by ADC | Feb 23, 2021 | COVID-19, On Base
The U.S. Army is investing in a directed energy prototype technology developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, according to an Air Force press release. The Tactical High Power Operational...
by ADC | Feb 7, 2021 | COVID-19, On Base
Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, recently announced the subcommittee assignments for all committee members on the House Armed Services Committee. Below are the...
by ADC | Feb 1, 2021 | COVID-19, On Base
The Department of Defense will soon aid the civilian effort to distribute vaccine doses for COVID-19, but the number of troops, and how they will be used, is still to be determined, reports Military.com. “Just like we would get through a combatant command...
by ADC | Jan 28, 2021 | COVID-19, On Base
An executive order by President Biden to cancel former President Trump’s national emergency declaration (which diverted $3.6 billion to fund the border wall) has prompted legislators to urge the Pentagon to reinstitute the funds to stalled military installation...
by ADC | Sep 17, 2020 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
Limited access to public spaces is causing a strain on armed services recruitment goals, Military.com reports. “Right now, the trend is in the wrong direction,” said Maj. Gen. Edward Thomas Jr., Air Force Recruiting Service’s commander....
by ADC | Sep 17, 2020 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
Speaking at AFA’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Sept. 16, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen W. “Seve” Wilson said a large portion of Air Force employees may continue telework even after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. “They may show up to work in a work...
by ADC | Sep 14, 2020 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, Military Families, On Base
A recent event by the COVID-19 Military Support Initiative led by The Military Child Education Coalition, a key member of the White Oak Collaborative, discussed the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on K-12 education. “The pandemic and resulting school closures have...
by ADC | Sep 10, 2020 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, Military Families, News from ADC, On Base
Blue Star Families’ 11th annual Military Family Lifestyle Survey has opened for participants. The survey will be open for six weeks and closes on October 16… The U.S. Army opened the new headquarters of the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies...
by ADC | Sep 10, 2020 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
Ellen Lord, the Pentagon’s acquisition chief, announced that disruptions to the defense industry resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic will cost nearly $20 billion. This figure is a $9 billion increase from a figure Lord cited last month, Breaking Defense reports. The...
