by ADC | Jun 22, 2023 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
The House Armed Services Committee approved its fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill Wednesday night by a nearly unanimous vote. Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and ranking Democrat Adam Smith (Wash.) praised the final product. The committee easily signed...
by ADC | Feb 27, 2023 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
The Air Force said last week it will reverse disciplinary or “adverse” actions that may have been taken against airmen who sought religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as Dayton Daily News reported. The Air Force issued its new guidance in a Friday...
by ADC | Feb 21, 2023 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
The Navy will now allow sailors who did not get the COVID vaccine to be deployed. “COVID-19 vaccination status shall not be a consideration in assessing individual service member suitability for deployment or other operational missions,” a new Navy memo said. About a...
by ADC | Jan 26, 2023 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
Republicans in the House and Senate filed legislation Wednesday to reinstate the approximately 8,000 service members who were separated from the military for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, Military Times reported. “I’m glad that we were able to remove the COVID-19...
by ADC | Jan 24, 2023 | COVID-19, Military Families, On Base
Numbers from a new RAND Corp. study confirm that the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on a vast number of Army spouses. The report, “Today’s Army Spouse Panel Survey Results: Impact of COVID-19, August 2020 to May 2021,” was published last week. Key findings...
by ADC | Jan 17, 2023 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
The Pentagon is considering offering back pay to service members who were discharged for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, now that the military’s mandate has been repealed, Politico reported. “Regarding back pay, the department is still exploring this and will...
by ADC | Jan 11, 2023 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
DOD dropped its formal COVID-19 vaccine mandate Tuesday and gave commanders flexibility to position unvaccinated troops, including whether to deploy them, as AP reported. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the change in a Tuesday memo. The National Defense...
by ADC | Dec 16, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, NDAA, On Base
The Senate completed work Thursday on the 2022 defense authorization bill, allowing for the $858 billion in defense spending that lawmakers are expected to include in an upcoming spending bill. The White House expressed disappointment with the NDAA provision reversing...
by ADC | Dec 12, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
The House late last week sent a negotiated version of the National Defense Authorization Act to the Senate, where it could come up for debate this week. It will be the first time this year the full Senate has considered a defense authorization bill. The bipartisan,...
