In Our Communities

March 25, 2021

The Department of Health and Human Services has asked DOD if it can house unaccompanied minors crossing the border from Mexico at two Texas installations, Joint Base San Antonio and Fort Bliss, Military Times reports….

An Arizona man is accused of holding 11 unarmed National Guard troops at gunpoint after forcing their unmarked vans off the road as they transported COVID-19 vaccine doses to Texas, AP reports. The man told police he believed the troops were involved in a kidnapping….

Sydney Barber is the first Black female brigade commander in the history of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Fox News reports. “My role and my purpose here on this earth is to put more into the world than I take out,” she said in a Navy video….

The Coast Guard will rename a training wing at Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, Calif., after golf legend Arnold Palmer, Sea Power Magazine reports. “My dad said that the U.S. Coast Guard ‘made [him] a better person for the world,’” said Amy Palmer Saunders, chair of the Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation.

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March 25, 2021

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DCIP Now Accepting Project Proposals

DCIP Now Accepting Project Proposals

The DOD Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation is accepting proposals for the fiscal year 2024 Defense Community Infrastructure Program, according to a Thursday announcement. The full opportunity is listed on Grants.gov. DCIP is designed “to assist state and...

Report: Space Force Will Start Onboarding Reservists this Summer

Report: Space Force Will Start Onboarding Reservists this Summer

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told Guardians the Space Force will begin bringing full-time reservists into the force this summer, Military.com reported, citing an internal memo. Saltzman said the process will take time. “We want all reserve space...

Snap of the Week

Snap of the Week

Spectators tour a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 91st Air Refueling Squadron March 28 during the Tampa Bay AirFest practice show at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Tampa Bay AirFest features a variety of aerial performance and static aircraft displays aimed at...

Three Leaders Named Defense Community National Champions

Three Leaders Named Defense Community National Champions

The Association of Defense Communities named three local leaders as national Defense Community Champions: Jana Evans, San Antonio Area Manager, Soldiers’ Angels, Alamo–San Antonio Region Elizabeth Hartman, Commander, American Legion Post 539, Eastern North Carolina...

Corvias Joins Certification Program for Healthy Homes

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Corvias is now the largest participant in a new certification program from the International WELL Building Institute that helps identify and measure ways that homes can support residents’ health and resilience, through factors such as air, water, light, thermal...

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