by ADC | Aug 8, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The Navy is now offering to pay up to $65,000 in student loans for new recruits who are able to ship out by Sept. 30. The service is also offering some recruits up to $50,000 as an enlistment bonus. “They are not mutually exclusive, so if a future sailor maximizes...
by ADC | Aug 8, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
The Biden administration may announce as soon as today that it is preparing another security assistance package to send to Ukraine, Reuters reported. The package could be worth about $1 billion and include munitions for long-range weapons and armored medical transport...
by ADC | Aug 8, 2022 | On Base, Water
Lawyers representing military families at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam are asking the Navy to permanently relocate the families to ensure they have safe water. “The circumstances are dire and immediate,” the attorneys, representing about 150 families, wrote in a...
by ADC | Aug 5, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Installation Innovation, On Base
Congressional appropriators have expressed praise for Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Daniel Berger’s Marine Corps Force Design 2030 initiative, CQ noted. The plan would make the Marine Corps more light, nimble and self-sufficient. In a report accompanying the fiscal...
by ADC | Aug 5, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, a one-star general who leads the Air Force’s public affairs office, has been named the next Pentagon press secretary, according to a statement Thursday from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. “I am confident that I will benefit from his...
