Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) April 25 to thank command personnel for their steadfast support to his country’s security efforts. During the visit, Santos presented the Department of Defense’s geographic unified command with his country’s Orden de San Carlos (Order of San Carlos) Medal for SOUTHCOM’s unwavering support for Colombia’s...
Colonias 21 is a project that will bring civil engineers and medical personel to Neuces County to provide needed services to local communities. Colonias 21 is a project by the Innovative Readiness Training program which matches joint service military assets with the needs of communities that would otherwise not be able to afford or logistically support such efforts.
Colony Glacier is a real world mission to recover the remains and wreckage of a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster aircraft that crashed Nov. 22, 1952, near Mt. Gannett, Alaska. Soldiers assigned to the Alaska Army National Guard discovered the debris from a Blackhawk helicopter on June 10, 2012, during a routine training mission on Colony Glacier nearly 14 miles from where the plane first...
Coverage of the military providing aid during the Colorado Floods 2013. Subscribe to this feature page to receive alerts when new content related to the flooding in Colorado is posted.
This content showcases military shout-outs for the Colorado Rockies. To have your MLB shoutout featured here use tag MLBRockies.
Fires burning in southern Colorado in Costillas & Huerfano Counties being fought by firefighters from around the country and assets from the Colorado National Guard.
Active, reserve and National Guard personnel are working together to contain the Black Forest fire burning north of Colorado Springs, Colo. The fire, that began on 11 Jun, continues to burn out of control. Multiple local, state and federal agencies are responding to the fire. Military personnel and equipment are part of this response.
Situation Update:
22 square miles of land destroyed ...
Combat Raider is a Large Force Exercise hosted by the 28th Bomb Wing in the Powder River Training Complex, testing pilots and aircrews in realistic air-to-air and air-to-ground combat scenarios.
