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(Photo by Diane Kofoed, Couresty of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base)
(Photo by Diane Kofoed, Couresty of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base)

Residents in Fairborn, Ohio, have had few outlets for cooling off during the hot summer months since their local public pool was closed in 2009 and subsequently demolished. Construction of a new pool was not in the budget, but that didn't stop the Fairborn Parks and Recreation Division from looking for other solutions. This past summer, through a partnership with the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, residents were overjoyed to have access to the base's Prairie Pool for the summer.

So were service members at Wright-Pat. Like other military installations, the base had found itself severely affected by budget cuts and sequestration, and opening its pools to the public wasn't just an act of goodwill. "One of the budgets that was severely affected was our pools," says former installation commander Col. Cassie B. Barlow. "We found ourselves in a position where we would not be able to open the pools because we didn't have the money."

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