by ADC | Mar 21, 2022 | Defense Communities National Summit, Defense Community Champions, On Base
The fence around Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota keeps the bad guys out, Lorie Vega says, “but unfortunately it keeps the good guys in and the good guys out, too. It keeps our airmen in and keeps out people that really want to connect with us. It’s hard to...
by ADC | Mar 18, 2022 | Climate, Congress/DoD, Defense Communities National Summit, Energy, On Base
The Air Force is “on the cusp” of releasing a climate action plan, Edwin Oshiba told lawmakers this week. Oshiba is the acting assistant Air Force secretary for energy, installations and the environment. He didn’t give a specific release date, Air Force Magazine...
by ADC | Mar 18, 2022 | Defense Communities National Summit, Defense Community Champions, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
There are more than 45,000 service members at Jacksonville, North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune and New River Air Station. When Kimberly Williams became the city’s HR chief 10 years ago, she sought to tap into exiting service members for job placement. “I thought I would...
by ADC | Mar 17, 2022 | DCIP, Defense Communities National Summit, Infrastructure, OLDCC, On Base
The appropriations package signed into law this week provides a total of $90 million in the current fiscal year for the Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP), which helps fund infrastructure needs that impact both installations and the communities around...
by ADC | Mar 17, 2022 | Defense Communities National Summit, Defense Community Champions, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
It was a hot day at Edwards Air Force Base, California when Dr. David Smith visited an on-base high school to help with a science lab experiment and noticed the classroom’s emergency exit was blocked with soaking wet towels. He asked the teacher why. “She said, ‘Well,...
by ADC | Mar 16, 2022 | Defense Communities National Summit, Defense Community Champions, On Base
When service members with children pick their next duty station, “education is really the number one thing in terms of coming to Fort Leonard Wood,” says Dr. Brian Henry, superintendent of the Waynesville RVI School District in Missouri. “We need to offer attractive...
by ADC | Mar 15, 2022 | Defense Communities National Summit, Defense Community Champions, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
When James Burns was asked to join the Committee of 50, the military affairs arm of the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce, he figured he had two options. “You can get involved and be busy with it, or you can just show up at meetings and not do anything,” he says...
by ADC | Mar 14, 2022 | Defense Communities National Summit, Defense Community Champions, On Base
Frank Minosky spent about half of his 25-year Army career as a first sergeant or command sergeant major and regularly discharged soldiers for drug and alcohol use. “I bounced a lot of soldiers out of the military, because I was of the opinion at that point that good...
by ADC | Mar 11, 2022 | Defense Communities National Summit, Defense Community Champions, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Dr. Ivan Allen is the driving force behind the Georgia Veterans Education Career Transition Resource (VECTR) Center, which provides wraparound services including training and education for veterans and their families as they transition from military service. “We’re...
