{"id":25226,"date":"2017-12-05T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=25226"},"modified":"2017-12-05T13:16:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T19:16:05","slug":"montgomery-county-recognized-by-the-u-s-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2017\/12\/05\/montgomery-county-recognized-by-the-u-s-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Montgomery County Recognized by the U.S. Army"},"content":{"rendered":"

Award Presented for Connecting Employment Opportunities to Transitioning Soldiers<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"MontgomeryMontgomery County, TN<\/strong> – Fort Campbell and Montgomery County, Tennessee live side-by-side as neighbors and partners.<\/p>\n

On Monday, December 4th, 2017, Montgomery County was of only seven Army communities worldwide to be recognized in Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Army with an Army Community Partnership Award \u2013 an award that celebrates partnerships that enhance Army readiness and strengthens community bonds.<\/p>\n

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Ryan D. McCarthy, Under Secretary of the Army, host the 2017 Army Community Partnership Program Awards at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes in Washington D.C., Dec. 4, 2017 (U.S. Army photo by Darrell Hudson)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The award, presented by the Under Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy, officially recognized the partnership between Fort Campbell, the American Job Center and Montgomery County, Tennessee for success in connecting more than 11,000 transitioning service members with thousands of post-separation local, national, and international employment opportunities.<\/p>\n

From fiscal year 2012 to fiscal year 2016, Fort Campbell\u2019s transition assistance employment initiatives have reduced the U.S. Army\u2019s Unemployment Compensation cost by more than $350,000,000, while supporting transitioning service members with their employment needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cSupporting service members and their families is a priority in our community. We are honored to receive this award and will continue to assist soldiers in making positive transitions into the civilian job market. The military strengthens our community\u2019s job market and we are indebted to the sacrifices they make.\u201d stated Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett.<\/p>\n

Fort Campbell Garrison Commander Colonel Kuchan commented, \u201cThis is great formal recognition of what we all do on a day to day basis. Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management. Lt. General Gwen Bingham put it best when she said there is nothing that we do on Fort Campbell that we do alone; it\u2019s in partnership with the communities outside of the gates.\u201d Kuchan also mentioned that the tighter the budget becomes, the more important it is to work hand-in-hand with the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking with transitioning military personnel is a critical component of economic development and is crucial to the continued success of Clarksville-Montgomery County. This award is indicative of the work we do to support our soldiers.\u201d said Marla Rye, president of Workforce Essentials.<\/p>\n

Fred Workman, deputy program manager at the Fort Campbell Soldier for Life Program explained, \u201cWhat sets Fort Campbell apart is our ability to build solid relationships with our service members and the business community. We won the 2016 Connections Award for the highest rate of connections between soldiers and employers and the Department of Defense named our Facebook Page one of the best social media sites in 2017. We consistently host job fairs, large and small, partnering with local, regional and national employers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next Fort Campbell job fair will host 75 employers and is set for December 6th. To connect with Soldier for Life, contact Workman at 270.798.6507, fred.l.workman.civ@mail.mil<\/a> or connect on Facebook at FortCampbellSFLTAP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Award Presented for Connecting Employment Opportunities to Transitioning Soldiers Montgomery County, TN – Fort Campbell and Montgomery County, Tennessee live side-by-side as neighbors and partners. On Monday, December 4th, 2017, Montgomery County was of only seven Army communities worldwide to be recognized in Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Army with an Army Community Partnership Award […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[31270,696,150,31339,28760,31338,31336,12822,1373,31337,30755,160,10067,31335,1758,1234,7607,2279,12686],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-6yS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25227,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25226\/revisions\/25227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}