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2022 News Stories
EOAC 23-1

DEOMI Graduation Marks Significant Milestone Achievement

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. — On Nov. 22, the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute successfully graduated 44 Equal Opportunity Advisor Course students. The course, which began Oct. 3, marked a significant milestone achievement for the institute, being the first in-person EOAC held since the COVID-19 pandemic forced DEOMI to close its doors to in-resident students in March 2020. 

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DHRA Management Class Photo


DEOMI Facilitates DHRA Prime Objective:  Fortifying a Culture of Service

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. —The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute facilitated the third and final in-person session of the Defense Human Resources Activity’s new enterprise-wide managerial training program for supervisory General Schedule-15 employees, Oct.18-20.

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Hurricane Ian Clean Up Team


DEOMI Recon Team Responds in Wake of Hurricane Ian

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. —  
The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute sent a recon team on Friday to assess the institute for possible damages caused by Hurricane Ian.  Ian, a near Category 5 hurricane at landfall, was downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it arrived on Patrick SFB.  

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DHRA / DEOMI students


DEOMI Facilitates DHRA Managerial Training Program
Aligning Culture with Vision though Open, Collaborative Discussion

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. — The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute facilitated the second session of the Defense Human Resources Activity’s new enterprise-wide managerial training program for supervisory General Schedule-15 employees, Sept. 20-22.

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West Point Cadets at DEOMI

West Point Cadets Participate in DEOMI Pilot Internship

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) hosted three United States Military Academy West Point rising senior cadets as part of a pilot Summer Research and Professionalization Internship Program (SRPIP), from June 21st to July 11th.

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DHRA Managerial Training Group Photo

DEOMI Facilitates DHRA’s New Enterprise-wide Managerial Training Program

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) facilitated the Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA)’s new enterprise-wide managerial training program for supervisory General Schedule-15 (GS-15) employees, June 14-16.

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DEOMI Volunteers Clean Up

DEOMI Volunteers Clean Up Brevard County

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. – Volunteers from the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) came together to help clean up a Brevard County road Apr. 30, 2022, as part of a newly established partnership with the Keep Brevard Beautiful (KBB) Adopt-A-Highway program.

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Retirement Ceremony Connie Morrison

DEOMI’s Ms. Morrison Retires with Nearly 52 Years of Federal Service

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. – A retirement ceremony was held for Constance “Connie” Morrison, a library technician with the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI), in recognition of nearly 52 years of federal service, Apr. 26.

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Staff and Students of 2022 SEPM Course

DEOMI Welcomes First In-Residence Students Since March 2020

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) welcomed its first in-resident students, since start of the global coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, on Monday at the start of DEOMI’s week-long Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) - Special Emphasis Program Manager (SEPM) course.

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DEOMI's Bienniel Curriculum Review Team

DEOMI’s Curricula Review Safeguards Total Force Readiness

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. –– The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) hosted leaders from the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, along with each military service and component, for a biennial review onboard Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, Apr. 12-14.

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Image of DEOMI's Creative Talent Recognized by Local Community Article


DEOMI’s Creative Talent Recognized by Local Community

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. – Archie Delapaz and Randall Allen, videographers with the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) Multimedia & Technology Development Department, not only provide premier DEOMI products, but they also hone their technical and artistic skills by creating original short films for submission in the Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival (MIFF), held in each year in Melbourne, Florida.

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2021 News Stories
Image of DEOMI’s LTAS Propels Force Readiness U.S. Navy Senior Chief Damage Controlman John Sullivan and U.S. Army Maj. Rodney Jackson

DEOMI's LTAS Propels Force Readiness

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. (Dec. 8, 2021) U.S. Navy Senior Chief Damage Controlman John Sullivan and U.S. Army Maj. Rodney Jackson (left to right), both attached to the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI), facilitate the Leadership Team Awareness Seminar - Virtual. 

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Image of Research and Development Zoom Meeting

DEOMI's Board of Advisors Focuses on Total Force Readiness

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. – Clarence A. Johnson, director, Diversity Management Operations Center, and chair, Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) Board of Advisors (BOA), along with Navy Capt. Delmy M. Robinson, commandant of DEOMI, hosted the final DEOMI BOA meeting of 2021 virtually, Nov. 17.

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2020 News Stories

Drawing of DEOMI building

DEOMI Receives Drawing from Local Artist

PATRICK AFB, Fla. - During the most recent DEOMI Reserve Component Course graduation, local Artist Discovery Coach Debi Pettigrew presented a gift drawing of the current DEOMI facility that was first opened in January, 2004 here on Patrick Air Force Base.

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2019 News Stories
Photo of SGM Ishmael

SGM Ishmael: DEOMI Will Always Be Needed!

PATRICK AFB, Fla. - A former DEOMI Graduate and Class President from EOAC 18-1, spent some time serving as the Guest Speaker for Equal Opportunity Advisor Reserve Component Course 19CD, held here Oct. 4, 2019. They listened.

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Photo of DEOMI STEM Students at the Morrell Operations Center

Space Education 101: DEOMI STEM Students Visit Morrell Operations Center

Patrick AFB, Fla. - Six lucky DEOMI Stem (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) students and three staff members recently had a tour on the Space Coast and it didn’t involve any theme parks, surfboards or roller coasters.

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2018 News Stories
Members of the DEOMI Curriculum Review Committee

Curriculum Requirements Review: A Total Joint Effort

PATRICK AFB, Fla. -- To provide the Services an opportunity to assess whether DEOMI is providing graduates with occupational training that meet occupational needs, the Institute must periodically conduct a curriculum evaluation.

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Master's Workshop students in DEOMI foyer

DEOMI, 45th Space Wing Partner to Spread Positive Messaging

PATRICK AFB, Fla. - SGM Ivory, 'You can get here from there.' Time and again, first here in the DEOMI Auditorium, then during visits and back-and-forth interactions with personnel from the 45th Space Wing’s Chaplain’s Office, Fire Department and the K-9 Demonstration Team, these Master’s Workshop students listened to a non-stop litany of positive messaging and the sharing of some very personal stories of “overcoming.”

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Attendees of DEOMI's Collaborative Series Event

DEOMI Collaborative Event Gets Rave Reviews from EO Practitioners

PATRICK AFB, Fla. -- The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) recently held a two-day DEOMI Collaborative Series here. According to Army COL Mary L. Martin, DEOMI Commandant, the event was designed for all attendees to gain a clear perspective and introduction to diversity and inclusion.

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