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Strong and proud - April marks Month of the Military Child
With every spring comes the chance to recognize military children, as April is Month of the Military Child. It’s a time to honor military-connected youth for all their service, commitment and sacrifice that, ultimately, supports Service members’ missions. This year’s theme is: Military Children and Youth: Standing Strong and Proud.
“It’s important to recognize these children,” said Kristen Acquah, Fort Belvoir School Liaison Officer with DFMWR.
“Military children should certainly be celebrated,” she said. “We want them all to know their efforts and ongoing resilience is a very important part of the military family,” she said. “They are integral to our sense of community.”
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Fort Belvoir again participates in Bike To Work Day, May 20, by offering a pit stop to any cyclist-commuters who travel near the installation. Belvoir is one of almost 100 pit stop locations in Virginia, D.C., and Maryland. The pit stop will be near Pence Gate, off Richmond Highway, in a safe spot on the right before the access control point. Pit-stop hours are 6:30-10 a.m.
In an effort to consolidate advocacy training for the Army’s legal professionals, the first Advocacy Center in the Department of Defense is set to open on Fort Belvoir, Va., in early May.
More than 60 military athletes from around the nation gathered at Fort Belvoir for a week earlier this month to train in 10 adaptive sports events before flying to The Hague and competing in The Invictus Games April 16-22.
The U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Belvoir, Virginia is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the construction and operation of a distribution center at the Fort Belvoir North Area (FBNA) in Springfield, Virginia, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 United States Code Section 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations that implement NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 1500-1508), and 32 CFR Part 651, Environmental Analysis of Army Actions.
Rebecca Emerson, an NGA spouse and former Airman, won the installation portion of Military Spouse of the Year event for Armed Forces Insurance.