by ADC | Jan 13, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
The Hawaii Air National Guard will start recruiting for an 88-member Space Force squadron, AP reported…. The New Mexico Environment Department is fining the Air Force almost $1.7 million for groundwater contamination near Cannon Air Force Base, AP reported…. Fort Hood...
by defensecomm | Jan 1, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
Up to four million new customers have access to on-base exchanges and commissaries after a new change in federal law. Exchanges, commissaries and some recreational facilities are now accessible by disabled veterans, Purple Heart recipients, former prisoners of war and...
by defensecomm | Dec 19, 2019 | DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
A nonprofit wants to build a monument to women veterans in Pensacola, Fla., The Pensacola News Journal reported. The group, Monument to Women Veterans, is trying to raise $2 million for the project, which will also include coworking space for veterans…. Members of the...
by defensecomm | Dec 18, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
Congress and President Trump are expected to enact a spending bill that will provide $50 million for the first-ever investment in the Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP). On Base asked ADC President Joe Driskill about the significance of the measure. What...
by defensecomm | Dec 18, 2019 | DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
The Redstone Arsenal community in Alabama is one of seven pilot areas for a new Army Enterprise mobile app to announce road closures and gate changes and even offer coupons for on-base services, Rocket City Now reported…. A new renewal energy microgrid at Joint Base...
by defensecomm | Dec 15, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) is promoting Naval Station Everett, Wash., as the “ideal” location for future Navy and Coast Guard homeporting. Larsen makes the case in a new report. “Naval Station Everett is still ‘the Sailor’s Choice,’ but I am working to make it...
by defensecomm | Dec 13, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
At a Pentagon ceremony, the Army Community Partnership Program honored partnerships in Arizona, California, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Virginia. “The fence line has become the front line,” Alex Beehler, assistant secretary of the Army for...
by ADC | Dec 10, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Energy, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
The House will consider a final version of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act Wednesday. The deal announced by negotiators in the House and Senate authorizes $735 billion in DOD spending and $8 billion for related programs in other departments....
by ADC | Dec 10, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
The compromise defense policy bill lawmakers plan to consider authorizes $75 million for the Office of Economic Adjustment’s Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP). The initiative, which supports community infrastructure projects that affect military quality...
