by ADC | May 20, 2022 | Military Families, On Base, Snap of the Week
Loadmasters from the 315th Operations Support Squadron sit at the back of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina during a spouse flight May 14. The flights are a chance for spouses to see what Joint Base Charleston airmen do in...
by ADC | May 18, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Force Culture, Military Families, On Base, Veterans
The Pentagon formally stood up a 10-member panel Tuesday to address service member suicide. It will be headed by Dr. Gayle Iwamasa, a mental health professional at the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a release. The group has begun meeting and will in the...
by ADC | May 16, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Service members rapidly deployed to NATO countries near Ukraine as Russia began its invasion will start to rotate out this summer, Pentagon officials said, as Military Times reported. “The deployments are one-for-one unit replacements, which will leave our overall...
by ADC | May 11, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Housing, In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base
As the Army plans to potentially reflag U.S. Army Alaska as the 11th Airborne Division, it may move out some Stryker vehicles and move in more personnel to create an upgraded headquarters for the region, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told Senators Tuesday, as Army...
by ADC | May 10, 2022 | Military Families, On Base
The Air Force is stopping the Base of Preference program that has allowed senior enlisted airmen to choose their next duty stations, effective June 1. Air Force officials said the program wasn’t working as planned and is costly, according to an internal memo obtained...
by ADC | May 9, 2022 | Housing, In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base, Water
More than 100 current and former military housing residents at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii have filed for compensation related to the Red Hill fuel leak that contaminated much of the water at the base late last year. Fifteen others filed similar claims in...
by ADC | May 3, 2022 | Military Families, On Base
The Corvias Foundation has awarded six military-connected students with higher education scholarships of up to 50,000. “I know this scholarship will only open new doors for me,” said recipient Kaleia Techur from Fort Meade, Md. “This will help further my education and...
by ADC | Apr 29, 2022 | In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
A “couple hundred” members of the Vermont Air National Guard deployed to Europe Thursday night to help bolster NATO defenses, NBC5 News reported…. Florida’s Space Coast, a Great American Defense Community, is now also a military spouse economic empowerment zone. The...
by ADC | Apr 28, 2022 | GADC, Military Families, On Base
A wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee “that sat dormant for decades has now become a key player in a global technology race between the U.S., Russia and China to develop airplanes and missiles that can travel at hypersonic speeds,” Nashville Public Radio...
