Nearly all of the buildings were of the mobilization type construction with wood sided exteriors. Facilities were provided for 35,173 enlisted men, 1,818 officers and 592 nurses.
Christopher “Kit” Carson, who explored much of the West in the 1800’s.Īt the construction’s peak, nearly 11,500 workers were employed on various construction projects at the new camp. Construction began immediately and the first building, the camp headquarters, was completed January 31, 1942.Ĭamp Carson was named in honor of the legendary Army scout, Gen.
The city of Colorado Springs purchased land south of the city and donated it to the War Department. Bn., and makes Fort Carson a safer place.Fort Carson was established in 1942, following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. strengthens ties between the installation and 4th Infantry Division assets, provides unique training to soldiers in the 52nd Bde. Bn., takes over the fire prevention mission in April and hopes to build on Alpha Company’s success. Deputy Chief Mitch Van Dyke has prepared an ambitious plan to prepare Fort Carson’s training area for the high-risk summer months.īravo Company, 52nd Bde. March is only the beginning of a sustained partnership between the Ft. First Class Gabriel Collins, a member of the platoon. I learned a lot and got hands on with the dozer,” said Pvt. The platoon’s horizontal construction engineers used their grader, high mobility engineer excavator, and bulldozers in occasionally unfamiliar ways while working on the access roads. While road maintenance was outside the ordinary for 3rd Platoon, it presented an excellent training opportunity. They are trained in using their heavy machinery on a battlefield to build obstacles or fighting positions so the transition to support the fire department was a natural fit. to repair the roads.ģrd Platoon, Alpha Co., is an engineer support platoon in the battalion, and is typically combat support focused.
recruited the unique engineering capabilities of the 52nd Bde. brush trucks to quickly navigate the training area in case of an emergency.Īnticipating the upcoming dry, hot summer months, the department realized that many of the existing fire access roads were unusable due to erosion or overgrowth. dug through mud and frozen ground to improve over four miles of fire access roads in the Ft, Carson training area.įire access roads are wide dirt roads which allow the Ft. In March, 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 52nd Bde.
Through the cold and windy days of late Colorado winter, the Fort Carson Fire Department partnered with the 52nd Brigade Engineer Battalion of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team to proactively control fires on Fort Carson, Colo.
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