by Asa Rhoden | Dec 3, 2025 | Defense Budget, On Base, Quality of Life
The Pentagon organized a Barracks Task Force in October to create a new investment plan for military housing, and last week announced $1.2 billion in funding, Task and Purpose reported. About $400 million will go toward “immediate work,” with the remaining $800...
by Asa Rhoden | Dec 3, 2025 | Defense Budget, DOD/Pentagon, On Base
A forecast from the Professional Services Council projects defense spending to continue to grow by 2% annually over the coming years, according to the Federal News Network. The defense appropriations bill is likely to stay above $1 trillion, the report said. The...
by Asa Rhoden | Nov 13, 2025 | Congress, Defense Budget, On Base
President Trump signed a bill late Wednesday night that will reopen the government starting this morning. “WE ARE SO BACK,” the White House wrote in an X post just after 10:30 p.m. The House narrowly passed the bill just a few hours earlier. The Senate passed the plan...
by ADC | Nov 10, 2025 | Congress, Defense Budget, On Base
The Senate voted 60-40 late Sunday to advance a spending deal that could, in the coming days, end the nation’s longest government shutdown, as Politico and others reported. After weekend negotiations, a handful of Democrats joined Republicans on the procedural vote to...
by Asa Rhoden | Nov 6, 2025 | Congress, Defense Budget, On Base
President Trump said Wednesday he wants Senate Republicans to do away with the chamber’s filibuster rules and reopen the government by passing a spending bill without needing Democratic support. “We must get the government back open soon and really immediately,” he...
by Asa Rhoden | Nov 4, 2025 | Congress, Defense Budget, On Base
Military members received their end-of-month paychecks last week despite the ongoing government shutdown. The $5.3 million to pay service members came from three different sources: half from the Big Beautiful Bill funding and the other two chunks from DOD’s...
by Asa Rhoden | Oct 30, 2025 | Defense Budget, On Base
Vice President J.D. Vance told reporters Tuesday that service members will be paid Friday like usual, AP reported. “We do think that we can continue paying the troops, at least for now,” Vance said. “We’ve got food stamp benefits that are set to run out in a week....
by Asa Rhoden | Oct 27, 2025 | Congress, Defense Budget, On Base
An anonymous donor has contributed $130 million for the Pentagon to pay service members as the government shutdown nears its first full month. The Pentagon has accepted the contribution “under its general gift acceptance authority,” AP reported. President Trump said...
by Asa Rhoden | Oct 23, 2025 | Congress, Defense Budget, On Base
A Republican plan to reopen the government at current spending levels failed for a 12th time on the Senate floor Wednesday, as the shutdown reaches into day 23. Democrats say they want to negotiate an extension of expiring Obamacare health care tax credits as a...
