Moving can mean a fresh start in a new and potentially exciting place. But no matter how easy or difficult, it always means extensive planning and preparation, incurring expenses, disrupting regular schedules for children, interrupting relationships and putting a lot of space between you and the people you care most about.

Lt. Col. Christian Hasbach assumed leadership as product manager from Lt. Col. Melissa Johnson, accepting responsibility for the total life cycle management of SMS programs. As PdM, Hasbach will be responsible for coordinating with stakeholders to ensure a system-of-systems engineering approach necessary for seamless interoperability across the Army and Joint Enterprises.

Readiness saves lives. The latest example comes from Fort Belvoir Primary School, where a pre-k class instructional assistant, Lindsey Fazendine, tells the Eagle she was reopening the blinds in her classroom after the exercise, while the children had already begun eating snacks, and noticed a child crying and turning purple.

Faith stands up to challenge. That was the triumphant message at Fort Belvoir’s Woodlawn Chapel, where the community celebrated with a ribbon cutting, June 4, marking a return of activity after two years to repair the heating and air-conditioning system, as well perform mold remediation. Col. Joe Messina, Garrison Commander, told the gathering outside the chapel on a sunny Sunday morning that he understood how difficult the interim period had been.

Lawmakers are seeking to strengthen oversight of privatized military housing by creating a new Defense Department council that deals specifically with military families’ residential issues.