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American Military Engineers
ANNOUNCMENTS
7 DEC 2020
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1 DEC 2020
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NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2020
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 video was . ” p In celebr resented ation of celebra the ting centennial of the founding SAME, of the s a historical ociety and INDO-PACIFIC INDUSTRY FOR Honolulu & Guam UM 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: