In Our Communities

January 23, 2020
DC360 | Mission Support/Community Partnerships

The Wichita Falls City Council signed off on a contract renewal this week for Balfour Beatty Communities to continue providing municipal services to more than 600 military homes near and on Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, the Times Record News reported. The contract for such services as trash pickup, water, animal control, police and fire services is now good through 2024….
The Monterey County (Calif.) Weekly crunched 57 years’ worth of numbers on which foreign languages students enrolled to study at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey. The paper’s interactive analysis hints at the nation’s long-term shifts in foreign policy priorities.
Air Force photo from Defense Language Institute by Staff Sgt. Leah Ferrante

January 23, 2020
DC360 | Mission Support/Community Partnerships

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