by ADC | Jun 21, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Housing, Military Families, On Base
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has introduced a bill that would establish a Defense Military Housing Readiness Council to make recommendations to DOD on privatized housing and monitor compliance of the Tenant Bill of Rights, as Military Times reported. “It is...
by ADC | Jun 21, 2023 | Housing, In Our Communities, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base, Water
Service members are continuing to help the government and residents of Guam rebuild after Typhoon Mawar hit the island last month, even though some of the service members themselves were affected, according to a DVIDS story. “We have locally affected National Guard...
by ADC | Jun 12, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Housing, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
Military Times reported that a draft of the House National Defense Authorization Act includes policies to help junior troops and their families facing low pay and high inflation. The draft NDAA would authorize “monthly bonus pay” for troops rank E-6 and below “as...
by ADC | May 9, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Housing, On Base
The commander of Navy Installations Command has implemented a “Bill of Rights & Responsibilities” outlining what rights and responsibilities exist in unaccompanied housing, according to a Navy press release. “The Bill of Rights & Responsibilities is just the...
by ADC | Apr 25, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Housing, Military Families, On Base
Despite maintenance backlogs at many installations, the Pentagon regularly fails to spend the full amount of maintenance money it is allocated by Congress to fix those problems, a Government Accountability Office official recently told Congress, according to Military...
by ADC | Apr 20, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Housing, On Base, Recruitment
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth appeared before the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday. Here are three takeaways from her testimony: Wormuth said she knows finding 65,000 recruits for fiscal year 2023 is “a very ambitious goal” that the Army may not meet, but...
by ADC | Apr 18, 2023 | Energy, Housing, In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base
A new “report identifies hazards and vulnerabilities in communities surrounding four military installations in Washington, D.C. that could impact the military’s ability to carry out its missions on-base, according to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments,...
by ADC | Apr 17, 2023 | Housing, In Our Communities, On Base, Water
Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Virginia agreed to pay a state fine of more than $21,000 for excessive levels of nitroglycerin, copper and lead in wastewater, The Roanoke Times reported. The plant is managed by BAE Systems Inc…. Lendlease has completed the renovation...
by ADC | Apr 14, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Housing, On Base
DOD’s “oversight of the privatized family housing program will likely continue to face challenges… in part because DOD cannot unilaterally make changes to projects without the concurrence of the private companies,” according to a new Government Accountability Office...
