by ADC | Dec 7, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, DCIP, Defense Budget, DOD Civilian, Force Culture, Military Families, NDAA, OLDCC, On Base
House and Senate negotiators released their fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act language late Tuesday. The compromise bill would: Authorize $858 billion for national defense, which is above the administration’s request but matches the amount...
by ADC | Dec 6, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, NDAA, On Base
The final version of the National Defense Authorization Act is “likely” to rescind Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s August 2021 memo requiring all service members to get the COVID-19 vaccine, CQ reported Tuesday morning, citing “a source familiar with the matter.” The...
by ADC | Dec 5, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he stands by DOD’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, despite growing pressure from some Republican governors and lawmakers. “We lost a million people to this virus,” Austin told reporters traveling with him over the weekend. “A million...
by ADC | Dec 2, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
Some Republicans are adamantly pushing to reverse the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and want to include it in the compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which CQ noted may not happen. Advocates for the reversal may then eye the omnibus...
by ADC | Dec 1, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
Some Republican Senators and governors are continuing their pushback against the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and it could be the next hurdle for the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which lawmakers hope to pass this month, as The Hill reported. “The...
by ADC | Aug 16, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time, he announced in a statement Monday. Austin said his doctor told him the symptoms would be worse if he were not vaccinated and boosted. “Vaccinations continue to both slow the spread of...
by ADC | Aug 12, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
The National Guard Bureau is distributing a newly approved COVID-19 vaccine that it hopes will be more palatable to Guard members who have refused the previous shots for religious reasons, Stars and Stripes reported. The earlier versions of the COVID-19 vaccine were...
by ADC | Jul 12, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base, PFAS, Water
The House Rules Committee today will consider which amendments to make in order when the House debates the National Defense Authorization Act the rest of the week. More than 1,000 amendments have been submitted. Some of them would lower the authorized spending level,...
by ADC | Jul 11, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, On Base
The Army has determined that about 40,000 Army Guard members and 22,000 reservists can no longer participate in military duties because they are not vaccinated against COVID-19. That effectively cuts them off from pay and some benefits, as Military.com noted....
