by ADC | Mar 10, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The Biden administration is asking Congress for $842 billion for DOD in fiscal year 2024, according to budget request documents released Thursday. That would be about 3% higher than the defense spending level in the current fiscal year. Some of the increased funding...
by ADC | Mar 9, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Education, Energy, Military Families, On Base
Here are some moments we hope you didn’t miss at day three of the Defense Communities National Summit: “Earmarks are helping” Congress get closer to passing appropriations bills on time, said Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), chair of the Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee....
by ADC | Mar 9, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Energy, In Our Communities, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
At least two Ukrainian military pilots are in Tucson, Arizona for what a defense official called a “familiarization event for U.S. and Ukrainian pilots,” Newsweek reported. They are training on an F-16 simulator…. Fort McCoy, Wisconsin had an economic impact of more...
by ADC | Mar 8, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Defense Communities National Summit, Housing, Infrastructure, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth on Tuesday outlined ways communities can help with some of the Army’s biggest challenges, including recruitment, child care and housing. Here are excerpts of her remarks from a mainstage conversation with ADC President Karen Holt...
by ADC | Mar 8, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Defense Communities National Summit, Energy, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, OLDCC, On Base, Recruitment
Here are some of the other notable moments from Tuesday’s Defense Communities National Summit programs. “You can’t solve problems if the fence gets in the way,” Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation Director Patrick O’Brien said of his office’s focus...
by ADC | Mar 7, 2023 | BRAC, Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Defense Communities National Summit, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
Despite calls from a handful of members on both sides of the aisle, it is unlikely there will be large defense cuts in the next fiscal years, a panel of policy analysts said Monday at the Defense Communities National Summit. “Congress will boost the defense budget...
by ADC | Mar 7, 2023 | BRAC, Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Defense Communities National Summit, On Base, Recruitment
Here are some more notable moments Monday at the Defense Communities National Summit. “If we end up having a conflict, the battlefield no longer starts overseas. It starts at Fort Hood, Fort Carson, pick your installation,” said Paul Farnan, principal deputy assistant...
by ADC | Mar 6, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The Biden administration is scheduled to release an outline of its fiscal year 2024 budget request Thursday, including summaries of its priorities and brief details about each agency’s spending request, as CQ reported. The administration will then send Congress the...
by ADC | Mar 6, 2023 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Recruitment
“New, bold ideas” are needed to help the military meet its recruitment goals, and defense communities have a role in developing those, ADC Vice President Karen Holt wrote in a Military Times op-ed published Sunday. “The path to boldness in this case might just begin...
