A2 APG News • Thursday, May24, 2018 COMMANDER’S CORNER Military and Police: Across theGreat Divide mong the many objectsto whilefighting in our Nation’swars.Inboth keyreason whythe majority of Americans LocalMemorial Day “A which awise and free people cases,these individualswerewilling to give trustthe military—72percent of those find it necessarytodirect their theirlastfull measureofdevotion for their polled lastyear said they had alot of Ceremonies attention,that of providing fortheir safety fellow citizens, manyofwhomthey had confidence in our armed forces. seems to be first.” neverevenmet. Butour public servantsalsounderstand As we think about the men and women that what connects these communities— APG South Our founding father Edgewood Cemetery,9a.m. John Jaywrote these who keep us safeathome and abroad, it is safeguarding the value of human life, wordsinTheFederalist, importanttoconsider that difference be- mutual sacrifice,and commitment to a Aberdeen (city) a1788 publication that tween our internal security forces (police) causelarger than oneself—is moremean- and our external securityforces (the ingful than what divides them. And they Veterans Memorial Park, N. ParkeSt. and madeapowerful case N. RogersSt., 11 a.m. for whyour Nation military). In fact, theirseparation is one of takeadvantage of the manyopportunities to neededaConstitution the most important principles underpin- collaborate andshareresources in emer- ning our democracy. gencypreparedness,training, and natural HavredeGrace to bindour states to- AngelHill Cemetery,750 Ohio St., 9a.m.; gether.Overtwo cen- The Posse Comitatus Act, passed in 1878, disaster response while not crossing that limits the Government’sability to use critical line in lawenforcement. TydingsMemorialPark, 908 S. Washington APG Senior turies later,the United St., 11 a.m. Commander States’ability to main- Federal military personnel to enforce do- While remembering our fallenservice Maj. Gen. tainthe safetyofits mestic security. Andwhile the act does members this Memorial Day, Iencourage allowfor the Armyand National Guardto youtoconsider the military-police divide BelAir RandyS. citizens has indeed Community Band Concert andCeremo- Taylor beenvital to our on- assist in emergencies,itsetsahigh barfor among our manyfreedoms and use the the use of Federal troops in policing.For opportunitytohonorand thankour ny,Shamrock Park, Lee Wayand Hickory going unity,liberty,and Avenue,10:30 a.m. leadership role in the example,asrecentlyas2009, theArmy domesticpeace officers.Ialso encourage world. determined that under thePosse Comitatus youtoattend one of the manyobservances Act, militarypolicefromFort Rucker, taking place across ourregion. Iwill attend Elkton On Monday, we will celebrate Memorial MemorialDay Parade,downtown,10 a.m. Day to remember andhonor thosewho lost Alabama, should not have assistedlocal and deliver remarks at the events in the city their lives whileserving in our military.But police in trafficcontrolatacrime scene. of Aberdeen and town of NorthEast. North East (town) on May15, we also celebrated Peace Officers Our public servants in themilitaryand America’sArmy, Your Army! police understand theimportanceofthat VFW Post 6027, 815 Turkey PointRoad, 1 Memorial Day to paytribute to local, state, p.m. and Federal officerswho died or were divide—which manynations around the Major General RandyS.Taylor disabled in the .The meaning of world, including totalitarian regimes,do Senior Commander,Aberdeen Proving Perryville their sacrifice,and the weightofgrief of not respect—and they’rewillingtolay down Ground their lives to preserve it.The separationof American Legion Post 135, 300Cherry their families,isnoless impactfulthanthat St., 11 a.m. of the 1.1 million service memberskilled our military from domesticpolice is also a

Electrical upgrades mayimpact traffic By Yvonne Johnson APG News

Have younoticed the electric utility trucks along the roadways on post? Have youwondered what’s goingon? Well, it’s not the electric company,but it is a long-term solution for aging in- stallation infrastructure. City Light &Power, Inc., has signed a50-year contractto provide powertothe installation. The Hybrid Project willupgrade existing structures to operate at improvedand morereliable lev- els. What does thismean in the shortterm?Lots of construction as some powerlinesare moved underground and some under- groundstructures areupgraded. The biggest thing mostcom- muters willnoticeisthe impact on traffic as work crewsgoabout theirjobs. The APG News and APG social mediasites willdisseminate in- formation about planned road closures or detours as far in advance as possible. AccordingtoLucas Maid,City Light &Powersenior project manager,the benefits of the program aremany. Along with aesthetic improvements,it meansareduction in substations at APG North (Aberdeen) and South (Edgewood) from 26 to seven. “Italsoimprovescapacity,reli- ability, resiliency,security,effi- ciency,redundancy,safety and operability of existing facilities,” PHOTO COURTESY OF CITY LIGHT &POWER,INC. Maid said. CityLight &Power, Inc. utilityvehicleswillbeseenalong APGNorth (Aberdeen) and South (Edgewood) roadsidesduring ongoing electrical infra- City Light &Poweriscoor- structureupgrades. Check the APG News andAPG social media sites forconstruction sitelocations and/or road delays. dinating with the Garrison’sDi- rectorate of Public Works to apprisedofwork site locations ers as well as our crews,is backwith the APG News -keep [email protected] or visit makethe transition as smooth as and proceed withcaution when paramount.” an eyeout for the grey and orange APG on Facebook at www.face- possible, he added. passing them. Forupdatesaboutthe ongoing cone banner seen above.Com- book.com/APGMdorTwitter at He asked that drivers stay “The safety of everyone,driv- construction projects,check munity members can also email www.twitter.com/USAGAPG.

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