by ADC | May 8, 2020 | COVID-19, DC360, On Base
While COVID-19 cases continue to rise around the nation, the United States Air Force Academy and Veterans Affairs are beginning to institute new measures to return to normalcy. The United States Air Force Academy announced the institution will lift Official Business...
by ADC | May 8, 2020 | COVID-19, DC360, Military Families, On Base
Second Lady Karen Pence and spouses of some of the most senior military leaders joined the COVID-19 Military Support Initiative Friday for a celebration of military spouses. The Friday before Mother’s Day was first designated as Military Spouse Appreciation Day in...
by ADC | May 8, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The long-awaited guidance for the Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP) was posted on Grants.gov on Friday. According to the grant description, the priority focus of DCIP is for “military family quality of life, military resilience, and military value...
by ADC | May 7, 2020 | COVID-19, DC360, Military Families, On Base
The CARES Act provided $17.2 billion to the Department of Veterans Affairs to address hardships Veterans are facing during the crisis; $300 million will go to programs to aid Veterans are facing, or are at-risk, to homelessness. The specific funding will be allocated...
by ADC | May 7, 2020 | COVID-19, DC360, On Base
DOD is soliciting the help of young digital innovators across the country to help step up COVID-19 contact testing at Fort Bragg, N.C., according to a News and Observer article republished by Military.com. The partnership is bringing together a North Carolina startup...
by ADC | May 7, 2020 | COVID-19, DC360, On Base
A nonprofit that sends crafting kits to veterans to help with their mental wellbeing has sent more than 90,000 of the kits in recent months and developed a special kit to help veterans make their own face coverings, reported the Clayton News-Daily in Jonesboro, Ga....
by ADC | May 6, 2020 | COVID-19, DC360, Military Families, On Base
Although the Pentagon’s stop movement to contain the spread of coronavirus is still in place, many service members are scheduled to begin Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders, according to TRANSCOM officials on Wednesday. About 30,000 have been granted waivers to...
by ADC | May 6, 2020 | COVID-19, DC360, On Base
After a pause in training that began in March, Navy officials announced selection-and-assessment training of SEAL and special warfare combatant-craft crewmen (SWCC) candidates will begin again next week, reports USNI News. “My decision in restarting training follows...
by ADC | May 6, 2020 | COVID-19, DC360, On Base
Veterans across the country who participate in mental health care have adapted to receiving service through telehealth, such as video and phone sessions. The Department of Veterans Affairs reported a 280% jump in mental health care phone consultations in March and a...
