Unless you’re a technology guru, the term “communications” can be boring and often ignored – until your cell phone or laptop quit operating unexpectedly.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (5/19/13) – The Colorado Army National Guard’s entire 169th Fires Brigade met at the U.S. Air Force Academy and Fort Carson, Colo., starting May 17 for a three-day drill.

Thirty-three years in Special Forces, 27 years as a National Guard officer, and a self-proclaimed zombie enthusiast – he’s the Colorado Army National Guard’s newly anointed second officer in command.

On May 22, 2008, at 11:26 a.m., an EF3 tornado ripped through Windsor, Colo. Winds reaching up to 65 mph killed one person destroyed 78 homes in a 39-mile swath of chaos and destruction.

BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (5/17/13) – Colorado Army National Guard pilots flew in four new Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters May 17 at the Army Aviation Support Facility here.

With parachute wings and combat infantry badges fixed upon their chests, one Special Forces operator ascended to become one of the COARNG's highest ranking men of color, while the other now prepares to become the COARNG's newest land component commander.

GYPSUM, Colo. (4/26/13) – Senior Colorado National Guard officials, community leaders and World War II veterans cut the ribbon at a new state-of-the-art aviation training facility at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo., April 26.

BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (4/25/13) -- Renovations began April 25 on the 140th Wing’s Building 700, formerly home to the 120th Fighter Squadron.

ARLINGTON, Va. (4/22/13) –­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ESGR, a DOD operational committee, announced that three Colorado employers have been selected as semifinalists for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (4/13/13) -- Roughly 200 Colorado National Guard Soldiers and Airmen spent April 12-14 training at the West Metro Fire Training Center in Lakewood, Colo., in preparation for this summer’s multi-state National Guard Bureau evaluation.

FORT CARSON, Colo. (4/7/13) – Sixteen elite noncommissioned officers and Soldiers competed for the title of Best Warrior over the course of three days at the Region VII Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition April 4-7 at Fort Carson, Colo.

A simple blue kite punctuates the sky in Ash Shajarah, Jordan. Just a few kilometers north, in Al Ramtha Governance, a man who has been shot by a sniper is carried into Jordan from across the Syrian border.

Standing tall and proud in front of the state capitol in Denver is a bronze figure of a Civil War Soldier facing southwest with a gun in his hand.

ARLINGTON, Va. (3/19/13) -- ESGR, a Department of Defense operational committee, announced March 19 that 59 Colorado Guard and Reserve members nominated their employers for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (3/18/13) -- Four gold medals from Colorado Army National Guard wrestlers contributed to the Army team victory at the Armed Forces Wrestling Championships March 16-17 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.

GREELEY AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Colo. (12/14/12) – Through a collaborative effort, the 233rd Space Group recently became the first military installation in Colorado to be certified as a StormReady Supporter by the National Weather Service.

Just like other professional athletes, training and competing is their job -- but ultimately, these Soldier-athletes work to earn a spot to represent the U.S., the U.S. Army, and the Colorado National Guard in the Olympics.

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (2/27/13) -- A 'Space Cowboy' from the Colorado Army National Guard's 117th Space Battalion was recently inducted into the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club.