JFCOM Backers Huddle

Four Virginia congressmen -- Randy Forbes (R), Glenn Nye (D), Bobby Scott (D) and Rob Wittman (R) -- announced today that they will host a roundtable discussion next week on the Pentagon's plans to eliminate U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, VA. The session is slated for the afternoon of Aug. 18 at Old Dominion University's Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center in Suffolk, VA.

Elected officials and other community and industry leaders directly impacted by the closing of the command have been invited, according the lawmakers' statement. The event will let lawmakers and local leaders to "discuss the impact of, and analyze ideas and prepare a collective response" to the closing of the command, the statement adds.