In Our Communities

September 17, 2021

Almost 2,000 people turned out for a recent Mega Career Fair at Fort Hood, Texas, the base’s first non-virtual job fair since January 2020. “It is so much better to talk to people face to face and have that interaction,” General Dynamics HR Manager Jerilyn White said, according to The Fort Hood Sentinel….

WAMU Radio took a look at the mixed-use development that has transformed the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. “Known as The Parks at Walter Reed, the project is turning the once-cloistered site into a neighborhood for thousands of residents.”…

The Air Force has begun construction on its new $6 million Wargaming and Advanced Research Simulation Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, C4ISRNet reported. “The WARS Lab will advance three strategies… to deter conflict, which we call ISP – innovation, speed and partnerships,” said Col. Eric Felt, the head of Space Vehicles Directorate.

Fort Hood Sentinel photo by Brandy Cruz

September 17, 2021

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