Posted: 11:01 AM A bill is being considered in the U.S. Senate aimed at helping wounded veterans start families by expanding their coverage.

Posted: 9:12 AM The Colorado Army National Guard is breaking ground Friday on a new readiness center in Alamosa.

Updated: 11:48 AM Two U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan Friday after an Afghan police officer turned his gun on them.

Posted: 6:59 PM The Army says suicides among active-duty soldiers more than doubled in July from the month before.

Updated: 7:16 AM NATO says 11 people, including seven American troops, have been killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan.

Posted: 1:59 PM A four-star Army general who was the first head of the new U.S. Africa Command is under investigation and facing demotion for improper spending.

Posted: 10:26 AM In the midst of the worst drought in decades, the Pentagon is considering increasing its meat purchases to take advantage of lower prices and help struggling ranchers.

Updated: 10:03 AM Peterson Air Force Base fire department will conduct fire training exercises on Tuesday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Posted: 4:35 PM Fountain Police have identified man shot by a police officer over the weekend as an active duty soldier stationed at Fort Carson.

Posted: 12:54 PM Three Republican senators warning of impending defense budget cuts are hitting the presidential battleground state of Nevada.

Updated: 5:57 AM At the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, becoming a fighter pilot remains a hotly coveted goal.

Updated: 5:48 AM The latest data from Colorado Springs police indicates a total of 85 burglaries occurred during the Waldo Canyon fire evacuations.

Updated: 5:56 AM An airman assigned to the 13th Air Support Operations Squadron at Fort Carson was killed Wednesday in Afghanistan.

Posted: 5:00 PM The international security contractor formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine to settle federal criminal charges related to arms smuggling and other crimes.

Updated: 6:56 AM Southern Colorado Air Force reservists are going back to work fighting wildfires. Two MAFFS equipped C-130s from Peterson Air Force Base have been called back to Idaho.

Posted: 5:43 PM A civilian who lived on Fort Carson was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for assaulting his four-month-old daughter and causing serious injuries.

Posted: 9:57 AM The Air Force Academy is conducting an exercise designed to test its ability to work with local hospitals and civil authorities to contain a disease.

Posted: 10:32 AM A Senate panel has approved a $604 billion defense spending bill that reverses proposed Pentagon cuts in Air Force personnel and equipment.

Posted: 11:44 AM A new commander will take over Fort Carson’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team Tuesday morning.

Posted: 4:23 PM A Republican senator is blocking a vote on the White House pick for Air Force chief of staff over the service's response to a widening sex scandal at a Texas base.

Posted: 9:09 AM A fallen Fort Carson soldier is receiving a special posthumous honor Friday.

Posted: 1:20 PM Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has approved an Air Force plan to begin lifting flight restrictions on the F-22 fighter jet, following the correction of oxygen deficit problems that grounded and restricted the fleet for months.

Updated: 11:55 PM One hundred members of the 576th Engineering Company, 4th Engineer Battalion, will be returning home from a yearlong deployment Thursday evening.

Posted: 9:59 AM The head of a major defense contractor is warning that he might have to lay off 10,000 workers if Congress fails to agree on an alternative to automatic budget cuts.

Posted: 9:34 AM The Pentagon is sending an aircraft carrier to the Middle East several months early to make sure two will constantly be present in the troubled region.