by ADC | Mar 13, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
At a recent Center for New American Security event, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger alluded to cutting older legacy systems and augmenting newer systems/formations, Marine Times reports. According the FY 2021 budget, the service is planning to invest in new...
by ADC | Mar 12, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Due to recent Department of Defense changes in installation Child Development Center (CDC) policy, Coast Guard families are placed at a lower priority for child care, military.com reports. The DOD announced recently three priority levels with subcategories to qualify...
by ADC | Mar 12, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
-The Pentagon is halting permanent change-of-station (PCS) moves out of areas most impacted by COVID-19, including South Korea and Italy, Military Times reports. The department is considering a policy for global operations as well to contain and mitigate effects of...
by ADC | Mar 12, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
As the election season approaches, the U.S. Army wrote an article reminding service members their limitations regarding political activities mandated by the Hatch Act and DOD Directive 1344.10. Military members and civilian employees serving in an official...
by ADC | Mar 11, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
During his confirmation hearing Tuesday, Jordan Gillis, nominee for assistant secretary of defense for sustainment said that three missing protections from the DOD’s Tenant Bill of Rights will be added by May 1, military.com reports. The missing provisions are:...
by ADC | Mar 11, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The U.S. Senate recently passed the bipartisan “Citizenship for Children of Military Members and Civil Servants Act” which ensures children (including stepchildren and adopted children) of military and civil servants born while stationed abroad will have a path to...
by ADC | Mar 11, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
In a House Budget Committee hearing for FY 2021 for the Defense Department on Tuesday, Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist discussed Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) funding with Rep. Jimmy Panetta of California. “The OEA has provided a tremendous value to...
by ADC | Mar 10, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The DOD recently published a memorandum outlining new policies with regard to priority access to child care for military members. “I have directed changes to the current child care priorities to clarify situations where military families will be afforded priority...
by ADC | Mar 10, 2020 | Congress/DoD, On Base
A new round of base realignments and closures (BRAC) could save the Department of Defense $2 billion annually, but naming “winners and losers” may cause controversy, Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense analyst Frederico Bartels explains in a recent...
