A recent hike in postal rates has Americans who want to support deployed troops feeling light in the wallet.

Try putting your hands on each side of your head, facing outwards. Now, slowly close your hands in around your face. Notice how what you see changes. Speak, notice how your voice changes.

Fort Belvoir’s Directorate of Morale, Welfare and Recreation will receive $135,000 for two new full-time positions as part of the Army’s overall effort to expand and enhance existing MWR programs and services for Soldiers and families.

In 46 states across the country, 188 groups are planning Freedom Walks to be held in conjunction with the national America Supports You Freedom Walk planned for Sept. 9 in Washington, D.C. 

Care packages from one Georgia group keep troops in combat support hospitals cooking. 

Fried chicken and catfish, corn bread, mashed potatoes and all of the other ingredients that make up the Community Club lunch buffet will no longer be available after Sept. 28. 

For military retirees, services, benefits and now, Fort Belvoir’s landscape, are constantly evolving. 

Reshaping support to Army families and rebalancing a force stretched by war will be the priorities for Army Secretary Preston “Pete” Geren. 

Over the summer, the Army Management Staff College had 12 students on its staff at the Fort Belvoir and Fort Leavenworth, Kan. campuses. Most of the students were in college and each assisted with the AMSC workload.

Servicemembers and DoD Civilians will soon be eligible for Full Replacement Value protection on most DoD-funded personal-property shipments.