Installation leaders on Fort Stewart held the quarterly town hall about efforts to provide quality housing to on-post residents. Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield garrison commander Col. Bryan Logan addressed recent activities the installation and Balfour Beatty had made in response to the housing survey feedback. He said thanks to the feedback they identified three areas of interest from the first survey - appliances, landscaping and playgrounds.

The nominee to be Army's next undersecretary testified before Congress Jan. 16, pledging to confront challenges now seen across the service. Touching on the Army's People Strategy, James E. McPherson said the service is a "people business" and its greatest strength are its Soldiers, families, civilians and retirees.

A Military Spouse Virtual Career Expo will be held at Fort Meade that will allow spouses located anywhere to log in and speak with prospective employers. Representatives from more than a dozen organizations from the federal and private sectors have already signed up and will be available one-on-one in live chat rooms. Army officials see the expo as another way to alleviate spousal unemployment, which stands at about 24% among active-duty spouses -- almost seven times higher than the national unemployment rate.

Senior Army leaders and privatized company executives met at Army Materiel Command headquarters to review the status of the Army housing portfolio and develop a strategy for long-term improvements across the installation enterprise. The housing summit brought Army leadership and RCI company executives together via satellite with installation commanders to review progress and future strategies for housing at about 60 U.S. and overseas installations.