In Our Communities [10/19/2020]

October 18, 2020

Over 36,000 runners participated in the 36th annual Army Ten-Mile Race and Expo. This year the event went virtual with runners competing between Oct. 11-18 using an app…

U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston hosted a ribbon cutting for National Disability Employment Awareness Month…

Fort Polk hosted an education summit with local, state and Department of the Army stakeholders at the Warrior Center…

AT&T announced that the U.S. Army has selected FirstNet, the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) being built by the company, to provide communications to public-safety personnel at 72 Army installations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico in a 3-year deal valued at $13 million…

Read: Federal appeals court rules Trump’s use of military funds for border wall unlawful

Photo by David Poe

October 18, 2020

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