Loosing Ft. Carson Metro Bus Service

According to an article in the March 13 Mountaineer, “Mountain Metro Transit has been forced to eliminate bus service onto Ft. Carson, beginning in April 2009.”
If you are currently using bus route No. 30, contact “Metro Rides of Colorado Springs for carpool and other rideshare options at 385-Ride, press 2, or visit http://www.springsgov.com.”
Or you can [...]

Base Phone Numbers (Ft. Carson – Peterson – Air Force Academy)

Whether you’re moving to the Colorado Springs Area, or if you’re already here – contacting a specific place on any of the military bases can be a frustrating task…specially if you have to find the phone numbers first.
To make it easier – use the list below – with all the phone numbers for the bases [...]

Post-Deployment DVD’s

According to a posting on the Ft. Carson website, Tricare is offering free post-deployment DVD’s to soldiers and their families under the program “Help from Home”.
TriWest is making this 2-DVD set available to Soldiers and the Families covered by TRICARE. The series of post-deployment support programs, is available to watch at http://www.triwest.comunder Beneficiary Services by [...]

Phone Numbers for Ft. Carson

Whether you’re stationed at Ft. Carson, are in the process or live of base; following are a few numbers you might need:
The Wounded Soldier and Family Hotline 800-984-8523 (Helping Soldiers and Families resolve medical issues.)
Veterans Affairs and Disabled American Veterans Offices 524-2346
Legal Assistance 526-5572 (Call for hours and appointments.)
If you live on-post:
Facility repair/service orders 526-5345 [...]

Tell Me A Story

May 17th at 3:00 pm at Ft. Carson
“Tell Me A Story” is an event that seeks to empower children by using literature and their own stories to foster skills for resilience, strong peer-and-parent connections and a sense of pride and accomplishments.
This event will be held May 17th at 3:00 pm at the Special Events Center, [...]