One of the top concerns of military families and veteran families during the coronavirus pandemic has been maintaining adequate access to food. Service members and community groups such as Support the Enlisted Project (STEP) have been helping fill the gap. Watch how they are doing it:
CMSI wants to know how COVID-19 is impacting your community. Please send stories to Leif Walcutt (lwalcutt@defensecommunities.org) and Randy Ford (rford@defensecommunities.org).
The House Appropriations Committee approved an $833 billion defense spending bill for next fiscal year. It includes the 19.5% pay raise for junior enlisted troops the House is set to include in its version of the defense authorization bill. The spending bill passed on...
DOD’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs is hosting a webinar June 26 on sexual assault prevention. It’s geared toward state and local leaders to provide them “best practices to expand integrated prevention initiatives, improve climate and culture, support reforming...
The 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Wisconsin National Guard, and enabler units from across the U.S. and Canada participate in a training exercise at Fort Johnson, Louisiana June 13. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman
USA Today reported on Defense Health Agency data showing that suicide was the top cause of death among active duty Army personnel from 2014 to 2019. Accidents were the number-two cause with 814 deaths, and there were 96 combat fatalities, according to the article. The...
House Republicans agreed to a package of amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act that Democrats say include conservative “poison pills” that threaten the bipartisan support for the bill, which passed out of committee by a vote of 57 to 1. The House Rules...
California Air National Guard Commander Maj. Gen. Steven “Bucky” Butow has been appointed military deputy for DOD’s Defense Innovation Unit,...
USAF Changes Plans to Release Land Parcel in Hawaii The Air Force says that it now plans to retain a 138-acre training site at Bellows Air Force...
The White House announced Tuesday that it opposes the 19.5% pay raise House lawmakers are considering for junior enlisted service members, saying...
Former Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller “is among a cluster of influential former administration officials and GOP lawmakers who have...
Environmental activists are supporting two bipartisan PFAS-related amendments to the House’s draft National Defense Authorization Act. The...
Fort Campbell Continues Animal Control IGSA with County in Tenn. Montgomery County Mayor Wes Golden in Tennessee and Fort Campbell Garrison...
“The United States finds itself in a race against time” as China becomes a “formidable competitor and potentially dangerous adversary,” Booz Allen...
The House is advancing drafts of the defense policy bill and defense spending bill that would essentially block the Air Force’s proposal to move Air...
A recent RAND study assesses the vulnerabilities of Army installations from natural hazard events through an analysis of insurance industry methods...
Army’s Largest CDC Opens in Alaska The Army’s largest child development center is now open at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, as Alaska Public Media...