DVIDS – News – Fort Carson and area people rejoice Armed Forces Week

FORT CARSON, Colo. –One factor that units the Mountain Put up other than different installations is its dedication to its surrounding group.

The 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson hook up with the group by means of the historic custom of army pageantry and ceremony by the 4th Inf. Div. Band and Mounted Colour Guard.

Activated in 1943, The 4th Inf. Div. Band has instilled esprit de corps into Troopers and group members all over the place they journey.

“I feel the very best job within the Army is being in an Army Band,” stated Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mike Becker, a Folsom, California native and bandmaster of the 4th Inf. Div. Band. “Our objective has been to rebuild the connections in our group that we have needed to placed on maintain due to the pandemic. Now that it is a lot safer to fulfill in teams and exit in public, we now have been excited to share the reward of music with our area people.”

The 4th Inf. Div. Mounted Colour Guard is one in every of solely a handful of cavalry items throughout the nation.

Originating in 1963, the unit fashioned as a 32-man horse platoon. It was disbanded 15 years later however reestablished because the eight-person Mounted Colour Guard we all know right now.

“We’re the face of Fort Carson and the Army,” stated Workers Sgt. Robert Couturier-Gregor, a cavalry scout from Lewiston, Maine, on particular responsibility with the 4th Inf. Div. Mounted Colour Guard. “It is at all times an incredible factor for the general public to see a special aspect of what the army does. We construct relationships and contacts with the area people, which helps for future occasions.”

The Mounted Colour Guard and Army Band uphold the traditions of many Armed Forces occasions by collaborating in parades, rodeos, ceremonies and different public occasions.

The impression the band and the Mounted Colour Guard have on the general public is mutually helpful for each the Fort Carson and the Colorado Springs communities. The Colorado Springs Chamber and Financial Growth Group yearly present their gratitude to the Mountain Put up all year long, together with throughout Armed Forces Week.

This 12 months for Armed Forces Week, Might 16-19, the CSCEDO will host occasions similar to an upcoming joint live performance carried out by the 4th Inf. Div. Band and the U.S. Air Drive Academy Band, on Might 16, on the Pikes Peak Performing Arts Heart.

The CSCEDO will host the Armed Forces Week Excellent Enlisted Awards Ceremony & Luncheon on Might 19. The occasion will permit our group to specific its gratitude to the army for his or her dedication and repair to the nation. In the course of the luncheon, the group will honor three excellent service members chosen by the committee.

Based on Maj. Gen. David Hodne, commanding, 4th Inf. Div. and Fort Carson, each the set up and its surrounding group, make the Mountain Put up dwelling and one of many Army’s most significant energy projection platforms.

“Working in live performance with each other, our folks, items, households, set up, and group exhibit the confirmed resolve of the storied Ivy Division and the resolve of our nation,” Hodne stated. “Our collective resolve to be ‘Mountain Put up Prepared,’ mixed along with your unwavering help, the dedication of our associates and good neighbors within the entrance vary group can’t assist however guarantee victory.”

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