by ADC | Sep 23, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman to become the chief of space operations. If confirmed on the Senate floor, Saltzman would replace outgoing chief Gen. Jay Raymond. Other nominations the committee...
by ADC | Sep 22, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
Military families at the “lower end of the pay scale” may get some economic relief through a “potential one-time outlay of money to help support those families to really get them back on track,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. said Wednesday,...
by ADC | Sep 22, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The Senate Armed Services Committee in the coming weeks is expected to advance the nominations of Brendan Owens as assistant secretary of defense for energy, installations and environment, and Laura Taylor-Kale as assistant secretary of defense for industrial base...
by ADC | Sep 22, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
A select panel commissioned by Congress to study DOD’s budget process is making “significant progress,” its chair said, according to a Defense News report. The Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform is chaired by former Pentagon...
by ADC | Sep 21, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
The Senate will consider its version of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act early next month before breaking for the midterm elections, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday. The timing would give House and Senate negotiators a chance...
by ADC | Sep 21, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
DOD will begin working with national and local employers to offer paid fellowships to military spouses, with a focus on positions that spouses can continue in, even if they move for a new duty station. “We know COVID proved that there are opportunities much more than...
by ADC | Sep 21, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Installation Innovation, On Base
Congress appears ready to reauthorize the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grant programs for three more years, Defense News reported. The programs popular within DOD are set to expire at the end...
by ADC | Sep 20, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Housing, On Base
The Army has underinvested in on-base housing, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told soldiers last week at Fort Benning, Georgia. “I want to make sure that our soldiers — that you all and that your families have quality housing to live in,” she said, according to a...
by ADC | Sep 20, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
The Air Force is reversing a plan to cut the monthly Special Duty Assignment Pay incentives that hundreds of airmen receive to take on some of the service’s toughest jobs, Military.com reported. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall made the announcement Monday at Air...
