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...
by ADC | Dec 5, 2019 | DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
Middle Georgia State University has partnered with Robins Air Force Base, Ga., to launch the Center for Software Innovation, “designed to identify software development projects that will elevate regional companies, nonprofits, startups and other organizations,”...
by ADC | Dec 2, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, DC360, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
A $1.5 million partnership will help expand health care for military families in Radcliff, Ky., near Fort Knox, and “explore links between physical, mental, social and financial well-being,” according to a press release. Fort Knox Federal Credit Union pledged the...
by ADC | Oct 29, 2019 | DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Harford Co., Md., has launched a new website to make it easier to facilitate future planning among Aberdeen Proving Ground and neighboring communities. The site features educational videos and other information sources for government officials, business leaders and...
by ADC | Oct 8, 2019 | DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, News from ADC, On Base
Is your community new to the concept of public-public partnerships and how to implement robust, sustainable and Intergovernmental Support Agreements (ISGAs)? ADC’s two-day Partnership Bootcamp, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, in Monterey, Calif., is fast approaching, offering...
by ADC | May 15, 2019 | DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The leadership of the Fort Leonard Wood Region held its first Community Salute to Service to honor 60 South Central Missouri high school seniors for committing to serve in the U.S. military, SustainableOzarks.org reported. The honorees included enlistees in the Air...
