SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii (Feb. 19, 2010) - "The Army Family Covenant will be fully funded. That is the Army's non-negotiable contract with our Soldiers and Families to provide the support and services they need." That message was heard here loud and clear by all who engaged 'Defender 6', Lt. Gen. Ricky Lynch, commander of Installation Management Command. Just barely three months into the job, 'Defender 6' was in Hawaii recently on a four-day whirlwind, event-crammed, fact-finding orientation to IMCOM-Pacific region headquarters and U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii at Schofield Barracks.
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Feb 4, 2010) -- Installation Commander Col. Jerry Blixt and Installation Command Sgt. Maj. Gabriel Berhane attend briefings every day. Monday's briefing at Belvoir's Youth Center was a little different. This time, the briefing was given by a group of Fort Belvoir teenagers. Customer Management Services offers a quarterly resolution process for installation issues called Community FIRST. The process is designed to provide continuous feedback by conducting focus groups of Soldiers, family members, retirees, teens, and the civilian work force.
FORT IRWIN, Calif.- When Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of Installation Management Command, and his wife, Sarah, visited Fort Irwin Feb. 28-March 1, the couple sat down with more than a dozen Fort Irwin/National Training Center spouses to discuss life in the High Desert. "Of the 163 (Army) installations, every place has different conditions. And Fort Irwin has a unique condition in terms of geographic separation," Lynch told the group.
FORT JACKSON, S.C.(Feb. 11, 2010) - Capt. Cherby Allen, battalion logistics officer for Task Force Marshall, said she remembers the long hours she worked in 2008 as a company executive officer for the 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment. As a single parent, the mobilized Reserve Soldier said it was important that she find child care that accommodated her busy schedule. Fort Jackson's Child, Youth and School Services' extended care program provided that care.
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (Jan. 28, 2010) -- Leah Lorenzo watched as her 2-year-old son, Keane, ran about a converted classroom Monday morning, choosing from the various toys strewn about the room. Lorenzo is one of several parents who venture to the Pinckney Elementary School Annex each week to combine the children's play time with some adult interaction at the New Parent Support Program's play group.
On Nov. 5, 2007, Fort McPherson and Fort Gillem joined Army installations around the world in signing the Army Family Covenant. In the two years since the covenant was signed, the U.S. Army Garrison has done its part to keep to the vision of unity that was born of the covenant by completing a number of projects to support the AFC and reduce stress on Soldiers and Families.
FORT MONMOUTH, N.J. - Children and staff at Fort Monmouth's Child Development Center joined Soldiers and Army civilians to witness the re-signing of the Army Family Covenant. "Today we renew our commitment to our family covenant," said Maj. Gen. Randolph Strong, commander of CECOM Life Cycle Management Command, at the Nov. 30 ceremony.
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (Jan. 22, 2010) - By now you may have seen posters and flyers around Fort Sam Houston advertising the Army Family Covenant. ... Many examples of the AFC can be seen on Fort Sam Houston. The Child, Youth & School Services Middle School Teen Center opened October 2009. The 20,668-square-foot center is one of the first Base Realignment and Closure facilities to be built for the Department of the Army Child and Youth Services Division. The 60-person-capacity modular building will provide age-appropriate programming for grades six through 12.
FORT STEWART, HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, Ga. -- Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield are committed to upholding the Army Family covenant, which was signed Nov. 7, 2007. The covenant represents a $1.4 billion commitment to improve the quality of life for Army Families.
As another example of Stewart's on-going efforts to support the covenant, Brigadier General Jeffrey Phillips, 3rd Infantry Division Deputy Commanding General-Rear, stood at the speaker's podium in front of Hunter Lanes at the ribbon cutting that celebrated the completion of the $1.34 million renovation project there.
JB LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (Feb. 18, 2010) - The Army is putting its money where its heart is through its commitment to Soldiers and families via the Army Family Covenant. In a time of widespread budget constraints, senior Army leadership continues to fund robust growth in programs and facilities under the covenant, including many visible on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. (Feb. 19, 2010) -- "It's like we're on Extreme Home Makeover," said Air Force Staff Sgt. Gerard Webber, 311st Training Readiness Squadron, referencing the ABC reality TV show after being greeted by throngs of representatives of the Presidio of Monterey and Ord Military Community Feb. 18. Armed with cameras, gifts and welcoming smiles, the heads of the Presidio of Monterey Garrison, OMC Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Defense Commissary Agency, and the Clark Pinnacle Residential Communities Initiative commemorated the first family to lease a house in the new Doe Park Community.
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - Army senior leaders recommitted themselves to the promises they first made more than two years ago in improving quality of life services to Soldiers and their family members, with the re-signing of the Army Family Covenant, here, at the Nehelani Banquet and Conference Center, March 18.
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii (Feb. 19, 2010) - "The Army Family Covenant will be fully funded. That is the Army's non-negotiable contract with our Soldiers and Families to provide the support and services they need." That message was heard here loud and clear by all who engaged 'Defender 6', Lt. Gen. Ricky Lynch, commander of Installation Management Command. Just barely three months into the job, 'Defender 6' was in Hawaii recently on a four-day whirlwind, event-crammed, fact-finding orientation to IMCOM-Pacific region headquarters and U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii at Schofield Barracks.
