21st Space Wing commander hosts all call

Col. Doug Schiess, 21st Space Wing commander, hosted his second Commander's Call of the year April 21, 2016.During the morning session, Gen. John Hyten, Air Force Space Command commander, presented the Gen. Thomas W. Moorman award, recognizing the 21st Space Wing as the best wing in AFSPC.Video of

Office of Emergency Management encourages preparedness

Devastating tornadoes, wildfires and other natural disasters have caused irreparable damage in recent years, yet nearly 60 percent of surveyed Americans have not participated in a preparedness exercise at work, school or home in the past year said Tech. Sgt. Michael Chancey, Emergency Management

Vosler NCOA graduates first students in new course

After five weeks, the Forrest L. Volser Noncommissioned Officer Academy graduated 96 technical sergeants from the Academy's first Intermediate Leadership Experience course on April 12.For the last five weeks, NCOs from 14 bases and nine Major Commands honed their leadership and management skills

Brig. Gen. Nordhaus visits Starbase Academy

Combating Trafficking in Persons

The majority of people believe human trafficking only exists overseas. The reality is trafficking in persons is happening in our own backyard. In 2014, the Colorado Springs Police Department developed a team focused on investigating human trafficking. In addition to arresting "johns" and "pimps",

GEODSS sites redesignated under 20th SPCS

Military and contractor personnel assigned to 20th Space Control Squadron, Detachment 1 celebrated a new designation during a ceremony held April 20.  The redesignation does not prevent the detachment from continuing to perform its critical space surveillance mission."This realignment under the 20th

Space Symposium panel discusses space and international partnerships

Attendees of the 32nd Space Symposium gathered at the Broadmoor here to listen to an international panel of senior leaders April 14.Brig. Gen. Greg Bowen, deputy commanding general for operations, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, was one of seven panel

Colorado Springs Cadet Squadron CyberPatriot National Finalists Place 3rd in All Services Division

A local team of students from the Civil Air Patrol's Colorado Springs Cadet Squadron (CSCS) traveled to Baltimore, Md. this week to compete in the CyberPatriot VIII National Finals Competition. CSCS is one of 28 teams out of a pool of more than 3,300 teams who advanced through four rounds of

Fort Carson supports Cheyenne Mountain with Soldiers and Strykers

Soldiers and Strykers of the 4th Infantry Division, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, react and respond to a training exercise inside Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station April 13.Owned and operated by the 21st Space Wing, CMAFS is the home of the alternate command center for North

Keeping North America safe for half a century

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION, Colo. - On a day when both the Governor of Colorado and the U.S. Senate proclaimed April 20 as Cheyenne Mountain Day, while clouds threatened rain, and wind whipped across the iconic north portal of Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, a crowd paid homage to