by ADC | Jul 1, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
Thursday was the deadline for Army National Guard members to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. The final number of vaccinated members is unknown as some vaccine paperwork is still pending, but about 11% had not met the requirement by Monday, DOD said....
by ADC | Jun 23, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, Defense Budget, DOD Civilian, Energy, Infrastructure, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, NDAA, On Base
On Base previously reported on some of the items included in House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith’s (D-Wash.) draft National Defense Authorization Act. Here are some of the provisions the committee added during its markup of the bill Wednesday, before...
by ADC | May 2, 2022 | Climate, Congress/DoD, COVID-19, In Our Communities, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
At least five states – Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia – are sending aging M113 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine at the request of DOD, Defense News reported. It’s part of the latest package of battlefield aid the U.S. is sending to the...
by ADC | Apr 27, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
President Biden said last week he has almost “exhausted” the $3.5 billion Congress had authorized for the administration to use to support Ukraine. Congress is discussing a supplemental spending bill, which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants to...
by ADC | Apr 19, 2022 | COVID-19, On Base
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled against an Air Force reserve officer who refused the COVID-19 vaccine, as The Hill reported. Lt. Col. Jonathan Dunn was removed from his command after refusing the shots and also faces other punishment. Dunn had argued that the...
by ADC | Apr 8, 2022 | COVID-19, On Base
A federal appeals court has ruled that President Biden can require that all federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19, as AP reported. Thursday’s decision from the New Orleans-based appellate court said a federal judge in Texas did not have jurisdiction in the...
by ADC | Apr 4, 2022 | Base Redevelopment, COVID-19, In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base, Water
The Navy is investigating a Friday leak of 30 gallons of water and fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, it said in a weekend press release. The Navy recovered the spill quickly, and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser...
by ADC | Apr 1, 2022 | COVID-19, On Base
The Army discharged 63 more soldiers this week for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total number of soldiers dismissed to 90, Stars and Stripes reported. The Army has denied about 1,500 requests for medical or religious exemptions, and more than 3,200 cases...
by ADC | Mar 10, 2022 | COVID-19, Defense Communities National Summit, Defense Community Champions, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Rear Admiral John Menoni admits he was in “a little bit of shock” in March 2020 when he first heard that sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt would be headed to Guam after testing positive for COVID-19, but then he “really just kind of immediately got after the...
