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• 2012 Armed Forces Action Plan (AFAP) Training and Planning Conference

  The Presidio of Monterey Garrison is hosting its annual Armed Forces Action Plan Conference at the Weckerling Center Jan. 26-27, and you’re invited!

  AFAP is the Army’s grassroots effort in which members of the Army community (Soldiers, civilians, families and retirees) identify and elevate significant quality-of-life issues affecting the Army community to senior leaders for action.

  Conference organizers are seeking delegates to participate. They are seeking service members, family members, Department of Defense civilians and retirees. Issues submitted to the conference will be evaluated and prioritized. Then the final issues determined by the delegates will be briefed to Presidio Garrison Commander Col. Joel J. Clark. Additionally, global issues will be forwarded to installation headquarters.

  The local POM ACS website gives details about the conference and provides links to the AFAP Issue Form and the Conference Registration Form. These may be accessed at: http://www.pom-acs.com/

  You may also view past AFAP Conference Issues by clicking here.

  For more information please contact the AFAP Program Manager at 831-242-7096.

• Military Day
  at the
  AT&T Pebble Beach
  National Pro-Am

  

  In honor of the men and women who serve this country in the armed forces, law enforcement and fire prevention, they and their families are invited to be guests of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Wednesday of tournament week.

  All law enforcement, firefighters and military personnel plus one accompanied guest will be admitted free of charge that day which features the popular 3M Celebrity Challenge at 11:00 a.m. at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Twelve of the tournament’s leading celebrities will play holes number 1, 2, 3, 17 & 18 and vie for a purse which will be donated to their favorite charities.

  Eligible personnel must present their active official department ID or badge at any ticket booth. Tickets are limited to a total of two (2) per person. Standard tournament spectator policies will be enforced, including no firearms.

  < Actor Kevin Costner signs autographs for Service Members during Military Day at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in 2011.

• New Vehicle Registration Policy

  Effective Monday, 30 January 2012, the Department of the Army will no longer require motor vehicle registration and the display of a vehicle decal for access to installations.  However, ALL personnel entering installations will still require personal identification that authorizes access (DoD photo ID).  All privately owned vehicles must continue to be licensed, registered, inspected and insured in accordance with state and local laws. Each service in DoD is taking or has already adopted this policy change.

  Visitors without proper DoD identification will continue to report to the Visitor Control Center at Bolio Gate for identity verification and vehicle passes.
  
  PARKING DECALS: parking decals for POM/DLIFLC will continue to be issued both at the Bolio Visitor Control Center and at the Presidio of Monterey Police Department at Ord Military Community.
  
  For questions you may call 831-242-7733.

• 2011 Year in Photos

  from Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs Office

   

• Department of Defense Photo Project Serving Abroad ... Through Their Eyes Contest rules, photo specifications and submission forms are posted on the "Serving Abroad … Through Their Eyes" website.

  Veterans Day kicks off photo contest to showcase overseas duty

  WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2011 -- A contest of photographs depicting the daily life of military deployments and overseas assignments, as captured through the camera lenses of military members, veterans and diplomats, kicked off on Veterans Day.
  
  The contest to select the 1,000 winning photos for an exhibit, 'Serving Abroad ... Through Their Eyes,' launched today, and will continue through Presidents Day, Feb. 20, Defense Department officials said.
  
  Winning entries will be showcased at the Smithsonian Institution's American Art Museum, U.S. embassies around the world, the Pentagon and other prominent, international venues in 2012, officials said.
  
  Photos taken overseas since 2000 by active-duty troops, veterans and foreign service members should represent daily life during a deployment, in a combat zone or from a humanitarian relief mission, he said. To view the complete article click here.

• New Video from DLIFLC
  Strategic Communications

  Links: DLIFLC hosts international BILC from DLIFLC on Vimeo.

  More than 60 participants from approximately 20 allied nations, that represent their country’s equivalent to the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, attended a four-day seminar to share best practices in the furthering of foreign language training goals through research.