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  Welcome to Fort Carson
Fort Carson is located 60 miles south of Denver on Interstate 25, exit 135, or Nevada Avenue (State Highway 115), exit 140A (see map insert).
Military personnel assigned or attached to Fort Carson, civilian employees, visitors or anyone wishing to bring a weapon/firearm onto the installation must register their weapon with the Provost Marshal's Office, bldg 2700, within 72 hours after acquisition of the weapon/firearm or 14 days after initial arrival to Fort Carson.
Fort Carson residents are limited to two pets in post quarters.
www.militarynewcomers.com /FTCARSON/index.htm   (1295 words)

  
  Fort Carson, Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fort Carson is a census-designated place and United States Army post located in El Paso County, Colorado, outside of Colorado Springs.
It is the home of the 7th Infantry Division, the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, the Third Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division, the Second Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Infantry Division and the 43rd Area Support Group.
The fort is named in honor of Brigadier General Kit Carson.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Carson,_Colorado   (452 words)

  
 Fort Carson, Colorado -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Fort Carson is a (additional info and facts about census-designated place) census-designated place and United States Army Base located in (additional info and facts about El Paso County, Colorado) El Paso County, Colorado.
Fort Carson is located at 38°44'45" North, 104°47'6" West (38.745744, -104.784907).
Out of the total population, 12.1% of those under the age of 18 and 0.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fo/fort_carson,_colorado.htm   (450 words)

  
 Fort Carson History - Colorado Springs
Carson troops were moved to the northern part of the post to fight the fire.
Although the damage to Fort Carson was not great, troops and equipment were used to aid suffering civilians and to assist in flood control.
Fort Carson lost the Army Dog Training Center in 1957 when the job of training sentry dogs was transferred to the Air Force.
www.colorado-springs-real-estate.net /military/milfortchistory.htm   (8841 words)

  
 Fort Carson
Fort Carson, the Mountain Post, is an Army post located southwest of Colorado Springs, between Interstate 25 and Highway 115.
Fort Carson is located on the south side of the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County.
Distribution of potable water was severely restricted at Fort Carson.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/fort-carson.htm   (2480 words)

  
 Department of Conservation and Recreation
Fort Independence, a pentagonal five-bastioned, granite fort built between 1834 and 1851, is the dominating feature of Castle Island.
Fort Independence and Castle Island are on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, and the fort is a National Historic Landmark.
Fort tours are conducted by the Castle Island Association in the summer months and there is interpretive signage for self-guided tours.
www.mass.gov /dcr/parks/metroboston/castle.htm   (280 words)

  
 CNN.com - Fort Carson stunned by loss in chopper crash - Nov. 3, 2003
Soldiers at Fort Carson are stunned by the loss of several colleagues killed when their helicopter was shot down in Iraq, an officer at the base said.
Fort Carson has sent 12,000 troops to Iraq -- its largest deployment since World War II -- including units from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team and battalions of the 10th Special Forces Group.
Troops at Fort Carson are "humbled" and "saddened" by the crash, but are "also serious and professional and have to continue the mission," said Lt. Col.
www.cnn.com /2003/US/Central/11/03/fort.carson.ap   (552 words)

  
 Fort Carson Sustainability and Environmental Management System Website
Fort Carson initiated its journey toward sustainability with a regional conference in 2002, where Fort Carson and community stakeholders established 25-year goals.
Advance a sustainable mission and Fort Carson by adopting a SEMS and by imparting (passing on) a personal commitment and enthusiasm for sustainability.
Fort Carson is working with various community leaders, organizations and resource users in El Paso, Pueblo and Fremont counties to develop a comprehensive sustainability program for the entire region.
sems.carson.army.mil   (749 words)

  
 CNN.com - Fort Carson stunned by loss in chopper crash - Nov. 3, 2003
Soldiers at Fort Carson are stunned by the loss of several colleagues killed when their helicopter was shot down in Iraq, an officer at the base said.
Fort Carson has sent 12,000 troops to Iraq -- its largest deployment since World War II -- including units from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team and battalions of the 10th Special Forces Group.
Troops at Fort Carson are "humbled" and "saddened" by the crash, but are "also serious and professional and have to continue the mission," said Lt. Col.
cnn.com /2003/US/Central/11/03/fort.carson.ap/index.html   (542 words)

  
 9news.com | News | Four Fort Carson soldiers face criminal charges in prisoner's death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
FORT CARSON - Four soldiers from Fort Carson face charges for the drowning death of an Iraqi prisoner, Lt. Col.
Three Fort Carson soldiers were charged with manslaughter, and one was charged with assault, Withington said.
This is the second case of alleged prisoner abuse involving soldiers from Fort Carson.
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 Fort Carson - News & Events
To find current road conditions on Fort Carson (may not be the same as road conditions off the installation), call for the recorded message at 526-0096.
If Fort Carson is closed, personnel will not be allowed to come on to or leave the installation unless it is for a bona fide emergency.
Attention to all Fort Carson Families; Army Community Service, along with Peterson and Schriever AFB and the U. Air Force Academy are sponsoring an Adoption Workshop and Information Fair on April 24 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
search.carson.army.mil /pao-news   (1195 words)

  
 Fort Carson Blog
The permanent departure of the cavalry regiment meant that Fort Carson’s population decreased this year, even as post officials rushed to accommodate thousands of extra soldiers promised by the Defense Department in 2005 when the infantry division was ordered to move back to Fort Carson.
Growth at Fort Carson is well-planned and the details of moving 10,000 soldiers and their families to Colorado Springs is well in hand, a crowd of more than 300 was told during a town hall meeting Wednesday night.
Fort Carson has been at the center of military shifts since 2004, when the move of 2nd Brigade was announced.
www.fortcarsonblog.com   (6569 words)

  
 Fort Carson Public Affairs - Press Releases
Fort Carson, CO – “Eggsperience,” hosted by the Directorate of Morale, Welfare and Recreation, is scheduled for March 31, 9 a.m.
Fort Carson’s friends and neighbors who wish to provide concrete support for our fighting men and women are invited to come out and give a life giving gift.
FORT CARSON, Colo. – The U.S. Army announced Feb. 14 that the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) granted a requested waiver to the moratorium on major land acquisition.
search.carson.army.mil /pao-news/press-releases   (11592 words)

  
 GMH Military Housing : : Fort Carson Familiy Housing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Fort Carson, the Mountain Post, is a proud Army post located southwest of Colorado Springs, between Interstate 25 and Highway 115.
Fort Carson is a caring installation that emphasizes quality of life programs.
The Fort Carson community emphasizes the Total Army Family, in cooperation with surrounding communities, contributes to accomplishing our most important mission: Caring for soldiers, civilians, retirees, and families while we train to be ready to mobilize, deploy, and fight.
www.gmhmilitaryhousing.com /fcfh.htm   (133 words)

  
 The Fort Wallace/Kit Carson/Fort Lyon Roads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Following the Battle of Beecher's Island in September 1868 northwest of Fort Wallace and the October 9 capture of Clara Blinn and her two-year-old son Willie east of Fort Lyon, the Cheyennes and their southern plains allies moved south of the Arkansas to winter in the Washita River Valley.
It was shipped through Kit Carson to Denver by rail, transported south to Pueblo on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, and thence by wagon to the mountain route of the Santa Fe Trail at Trinidad.
The closing of the roads from Kit Carson signaled the end of an era, the 1863-1873 decade which witnessed the gradual truncation of the Santa Fe Trail by the westward thrust of the Union Pacific-Kansas Pacific Railroad.
www.stjohnks.net /santafetrail/research/fortwallacefortlyonroad.html   (2560 words)

  
 Fort Carson Real Estate and Homes for Sale in El Paso County, Colorado
Located at the south end of the town of Colorado Springs, Fort Carson is a 138,000-acre military post that is recognized as one of the world’s premiere locations to lead, train, and prepare soldiers.
Fort Carson’s military family neighborhoods are safe, friendly and feature real estate market options for purchase of all shapes and sizes.
Although Fort Carson is not an incorporated city, it is considered a part of El Paso County and is located in one of Colorado’s most exciting regions.
www.fortcarson-realestate.com   (815 words)

  
 NPS Historical Handbook: Fort Union
Kit Carson, now colonel of the 1st New Mexico Cavalry, was the mailed fist with which the general struck at the hostiles.
By March 1863 Carson had subjugated the tribe and moved 400 warriors with their families to a new reservation on the Pecos River, in eastern New Mexico.
Now Carleton ordered Kit Carson to march west with the three companies of cavalry at Fort Union and rendezvous with the rest of the 1st New Mexico Regiment for a campaign in the Navajo homeland.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/35/hh35m.htm   (922 words)

  
 Fort Carson dealt blow - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
FORT CARSON (AP) — Fort Carson, already hit hard by the conflict in Iraq, suffered its single heaviest combat loss since the Vietnam War with the deaths of four soldiers aboard a helicopter shot down near the Euphrates River.
Fort Carson has sent 12,000 troops to Iraq — its largest deployment since World War II — including units from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team and battalions of the 10th Special Forces Group.
Officials at Fort Carson confirmed the troops were on their way home for R&R. First Lt. Brian Slavenas, a 30-year-old Illinois National Guardsman from Genoa, Ill., was flying the helicopter when it went down, his father said yesterday.
washingtontimes.com /national/20031103-113752-3494r.htm   (483 words)

  
 Ft. / Fort Carson, CO - Colorado Florists, buy flowers from your local full service retail flower shops and florist ...
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When placing an order for Delivery in Ft. Carson, Colorado, it is usually wise to keep the order simple, the less specific you are in your request, the less room for error.
www.flowershopnetwork.com /directory/ColoradoFlorists/Fort-Carson.php   (985 words)

  
 Fort Carson, Colorado (CO) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news, ...
Fort Carson, CO residents, houses, and apartments details
The ratio of number of residents in Fort Carson to the number of sex offenders is 10566 to 1.
Fort Carson-area historical tornado activity is near Colorado state average.
www.city-data.com /city/Fort-Carson-Colorado.html   (1367 words)

  
 Fort Carson scrambles to handle influx
The flags and patches haven’t been figured out, but Fort Carson will get a divisiontype headquarters and a brigade as part of the Army’s biggest troop shift since the end of the Cold War.
In terms of growth, Fort Carson was one of the Army’s biggest winners, outstripping increases at posts including Fort Riley, Kan., and Fort Rucker, Ala.
Now, Fort Carson houses are built and maintained by a contractor paid by the government.
www.globalsecurity.org /org/news/2005/050514-fort-carson.htm   (607 words)

  
 Fort Carson Opens ‘Green’ Training Facility
Fort Carson opened the doors to a new, sustainable training facility in December.
Fort Carson will use the facility for environmental and other training classes it conducts for staff and soldiers.
Fort Carson formed a “green” building team in 2001 to set standards and ensure the success of integrating sustainable concepts into a Fort Carson training facility funded for construction in 2002.
aec.army.mil /usaec/publicaffairs/update/win03/win0312.html   (739 words)

  
 Fort Carson Surge on Its Way to Area - Science - RedOrbit
Apr. 18--A surge of new soldiers and their families are coming to Fort Carson over the next two years but that wave ran into a reef of opposition Tuesday night from area residents who do not want the Army to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site as part of the Army's overall plan.
Robert Mixon Jr., Fort Carson's commander, made it clear that some of those soldiers will be interested in living in Pueblo, Pueblo West and sending their children to local schools.
Warren told the audience that Fort Carson and Army officials are now in the process of "refining" what acreage around Pinon Canyon will meet their training needs.
www.redorbit.com /news/science/906724/fort_carson_surge_on_its_way_to_area/index.html?source=r_science   (865 words)

  
 Welcome to Fort Carson
For more information call 526-2322 or visit the Fort Carson homepage at www.carson.army.mil and click on the “newcomers” link.
The purpose of the Fort Carson Volunteer Realtor Program is to assist the Housing Office in providing housing and community information to military families.
Fort Carson is proud to be the first Army installation to have privatized housing.
www.militarynewcomers.com /FTCARSON/resources/housing.htm   (1076 words)

  
 EnviroQuest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
During the course of that meeting, 12 aggressive sustainability goals were established and approved by Fort Carson’s Garrison Commander (GC) and Deputy Commanding General (DCG).
This document represents the combined efforts of Fort Carson personnel, community members and leaders, NGOs, business professionals and university professors to set up a logical program for progress over the next 5 years that will ensure accomplishment of the 25 year sustainability goals.
These draft 5-Year Plans map out how Fort Carson will get started down the path of sustainability so that the goals set during the September conference are met.
www.envquest.com /carson.asp   (341 words)

  
 DefenseLink News Article: Fort Carson Supports Families of Deployed Soldiers
Sue Sliman, mobilization and deployment officer at Fort Carson, said Anderson is among 75 to 80 percent of military spouses who chose to remain at the post after their husbands or wives deployed.
Fort Carson has a multi-tiered support network for the families of more than 11,500 active-duty soldiers and 6,200 Guardsmen and reservists who have processed through the post during the past year en route to Southwest Asia.
Fort Carson's extensive support network ensures there's no question about where to turn for help.
www.defenselink.mil /news/newsarticle.aspx?id=28314   (718 words)

  
 Bush Visits Fort Carson: Gag Order Leaves Troops, Reporters Speechless
The Bush campaign has put up an ad in Iowa saying that certain of his opponents are "attacking the president for attacking the terrorists," as if opposing the war in Iraq is the same as opposing the war on terror.
In his speech, Bush didn't mention Elaine Johnson, whose son Darius Jennings was one of four Fort Carson soldiers on the Chinook helicopter that was shot down Nov. 2.
When Johnson was at the Fort Carson chapel a week ago for her son's memorial service, she wondered aloud why the president had visited South Carolina in the week of her son's funeral but had not bothered to attend or to send any message to her or her family.
www.commondreams.org /views03/1125-14.htm   (1026 words)

  
 Fort Carson, Colorado CO, profile (El Paso County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Fort Carson is in El Paso County, in the Colorado Springs metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Fort Carson was $12,772, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Fort Carson, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $685.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9471   (546 words)

  
 ESPN Outdoors -- Moose captured, removed from Army post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Soldiers and state wildlife officers captured an intruder that had penetrated a fenced area on this Army post: a 500-pound female moose.
The Division of Wildlife said Thursday the moose had wandered into an area reserved for equipment that will be returning from Iraq, where more than 10,000 Fort Carson soldiers are deployed.
Fort Carson, in Colorado Springs, provided 600 pounds of ice to put in the trailer to keep the moose cool for the drive through record-high temperatures.
www.espn.go.com /outdoors/hunting/news/2005/0725/2116202.html   (234 words)

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