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When demonstrators assembled on a narrow street near the Capitol building in Denver to protest the death of George Floyd last spring, Alan Kennedy joined them. He came as a “white ally,” capturing a police crackdown on his phone and then writing about what he witnessed in a guest commentary in a local newspaper. As a captain in the Colorado National Guard, he wasn’t a typical protester. His actions got him in trouble with his commanders. After months of trying to overturn reprimands, Kennedy in March filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming commanders violated his First Amendment rights.
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Colorado’s suicide rate among veterans is higher than the rate in other states and among the general population. A new program in Larimer County aims to intervene early by teaching cadets in the Reserve Officers Training Corps ways to handle self-harm.
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Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik, a physical therapist at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, is among many transgender people around the country to praise Biden for an executive order allowing “all Americans” who are qualified to serve in the military to do so.
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On a warm Fort Collins evening, Ann Diaz hands out cardboard boxes to the ladies of The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 1879.The boxes are filled with…
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"It could have been me on the ground begging for my life."Those are the words of Col. Devin Pepper of the 460th Space Wing at Buckley Air Force Base in…
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As protests against police brutality enter their second week in Colorado and across the nation, the military’s role is under intense scrutiny.Initial…
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The Colorado Air National Guard will fly aircraft over cities and towns in the state Wednesday to salute those "who have been fighting on the front lines…
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The chief of U.S. Northern Command, Terrence O'Shaughnessy, is fighting an enemy that crept under his string of Arctic warning radars. The coronavirus…
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New York alone could need nearly 90,000 more beds to deal with coronavirus patients, but in an interview with NPR, Mark Esper cautioned the Pentagon can only offer "a few thousand beds ... at most."
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Tens of thousands of Iraqis and Afghans did critical, life-threatening work for the United States during wartime. In return, the U.S. offers citizenship…