by ADC | Aug 11, 2020 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
Military families will have a new resource for finding child care providers through Military OneSource, which will assist in the process of searching and signing up for full-time and part-time care. The new offering will be subscription-based and “provided at no...
by ADC | Aug 11, 2020 | Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Digital Garrison, a free app developed in partnership between Army Installation Management Command and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, will help service member living on/near army bases to find programs ranging from child care to medical services. “Digital...
by ADC | Aug 11, 2020 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
Production costs at defense contractor sites may have increased by $11 billion between March and June, and the Navy may shut down one of its seven major shipyards, Breaking Defense reported, citing a Pentagon memo. The document did not indicate which site may be...
by ADC | Aug 11, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
A new partnership will work to make Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., into a commercial space hub, The (San Luis Obispo) Tribune reported. Vandenberg leaders are partnering with the governor’s office, California Polytechnic State University and Deloitte on “a master...
by ADC | Aug 11, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
In an “unprecedented” 15-week schedule, the Department of Defense will make 100 megahertz (MHz) of contiguous mid-band spectrum available in the 3450-3550 MHz band for 5G. “In mid-April, the White House and DoD met to discuss what could be done...
by ADC | Aug 11, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Two pieces of legislation signed by President Donald Trump over the weekend will provide help to veterans in the legal system and provide opportunities for disabled veterans to seek home renovation grants. The Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act directs the...
by ADC | Aug 10, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
In a memo dated August 5 to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, the secretaries and branch chiefs of each armed service warned that the planned move to transfer all medical facilities to the Defense Health Agency (DHA) “creates unnecessary complexity and increases...
by ADC | Aug 10, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The Defense Department’s Military OneSource service will now help military families “find, hire and pay for” child care, according to a Thursday press release. The service is a searchable online directory of care providers, and will be free to eligible families, DOD...
by ADC | Aug 10, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
There’s a “silver lining” in the flood that hit Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., in March 2019, according to the person overseeing the base’s rebuilding. “This gives us an opportunity to foundationally rebuild the base for the Air Force’s next generation of warfighting,”...
