Gadwall. Canvasback. The greater and lesser scaups. Bufflehead. Merlin.

In the 110th meeting of this storied friendly football rivalry between Army and Navy, the pride and pageantry of crisp cadets in formation and marching Midshipmen precedes the game in time-honored tradition.

The Military Child Care Act of 1989 has made the military child care system the one to emulate.

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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is transforming how geospatial-intelligence supports the nation’s leaders and U.S. warfighters half a world away. The NGA is developing a state-of-the-art facility which will better provide critical operational support and foster collaboration among NGA employees, other intelligence community components and NCE external stakeholders, such as Fort Belvoir and Fairfax County.

A member of the Fort Belvoir Elementary School staff was recently recognized by Fairfax County Public Schools as tops in her field in the school system.

Fort Belvoir’s Holiday Tree lighting drew more than 100 children and their parents to the Belvoir Chapel Friday. A children’s choir, cookies from a local bakery, hot chocolate, and Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus with candy canes, added to the festivities as the lights were turned on by children of deployed Soldiers.

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Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik’s annual gift to military families is playing it for laughs this year as ‘“CD For the Troops III” offers a free compilation of comedy routines to Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Marines and their families.

Lawrence Minnis never met a dog he didn’t like.