by ADC | Jun 29, 2022 | DCIP, Energy, Housing, In Our Communities, On Base
A group of state lawmakers in California have proposed legislation that would replicate and complement the national Defense Community Infrastructure Program in that state, according to the California Defense Communities Alliance. CDCA said if the bill doesn’t pass...
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 | Jun 10, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Energy, Housing, Installation Innovation, On Base
All House Armed Services Committee subcommittees have now approved their portions of the fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill. The Readiness Subcommittee’s measure would authorize over $7 billion in military construction projects – most of it to be spent by the...
by ADC | Jun 9, 2022 | Base Redevelopment, Energy, In Our Communities, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
A new floating solar array at Fort Bragg, North Carolina is the first of its kind in DOD. It’s a partnership among Fort Bragg, Duke Energy and Ameresco to provide carbon-free on-site generation, supplement power to the local grid and provide backup power during...
by ADC | Jun 6, 2022 | Energy, In Our Communities, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Homeschooled students near Fort Belvoir, Virginia will start using facilities at the installation for physical fitness and STEM activities during the regular school day, when the Markham School-Age Center is typically idle, according to InsideNoVa. Fort Belvoir’s...
by ADC | May 31, 2022 | Climate, Energy, In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base, Water
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington was presented with a nearly $1.6 million rebate check from Puget Sound Energy for a project that upgraded energy systems at dozens of facilities on base, according to an Army story. “When you talk about resiliency and redundancy...
by ADC | May 27, 2022 | Climate, Congress/DoD, Energy, NDAA, On Base
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) planned to introduce legislation Thursday that would codify climate goals being rolled out by DOD and the military services, she told Military.com. The Pentagon’s strategies should not be dependent on who is the next secretary of defense,...
by ADC | May 27, 2022 | Climate, Congress/DoD, Energy, In Our Communities, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia has become the first installation in DOD to achieve the net-zero energy efficiency milestone, according to a Marine Corps story. “This is tremendous work by everyone on base,” Commanding Officer Col. Michael Fitzgerald said....
by ADC | Apr 11, 2022 | Energy, In Our Communities, On Base
Dirk Lesko has abruptly resigned as the leader of Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, one of the Navy’s largest private shipbuilders, AP reported. General Dynamics, the parent company, gave no reason for the change…. Military housing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Air...
