Photo Credit: Sgt. Christopher M. Gaylord
Undersecretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal (second from left); senior leadership for Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; representatives from Clover Park School District stand with students of JBLM's Hillside and Carter Lake Elementary Schools during a groundbreaking ceremony, July 30, 2012, signifying the official start of a year-long construction project to completely rebuild the two schools. Defense deemed the schools two of the top five in military communities across the U.S. in need of immediate attention during a nationwide assessment that justified a $250 million addition to the fiscal year 2011 department appropriations bill to fix the schools.