Mountaineer staff and contributing Soldiers from deployed units reported on every major conflict within the newspaper’s pages. The contract to print the newspaper changed hands several times in its long run. The newspaper began printing just eight months after then Camp Carson opened in January 1942 and was printed by the Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. I’m saddened to learn that the Mountaineer will no longer be available to the Fort Carson community. “While learning to speak Army, I was covering events, interviewing Soldiers, taking notes and learning about places that might be of interest to Soldiers and Families that could be published in the ‘Get Out’ section of the newspaper. “After a career with the Air Force, I landed a job on the staff of the Fort Carson newspaper, The Mountaineer, where I served for 18 years,” said Nel Lampe, a longtime staff writer. Through all wars since World War II, two blizzards that closed Fort Carson for several days in 19 and the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mountaineer hit newsstands every week. The Mountaineer never missed publication in its 80-year history.
10, 1942, The Fort Carson Mountaineer will stop printing with this issue, Nov. Eighty years after it began printing Sept. Modules can be completed at the student's discretion, no particular order is required, and there are no prerequisites.FORT CARSON, Colo. AFTB's three different levels are comprised of 30 individual modules. The classes are free of charge and not only provide information about the military lifestyle you are now a part of, but also provide great opportunities to meet others who like to get involved in our community. Why just survive your military experience when you can thrive?ĪFTB classes are standardized throughout the entire Army ~ wherever you and your Soldier are assigned, you can take advantage of the information offered through the program. AFTB is training for a way of life that prepares everyone in America’s Army to function at their personal highest level, in any situation, with minimal outside support. Strong families are the pillar of support behind strong Soldiers. AFTB is a program developed by family members for family members, a volunteer-led organization with a central tenet: provide training and knowledge to support the total Army effort.
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