by ADC | Apr 20, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Force Culture, On Base
A legislative proposal sent to Congress this month from the Air Force would combine Space Force active duty and reserve forces, ditching the much-debated idea of a Space National Guard. “This component proposal is a new approach to managing reserve component forces by...
by ADC | Apr 18, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Force Culture, In Our Communities, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) are asking the Army to do more to prevent suicide at rural bases in their state, according to Military.com. They sent a letter last week to the Secretary of the Army, which was also signed by Rep. Jackie...
by ADC | Apr 15, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Force Culture, Military Families, On Base
DOD outlined a new Equity Action Plan Thursday describing a “shift” in the department’s diversity strategies “to create opportunities for all Americans, including for small, disadvantaged businesses, and to ensure that all qualified Americans can serve their country...
by ADC | Apr 8, 2022 | Force Culture, In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base
Fort Sill, Oklahoma this week celebrated the grand opening of its Sexual Harassment / Assault Response Program Resource Center and Fusion Directorate, one of six such facilities participating in an Army pilot program. “The SHARP Resource Center and Fusion Directorate...
by ADC | Apr 4, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Force Culture, On Base
At installations with the highest risk for sexual assault and harassment, “there is a pervasive misunderstanding of what prevention is, how to do it and what it takes to do it well,” according to an in-depth DOD report released last week. “Although leaders have a...
by ADC | Apr 1, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Force Culture, Military Families, On Base, Veterans
Violent extremism among current and former military members is relatively minor, but the problem is growing, lawmakers heard at a Thursday hearing of the House Veterans Affairs Committee. Committee Chair Mark Takano (D-Calif.) said that “from 1990 through 2021,...
by ADC | Mar 31, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Force Culture, On Base
The Naming Commission that Congress tasked with considering removing Confederate names from DOD bases has released a comprehensive list of more than 750 DOD “items” it will review to determine whether they “commemorate the Confederacy,” as The Hill reported. In...
by ADC | Mar 25, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Force Culture, On Base
Dwight Eisenhower, Colin Powell and Harriet Tubman are among the names DOD’s Naming Commission included on a list of names it is now considering for Army installations currently named after Confederate leaders. The commission, established by Congress in 2021, created...
by ADC | Mar 23, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Force Culture, On Base
The Pentagon announced eight installations where a new Suicide Prevention Independent Review Committee will begin studying an alarmingly growing issue within the military. “Clearly we have more work to do,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wrote in a Tuesday memo...