By Dewey Terrill
JC Post
For years Junction City, Geary and USD 475 leaders have travelled each fall to the Association of the United States Army meetings in Washington D.C. But Gary County Commissioner Trish Giordano feels the local delegation should be split between attending AUSA and Defense Community Summits.
On the Defense Community Summits she said "That's where the money is. The elected officials should really be going there and advocating for our community."
There are two American Defense Community Summits are held twice per year, including one in November called Installation Innovation where defense communities attend to learn about funding and learn what other communities are doing. Fort Riley and military affairs people from Junction City and Manhattan have been attending. Giordano noted that she will be attending the Defense Community Summit this October in San Antonio, Texas rather than AUSA. The summits encompass all branches of the military.
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