by ADC | Dec 10, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Energy, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The House will consider a final version of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act Wednesday. The deal announced by negotiators in the House and Senate authorizes $735 billion in DOD spending and $8 billion for related programs in other departments....
by ADC | Dec 5, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Military Families, On Base
Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) told executives of top private on-base housing companies that he is concerned that poor housing conditions only came to light when military families spoke up. “The Pentagon didn’t come to Congress and say, ‘We have a problem.’ You didn’t...
by ADC | Dec 4, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Military Families, News from ADC, On Base
Five communities have been named to the 2020 class of Great American Defense Communities. ADC announced the selections in a press release. The communities are Central Arkansas; Davis and Weber counties in Utah; the Greater Abilene region in Texas; Junction City, Kan.;...
by ADC | Dec 3, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Military Families, On Base
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee grilled the secretaries and chiefs of the military services Tuesday on why conditions have not improved in military housing facilities. “We continue to hear regularly from families across the country about questionable...
by ADC | Dec 2, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, DC360, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
A $1.5 million partnership will help expand health care for military families in Radcliff, Ky., near Fort Knox, and “explore links between physical, mental, social and financial well-being,” according to a press release. Fort Knox Federal Credit Union pledged the...
by ADC | Nov 21, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, DC360, Military Families, On Base
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) is asking the Marine Corps to reconsider building a 1,500-foot steel wall to protect a rifle training range at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Ewa Beach from erosion as sea levels rise. Some in the community worry it will cause more erosion at...
by ADC | Nov 20, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Military Families, On Base
The leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee are responding to news reports that privatized housing records were falsified at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) are urging “the Air Force and appropriate federal law...
by ADC | Nov 19, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Military Families, On Base
The House easily passed a stopgap spending bill Tuesday. The Senate has two days to pass it and get President Trump’s signature before the current continuing resolution expires Thursday night. The new CR extends current spending levels through Dec. 20 to give extra...
by ADC | Nov 17, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, DC360, Military Families, On Base
The Department of Veterans Affairs will research whether some veterans’ illnesses are connected to toxic chemicals they may been exposed to on installations and during deployments. “[Veterans], for good reason, have been irritated with us as an organization because we...
