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An Impact Vote
Shreveport–Bossier is voting to support tourism and ease stress of getting to and from Shreveport-Bossier. An example of a community supporting their base! - Tom Whaylen There’s a lot at stake in the Nov. 21 election. On the ballot is a proposition that could...
Scott out-voted on land purchase for miliary
Example of Florida supporting military installations-Tom Whaylen Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and Gov. Rick Scott at a recent cabinet meeting. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Author: Jim Turner, News Service of Florida Published On: Nov 10 2015 02:01:30 PM EST Updated...
School Security, Safety Projects Outlined At Council Work Session
Community reacting to education influence during future BRAC - Tom Whaylen By Michelle Mann mmann@southeastsun.com Thursday, October 29, 2015 3:40 pm | Updated: 10:31 am, Tue Nov 3, 2015. The status of security enhancements to the Enterprise City Schools was among...
Getting The B-3 Off The Ground
Nov 03 2015 "Need to bring that same speed and innovation to our procurement process—and the B-3 is the place to start..." Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2015 Captain Daniel Welch is an Air Force Academy grad who flies the B-52 bomber, which dates from the Truman years....
Sheppard Graduates Keep Fleet Combat Ready-Tom Whaylen
(Photo: Airman 1st Class Derek Seifert/Air Force) Weary Maintainers Struggle To Keep Fleet Combat Ready By Stephen Losey, Staff writer8:09 a.m. EST November 2, 2015Every day at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia, crew chiefs, flightline avionics and other...
Military-Family Uncertainty on the Rise
Survey: Military-Family Uncertainty On The Rise By Karen Jowers, Staff writer12:05 p.m. EDT October 28, 2015 (Photo: MC2 Alysia Hernandez/Navy) Uncertainty about a variety of issues is on the rise among military families, according to the latest Blue Star Families...
Virginia Veterans and Defense Affairs Secretary: Withdrawing From SPSA Could Hurt Navy
States, regional compacts, and communities all have a potential impact on military installations. - Tom Whaylen Ret. Adm. John C. Harvey Jr. speaks at a quarterly meeting of The Virginia Council on Sept. 29, 2015. (Vicki Cronis-Nohe | The Virginian-Pilot) By Johanna...
Solano Reps Pitch Travis on Capitol Hill
Another article to show how serious communities are in efforts to keep a base. - Tom Whaylen A KC-10 Extender air tanker sits on the flight line at Travis Air Force Base as a C-17 Globemaster III comes in for a landing, July 31, 2013. The KC-10 tanker mission, along...
Army Bases Bleed, Then BRAC Comes
By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR. on October 21, 2015 at 12:52 PM WASHINGTON: Congress hates base closures, known as BRAC. But it turns out you don’t need a Base Realignment And Closure round to hurt homestate economies. If you cut the Army by 120,000 (from a wartime peak of...
Local Education Influences Military Base Decisions
Many Army posts around the country have dodged a major hit — for now. While some installations absorb a recently announced reduction of 40,000 soldiers, service leaders warn that more cuts could be on the horizon. If local communities want to hedge against future cuts...
