MILITARY AFFAIRS FORUM
Date & Time: WEDNESDAY,
February 13, 7:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Place: Best Western Tacoma Dome
Hotel, Seahawk Ballroom
2611 East E Street, Tacoma 98421
Price: $13.00 pre-paid by Feb. 8,
noon
$15.00 pre-paid after Feb. 11
$20.00 walk-ins/at the door
RSVP: DUE 12 noon, Feb.
8 (Friday)
Speaker: STATUS OF JOINT BASE
LEWIS-MCCHORD
Col. Charles Hodges, Joint Base
Commander
& Col. Valerie Hasberry, Deputy
Joint Base Commander
Colonel Anthony
Henderson, Special Assistant to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Office
of Warrior and Family Support will join Tacomans Anne Sprute,
The Unfinished Mission & Linda Nguyen, Workforce Central and Ben Maciel, a
veteran and graduate from the composite technician program.
Communities across the U.S. are
grappling with veterans’ reintegration issues as local communities become the
new “home base” for veterans and their families. Pierce County is no
different. JBLM is expected a normal
transition of 6,000 service members out of the military each year for the next
four years. The Dept. of Veterans
Affairs has projected that nationwide an estimated 13,000 veterans per year who
are leaving the service have a desire to locate in Washington through
2016. The proposed solution is a
community-based coordinating entity with access to workforce and social
services through community partnerships and outreach.
NEXT MEETING: MG Richard Thomas, CG, Western Region Medical Command, March 13,
7:30 a.m., La Quinta Inn & Suites
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