and museum, which are inside the
admission and one show cost $15,
park. The museum’s address is
or $20 for general admission,
2001 Colorado Ave.
IMAX and the planetarium show.
There’s free parking in front
Admission for ages 3 to 18 is
of the museum.
$6 for general admission.
Combination tickets are
$10, $14 and $16.
Just the Facts
The museum is open
• Travel time: just over an hour
Fridays and Saturdays
all
• For ages:
from 5:15-9 p.m. for the
Titanic exhibit only,
• Type: natural history museum
for a special price of
• Fun factor: ★★★★★
$16 for adults and $10
(Out of 5 stars)
for ages 3-18.
• Wallet damage: $$ - $$$
Active duty service$ = Less than $20
members and their
Families receive free
$$ = $21 to $40
general admission to the
$$$ = $41 to $60
museum with a military
$$$$ = $61 to $80
identification card.
(Based on a family of four)
The Molly Brown
Happenings
for children ages 6-12.The ranch is by the
30th Street entrance to Garden of the Gods.
Academy Band concerts
The Air Force Academy Band presents a
free concert featuring “The Falconaires” at
Pike Peak Center, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. The
concert, “Heritage to Horizons,” commemorates
60 years of air and space power, honoring the
Air Force 60th anniversary. Tickets are free but
required, and are available at the Pikes Peak
Center box office and World Arena box office.
Another free concert, featuring the
“Stellar Brass” is Sept. 16 at 3 p.m. at the
Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel. No tickets
are necessary.
Air Force Academy football
College football fans can catch Division
I football at the Air Force Academy; call
472-1895 for tickets. The next home game is
Sept. 13 at 6 p.m., against Texas Christian
University in Falcon Stadium, followed by an
Oct. 6 game with University of Nevada at Las
Vegas at 7 p.m. The Falcons play Wyoming at
noon Oct. 20. West Point comes to town Nov.
3, in a 1:30 p.m. game. The final home game
is Nov. 17, with San Diego State at noon.
Arts Fest at Rock Ledge Ranch
The annual Folk Art Festival is at Rock
Ledge Historic Site Sept. 14-16. One of the
largest fests in the area, several tents house
antiques, hand-crafted furniture, clothing, art
and unique goods. There are fest foods and
visitors can see the historic sites on the ranch.
The entry fee to the fest is $6 for adults and $2
Green to Gold is the Army ROTC program for enlisted men
and women to become Army Officers. Get your college
degree and become one of the Army's newest leaders.
Briefings every Tuesday at Noon,
at the Education Center, Room 126.
Call (719) 262-3236 or e-mail [email protected]
Broadway in Colorado Springs
The new season’s schedule at the Pikes
Peak Center includes Bill Cosby, Oct. 7 and
“Evita” Oct. 25-26. Call 520-9090 for tickets.
The rest of the season includes “Hairspray”
Jan. 5-6, “Gypsy” Feb. 5-6. “Cats” March 7-8
and Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy,
March 21. All performances are at the Pikes
Peak Center 90 S. Cascade.
Pueblo’s Center Stage
Sangre de Cristo Arts Center’s Center
Stage opens with “Flamenco Vivo” Oct. 30,
at 7:30 p.m. The next event, “The Golden
Dragon Acrobats” is Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m.
Also on the schedule is “The Count Basie
Orchestra” March 11, “I Love a Piano: The
Music of Irving Berlin” April 2, and
“Chanticleer” May 4. All performances
are in the Arts Center Theater, 210 N.
Santa Fe in downtown Pueblo. Call the box
office, (719) 295-7222.
Academy concerts
The Academy concert season begins
with “Cross Canadian Ragweed” in concert
Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m. “Coasters, Drifters and
Platters” is Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m., and Cirque
Le Masque” is Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. The
concerts are in Arnold Hall theater; call
333-4497 for ticket information.
Fine Arts Center Theatre
Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs”
is performed by the Fine Art Center Reportory
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Theater in the Fine Arts Center, 60 W. Dale
St. Oct. 12-28. Performances are Thursdays
at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.
and Sundays at 2 p.m. Call the box office at
634-5583 for ticket information.
Titanic exhibit at Museum
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
has “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” in the
museum, which includes artifacts from the
wreckage. Admission to the Titanic exhibit is
$10 for adults, plus regular admission. Student
tickets are $8 for the Titanic exhibit. Soldiers
and Family members receive free admission
to the museum with identification, but will
have to pay to see the special exhibit. For more
information go to www.dmns.org.
Molly Brown Museum
Denver resident Molly Brown was a
survivor of the Titanic disaster. Programs
related to the Titanic are at the Molly Brown
House Museum, 1340 Pennsylvania St. in
Denver. An Unsinkable Activities Tent will
be on site. Admission to the Molly Brown
House Museum is $6.50 for adults, and $3 for
ages 6-12. Tours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. MondaysSaturdays. Sunday hours are noon-4 p.m.
50s, 60s dinner dance
“Rockin’ at the Aud” at the City
Auditorium in downtown Colorado Springs is
Sept. 15, 5-9:30 p.m. It’s a dinner/dance
featuring “Flash Cadillac” and music of the 50s
and 60s. Wear a poodle skirt, bobby socks and
rolled up jeans or just come as you are. Tickets
are $50, and proceeds go to Greccio Housing.
— Compiled by Nel Lampe
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Happenings
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Pvt. Hazard
by James Boroch
Photo by Nel Lampe
Art fest
The annual Folk Art Festival at Rock Ledge Historic Site draws a large crowd.
Set for Sept. 14-16., it’s one of the largest fests in the area. Several large
tents house a range of wares, from antiques to holiday ornaments, from
specialty foods to art and photographs. Visitors can also see the ranch’s
historic sites. Entry is $6 for adults and $2 for children. The ranch is next to
the Garden of the Gods entrance on 30th Street.
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