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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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As Col. Joseph V. Messina took command of U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir on Tuesday, he asked those working for the garrison to stand up and be recognized. Earlier in the day, he had told one of his children that he had to remember to “write down all the important people’s names,” but he realized the important people are also staff members who were not mentioned by name.
Col. Joshua SeGraves, garrison commander, releases a young bald eagle back into the wild after it had been successfully nursed back to health, behind the Officers’ Club, Thursday. “Wow, that was phenomenal,” SeGraves said after lifting the carrier lid and feeling the massive bird take flight over the Potomac River.
Celebrity chef Robert Irvine, host of Food Network’s “Restaurant: Impossible” and a big supporter of veteran causes, visited Fort Belvoir early this week to tour various facilities and meet with Soldiers. One of the highlights of his visit was a healthy cooking demonstration at the USO Warrior and Family Center.
In 2011, The Villages at Belvoir, the privately-owned housing on Fort Belvoir, garnered national acclaim for a construction project, with two concept homes designed to radically change the living spaces for the increasing numbers of wounded warriors returning home from combat.
Last month, the company celebrated completion of another group of accessible homes, meeting its goal of having 5% of the homes on the installation being accessible or adaptable.
The U.S. Army Force Management Support Agency (USAFMSA) conducted its formal change of command ceremony June 27 at Thurman Auditorium, Humphreys Hall, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Col. William “Mike” Fairclough relinquished command and control to Col Latrice Clark, who joins USAFMSA after graduating from the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy.