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September 3, 2020

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Support The Enlisted Project (STEP), a local San Diego-based nonprofit that provides financial counseling and financial assistance grants for service members and veterans in crisis, announced the appointment of John Farnam, Col, USMC (Ret.) as Board Chairman…

Fort Leonard Wood housing partners request resident participation in new survey. Residents will have until Sept. 10 to complete the confidential survey…

Fort Devens, situated at the 4,400-acre former Army base in North Central Massachusetts, has nearly doubled the number of jobs in the economic development zone since 2012…

The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center began its third annual Innovation Rodeo with a call-for-topics campaign starting Sept. 1. The campaign, open through Dec. 1, gives military and civilian members of mission support groups around the world a chance to win part of $1 million in funding and resources to pursue their ideas.

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