by ADC | Oct 4, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
A bill passed by Congress would increase the life insurance amount a service member or veteran is eligible for, the first such increase in about 17 years, as Military.com reported. “Our military families support our war fighters in dangers of battle and through the...
by ADC | Sep 29, 2022 | In Our Communities, Installation Innovation, Military Families, On Base
The Hawaii Department of Health is fining the Navy $8.7 million for more than 700 incidents of discharging sewage from its wastewater treatment plant at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Stars & Stripes reported. “We are taking action to protect our state’s water...
by ADC | Sep 28, 2022 | Military Families, On Base
Now is the time for employers, policymakers, communities and others “to do their part to lessen the financial costs of military spouse unemployment,” Eric Eversole and Mark Steffe wrote for Military Spouse. Eversole is president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
by ADC | Sep 26, 2022 | Climate, Congress/DoD, Military Families, News from ADC, On Base
The issues facing the military are the same ones facing families, businesses and communities near installations, ADC Executive Director Matt Borron said last week at the Air & Space Forces Association Air, Space & Cyber Conference. Those issues include the...
by ADC | Sep 23, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin offered a wide range of existing, new and forthcoming resources to help service members and military families trying to make ends meet. “We remain profoundly committed to doing right by our military families, just as our military...
by ADC | Sep 22, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
Military families at the “lower end of the pay scale” may get some economic relief through a “potential one-time outlay of money to help support those families to really get them back on track,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. said Wednesday,...
by ADC | Sep 21, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
DOD will begin working with national and local employers to offer paid fellowships to military spouses, with a focus on positions that spouses can continue in, even if they move for a new duty station. “We know COVID proved that there are opportunities much more than...
by ADC | Sep 20, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
The Air Force is reversing a plan to cut the monthly Special Duty Assignment Pay incentives that hundreds of airmen receive to take on some of the service’s toughest jobs, Military.com reported. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall made the announcement Monday at Air...
by ADC | Sep 20, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
As some states enact legislation limiting abortion after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, about 40% of the women serving in the military will have restricted access to abortion services where they are stationed, making them more...
