Watch: Greater Omaha Recognized as Great American Defense Community

November 7, 2023

At Installation Innovation X, ADC is recognizing five communities in the 2023 class of Great American Defense Communities. We’ll bring you their stories in On Base over the coming days. Today we look at how the Greater Omaha, Nebraska community supported Offutt Air Force Base after a historic 2019 flood and other challenges that followed.

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USAA is the official sponsor of the Great American Defense Communities program. Read more about the communities in the new edition of America’s Defense Communities magazine.

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November 7, 2023

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