by ADC | Apr 3, 2019 | DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The Environmental Protection Agency will make available an estimated $6 billion in Water Infrastructure and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans in 2019, according to a press release. The loans will be available to public and private borrowers for a wide range of drinking...
by ADC | Mar 24, 2019 | DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
More than a dozen nonprofit organizations have formed the California Defense Communities Alliance (CDCA). CDCA held its inaugural meeting Tuesday in Sacramento. The new alliance includes groups with the shared mission of supporting DOD presence throughout California...
by ADC | Mar 18, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer is pushing a plan to fully or partially privatize the lodging facilities used for official travel and by some service members during permanent change of station, Military Times reported, quoting from an internal memo. One DOD source...
by ADC | Mar 18, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
It may be days before leaders at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., can assess the damage caused by the weekend flooding of the Missouri River. About a third of the base was underwater, according to the Omaha World-Herald…. Military leaders joined the South Georgia...
by ADC | Mar 14, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
New Mexico is suing the Air Force over contaminated water on and near Cannon and Holloman Air Force bases, the Air Force Times reported. “Today we begin holding them accountable,” New Mexico Environment Secretary James Kenney said when he announced the suit last...
by ADC | Mar 5, 2019 | DC360, GADC, Installation Innovation Forum, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, News from ADC, On Base
Leaders at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and in Bay County say that rebuilding from Hurricane Michael, which devastated the area in October, gives them an opportunity to make Tyndall more resilient for the future. That is the focus of a new ADC video that debuted...
by ADC | Mar 5, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The federal government would provide grants and technical assistance to state and local governments to fight veterans suicide under an order President Trump signed Tuesday and legislation the White House is proposing to Congress. The President’s Roadmap to Empower...
by ADC | Mar 5, 2019 | DC360, GADC, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Task & Purpose lists the active-duty units deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border…. The area around Fort Drum, N.Y., has been declared the most politically tolerant community in the country by The Atlantic, based on analysis from PredictWise. “These are places where...
by ADC | Mar 4, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, News from ADC, On Base
Congress could help start hundreds of infrastructure projects across the country by appropriating money to the Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP), according to analysis the Association of Defense Communities released this week. “This ready-to-go...
