Man Killed by Wife in Murder-Suicide a Military Member
Police say 44-year-old Pam Sevey shot her husband, 48-year-old Aaron Sevey, before turning the gun on herself. Military officials say Aaron Sevey was a member of the Colorado Army National Guard.
Posted: 5:23 PM Jan 10, 2011
Reporter: KKTV
Colorado Springs police are now identifying the two bodies found on Saturday on the 800 block of Skyway Blvd. Police say 44-year-old Pam Sevey shot her husband, 48-year-old Aaron Sevey, before turning the gun on herself.
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Man Killed by Wife in Murder-Suicide a Military Member
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday, December 28, 2009
Clayton M. Rankin Colorado Army National Guard, Bronze Star with Valor
Clayton M. Rankin Colorado Army National Guard, Bronze Star with Valor
Northern Kuwait
By Kris Antonelli © Stephens Media LLC 2009 www.americanvalor.net
Clay Rankin, a police officer in suburban Denver, knew what it was like to kill even before he was sent to the Middle East in the first Gulf War. He and a fellow officer fatally shot a man who had taken a pharmacy clerk hostage in 1990.
But a year later, the military police officer returned to his job as a civilian police officer with the Northglenn, Colo., Police Department with grim scenes of burning oil fields and charred bodies stuck in his mind. Old haunts, familiar streets and routine police work were distorted by the memories of war. He had nightmares, anxiety and flashbacks. He un-holstered his gun during routine traffic stops. One night, while sitting in his cruiser in a parking lot and completing paperwork, he heard a noise behind him.
“I opened the door, rolled out on my stomach and took my gun out,” Rankin said. “It was a just a kid walking across the parking lot.”
The department’s psychologist diagnosed him with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Rankin didn’t believe it. His symptoms had to be a reaction to the toxin gases he was exposed to during his tour.
“I just chalked it all up — the nightmares, the flashbacks, my over-reactions — to the change, because you never come back the same,” he said.
Although the police chief tried to find an assignment that would take Rankin off the street, it was not possible in a small agency such as Northglenn’s. He had no choice but to retire.
Finally, in 1995, his marriage and family life strained by his recurring symptoms, he went to a veterans administration hospital looking specifically for PTSD treatment. In therapy, he learned techniques to manage his symptoms. His health and personal life improved. He started a private investigation business, which became successful.
But at the start of the second Gulf War, Rankin’s passion for law enforcement led him to join the National Guard as a military police officer. He believed he was well enough to handle redeploying with his old unit to Iraq. He landed at Camp Udairi, in northern Kuwait at the Iraqi border, just as the ground war began. Standing in line at the PX in March, Rankin waited to get supplies needed to push north when a terrorist in a white pick-up truck plowed through the line.
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Clayton M. Rankin Colorado Army National Guard, Bronze Star with Valor
Northern Kuwait
By Kris Antonelli © Stephens Media LLC 2009 www.americanvalor.net
Clay Rankin, a police officer in suburban Denver, knew what it was like to kill even before he was sent to the Middle East in the first Gulf War. He and a fellow officer fatally shot a man who had taken a pharmacy clerk hostage in 1990.
But a year later, the military police officer returned to his job as a civilian police officer with the Northglenn, Colo., Police Department with grim scenes of burning oil fields and charred bodies stuck in his mind. Old haunts, familiar streets and routine police work were distorted by the memories of war. He had nightmares, anxiety and flashbacks. He un-holstered his gun during routine traffic stops. One night, while sitting in his cruiser in a parking lot and completing paperwork, he heard a noise behind him.
“I opened the door, rolled out on my stomach and took my gun out,” Rankin said. “It was a just a kid walking across the parking lot.”
The department’s psychologist diagnosed him with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Rankin didn’t believe it. His symptoms had to be a reaction to the toxin gases he was exposed to during his tour.
“I just chalked it all up — the nightmares, the flashbacks, my over-reactions — to the change, because you never come back the same,” he said.
Although the police chief tried to find an assignment that would take Rankin off the street, it was not possible in a small agency such as Northglenn’s. He had no choice but to retire.
Finally, in 1995, his marriage and family life strained by his recurring symptoms, he went to a veterans administration hospital looking specifically for PTSD treatment. In therapy, he learned techniques to manage his symptoms. His health and personal life improved. He started a private investigation business, which became successful.
But at the start of the second Gulf War, Rankin’s passion for law enforcement led him to join the National Guard as a military police officer. He believed he was well enough to handle redeploying with his old unit to Iraq. He landed at Camp Udairi, in northern Kuwait at the Iraqi border, just as the ground war began. Standing in line at the PX in March, Rankin waited to get supplies needed to push north when a terrorist in a white pick-up truck plowed through the line.
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Clayton M. Rankin Colorado Army National Guard, Bronze Star with Valor
Friday, October 16, 2009
Colorado National Guard helos mobilized in balloon incident
Colo. Guard helos mobilized in balloon incident
Staff report
Posted : Friday Oct 16, 2009 5:25:52 EDT
The Colorado Army National Guard was preparing to launch two helicopters to help rescue a 6-year-old boy at first thought to be trapped inside a balloon that floated away from its mooring Friday morning.
Air Force Lt. Col. Susan Romano, a spokesman for the 1st Air Force, which oversees military missions within the U.S., said the Colorado Guard prepared an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter to track the balloon and an UH-60 Black Hawk to attempt a link up with the balloon if needed.
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Colo. Guard helos mobilized in balloon incident
Staff report
Posted : Friday Oct 16, 2009 5:25:52 EDT
The Colorado Army National Guard was preparing to launch two helicopters to help rescue a 6-year-old boy at first thought to be trapped inside a balloon that floated away from its mooring Friday morning.
Air Force Lt. Col. Susan Romano, a spokesman for the 1st Air Force, which oversees military missions within the U.S., said the Colorado Guard prepared an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter to track the balloon and an UH-60 Black Hawk to attempt a link up with the balloon if needed.
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Colo. Guard helos mobilized in balloon incident
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Colorado National Guardsmen take aid to snowbound travelers
Colo. Guard takes aid to snowbound travelers
By Katie Oyan - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Apr 18, 2009 14:58:03 EDT
DENVER — Colorado transportation officials on Saturday reopened a lengthy section of Interstate 70 that was closed overnight, stranding hundreds of travelers, by a storm that dumped more than 3 feet of snow in the region west of Denver.
A winter storm warning remained in effect for parts of the state, the National Weather Service said.
More than 500 people had spent the night at three shelters in Idaho Springs and Georgetown after the closure of the 80-mile stretch of I-70 in the mountains, said Jim Rettew, an American Red Cross spokesman.
The Colorado National Guard delivered two truckloads of cots, blankets and food to the stranded travelers.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/04/ap_colorado_guard_snow_041809/
By Katie Oyan - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Apr 18, 2009 14:58:03 EDT
DENVER — Colorado transportation officials on Saturday reopened a lengthy section of Interstate 70 that was closed overnight, stranding hundreds of travelers, by a storm that dumped more than 3 feet of snow in the region west of Denver.
A winter storm warning remained in effect for parts of the state, the National Weather Service said.
More than 500 people had spent the night at three shelters in Idaho Springs and Georgetown after the closure of the 80-mile stretch of I-70 in the mountains, said Jim Rettew, an American Red Cross spokesman.
The Colorado National Guard delivered two truckloads of cots, blankets and food to the stranded travelers.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/04/ap_colorado_guard_snow_041809/
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