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ANNOUNCMENTS 7 DEC 2020
Application Deadline for the 2021-2022 SAME Leadership Development Program Learn more at: www.same.org/ldp
1 DEC 2020
Nomination Deadline for National Leadership positions. Submit nominations online at: www.same.org/ leadershipnominations Welcome SAME Guam Post Newest Sustaining Member: KHLG & Associates Inc. To learn more visit: www.same.org/directory View Upcoming & Recorded Education Opportunities Available free to members. Visit: www.same.org/education -opportunities to boost your knowledge!
SAVE THE DATE 5-7 NOV 2020 ChST (4-6 NOV 2020 CST)
2020 SAME Federal Small Business Conference, Dallas, TX Virtual National Event Register at: www.samesbc.org
SEPTEMBER RECAP: 2020 VIRTUAL JOINT INDO-PACIFIC INDUSTRY FORUM This year, the Honolulu and Guam Posts hosted a joint industry forum focused on the INDO-PACOM region. The forum was held on September 16,2020, 1000 - 1400 HST and broadcasted from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Tradewinds Ballroom.
This year’s theme was “Uniting the Pacific in the Past, Present 2020 VIRTUAL JOINT and Future.” In celebration of the centennial of SAME, a historical INDO-PACIFIC INDUSTRY FORUM video was presented celebrating the founding of the society and Honolulu & Guam Posts the rich history of SAME across the Pacific. With the establishment of SAME in 1920, of the original charter members, twelve were in the Pacific Region (4 in Alaska, 7 in Hawaii, and one in Korea). Today, SAME has over 100 Posts and 30,000 members representing the armed forces; government agencies; nonprofit associations; academic institutions; and private sector firms. SAME is represented throughout the Pacific since the 1940s with Posts located near major military installations. Pacific Region posts and chapters are located in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines. The forum agenda included military program updates from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. Air Force, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, and Officer in Charge of Construction (OICC) Marine Corps Marianas (MCM). The forum program also included small business updates on what’s new for contracting for NAVFAC Marianas, NAVFAC Pacific, NAVFAC Hawaii, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District.
LCDR Matt Evans closed out the forum military program with a presentation on the Guam Build Up and Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz. The full video of the 2020 Joint Indo Pacific Industry Forum can be view at:
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