Posted: 2:58 AM 2,000 soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division on Fort Carson are preparing to deploy.

Posted: 12:13 PM Two Fort Carson soldiers were involved in an accidental shooting over the weekend, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office.

Posted: 7:07 AM Work has begun on a new memorial in Aurora that will commemorate Coloradoans who died in service to their country.

Posted: 5:28 AM The 25-year-old man charged with murdering former Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and his friend at a Texas gun range was an Iraq war veteran.

Posted: 6:10 AM A funeral is planned Thursday for a 38-year-old western Michigan soldier who was fatally injured in an insurgent attack in Afghanistan.

Posted: 8:32 AM The Air Force Academy says another male cadet has been charged with aggravated sexual assault.

Posted: 11:39 AM An Iraq War veteran from Long Island who lost a leg to an IED blast cheated death after being caught in an avalanche.

Updated: 1:40 PM Body Found of Missing Air Academy Graduate

Updated: 7:07 AM An Air Force cadet and former Academy football player accused of sexual assault will be in a hearing Thursday.

Updated: 12:52 PM The Defense Department is lifting its ban on women serving in combat. A formal announcement was made Thursday.

Updated: 9:39 AM The bodies of an Army staff sergeant and his pregnant wife will be flown to Virginia Thursday, where the couple will then be buried at the Arlington National Cemetery.

Posted: 6:04 AM A Fort Carson soldier died Sunday from wounds he received in December while serving in Afghanistan.

Updated: 6:09 AM Testimony before congressional members shows sharp rise in sex assault among Air Force personnel.

Posted: 5:23 AM An Army general facing court-martial is set to enter his plea on a series of sexual misconduct charges.

Updated: 12:51 PM Last year's top squadron at the Air Force Academy is representing the school at the presidential inaugural parade.

Updated: 3:40 PM A small grass fire on the Air Force Academy has been put out, a spokesman with the Academy confirms to 11 News.

Posted: 7:26 AM President Barack Obama says the U.S. role in Afghanistan will shift to a support role later this spring and he will soon get recommendations from his top military advisers on U.S. troop drawdowns.

Updated: 7:28 AM President Barack Obama next month will bestow the Medal of Honor on a former active duty Army staff sergeant from North Dakota for "courageous actions" in Afghanistan in 2009.

Posted: 9:18 AM President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will discuss ongoing negotiations about how rapidly to withdraw remaining U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Posted: 1:25 PM Lawyers for a Fort Carson soldier accused of sex crimes against young girls requested bond for their client.

Posted: 6:07 AM White House officials say they are considering leaving no American troops in Afghanistan after the end of combat in December 2014, although the administration remains committed to preventing the country from becoming a haven for al-Qaida.

Updated: 6:16 AM More witnesses will take the stand Thursday in the trial of a Ft. Carson soldier accused of killing his 2-month-old daughter.

Updated: 11:43 AM Obama formally announced his choice of Chuck Hagel in the White House East Room on Monday.

Updated: 7:00 AM Approximately 200 soldiers from Fort Carson were welcomed home late Saturday night after a 10-month deployment to Afghanistan.

Posted: 6:14 AM A Fort Carson soldier already accused of kidnapping and flashing young girls in southern Colorado now faces new charges from another state.