Thousands Of Soldiers Convoy To Training On Eastern Plains

FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) — About 5,000 soldiers and hundreds of vehicles are heading to a training exercise on the plains of Colorado.
The Gazette reports that over 60 separate convoys of about 20 vehicles each are using two routes to travel from Fort Carson near Colorado Springs to the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site this week to avoid jamming traffic.
The vehicles making the 140-mile trip include eight-wheeled, 18-ton Strykers.
The soldiers will be preparing to fight a mock war in the Californ