In Our Communities

April 21, 2021
Mission Support/Community Partnerships | On Base

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
Mission Support/Community Partnerships | On Base

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