by ADC | Mar 28, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Housing, On Base
The Army found mold in 2,100 buildings after a service-wide inspection of nearly all its 70,000 facilities, Military.com reported. “The Army is committed to providing safe, quality housing, barracks and other facilities for our soldiers, families and civilians,” Scott...
by ADC | Mar 20, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Housing, On Base
The Army will roll out a new messaging campaign soon to “reframe how we think about mold,” Military.com reported, citing an internal document it has reviewed. It said the document detailed training and talking points seeking to put responsibility on rank and file...
by ADC | Mar 8, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Defense Communities National Summit, Housing, Infrastructure, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth on Tuesday outlined ways communities can help with some of the Army’s biggest challenges, including recruitment, child care and housing. Here are excerpts of her remarks from a mainstage conversation with ADC President Karen Holt...
by ADC | Feb 28, 2023 | Climate, Congress/DoD, Housing, Infrastructure, Installation Innovation, On Base
The Marine Corps last week announced planned changes to its 25 installations between now and 2030, as Marine Corps Times reported. Installations and Logistics 2030 is the latest in a series of strategic plans the branch has issued with a focus on 2030. Among the...
by ADC | Feb 13, 2023 | Housing, In Our Communities, On Base
The Texas Military Department is asking state lawmakers for an extra $460 million to maintain Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) Operation Lone Star mission along the Mexico border, the Texas Tribune reported…. Fort Meade, Maryland leaders and Corvias Property Management are...
by ADC | Feb 2, 2023 | Housing, In Our Communities, On Base
Local, state and military officials in Doral, Florida broke ground Monday on a 52-acre site that will eventually have 139 housing units for servicemembers at U.S. Southern Command, the Miami Herald reported…. Gombi, a military working dog, has retired after more than...
by ADC | Jan 31, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Housing, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
A new House Armed Services subcommittee on military quality of life will focus on issues like boosting pay for junior enlisted service members, military housing conditions, health coverage gaps, day care waiting lists and military spouse employment challenges, its...
by ADC | Dec 22, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Housing, On Base
DOD lacks the data to make links between conditions in privatized military housing and the health of service members and military families, according to a DOD inspector general’s report completed in April and recently released after a freedom of information request,...
by ADC | Dec 22, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Energy, Housing, In Our Communities, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base, Water
Officials at Fort Hood, Texas have started the process of removing the name “Hood” from facilities, part of a congressional mandate for that and several other bases named after Confederate leaders, the Killeen Daily Herald reported. The installation will eventually be...
