A look at the restored Capitol building

Look no further than Coffee Connections on the corner of 12th Street and Gunston Road to find home cooking, sandwiches, soups and savory salads, along with the room to relax and to relate with one another or mix and mingle.

Hundreds of Fort Belvoir community members learned about Fort Belvoir’s law enforcement and firemen during the annual National Night Out celebration and received free food and prizes in the process.

Forty combat medics from the DeWitt Health Care Network tested their life-saving skills during the annual Combat Medic Skills Validation Testing site set up behind the MEDDAC Company July 23, 24 and 26. 

After four days of rigorous competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Joint Forces Headquarters-National Capital Region named its Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the year.

Five percent of the new homes being built at Fort Belvoir under Privatized Housing are Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant, according to Casey Nolan, project director for Clark Realty Capital, the development portion of privatized housing at Fort Belvoir.

Fort Belvoir’s annual Freedom Fest filled Pullen athletic and Long parade fields with fireworks, fun, a dose of Americana and enthusiasm on the Fourth of July.

Fort Belvoir outdoor pools are open for paddling, plunging and playing as well as serious swimming this summer.

The 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company conducted a structural collapse rescue mission under hazardous conditions at Fort A.P. Hill on June 6.

Fathers reigned at Castle Park on Sunday as the USO held a fun-filled festival honoring Dads on their day. More than 125 dads and their dependents enjoyed food, fishing and crafts on a warm, breezy Father’s Day afternoon.