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Yesterday at 4:16 PM  Commanders at Fort Carson say the suicide rate among their soldiers is on track to drop by 45 percent.

Yesterday at 2:43 PM  Fort Carson is opening an outdoor training area to teach soldiers how to evacuate wounded comrades while under fire.

Yesterday at 9:51 AM  Five Fort Carson soldiers died Monday in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan when insurgents attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.

Yesterday at 5:02 AM  President Obama called America's troops the "steel in our ship of state." Many of those men and women of steel — and the parents who helped forge them — said they think the president is plotting the right course.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  President Barack Obama speaks to the nation tonight to herald the formal end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  NATO says four American troops have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan. 

Monday, August 30, 2010  Fort Carson is implementing a new pilot program which allows soldiers to seek treatment  for alcohol abuse anonymously.

Sunday, August 29, 2010  The Colorado State Fair is in full swing at the fairgrounds in Pueblo, and Sunday was all about honoring those in the military.

Sunday, August 29, 2010  7 US troops killed in latest Afghanistan fighting, bringing August death toll to 42

Saturday, August 28, 2010  A local soldier is helping needy kids get ready to go back to school.

Friday, August 27, 2010  Eight soldiers from the Colorado Army National Guard are returning home after a nine-month deployment in Bahrain

Thursday, August 26, 2010  Fort Carson leaders meet with the community about what is happening at the Mountain Post and what is planned for the future.

Thursday, August 26, 2010  Glenn Beck's rally on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech is drawing criticism, protests and questions about his intentions.

Thursday, August 26, 2010  The Army is ending a program that helped nearly 3,000 high school dropouts earn high school equivalency certificates and become soldiers.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010  An Air Force veteran accused of killing his girlfriend and then staging a car crash to cover the slaying is now accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife-- who is a witness in the murder case.