Story by Staff Sgt. Jecca Geffre | Colorado National Guard | 06.15.2013
Father’s Day is one best spent with family, but for the Colorado National Guardsmen fighting the Black Forest fire in El Paso County, Colo., it will be one spent away from home....
Story by Master Sgt. Cheresa D. Clark | Colorado National Guard | 06.25.2012
While civilian and military firefighters and aviation crews fight the High Park fire from land and air, nearly a hundred Colorado National Guard military police are manning checkpoints 24/7....
Story by Sgt. Jecca Geffre and Spc. Zach Sheely | Colorado National Guard | 06.15.2012
When the wild blaze of Colorado’s High Park fire began to exhaust local resources, it fell on the state’s National Guard units to supplement those firefighting and support element forces and make it possible to contain the raging flames and secure the entrance to the burn areas, allowing civilian responders to focus on other missions....