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Fund From Page 4 Fund, giving shoppers an opportunity to help their military family in need.” Since the Exchange partnered with the fund in 2017, shoppers worldwide have donated nearly $2 million to the relief fund, which provides financial assistance, supports educational needs and offers community programs to make life better for airmen, guardians, retirees and their families. The relief organization has also supported warfighters and their families through the pandemic. “Exchange shoppers’ donations have been critical in helping carry out the
TRAVIS AFAF mission,” said retired Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright, CEO of the Air Force Aid Society, one of four charities that benefit from the fund, in the press release. “We’re grateful for our continued partnership with the Exchange to make the Air Force family stronger.” Travis Exchange shoppers can donate in increments of $1, $5 and $10 or enter in a custom amount at the register. “When their military family is in need, Exchange shoppers continue to answer the call,” Travis Exchange General Manager Phonda Bishop said in the press release. “The Exchange is honored to partner with AFAF and support its incredible mission.”
Threat From Page 9 “We have publicly acknowledged that there are categories of criminal actors who have capabilities that are sophisticated enough that we consider them targets that we might choose to disrupt,” she said. “I’m not going to talk about who; they probably know who they are. We’re coming for them.” It’s not the DoD alone that defends the nation’s cyber network. Eoyang said DoD works closely with law enforcement to keep the U.S. safe. “We have very strong partnerships with law enforcement, because at the end of the day, many of these people are motivated
May 27, 2022 by money,” Eoyang said. “They’re in it for the ransom. They’re not necessarily in it for harming (the United States.)” Working alongside law enforcement, such as the FBI, Eoyang said, allows DoD to make sure adversaries can’t find safe haven in the United States. “We can share that information and where it’s happening in the United States, then law enforcement can disrupt,” she said. “We’ve actually seen our law enforcement colleagues become very creative and very innovative in their use of lawful tools to be able to go after this. You may have seen some reporting on the FBI’s ability to seize malware that the (Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) have inside the United States.”
