The latest episode of America’s Defense Communities | The Podcast hears from Higher Ground Education, a company whose schools across the country are based on the Montessori system. Two employees and a former teacher speak on how the different education style makes life easier for both military children and military spouses.

Featured guests:

• Karolina Potterton, Director of Marketing, Higher Ground Education
• Telisha Thomas, DOD and Defense Community Liaison, Higher Ground Education
• Kelly Ficker, Prepared Montessori Institute Graduate, Higher Ground Education

Host: Randy Ford, Editor, On Base with ADC

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A recent RAND study assesses the vulnerabilities of Army installations from natural hazard events through an analysis of insurance industry methods and historical Army installation damage from natural hazards. They also recommend ways the Army can reduce associated costs and improve data analytics for resilience investments.

Our guests are two of the authors and an Army official who has reviewed the research.

Read the report: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2382-1.html

Guests:

• R J Briggs, Economist, RAND
• Beth Lachman, Senior Operations Researcher, RAND
• Andy Napoli, Assistant for Stationing (and BRAC), Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army

Host: Randy Ford, Editor, On Base with ADC

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Technology development has always been important to military mission readiness, whether it’s complex weapons systems or telehealth services. Much of it is dependent on the same seemingly similar technologies important to our individual lives: Wi-Fi and 5G.

In this episode, ADC’s Randy Ford talks with Rebecca Gray, Senior Vice President (Military) at Boingo Wireless. Boingo has published a new e-book called “The Critical Role of 5G and Wi-Fi on U.S. Military Bases.”

It’s available for download at boingo.com/military5G.

America’s Defense Communities | The Podcast is a production of the Association of Defense Communities (defensecommunities.org).

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The Association of Defense Communities recently launched the Military Spouse Community Leadership Initiative to bring military spouses into important discussions about what happens at installations and in the communities our military calls home. This episode focuses on military spouses' unique insights into what works and what doesn't for military families.

It features Sharene Brown, spouse of the 21st chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General CQ Brown, Army spouses Vanessa Errico and Laura Myer, ADC Executive Director Matt Borron, and On Base Editor Randy Ford.

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Congress is back in session with tight budget deadlines, a potential government shutdown and a full to-do list of items affecting military families and defense communities. Military Times Deputy Editor Leo Shane III joins On Base Editor Randy Ford to talk about the defense budget, the defense authorization act, quality of life improvements and more. America’s Defense Communities | The Podcast is a production of the Association of Defense Communities (defensecommunities.org).

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More than 1,000 leaders from communities, installations, DOD, the military services and industry joined ADC at Installation Innovation X in November. In today’s episode, On Base Editor Randy Ford talked with two defense community leaders who came to the Installation Innovation Forum for the first time. They discussed what they learned at the event and how they are putting it into action in their communities.

Guests:

• Becky McDonough, CEO, Hopewell/Prince George Chamber, Virginia
• Scott Rizer, Chief Officer for Military Affairs at the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, Alabama

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During this episode, we sit down with leaders from the Army and the Air Force and learn about the future of partnerships across all services.

Featured in this episode:

• Rachel Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of the United States Army Installations, Energy and Environment
• Rick Hern, Partnership Broker, Air Force Community Partnership Program

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Listen in to hear prominent military leaders representing each service engage in a comprehensive dialogue, touching on the current and significant topics of interest within our communities.

Speakers included:

• Lieutenant General Omar Jones, Commanding General, U.S. Army Installation Management Command
• Major General John Allen Jr., Commander, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center
• Major General David Maxwell, Commander, Marine Corps Installations Command; Assistant Deputy Commandant, Installations & Logistics (Facilities)
• Rear Admiral John Menoni, Acting Commander of Navy Installations Command

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