by ADC | Dec 8, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have made little to no progress on an omnibus spending bill, with current spending set to expire next Friday, according to CQ. The two sides have agreed on about $858 billion in defense spending, matching the amount in the...
by ADC | Dec 8, 2022 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
House leaders scrambled late Wednesday to find a new way to bring the National Defense Authorization Act to the floor, with the Congressional Black Caucus threatening to vote against the rule allowing the bill to come up for consideration unless voting rights...
by ADC | Dec 8, 2022 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
The negotiated NDAA does not create a separate Space Force Guard component, as some hoped it would. Instead, lawmakers are giving the Space Force a chance to explain its alternative idea to lean on part-time Guardians, as Military.com reported. The NDAA legislative...
by ADC | Dec 7, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, DCIP, Defense Budget, DOD Civilian, Force Culture, Military Families, NDAA, OLDCC, On Base
House and Senate negotiators released their fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act language late Tuesday. The compromise bill would: Authorize $858 billion for national defense, which is above the administration’s request but matches the amount...
by ADC | Dec 7, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Sen. Raphael Warnock’s (D-Ga.) re-election in a runoff Tuesday gives Democrats an outright 51-49 majority in the Senate, ending two years of a 50-50 power share where Democrats held a practical advantage only because Vice President Kamala Harris could break a tie. For...
by ADC | Dec 7, 2022 | Congress/DoD, In Our Communities, On Base
The South Sound Military & Communities Partnership has released three RFPs to support OLDCC grant funding at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The projects are a military installation resiliency review, a housing study and a military spouse employment review…....
by ADC | Dec 6, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, NDAA, On Base
The final version of the National Defense Authorization Act is “likely” to rescind Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s August 2021 memo requiring all service members to get the COVID-19 vaccine, CQ reported Tuesday morning, citing “a source familiar with the matter.” The...
by ADC | Dec 6, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
House and Senate negotiators working on an omnibus spending plan have agreed to allocate $858 billion for defense and national security – the same amount expected to be authorized in the NDAA that will be released soon, according to CQ. But talks have stalled on the...
by ADC | Dec 6, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
Service members will get an 11% increase in their monthly basic allowance for subsistence starting Jan. 1, Military Times reported. The new monthly rate for enlisted members will be $452.56, an increase of more than $45 from this year’s rate. For officers, the rate...
