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October 2, 2024
Balfour Beatty Bringing Fiber Optic Network to Military Housing

Bafour Beatty is bringing fiber optic broadband internet to six military bases, according to a recent press release. This fiber-to-the-home plan is starting with a rollout to 10,000 homes in military housing, with plans to expand to even more bases across the country. “Army families would benefit greatly from a much-needed upgrade to fiber optic connectivity,” a spokesperson for Fort Jackson (South Carolina) Army Housing said in the press release. “Not only will this improve connectivity performance in every home, it also future-proofs our partner-managed homes, increasing the overall value.”

Navy Apologizes for 1869 Bombardment of Alaska Native Village

Rear Adm. Mark Sucato, commander, Navy Region Northwest, delivered an apology to the Alaska Native village of Kake on behalf of the Navy, The Hill reported. Navy officials apologized for the bombardment of the village 155 years ago. “This has been 155 years in the making,” said Joel Jackson, the president of the Organized Village of Kake. “It’s becoming real because we never talked about it, and now we are.” The event was the first of two apologies to Alaskan Native communities to come this year, with the next being to Angoon in mid-October. The Pentagon has begun reevaluations of the medals of freedom given out during the massacre.

Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Gretchen Albrecht

October 2, 2024

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