by ADC | Sep 12, 2024 | Housing, In Our Communities, On Base
New Private Housing Coming in California Edwards Air Force Base, California broke ground on the Air Force’s first privatized on-base apartment complex, Military.com reported. It will provide 246 beds for airmen. Arizona Military Members Practicing in Medical...
by ADC | Mar 28, 2024 | Housing, On Base
Corvias is now the largest participant in a new certification program from the International WELL Building Institute that helps identify and measure ways that homes can support residents’ health and resilience, through factors such as air, water, light, thermal...
by ADC | Feb 16, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Housing, On Base, Quality of Life
The Pentagon released a new strategy Thursday to improve quality of life by improving “built and natural spaces” on military installations, including housing. The document, “Resilient and Healthy Defense Communities,” also calls for installations to be “integrated...
by ADC | Feb 8, 2024 | Housing, On Base
Over the next five weeks, the Marine Corps will inspect every barracks facility to catalogue any subpar conditions for future changes. Marine Corps Installations Command has directed installation commanders to assign an E-7 or above active duty service member or...
by ADC | Feb 5, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Housing, On Base
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti is committed to spending almost $1 billion to improve barracks by fully funding that account, Military.com reported. “One hundred percent funding for housing and gyms…. We’ve never done that before,” a senior Navy...
by ADC | Jan 30, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Education, Housing, Military Families, On Base
The senior enlisted leaders of each DOD branch will testify at a Wednesday hearing of the House Armed Services Committee’s special panel on quality of life. The panel is chaired by Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.). After a series of meetings over...
by ADC | Jan 4, 2024 | Base Redevelopment, Housing, In Our Communities, On Base
The Fort Mac Local Redevelopment Authority signed off on a plan from T.D. Jakes Real Estate Ventures to redevelop about 95 acres at the former Fort McPherson, Georgia, CoStar News reported. Construction is set to begin early this year on the property, which will...
by ADC | Jan 3, 2024 | Housing, In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base
The Navy has approved $34 million for Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The funding will help accelerate training and increase the availability of housing and child care, The Times Record reported. “The crews of the Bath-built DDG-51 destroyers defending commercial...
by ADC | Jan 2, 2024 | Housing, In Our Communities, On Base
The Army has completed work on the Smoke Bomb Hill Barracks at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, which the service had deemed unlivable. Some of the barracks have been renovated, while others were demolished, Military.com reported…. Harford County, Maryland is accepting...
