Mission Support/Community Partnerships

In Our Communities 0
- DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- May 15, 2019
The leadership of the Fort Leonard Wood Region held its first Community Salute to Service to honor 60 South Central Missouri high school seniors for committing to serve in the U.S. military, SustainableOzarks.org reported. The honorees included enlistees in the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Guard and Reserves; ROTC cadets; and
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In Our Communities 0
- Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 8, 2019
Robins Air Force Base, Macon-Bibb County and Central Georgia Technical College announced a new aviation program partnership Friday, Macon.com reported. It will create a workforce pipeline with CGTC students getting hands-on training with the Air Force’s 402nd Commodities Maintenance Group… The Guam Environmental Protection Agency has fined Andersen Air Force Base for sanitizing some of
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Army Expects to Expand Fort Hood Job Transition Program 0
- Congress/DoD, DC360, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 7, 2019
A Fort Hood pilot program that pays soldiers while they work for civilian licenses and professional certifications may be expanded beyond Texas, Stars and Stripes reported. Army Sgt. Major Dan Dailey recently told a House subcommittee that the job transition program is expected to expand to all Army installations by Oct. 1. “The U.S. Army
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EPA Announces $6B Available in Funding for Water Projects 0
- DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 3, 2019
The Environmental Protection Agency will make available an estimated $6 billion in Water Infrastructure and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans in 2019, according to a press release. The loans will be available to public and private borrowers for a wide range of drinking water, wastewater, drought mitigation and alternative water supply projects. The available funding will
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California Nonprofits Form Alliance to Support Military Communities 0
- DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- March 24, 2019
More than a dozen nonprofit organizations have formed the California Defense Communities Alliance (CDCA). CDCA held its inaugural meeting Tuesday in Sacramento. The new alliance includes groups with the shared mission of supporting DOD presence throughout California while advocating on behalf of active duty and veterans in their communities, according to a press release. “The
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Spencer Wants to Privatize Navy, Marine Corps Lodging 0
- Congress/DoD, DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- March 18, 2019
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer is pushing a plan to fully or partially privatize the lodging facilities used for official travel and by some service members during permanent change of station, Military Times reported, quoting from an internal memo. One DOD source raised questions about timing – with the services scrambling to fix problems with privatized
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