In Our Communities

June 30, 2021

A Republican campaign donor is privately funding a deployment of up to 50 National Guard members from South Dakota to the U.S.-Mexico border, Axios reported….

Commissaries at several bases in North Carolina and South Carolina are adding curbside pickup service, Military Times reported. Half of all commissaries in the U.S. will offer it by the end of July, with the rest following suit by the end of the year, the Defense Commissary Agency said….

The University of Colorado is joining the Space Force’s upcoming University Partnership Program, Air Force Magazine reported. Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David D. Thompson said there will be formal partnerships with about 10 universities this fall. “It is really a change in the way we do business.”

Army photo by Maj. Randall Stillinger

June 30, 2021

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