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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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In honor of the 75th anniversary of a presidential executive order prohibiting segregation in the military, Fort Belvoir held a ceremony this week to announce the renaming of Lee Road to EO 9981 Road.
Executive Order 9981, signed by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948, declared it essential that U.S. armed forces maintain the highest standards of democracy, with equality of treatment and opportunity for all those who serve.
Lee Road’s name change came from a decision made by the congressional naming commission created in 2021 to study and make recommendations on renaming military assets with names linked to the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
Retired Col. Bruce Crandall, who repeatedly flew his helicopter under intense enemy fire to save dozens of wounded troops, is the subject of the latest graphic novel in the Association of the U.S. Army’s series on recipients of the nation’s highest award for valor.
Medal of Honor: Bruce Crandall tells of the Olympia, Washington, native’s actions on Nov. 14, 1965, when he flew 22 flights into Vietnam’s Ia Drang Valley, ignoring heavy enemy fire to deliver ammunition and evacuate as many as 70 wounded soldiers. The pivotal battle would later be made famous by the book We Were Soldiers Once … and Young: Ia Drang–The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam and a subsequent movie.
Members of the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC), U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), U.S. Army senior leaders and distinguished guests, including representatives from partner nations, gathered for a change of command ceremony at the Center, at Rivanna Station, Charlottesville, VA, on July 14.
Col. Eric H. Haas, who most recently served as an instructor at the U.S. Army War College, assumed command of the NGIC from Col. Christopher C. Rankin.
The members of the 82nd Airborne Division All-American Chorus are set to audition for America’s Got Talent Tuesday night in a bid to become the country’s next top entertainers.
What may have started as personal reasons for both of them individually became much bigger commitments for them both as a couple and for their country. Col. Allen Leth is the current Chief of Staff of the Army Chair for the National Defense University as well as an Associate Professor at the National War College. Nicole is the Director of the Fort Belvoir Armed Forces Wellness Center Services in Fort Belvoir, VA. Even though they have different roles, they both want to see the Wellness Center get more attention because of the benefits they can provide servicemembers.