Word: colorado
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Down the road from the Waddells' home lies Colorado Springs, home to Fort Carson and the 4th Infantry Division, a spearhead in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Like those cycling in and out of Fort Hood, many soldiers at Fort Carson have endured at least two tours of duty, some three or more, sometimes with only a few months sandwiched in for them to reacquaint themselves with their families. Since 2007, eight men - all from a single combat-weary 500-man infantry battalion nicknamed Lethal Warriors - have been charged with carrying out a string of murders and attempted murders in Colorado...
...wars and kept them fighting for far longer than the duration of World War II. This struck Waddell while he was at a mall, when a shopper asked him how he broke his leg. "Iraq," Waddell answered. The reply: "Was it a car wreck or a cycle wreck?" Colorado Springs psychologist Kelly Orr, who is treating the ex-Navy SEAL, says, "We get all excited when Johnny goes marching off to war, and then we forget about him a few days later when our favorite football team loses a game." This, says Orr, adds to a returnee's well...
...covenant" is slowly being restored in Colorado Springs. Members of the clergy keep an eye out for troubled military families in their congregations. Neighbors help with babysitting so that a couple can get reacquainted after a long tour of duty. Nonprofit groups have stepped in to give veterans and active-duty service members the kind of confidential help they feel they cannot get on base. On the assumption that a soldier is more likely to reveal buried traumas to someone who has also experienced combat, the Pikes Peak Behavioral Health Group has lined up vets who can steer the combat...
...Harvard women’s basketball team traveled to Boulder, Colo. for the Omni Hotels Classic, taking on New Orleans and Colorado University in the two-day tournament...
...Honestly, it’s not as much about the end,” Wheeler said of the loss to Colorado. “We made errors that we could have controlled, and that would not have put is in position to be that close at the end. Throughout the game, we just need to clean it up and become more consistent...