UNIFORMS

BDUs are the duty uniform at Fort Carson. The post  has an offpost uniform policy, which normally allows  wearing BDUs. to lunch or traveling to or from offpost  housing. Soldiers should contact their unit for more  information regarding the uniform policy.

INPROCESSING

All incoming personnel should report to the United  States Army Replacement Detachment and Fort Carson  Welcome and Farewell Center, Bldg. 1218, located on  the corner of Wetzel Avenue and Ellis Street. It is not  necessary to report in uniform. The detachment operates  24 hours a day. You will receive an inprocessing  appointment after signing in. Allow two to four days to  in process, depending on rank.  Be sure to have your dental, medical, finance, and  personnel records, orders and a DA 31 (leave form). If  your finance records are in order, you will normally be  paid your travel time entitlements within five days of  your first day of inprocessing.

DA CIVILIANS

Department of the Army civilians should report to  Bldg. 1550, Specker Avenue, at 7:30 a.m. on the first  day of their employment at Fort Carson. For information  on employment at Fort Carson, call (719) 526-  4524 or DSN 691-4524.

WHERE TO STAY

If you are a Staff Sergeant or below unaccompanied  by your family, you will receive temporary billeting at  the Replacement Detachment. The Colorado Inn, the  post's temporary lodging facility, is operated on a firstcome,  first-served basis. Reservations can be made up to  60 days in advance. TDY personnel  and PCS families will be housed on  a priority basis.  Currently, there are a total of  181 rooms available for service  members on post. Smoking and  non-smoking rooms are available.  Children under 16 stay for free.  Pets are not allowed in the  Colorado Inn.  The Colorado Inn has also contracted  with several local, namebrand  hotels to provide rooms for  overflow personnel. These hotel  contracts provide for lower than  normal rates for military personnel  and families due to the number of  rooms that we generally utilize in  the Colorado Springs area. If you  need additional information or would like to make a  reservation, on or off post, please call 719-526-4832,  ext. 0. The hours of the Colorado Inn are 0630 to 0130  daily. You can view rooms or make on-line reservations  at www.ftcarsonmwr.com then hit the link to Business  Activities and the Colorado Inn.

HOUSEHOLD GOODS

Contact the Joint Personal Property Shipping  Office (JPPSO) as soon as possible. They will coordinate  delivery of your household goods, unaccompanied  and hold baggage. Hours are Monday through  Friday from 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.  3  The Welcome & Farewell Center, located in Bldg. 1218, welcomes soldiers to Fort Carson. 4  Claims on damaged shipments are handled by the  Staff Judge Advocate. For more information or for delivery  coordination, call 554-9298 (electronic voice mail).  Once the voice mail answers, follow the on-line menu.

WEAPONS REGISTRATION

Military personnel assigned or attached to Fort  Carson, civilian employees, visitors or anyone desiring  to bring a weapon/firearm onto the installation must  register their privately owned weapon/firearm with the  Provost Marshal's office, Bldg. 2700 within 72 hours  after acquisition of the weapon/firearm or 14 days after  initial arrival at Fort Carson. This registration requirement  applies to individuals living in government quarters  and those living in an off-post residence. Persons  with weapons/firearms registered at the Provost  Marshal's office must de-register upon departure from  Fort Carson. For more information, call 526-0094.  Regulations make it illegal to possess, store, maintain,  or display a blackjack, gravity or inertia knife,  switchblade, stun gun, zip gun, etc., or any other instrument  designed to injure or cause death. Weapons  should not be stored in vehicles under any circumstances.