As the Army investigates the recent spate of helicopter crashes in Iraq, it’s working to get lessons being learned from them back to air crews in the field as quickly as possible.

More than 130 Fort Belvoir Elementary School fifth-graders graduated from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program during a ceremony Friday.

For most Soldiers, a savings account is something that’s not on their agenda, and in many cases, if they think about it at all, it’s in a vague, sometime-in-the-future sort of way.

The Fort Belvoir community will be able to visit one of its favorite historic landmarks throughout the construction of a nearby village.

Testing for some of the systems slated for the first “spin out” of the Army’s Future Combat Systems program has gone well, except for one minor glitch: the Soldiers testing them don’t want to give the prototypes back.

During the course of providing legal assistance to clients concerning adoptions, I found that almost 100 percent of the clients are not aware of the federal military cost reimbursement program. 

A Fort Belvoir resident has been appointed to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.

On Valentine’s Day Shawn Aberl II will be able to be what he is — an energetic and talkative 4-year-old boy who’ll be having the time of his life at Walt Disney World with his parents and older brother, Ryan.

A collaborative grant awarded to three libraries that serve the Fort Belvoir community will help enhance literacy services at the Fort Belvoir Elementary, Van Noy and Kingstown libraries.

Qualified Fort Belvoir Soldiers may be eligible for a new career path that can lead to faster promotions, better pay and technical training.