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A Stryker armored vehicle leads a group of vehicles heading south on I-25 near Pikes Peak International Raceway Wednesday, May 27, 2015. About 650 vehicles, inlcuding 300 Stryker armored vehicles and more than 4,000 soldiers headed from Fort Carson to the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site. Fort Carson s 1st Brigade Combat Team are headed to the site east of Trinidad in what is by some accounts the largest road convoy in Colorado Since World War II. Photo by Mark Reis, The Gazette
MARK REIS
Command of Fort Carson and the 4th Infantry Division will soon change hands, according to Pentagon officials.
Army Brig. Gen. David Hodne, who is serving as commandant of the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga., will assume command of the Colorado Springs installation, according to a recent announcement from the Department of Defense.
The post s commander, Maj. Gen. Matthew McFarlane, will transfer to Fort Shafter, Hawaii, where he will serve as U.S. Army Pacific Command’s deputy commanding general, according to the announcement.
A change-of-command date has not yet been announced but is likely to occur this summer.
From overseas combat to guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Rob Petry has seen a lot, and heâs drawing on his experience to train the Armyâs future leaders who currently attend college in Luzerne County.
Petry took an assignment as military service instructor for the Armyâs ROTC program at Kingâs College in May 2019.
âIt is something that I wanted to do. The way it works in the Army is when you are a senior NCO (non-commissioned officer), you talk with your branch manager and say, âWhere does the Army need a person with my qualifications right now?â Itâs a conversation back and forth. I was given a few options and chose to come to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area and serve as an ROTC instructor.â
Duty Calls: Guard officer honored for 37 years of service
Terry Brown
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New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Michael Tagliafierro pins a Family Recognition Award pin on his wife Maureen during his retirement ceremony.Eric Durr / New Yok Army National Guard
New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Michael Tagliafierro of Porters Corners, Saratoga County, has received a Meritorious Service Medal in recognition of his 37 years of military duty before retirement.
Tagliafierro also received the Order of St. Maurice, an award for excellence in infantry, and a New York State Conspicuous Service Medal. He is a veteran of two deployments to Iraq war and is authorized to wear the combat patch of the New York Army National Guard s 42nd Infantry Division, the Minnesota Army National Guard s 34th Infantry Division, and the active Army s 1st Infantry Division.
Air Force One lands at the Colorado Springs Airport with then-President Donald Trump while Air Force Two sits on the tarmac at Peterson Air Force Base in February 2020.
The Pentagon rated Peterson Air Force base at the bottom of the pack in its access to air transport and ability to handle distinguished visitors in a document justifying its decision to award U.S. Space Command to Alabama. In this image, both planes were at Peterson while Trump and Vice President Mike Pence campaigned in the Pikes Peak region.
CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE
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