The Navy has renamed a building at the Naval Academy to honor former President Jimmy Carter, Military Times reported. Carter Hall was previously named for a leader who later joined the Confederate Navy….
Leaders from the Oklahoma National Guard, state of Oklahoma and the Chandler community broke ground on a new joint operations center to help respond to emergencies, as the Journal Record reported.
Navy photo by Kenneth D Aston
The House passed legislation Saturday to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, despite objections from many conservative House Republicans. “Remember that 80% of the Ukraine funding will go to the replenishment of American weapons and stocks in our facilities and...
Registration is now open for Installation Innovation Forum 2024, ADC announced last week. Discounted launch pricing is available until May 1. Taking place Oct. 28-30 in San Antonio, the event will center around “the partnership mindset” with a focus on innovative ways...
Advocate Drum, the regional liaison organization supporting Fort Drum, New York, is searching for an executive director. The “successful candidate must have proven leadership, coaching and relationship management experience. An advanced degree is preferred with...
A new study commissioned by ADC shows that service members and military families are proud to serve in the military but are often struggling, fearful and disoriented. “The set of challenges facing military families are broad and structural but in many cases are...
Senate Armed Services Committee members Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced a bill Thursday to ease the child care crisis for military families by authorizing DOD to partner directly with public and private sector child care providers, according...
Stephenson Elementary School students attend a Month of the Military Child celebration at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho April 17. Air Force...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) Thursday rolled out a package of national security bills. One would provide funding to Ukraine, another to Israel...
A subsidy program that helps provide internet access to 23 million Americans – about half of them service members and veterans – is on track to run...
The National Guard Association has been critical of an Air Force plan to move about 600 Guard personnel in six states and Washington, D.C. into the...
DOD will expand its study of water systems on and near installations after new, stricter federal standards on PFAS were released last week, as...
The DOD Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation is hosting a webinar April 18 at 3 p.m. Eastern time for community organizations considering...
Don’t miss this coverage of last week’s Defense Communities National Summit. “Housing, child care, good schools help military readiness, advocates...
Universal pre-K will be available at almost all DOD Education Activity primary schools starting with the 2024-25 school year, Military Times...
As ADC plans for its 50th anniversary in 2026, it’s forming three workgroups for members to help shape the organization’s future. For more...
The DOD Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative recently released its annual report to Congress. The report highlights REPI successes in...