PROGRESS INC

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ESTABLISHED IN 1956, THE U.S. STRATCOM CONSULTATION COMMITTEE (SCC) OPERATES AS PROGRESS, INC., A NON-PROFIT 501(C)(6) ORGANIZATION. THE SCC WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE SAC CONSULTATION COMMITTEE UNTIL 1992, WHEN THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND MERGED INTO THE NEW UNITED STATES STRATEGIC COMMAND. THE MEMBERSHIP is COMPRISED of SENIOR EXECUTIVES IN THE OMAHA AREA WITH A COMMON INTEREST IN PROMOTING GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY and THE COMMANDS AT OFFUTT AFB.AFTER MOVING THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND FROM ANDREWS AFB to OFFUTT AFB IN 1948, COMMANDER GENERAL CURTIS LEMAY FOUND THAT THE SURROUNDING AREA WAS ILL PREPARED to ACCEPT WHAT WOULD BECOME A SIGNIFICANT MILITARY PRESENCE. GENERAL LEMAY WORKED WITH THE CHAMBER of COMMERCE to RAISE PRIVATE FUNDS to ACQUIRE LAND ADJACENT to THE BASE for MILITARY HOUSING. IN 1951, THE CHAMBER RAISED FUNDS to PROVIDE HOME-LIKE FURNISHINGS for NEW DORMITORY HOUSING for ENLISTED MEN.IN 1956, GENERAL LEMAY APPROACHED SEVERAL BUSINESS LEADERS IN OMAHA ABOUT F