by ADC | Oct 4, 2022 | Energy, Installation Innovation, On Base
The Navy has an agreement with the Port of San Diego to allow it to “plug into and pull power from shore-based infrastructure,” according to Breaking Defense. The agreement taps into a California energy credit program and lets the Navy use the state’s infrastructure...
by ADC | Sep 12, 2022 | Climate, Congress/DoD, Energy, Installation Innovation, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
A new intergovernmental service agreement between the Army and Auburn University will help manage natural resources at eight installations, according to an Auburn press release that says it is the first IGSA to cover eight bases. The 10-year agreement allows Auburn to...
by ADC | Aug 12, 2022 | Energy, In Our Communities, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
More than 3,800 soldiers have begun returning to Fort Stewart, Georgia this week after a rapid deployment to Europe in early March, soon after Russia attacked Ukraine, AP reported. Soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas will take their place…. Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri...
by ADC | Jul 26, 2022 | Climate, Congress/DoD, Energy, On Base
President Biden has stopped short of declaring a national climate emergency, but doing so could trigger military construction projects necessary to ensure resilience on installations, according to a Bloomberg Law report. The declaration would give the Pentagon...
by ADC | Jul 13, 2022 | Energy, Housing, On Base
Lendlease and the Army announced a $1.1 billion partnership in April 2021 to renovate approximately 12,000 existing homes and build 1,200 new units. Lendlease COO Phillip Carpenter talked with On Base about the plans. ADC: Can you tell us a bit more about those plans...
by ADC | Jul 12, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Energy, In Our Communities, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Military installations and related industry make up about 11% of South Carolina’s economy, according to a new report from the South Carolina Military Base Task Force, the South Carolina Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore...
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...
