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April 21, 2021

Fort Drum, New York contributed $1.4 billion to the regional economy over the past year, an 8% increase over the year before, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report said, according to the Waterton Daily News….

Hill Air Force Base, Utah has received a $1.4 million grant from Rocky Mountain Power in recognition of its innovative energy conservation projects, Gephardt Daily reported. The funding will go toward additional energy and resiliency efforts on base….

Seventeen military hospitals in the Hampton Roads, Virginia region are joining forces to create one health care system to streamline operations and more easily share patient load, The Daily Press reported.

Hill Air Force Base photo by Cynthia Griggs

April 21, 2021

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Snap of the Week

Snap of the Week

Stephenson Elementary School students attend a Month of the Military Child celebration at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho April 17. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexandria Byrd

Johnson Releases Text of Three Foreign Aid Bills, Sets Weekend Vote

Johnson Releases Text of Three Foreign Aid Bills, Sets Weekend Vote

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Millions of Vets, Service Members May Lose Internet Subsidy

Millions of Vets, Service Members May Lose Internet Subsidy

A subsidy program that helps provide internet access to 23 million Americans – about half of them service members and veterans – is on track to run out of money at the end of the month, Military Times reported. The Affordable Connectivity Program began in the early...

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