Photo By Senior Airman Keith Holcomb | Base leaders and community partners discuss possible initiatives Dec. 12, 2017, on...... read more read more
Columbus Air Force Base senior leaders and Columbus and Lowndes County community partnership members gathered here Dec. 12 for an Air Force Community Partnership quarterly meeting.
One focus of the meeting was to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between Columbus AFB and Columbus Lowndes Recreation Authority to address the issue of community and Columbus AFB baseball leagues being unable to fill full rosters.
“The whole purpose of the new initiative we signed today was to create teams for kids who don’t have a full roster,” said Maj. Mark Hancock, 14th Flying Training Wing Director of Staff. “The point is not to take any sports away from Columbus AFB, but to add to teams who are short players.”
The community partnership events allow city and base members to discuss programs and initiatives that strengthen the communities around Air Force bases.
“We are here looking for solutions to problems,” said Lt. Col. Nathaniel Miller, Air Force Community Partnership Director.
After signing the MOU, there was an open workshop between base leadership and community partners about the specific initiatives they were in charge of.
Several base leaders provided an update on initiatives such as Maj. Eric Eaton, 14th Security Forces Squadron Commander, who spoke about regulations to help the firing range on base. Lt. Col. David Jokinen, 14th Civil Engineer Squadron Commander, and one of Columbus AFB’s fire chiefs spoke with community partners about privatizing dorms and emergency planning initiatives. Col. Douglas Gosney, 14th Flying Training Wing Commander, spoke with community partners about ideas for progressing these initiatives past the local areas and different ways to improve past initiatives.
“These meetings are not supposed to be a one way street, it has to work both ways,” said Maj. Douglas Hickey, 14th Force Support Squadron Commander. “We just try to find common ground for the base and community to work together.”
| Date Taken: | 12.15.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 12.18.2017 15:22 |
| Story ID: | 259339 |
| Location: | COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, MISSISSIPPI, US |
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