by ADC | Mar 18, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Friday is the deadline for Congress to pass the final six appropriations bills for the current fiscal year. The defense appropriations bill is part of the package. Punchbowl News reported this morning that negotiators have finished work on defense spending and other...
by ADC | Mar 18, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Communities National Summit
Air Force leaders who oversee installation management will take questions from attendees at next month’s Defense Communities National Summit, as ADC announced last week. Panelists at the Air Force Communities Town Hall include: Ravi Chaudhary, assistant Air Force...
by ADC | Mar 18, 2024 | In Our Communities, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia expects to hire 3,000 skilled trade workers this year and a total of 19,000 over the next 10 years as the demand for nuclear-powered submarines increases, The Virginian-Pilot reported. “We are making intentional investments and...
by ADC | Mar 15, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Russia-Ukraine
Joint Chiefs Chair Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown and a group of lawmakers toured a Lockheed Martin plant in Arkansas and McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma Thursday. The “trip was part of the Pentagon’s full-court press to get the House to move forward on a $95...
by ADC | Mar 15, 2024 | Climate, Environment, On Base
The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced a round of funding for “environmental and climate justice activities to benefit disadvantaged communities through projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate resilience, and build community capacity...