Page 17 - Armed Forces Directory - Aberdeen Proving Ground

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

From the Desk of...
U.S. Army
By Maya Green

Pentagon staff visits APG to sign 2024

Chesapeake Bay Strategy

Overlooking the Chesapeake Bay’s reflecting waters is APG’s premier restaurant,
catering, and conference center, Top of the Bay. It was here on the beautiful spring
morning of April 22, 2024, that APG Earth Day Showcase attendees watched the
unveiling and signing of the strategy that seeks to improve the overall health of
the nation’s largest estuary, the 2024 Chesapeake Bay Strategy. The Honorable
Rachel Jacobson, assistant secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and
Environment, served as the ceremony’s distinguished guest.

The Earth Day Showcase was hosted by APG’s Directorate of Public Works with
notable leaders in attendance, including Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the
Army Mary Jane Jernigan, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command’s
Deputy to the Commanding General Liz Miranda, CECOM Command Sgt. Maj.

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment Rachel Jacobson discusses the 2024 Chesapeake
Bay Strategy at Aberdeen Proving Ground’s Earth Day Showcase April 22, 2024. (Sean Kief, CEOM PAO)
A15