Joint base families attend EFMP Resource Event

The Exceptional Family Member Program held an EFMP Resource Event April 17, 2013, at the Military and Family Support Center here. The event included 22 exhibitors who concentrated on the joint base's special-needs community. Exhibitors touched on issues ranging from autism spectrum disorder to

Family service members' group life insurance benefit changes

Service members married to other service members are no longer automatically enrolled in the Family Service members' Group Life Insurance program, Pentagon officials said.The change was effective Jan. 2, 2013, and to date affects about 4,500 service members, Coast Guard Cmdr. Kristen Martin, who

Military children see parents in action

Service member spotlight: change for the better

Staff Sgt. William Cleven, Marine Wing Support Squadron 472 communication electronics maintenance chief, is the joint base's featured service member of the week. Cleven hails from Las Vegas.Q: Why did you join the military?A: I joined the military to change my life for the better. I was in a

Leader shares challenges, successes, inspires at-risk youths

"Even though I grew up in the projects and I didn't go to school when I was young ...," said Command Sgt. Maj. Calvin Coler, 174th Infantry Brigade command sergeant major, to a packed class of at-risk teens April 19, 2013. "... I never did drink, and I never did smoke a day in my life. I knew once