by ADC | Jun 29, 2020 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act last week stipulates that the Office of Economic Adjustment will be redesignated as the ‘‘Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation.’’ Like the Office of Economic Adjustment...
by ADC | May 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
About 700 residents of Pulaski County, Mo., received free COVID-19 tests last weekend. The two-day mass testing was coordinated among the county, the state, Phelps Health and the Army at nearby Fort Leonard Wood, according to a press release from the Sustainable...
by ADC | May 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The bases in “Military City USA” are asking San Antonio civilians to help with an anticipated need for more blood, News 4 San Antonio reported. The blood centers at Joint Base San Antonio expect their supply will begin to deplete as local citizens become more active...
by ADC | May 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Servicemembers from the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) are using their 3D printing capabilities to create face shields for donation to hospitals and workers around the nation. “It just seemed like such a simple piece of plastic to...
by ADC | Feb 3, 2020 | DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, News from ADC
When an 11,000-acre piece of land on the Georgia coast went on the market for commercial development, an alliance formed to protect the property, the mission of nearby Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, Ga., the habitat of the state’s official reptile and the tidal land...
by ADC | Feb 2, 2020 | DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, News from ADC
When an 11,000-acre piece of land on the Georgia coast went on the market for commercial development, an alliance formed to protect the property, the mission of nearby Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, Ga., the habitat of the state’s official reptile and the tidal land...
by ADC | Jan 30, 2020 | DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, News from ADC
The first formal intergovernmental service agreement in the San Antonio region was a paving project in 2017. If Joint Base San Antonio had done the work itself, it would’ve taken eight months. The Alamo Area Council of Governments stepped in. The partnership meant it...
by ADC | Jan 30, 2020 | DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
March Air Reserve Base, Calif., is housing about 200 Americans evacuated from Huwan, the Chinese city that is the epicenter of the coronavirus. They are undergoing medical tests, the Daily Bulletin reported…. Fort Lee, Va., and Prince George County are now live with a...
by ADC | Jan 29, 2020 | DC360, Defense Real Estate, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
Many of the community support and recreational facilities at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., was damaged when Hurricane Michael hit in 2018, and instead of rebuilding them, the Air Force is “generally looking at how some of those services could be provided better...
