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  • National Summit 2025
    • The Power of P3 in Utilities
    • Managing Foreign Investment in Defense Communities
    • Modernizing Military Healthcare
    • Military Spouse Defense Trend Session
    • Grants Panel Charts
  • Installation Innovation 24
    • Army Workshop
    • Air Force Townhall
    • Navy/MC Townhall
    • Connecting Defense Communities and Military Installations
    • Ready, Set, Power Energizing Military Housing for the Army
    • Gold Standard Community Collaboration
    • Leveraging Technology to Optimize Installation Management
    • Understanding Your Defense Economy Lessons from the Field
    • Predictive Maintenance and Facility Related Control Systems Leveraging FSRM Budget Flexibility
    • The Navy and Use of Authorities to Further Partnership Examples from the Field
    • Innovation Arsenal Forging Future-Ready Installation and Community Partnerships
    • How Sentinel Landscape Partnerships Help Protect Community Water Resources The Southwest Regional Case Study
    • Military Child Education How Are We Doing
    • Getting to Yes on the Defense Community Infrastructure Program Examples From the Field
    • Military Utility Privatization Past, Present and Future
    • Propelling Community Resilience Through Geographic Information Systems
    • Empowering Installation-Community Partnerships Through Professional Development
    • Healthcare Innovation in Defense Communities The COMBAT Research Institute
    • The Wide World of Community Grant Opportunities
    • Forging Ahead with the Intergovernmental Support Program, Part 1 Lessons from the Field
    • Getting Innovative with Installation Energy Resilience The Implementation of Advanced Reactor Technology
    • Black Start Exercise Lessons Learned from the Field
    • Advancing Indoor Environmental Conditions for Increased Readiness and Resilience
    • How Utilities Privatization Supports the Mission and the Community
    • Forging Ahead with the Intergovernmental Support Program, Part 2 Lessons from the Field
    • Getting Organized at the Local Level Best Practices from the Field
    • Beyond the Fenceline Leveraging Enhanced Use Leases for Community and Innovation Synergy
    • Installation-Community Partnership Success Stories Examples from the Field
    • Innovative Installation-Community Child Care Partnerships Examples from the Field
    • Revolutionizing Military Energy Advanced Solutions for DOD Installations
    • Asset Mangement with Data Analytics
    • IGSA Pilot Program: Sharing the Savings
    • Energy Resilience Aiming High to Be First, Best and Most in Energy Resilience
    • The Power of Art and Performing Art to Lift Veterans and Military Families
    • DOD Regional Environmental Coordinators How to Engage at the Local and State Levels
    • Military Museums The Power of History in Connecting Communities and Installations
    • Commercial On-Base Lodging A New Take on an Old Idea
    • Addressing Essential Installation and Community Human Infrastructure Challenges
    • Installation of the Future The Tyndall AFB Experiment
    • General Session: Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation Town Hall
  • America's Defense Communities (Magazine)
    • America's Defense Communities 2022
    • America's Defense Communities 2021
    • America's Defense Communities 2020
    • America's Defense Communities 2019
    • America’s Defense Communities 2018
    • America’s Defense Communities 2017
    • America’s Defense Communities 2016
  • Defense Community Infrastructure Program
    • Implementing the Defense Infrastructure Program
    • DCIP Support Letter to House of Representatives
    • DCIP Support Letter to Senate
    • DCIP NDAA Legislation
    • Implementing the Defense Community Infrastructure Program
    • Sample DCIP FY21 Appropriations Request Form
    • CODEL Template Letter to Hon. Mark Esper
    • DCIP Mark Esper Letter
    • (RECORDING) DCIP Briefing
    • DCIP 2020 Timeline
    • DCIP Federal Funding Opportunity
  • Building Great Communities for Our Military
    • Defense Community Awards
      • Michael Houlemard, Jr. | John Lynch Base Redevelopment Leadership Award
      • Col. Marc Packler | Military Leadership Award
      • Kay Ivey | State Leadership Award
      • Brig. Gen. Randal Efferson | Military Leadership Award
      • Jerry Stevenson | ADC 2017 State Leadership Award
      • Col. Robert Lyman | ADC 2017 Military Leadership Award
      • Gen. Darryl L. Roberson | 2017 ADC President's Award
      • Sierra Vista, Ariz. | 2016 ADC's Community Excellence Award
      • Michael Reese | 2016 ADC's Community Leadership Award
      • Naval Air Station Whiting Field | 2016 ADC's Installation Excellence Award
      • Col. John Devillier | Military Leadership Award
      • Lt. Col. Ralph "E.T." Taylor, Jr. | 2016 ADC's Military Leadership Award
    • Base Redevelopment
      • Out 'In Front of This'
      • 'He's Done the Most with it'
      • They Built It: Now It's "Go Time"
      • Beyond BRAC: Defining the Path Forward for Installations, Communities and Infrastructure
      • State of Base Redevelopment 2017
      • 2013 State of Base Redevelopment Report
      • Making it Happen: Implementing the Installation Reuse Plan
      • 2007 State of Base Redevelopment Report
      • Environmental Insurance: A Guide for BRAC Communities
      • Understanding Key Issues in DoD’s Base Redevelopment and Realignment Manual
      • The Role of the Private Sector in Base Redevelopment
      • Organizing Your Planning Effort: The First Steps in Installation Redevelopment
      • Understanding Base Realignment: What Communities Should Know First
      • The Community Base Reuse Planning Process
      • Case Studies in Base Conversion
      • Navigating Regional BRAC Traffic Jams: Challenges and Best Practices
      • How Congress Cleared the Bases: A Legislative History of BRAC
    • Installation Energy & Water
      • The Innovators: Five Projects Defining Military-Community Innovation
      • The Innovators 2017: Six Community-Military Partnerships Focused on Military Readiness
      • Five Megatrends in the Defense Energy and Water Sector – 2017 Report
      • Base of the Future Report
      • Economic Diversification Studies: Why Are They Important to Defense Communities?
      • Beyond the Fence Line: Strengthening Military Capabilities Through Energy Resilience Partnerships
    • Community-Military Partnerships
      • Beyond the Fence Line: Strengthening Military Capabilities Through Energy Resilience Partnerships
      • The Latest Trends in State-Level Military Affairs Offices
      • When an Installation Grows: The Impact of Expanding Missions on Communities
      • Community Roles in Enhanced Use Leasing
      • Advancing Public-Private Partnerships in Defense Communities
      • Profiles in Privatization and Facility Cost Reduction
    • ADC Resources
      • Advancing Resilience for Defense Communities: A Planning Framework
      • Moving Forward with Telework in the Defense Community
      • 2019 ADC Annual Report
      • FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act In Review
      • Best Practices in Facilities Management: An ADC & JLL Roundtable
      • State of Support 2017
      • State of Support 2016: Highlights of State Support for Defense Installations
      • Ready and Resilient: 2014 Annual Report, 2015 Strategic Plan
      • State of Support: Highlights of State Support for Defense Installations
      • ADC 35th Anniversary Report & 2014 Strategic Plan
      • Installation-Community Partnerships: A New Paradigm for Collaborating in the 21st Century
      • 2021 NDAA Highlights
      • (RECORDING) Understanding the $2 Trillion CARES Act: What’s in it for the Military and What Happens Next?
      • 2023 REPI Resilience Funding Guide
      • Transmission Expansion for National Defense
    • Support of Military Families Community Assessment Report
      • Active Duty | Air Force Support of Military Families Community Assessment
      • Air Reserve Command | Air Force Military Families Community Assessment
      • Air National Guard Bases | Air Force Support of Military Families Community Assessment
      • Background | Support of Military Families Community Assessment
      • (RECORDING) Air Force Military Families Report Town Hall
    • Past Events
      • 2022 Defense Communities National Summit
        • Army Pre-Conference Townhall
        • Defense Community Hill Engagement Prep Session
        • OLDCC Townhall
        • Air Force & DoD Quality of Life Score Cards
        • AI in Action–Using New Technologies to Streamline the Defense Security Cooperation Agency
        • The Evolution of Compatible Land Use Programs: What’s New and Evolving in Federal Funding Programs and Notice of Federal Funding
        • TRICARE for Kids Check-In
        • Advancing Resilience through Innovative Funding Strategies
        • 5G Deployments, Use Cases and Policy
        • Building Installation-Community Climate Resilience
        • Understanding the Impact of Race, Diversity and Inequality Issues on Military Families
        • Understanding How Communities Can Engage with the DoD Manufacturing Technology Enterprise
        • REPI & FEMA Climate Resilience Townhall
        • New Policies & Programs Defining the Future of Military Child Education
      • Installation Innovation Forum 2021
        • Reinvigorating Installation MWR
        • Case Study: Establishing the Fort Belvoir Military Spouse Co-Working Space
        • The Rise of Regional and State Defense Alliances: How Communities are Organizing at Higher Levels to Support Their Defense Sectors
        • Air Force Town Hall
        • Army Town Hall
        • Reinvigorating Installation MWR
        • Moody Air Force Base and Lowndes County, GA: One of the First DoD Intergovernmental Support Agreements Still Blazing New Trails
        • The Connected Army Family: Maximizing Infrastructure and Real Estate for Optimal Internet Services
        • Goodfellow Air Force Base and the City of San Angelo: A True Example of a One Community Effort to Integrate Partnerships at All Levels
        • Army Partnership Award Winner Spotlights
        • DoD’s First Joint-Regional Partnership (RIGSA)
        • The First Blanket Intergovernmental Support Agreement: How the Alamo Area Council of Governments and Joint Base San Antonio Took Partnerships to a Whole New Level
        • DoD Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation Town Hall
        • ADC Member Town Hall: Crafting ADC’s 2022 Federal Policy Agenda
        • U.S. Army Quality of Life Task Force: Improving the Quality of Life at Our Military Installations
        • Understanding the Building Blocks of a Military Installation Resilience Plan
        • Partnerships for Mission Assurance
        • Banshee Workforce Training and Air Force Labs
        • Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program – Lessons Learned and Best Practices
        • How States Can Engage with DoD on Key Quality of Life Issues
        • Expanding Your Horizons: An Inside Perspective on Army Installations Strategy
        • Putting New Technology and Training into Action: A Breakthrough Partnership Among Ellsworth Air Force Base, the National Security Innovation Network, and the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
        • Altus AFB, OK: How a Large Installation Partners with a Small Town
        • Who’s Got the Hookup? Partnering Outside the Box for Utilities
        • Cyber Security Infrastructure: Protecting Critical Assets and Mission Readiness
        • Future of Work: How Have the Pandemic and Remote Work Capability Changed the Game?
        • Native Connections
        • Defense Community Infrastructure Program – Lessons Learned and Best Practices
        • Fort Belvoir Military Spouse Working Space
      • National Summit 2023
        • The Defense State Liaison Office & the Air Force Military Community & Family Policy Office
        • DOD Readiness & Environmental Protection Initiative: Air Installations Compatible Use Zones
        • Securing the Electric Grid: How Communities Can Lead the Way
        • Bringing Advanced Telecommunications Infrastructure to an Installation Near You
        • PFAS: How DOD is Addressing Forever Chemicals and How Communities can Engage in the Cleanup Process
        • Next Generation Partnerships Town Hall
        • OLDCC Town Hall
        • Understanding Foreign Investments in Your Community
      • National Summit 2024
        • Navy Marine Corps Communities Town Hall
        • Air Force Communities Town Hall
        • Army Communities Town Hall
        • Childcare for Military Families Challenges and Policy Recommendations
        • Assessing Prioritizing and Improving Critical Infrastructure Resilience for Defense Communities
        • Community Support Organization Best Practices What Research Tells Us
        • Meeting the Challenge of PFAS Contamination: The Path Forward
        • Modernizing Installations: Innovation to application for SMART technologies and AI/ML
      • COVID-19 Military Support Initiative
        • Installation Innovation X
          • The El Paso Approach: Providing Community Resourced Mental Healthcare To Military Families
          • Spaceport of the Future
          • Juvenile Justice on Base: Improving Access to Juvenile Justice on Military Installations
          • What Does Installation Innovation Look Like?
          • Intergovernmental Support Agreement Best Practices for Community Success
          • Texas: Lessons Learned from Three Services and Statewide IGSAs
          • Developing Utility-Based Partnerships
          • How Utilities Privatization Can Reduce Costs: Case Studies from Fort Liberty
          • Solving the Military Housing Crunch
          • Next Steps in Electrification: How Installations Are Using Heavy Electric Vehicles
          • Fostering Family Readiness: The Children’s Museum at Joint Base Lewis-McChord
          • Installation Automation: Maintenance Made Easy
          • The Power of Public-Private Partnership to Optimize Underutilized Federal Property
          • Discover, Share, Decide, Act: Geographic Information Aids Installation-Community Partnerships
          • The Power of Partnerships with Hon. Rachel Jacobson
          • Solving the Military Housing Crunch - Michael Kittrell
          • Small Installations, Small Communities, Big Partnerships
          • Five & Thrive: Enhancing Military Family Quality of Life by Building Community Support
          • Exploring New Community Grant Opportunities
          • After the Military Installation Resilience Review (MIRR), Lessons Learned and Implementation Funding
          • Intergovernmental Support Agreements & Enhanced Use Leases: Diving into the Weeds
          • Mission Sustainment, Energy and Outreach to Communities
          • "One Community" Approach to Address Military, Spouses and Veterans Employment in Northern VA
          • One Military, One Community ToolKit
          • Defense Community Roadmap to Leverage Grants for Enhanced Infrastructure Cybersecurity
          • San Diego Partnerships to Defend Against Climate Change Encroachment: Past, Present and Future
          • Improving Military Child Education Opportunities: What’s Working at the Local Level?
          • Electric Vehicles & Photovoltaic Charging Stations: Lessons from the Field
          • One Military, One Community ToolKit - Peggy Tagej
          • Beyond the Military Installation Resilience Review
          • Accelerating the Future of Army Installation Planning
          • Beyond the Military Installation Resilience Review
        • 2022 Florida Defense Forum
          • Installation Roundtable Slides
          • Rick Miller MIRR Slides
          • Dave Dahl Presentation Slides
          • Grant Opportunities Slides
          • IGSA/EUL Slides
          • Jennifer Codo-Salisbury Slides
          • Kent Wimmer/REPI Slides
          • Florida Defense Community Resiliency, Sustainability and Mission Assurance Project Inventory
        • Installation Innovation Forum 2022
          • Air National Guard Townhall
          • Army Townhall
          • Accelerating the Use of Autonomous Vehicles on Military Installations
          • Understanding the Navy’s New Mid-Atlantic Climate Partnership Strategy
          • An Innovative Approach to Partnerships - Port of San Diego and California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard
          • Go Digital: Take your Military Support Organization to the Next Level
          • Planetary Ventures: An Innovative Partnership between Google and the California Air National Guard
          • The Sentinel Landscape Partnership – A Southwestern Perspective
          • The Connected Impact: Wireless Connectivity's Connection to Quality of Life
          • A New Federal Bottom-Up Policy Model: The Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program and Beyond
          • Heroes to Educators: An Innovative Solution to the Public Education Crisis
          • The Evolution of Military and Community Compatibility
          • Joint Service Installation Energy Leadership Roundtable
          • Leveraging Available Funding to Meet Resilience Challenges: Part One
          • Resilience and Recovery: Lessons Learned from Recent Hurricanes in Florida
          • Army Small Business Boot Camp: A How-To Guide on Competing for Army Contracts
          • Black Start Stress Tests – Lessons learned from Fort Knox and Fort Hunter Liggett Exercises
          • Leveraging Available Funding to Meet Resilience Challenges: Part Two
          • DoD-Sponsored Funding Programs Driving Education System Improvements in Defense Communities
          • Nailed It! An Innovative Public-Private Partnership to Develop Off-Base Housing in Altus, OK
          • Power Up: An Energy Partnership Between Joint Base Langley-Eustis and Hampton, VA
          • Preparing for Expansion: Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth and Texas
          • Proactive Encroachment Management: Why this Matters to Both Installations and Defense Communities
          • Defense Community Energy and Water Resilience: Consolidating Forces, Efforts and Funding Sources
          • The Digital Garrison: Base and Community Services at Your Fingertips
          • Fleets, Facilities, and Fuels: Fielding Non-tactical Electric Vehicles on Military Installations
          • Case Study: How Navy Regions Approach Community and Climate Partnerships
          • Workforce and Energy Resilience Implications of Installation Microgrids and Related Technologies
          • Developing the SMART Military Base of the Future
          • Innovation and Partnership at Fort Hood, Texas: A “One Community” Success Story
          • Shields Up! Hardening Critical Infrastructure in a Connected World
          • Civilian Assistant to the Secretary of the Army
          • Joint Base Lewis-McChord Partnership Tackles Childcare
          • Massachusetts Leads the Way! Innovative Partnerships from Across the State
          • The Renovation of Kuhn Hall into a Cutting-Edge Education and Resilience Center
          • Using Partnerships to Address Water Quality Challenges: A Success Story from Fort Leavenworth, KS
          • Implementing the Department of the Navy’s Climate Strategy
          • Paving the Way: A Demolition Partnership Between Unified School District 475 and Fort Riley, KS
          • Securing Manpower for Partnerships and Mission Sustainment: Spotlight on Air Force Reserve Command
          • Water Treatment Partnership: Moody Air Force Base and Lowndes County, GA
          • Building Better Communities Through Partnerships: How This Model Can Work for You
          • New Resiliency Partnerships: Fort Huachuca, U.S. Air Force Academy, and Keesler Air Force Base
          • BOOM! Boosting Options for Operations and Maintenance at USAG Fort Stewart - Hunter Army Airfield, GA
          • Combating Mental Health Challenges in Military Communities
          • Governmental Affairs 101 – A Marine’s Perspective
        • Installation Innovation Forum 2020
          • Big Impact, Small Community: Enid, Okla.
          • Feeding Marines: How Design Thinking Can Get Foods To Marines When & Where They Need It
          • Asset Management Innovation in the Navy - A $800 Million Case Study
          • 2020 Installation Innovator's Report
            • INNOVATE - February 2020
          • Using Analytics to Make Your State and Community More Military Friendly
          • PFOA/PFOS: Clean Up Best Practices
          • Announcing the Navy Installation Energy Resilience Strategy
          • Innovation is a Team Sport: How the Marine Corps Tackles Everyday Problems
          • Your Automation Systems Are Under Attack
          • Improving Water Infrastructure: City of St. Roberts and Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
          • The Future of Installation Master Planning for Military Resilience
          • Pre-Con Navy Session
          • Military Spousal Employment -- From Talk to Action, Best Practices from Across the Country
          • Mission First: Strategies for the Inclusion of Mission-Based Decision Making in Resiliency Planning
          • Offutt AFB, NEB. & MCLB Albany, Ga. Rebuild: Installations Rebuilding for the Future, Part II
          • The Future of Joint Installation-Community Planning: Aberdeen Proving Ground & Harford County. Md.
          • Getting Organized to Maximize Innovation: Strengthening your Community's Defense Team Joe Driskill
          • Getting Organized to Maximize Innovation: Strengthening your Community's Defense Team - Jim Iacocca
          • Innovating Installation Energy Resilience - DANNAR
          • Innovating Installation Energy Resilience - Parris Island
          • Military Child Care Challenge, Part 1: Understanding the Issue
          • Taking Care of the Kids: Innovative Training Programs for Military-Connected Children -- Project SEARCH
          • Taking Care of the Kids: Innovative Training Programs for Military-Connected Children -- Gonzalez and Wilbur
          • A New Way to Manage Installation Energy: Ft. Carson Utilities Privatization Project
          • Collaborative Innovation: The Indiana Defense Scrum
          • How to Analyze Your Resilience
          • Tyndall AFB, Fla. & Camp Lejeune, NC: Installations Rebuilding for the Future, Part. 1
          • Meeting the Readiness and Resilience Challenge at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga.
          • Military Child Care Challenge, Part 2: Available Resources and Emerging Best Practices
          • Energy Resilience Education and Exercise Simulation -- Norwich University's Interdisciplinary Approach 2
          • Energy Resilience Education and Exercise Simulation -- Norwich University's Interdisciplinary Approach 1
          • Furthering Defense-Community Relationships and Cooperation at Guard and Reserve Locations
          • Innovative Partnership to Increase Energy Resilience: US Army Garrison Hawaii and Hawaiian Electric Company
          • MCAS Miramar: A 5G Collaborative Market for Developing the "Installation Next"
        • 2023 North Carolina Defense Summit
          • DOD State Liaison Office Conference Resources
            • Military Spouse Teacher Certification Update
            • Child Advocacy Update
            • Purple Star Schools 2020
          • 2023 Maryland Defense Forum
            • CONTACT INFORMATION - Speakers and Organizations
            • Achieving Supply Chain and Revenue Diversification
            • C5ISR, Microelectronics, and Quantum Science
            • ChemBio, Human-Machine Interface, and Trusted AI & Autonomy
            • Creating the Technical Workforce of Tomorrow
            • Hypersonics, Directed Energy, & Advanced Materials
            • Increasing Military Value - Strengthen the Military Family Connection
            • Installation and Community Engagement - Federal Resources
            • Installation and Community Engagement - State Resources
            • Installation Resilience Planning - Community Partnerships in Action
            • Installation Resilience Planning - Federal Resources for Resiliency Projects
            • Workforce Attraction & Retention
            • MD Forum Wrap Up
        • 2025 North Carolina Defense Summit
          • Our NC Military
          • Spouse Best Practices
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        America's Defense Communities (Magazine)

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        America's Defense Communities 2022
        America's Defense Communities 2021
        America's Defense Communities 2020
        America's Defense Communities 2019
        America’s Defense Communities 2018
        America’s Defense Communities 2017
        America’s Defense Communities 2016