by ADC | Jun 27, 2022 | Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service contributed more than $205 million for military quality of life programs last year, the service announced last week in a press release. “Thank you to airmen, soldiers, guardians, Marines, sailors and military families around...
by ADC | Jun 24, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Housing, Infrastructure, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base, PFAS, Veterans
House appropriators approved a military construction/VA spending bill Thursday that would provide $15 billion for military construction, which is higher than the current spending year and President Biden’s budget request for next year. Here’s how the military...
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 22, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Housing, Infrastructure, Military Families, NDAA, On Base, Water
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday will consider Chair Adam Smith’s (D-Wash.) version of the fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill. Here are some of the provisions included in his bill, based on the text, a summary and media reports: 6% pay increase...
by ADC | Jun 22, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Military Families, On Base
The Defense Appropriations Subcommittee has initially rejected the Biden administration’s request to close the Combat Readiness Training Center in Savannah, Georgia, AP reported. “This is a major win for the first district, our military service members and national...
by ADC | Jun 21, 2022 | Defense Budget, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
The defense authorization bill approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee last week includes a provision to expand the “basic needs allowance” that helps lower-income military families, CQ reported. The allowance was enacted in the fiscal year 2022 defense bill....
by ADC | Jun 14, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Housing, Military Families, On Base
Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) have introduced legislation authorizing additional housing allowances for military families with high housing costs, they announced in a press release. “Many Georgia military families have asked me to help with the...
by ADC | Jun 14, 2022 | Housing, Military Families, On Base
Next month ADC will launch its new event series, ADC Connect. The first event in the series will feature Meredith Berger, assistant secretary of the Navy for energy, installations and environment, and Rachel Jacobson, assistant secretary of the Army for installations,...
by ADC | Jun 8, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
The House Armed Services Committee is planning for a 4.6% pay raise for service members as it drafts its version of the defense authorization bill. That figure, which matches President Biden’s request, would be the highest military pay raise in 20 years, but it is...
