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What G Communi Contributing Writers: Kathleen Brady, Christopher Delporte, Randy Ford & Willona Sloan 10 | America’s Defense Communities The new commander of the 319th Air Base Wing, Col. Rodney Lewis, gives a speech at the change-of-command ceremony at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. The base and the Grand Forks area have worked to create a thriving community that airmen don’t want to leave. See “Creating a Community with Staying Power” on page 12. (Photo credit: Joshua Komer/Grand Forks Herald)
eat ties Do TEN GREAT AMERICAN DEFENSE COMMUNITIES SHARE THEIR STORIES It started with a simple idea. How can we recognize the great things that communities are doing to support service members and their families and how can we share those stories? Through the input from the House and Senate Defense Communities Caucuses and support from committed partners, the idea of Great American Defense Communities was born. This year’s inaugural class of 10 communities and regions offers a glimpse into what makes these such special places for military families, told through the stories of people who make it happen. These are simple stories of people trying to make a difference — people like Lloyd Reshard, the CEO of Cognitive Big Data Systems, a successful technology company started through the Venture Hive program in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., or the Bellerby family from Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. whose daughter has excelled because of Club TIGER, or pilots at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina taking sick children under their wings. These are just a sample of the thousands of stories that play out each day, each in its own way, but all demonstrating what communities do to ensure that our military family has great places to call home. Congratulations to the 2016 class of Great American Defense Communities. America’s Defense Communities | 11
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