by ADC | Jan 19, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Ukraine says Russia has “almost completed” a force build-up that could mean an attack is imminent, CNN reported early Wednesday, echoing Biden administration concerns. “We believe we’re now at a stage where Russia could at any point launch an attack on Ukraine,” White...
by ADC | Jan 19, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Veterans
More than 450 individuals with backgrounds in the U.S. military have been charged with or convicted of criminal acts “motivated by their political, economic, social or religious goals,” according to a new study from the University of Maryland’s National Consortium for...
by ADC | Jan 18, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Chris Miller, the acting defense secretary on Jan. 6, 2021, met Friday with the House panel investigating that day’s riot at the Capitol, NBC News reported. It is not clear what was discussed, including why there was a hold-up on deploying the D.C. National Guard to...
by ADC | Jan 14, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The top four appropriators on Capitol Hill met Thursday for the first time since November, restarting talks about spending levels for the fiscal year that started Oct. 1. House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) told CQ that her focus is to pass an...
by ADC | Jan 14, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
The Army has written almost 3,000 reprimands for soldiers who have refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine, it announced this week in a press release. About 97% of active duty soldiers are vaccinated, and the service is still processing thousands of religious and medical...
by ADC | Jan 13, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Congressional appropriators are scrambling to reach a deal on an omnibus spending package to fund the government for the current fiscal year. The current continuing resolution expires Feb. 18. The tight deadline raises the possibility that they will be forced to pass...
by ADC | Jan 13, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The Army will now pay up to $50,000 in signing bonuses to new recruits – up from the previous $40,000 cap – as it tries to recover from recruitment losses in recent years. “We are still living the implications of 2020 and the onset of COVID, when the school systems...
by ADC | Jan 13, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The House passed a bill Tuesday that would give National Guard members and reservists more opportunities to receive GI Bill benefits. The measure gives them eligibility toward tuition benefits any day they are paid and in uniform on federal orders, including for...
by ADC | Jan 12, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Force Culture, On Base
The Pentagon’s inspector general is beginning an audit this month “to determine whether military service recruiting organizations screened applicants for supremacist, extremist and criminal gang behavior, according to DOD and military service policies and procedures,”...
