by ADC | Jul 22, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Here are some of the moments you may have missed during the closing day of ADC Reconnect: The Army’s installation strategy, released in December, will help prepare installations for an “information-age strategy” that recognizes adversaries have found ways to bring the...
by ADC | Jul 21, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, PFAS
The Army West Point Athletic Association has started a $95 million campaign to upgrade Michie Stadium and create a Victory Plaza to celebrate cadet-athletes, AP reported. “These efforts will put our facility on the precipice of being one of the finest that college...
by ADC | Jul 21, 2021 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, Defense Budget, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, News from ADC, On Base
Here are some moments you may have missed Tuesday at day one of ADC Reconnect: “The Navy is open for business,” Vice Admiral Yancy Lindsey, commander of Navy Installations Command, said. “I think we did a pretty darn good job” of navigating the pandemic, he added,...
by ADC | Jul 21, 2021 | Congress/DoD, DCIP, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The DOD Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation received 70 applications for Defense Community Infrastructure Program grants, the office’s director, Patrick O’Brien, said Tuesday at ADC Reconnect. OLDCC is reviewing those to determine which projects should move...
by ADC | Jul 16, 2021 | Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Virginia-based communications equipment provider Klas Government is opening a 42,000 square foot facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to speed up the use of emerging military technology, Nextgov reported. “Klas saw the value of having a facility on base,...
by ADC | Jul 14, 2021 | Defense Budget, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
Bath Iron Works in Maine told Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks it would need to lay off 2,500 workers if the Biden administration doesn’t order more destroyers, Defense One reported…. A new agreement between Fort Carson, Colorado and the city of Fountain...
by ADC | Jul 12, 2021 | Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, Veterans
Military families at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana are testing a new app that lets them “sublet” their child care spots when they don’t need child care, Military Times reported. Families at several other Air Force bases will start using it this month…. The federal...
by ADC | Jun 30, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
A Republican campaign donor is privately funding a deployment of up to 50 National Guard members from South Dakota to the U.S.-Mexico border, Axios reported…. Commissaries at several bases in North Carolina and South Carolina are adding curbside pickup service,...
by ADC | Jun 28, 2021 | Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Hill Air Force Base, Utah and Rocky Mountain Power have completed a 30,000 kilowatt-hour solar array near the base. Under the partnership, Rocky Mountain Power will own and operate it for 25 years, and Hill will add the energy it generates to its power grid, according...
