by ADC | Apr 29, 2025 | Congress/DoD, DCIP, Defense Budget, Housing, On Base, Quality of Life
The House Armed Services Committee will mark up legislation this morning that would provide DOD an additional $150 billion for the current fiscal year, along with enacting most of President Trump’s domestic policy agenda. The DOD funding section of the bill includes:...
by ADC | Apr 29, 2025 | Climate, Congress/DoD, On Base
Navy Secretary John Phelan has rescinded a Biden-era plan to address climate change, as Breaking Defense reported. “Today, I’m focusing on warfighters first and I’m rescinding the Biden administration’s climate action program,” he said last week in a video posted to...
by arhoden | Apr 25, 2025 | Congress/DoD, On Base
House leaders are shaping a spending and policy bill that will include a $150 billion boost in defense spending, matching a hike the Senate included in its version of the reconciliation package, according to Politico. The reconciliation package is the vehicle to pass...
by arhoden | Apr 24, 2025 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said Wednesday he has faith in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth but that “one of the things [Hegseth] has lacked in the early days is some real expertise, institutional expertise, in the building.” Cramer, a member of the Senate Armed Services...
by arhoden | Apr 23, 2025 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Govs. Jared Polis (D-Col.) and Kevin Stitt (R-Okla.), the leaders of the National Governors Association, reinforced bipartisan opposition Tuesday to moving some Air National Guard members to the Space Force without going through state leaders, according to a press...
by arhoden | Apr 22, 2025 | Congress/DoD, On Base
House Armed Services Committee member Don Bacon (R-Neb.) Monday became the first congressional Republican to encourage the White House to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “It looks like there’s a meltdown going on,” Bacon said. “There’s a lot — a lot — of smoke...
by ADC | Apr 21, 2025 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Today is the deadline for soldiers who want to reenlist and receive the associated such as bonuses and preferred assignments, Military.com reported. It applies to any soldier whose contract is set to expire by the end of September. “The window to qualify for retention...
by arhoden | Apr 18, 2025 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) has asked the Pentagon to outline how President Trump’s tariff plan will affect the defense industrial base. “In the short term, the announced tariffs alone will increase costs for U.S. defense industrial supply chain companies,” she wrote...
by arhoden | Apr 15, 2025 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Joint Chiefs Chair Air Force Gen. Dan Caine told members of the Joint Force in a new message that warfighters’’ “most basic responsibility is to be a force properly armed, globally integrated and ready to fight and win the nation’s wars.” Caine has been sworn in to...
