Three Leaders Named Defense Community National Champions

March 28, 2024
Defense Communities National Summit | Defense Community Champions | On Base

The Association of Defense Communities named three local leaders as national Defense Community Champions:

  • Jana Evans, San Antonio Area Manager, Soldiers’ Angels, Alamo–San Antonio Region
  • Elizabeth Hartman, Commander, American Legion Post 539, Eastern North Carolina
  • Mary Jane Jernigan, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army; President, Freestate ChalleNGe Foundation; President, Maryland State AUSA, Chesapeake Science & Security Corridor

“The champions are boots on the ground, working in support of our defense communities,” said Jessica Harrison, AVP, Branch Operations for Navy Federal Credit Union, the official sponsor of the Defense Community Champions program. “Truly at the heart of the program is to uplift those individuals that are supporting our service members and their families.”

Evans, Hartman and Jernigan will be honored at a ceremony during the Defense Communities National Summit, taking place April 8-10 in Arlington, Virginia.

Courtesy photo of Jernigan

March 28, 2024
Defense Communities National Summit | Defense Community Champions | On Base

Recent News

Snap of the Week

Snap of the Week

Sep 13, 2024

Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Brick rings a bell in honor of firefighters who died in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, during a 9/11 remembrance 5K at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona Sept. 8. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Orozco

In Our Communities

In Our Communities

Sep 13, 2024

Missouri Base Restores Ecosystem with Aquatic Salamander Release Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri recently released several Eastern hellbenders into streams on base, according to an Army story. The aquatic salamanders have been crucial to ecosystems in Ozark streams but...

Congress Close to Fixing VA Shortfall that Could Affect Benefits Checks

Congress Close to Fixing VA Shortfall that Could Affect Benefits Checks

Sep 13, 2024

Veterans advocates are optimistic lawmakers will agree to fix a $3 billion shortfall in the Department of Veterans Affairs budget for the current fiscal year, Military Times reported. VA officials have said without a patch in place by next week, benefits checks may be...

Guard Chief Nominee Wants to Address Mission Creep

Guard Chief Nominee Wants to Address Mission Creep

Sep 13, 2024

Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Nordhaus agreed with some members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday that National Guard members are stretched thin. Nordhaus was testifying as the Senate considers whether to confirm him as the next head of the Guard. “The...

House Delays Vote on Six-Month Spending Bill

House Delays Vote on Six-Month Spending Bill

Sep 12, 2024

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) postponed a Wednesday vote on a stopgap spending bill, saying he will work to “build consensus” among Republicans and try to bring the bill to the floor next week, as Politico reported. The bill would extend current government...

PAST STORIES