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The Defense Department launched a 12-week paid fellowship program to expand employment opportunities for eligible military spouses.
The Military Spouse Career Accelerator Pilot program provides spouses of currently serving members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, to include active, reserve and National Guard components, with paid fellowships at civilian employers across various industries and locations.
This program directly addresses DOD's Taking Care of Our People For immediate release:
Sep. 26, 2019
Military Matters: Tidewater Screening and Panel Discussion
as part of the Mystic Film Festival
at La Grua Center
Thursday, October 3 at 6:30pm
As part of the Mystic Film Festival, La Grua Center presents a screening of Tidewater, which explores how rising sea levels affect military readiness
and national security.
Panel discussion immediately following with Roger Sorkin, director; Bob Ross, executive director of the Connecticut Office of Military Affairs;
Note: this article was originally published in The Day on April 18, 2019 by Julia Bergman. Groton, CT – The outgoing commanding officer of the Naval Submarine Base, Capt. Paul Whitescarver, said that with investment from the state, support from the community and the submarine's role in national security, the base is set up to have a "solid and enduring" footprint on the Thames River.
"In the next decade, you're going to see $250 million worth of military construction on the base," Whitescarver said
Note: this article was originally published on April 18 in The Dolphin. Slight editorial adjustments have been made.Groton, CT – Participants of the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT's Leadership Program Class of 2020 toured military bases in the southeastern Connecticut area for the seventh annual Military Affairs session on April 11.
Military Affairs Day gives military leaders in the area the opportunity to explain and demonstrate the important part the armed services plays in the economic and Businesses to be Recognized at Nov. 2, 2018 Military Appreciation Breakfast
Eastern CT – The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT’s Military Affairs Council has selected Antonino Acura of Groton and Comcast NBCUniversal as the recipients of the 2018 Military Community Support Award. Both businesses will be recognized at the Chamber’s 9th Annual Military Appreciation Breakfast, which will be held Friday, November 2, 2018 from 7:45 to 9:15 a.m. at Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa in Groton.
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Stonington, CT – As part of our Military Matters Lecture Series, on Wednesday, August 16, at 6 p.m., La Grua Center will present a talk with CT Office of Military Affairs Executive Director Bob Ross, who will give an overview of Connecticut’s partnerships, programs and investments to support the state’s defense industries, prepare for the next round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) and enhance quality of life for service members and their families. Q&A to follow.
This new lecture series launched in The libraries of eastern Connecticut present “Surviving BRAC” on May 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the Academic Building on the campus of the University of Connecticut, Avery Point.
BRAC, Base Realignment and Closure, is the congressionally authorized process the Department of Defense has used to reorganize its base structure to more efficiently and effectively support our forces, increase operational readiness and facilitate new ways of doing business. Our panelists will take a look back to 2005 when Naval Submarine (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he intends to re-appoint Robert T. Ross as the Executive Director of the Office of Military Affairs (OMA) when his second term in office begins on January 7, 2015.
“With the military knowledge that he obtained in the Navy, and his first-hand experience in regional and municipal government, Bob Ross has been a key advocate for Connecticut, its defense industry, and for our goals to grow jobs in this sector, particularly when it comes to the
DOD Now Accepting Applications for New Military Spouse Career Accelerator Pilot
Tidewater: Screening and Panel Discussion at La Grua Center
State of the Sub Base ‘Solid, Enduring,’ Outgoing Commanding Officer Says
Leadership Program Tours Local Military Bases
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Chamber Announces Antonino Acura, Comcast as Military Community Support Award Recipients
CT Office of Military Affairs Executive Director Bob Ross to Speak at La Grua Center August 16
CT Submarine Century Lecture: ''Surviving BRAC'' May 4 in Groton
Gov. Malloy Re-Appoints Robert T. Ross
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