by ADC | Jan 2, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
The House Armed Services Committee’s special quality of life panel is expected to make recommendations early next month on improvements for service members and military families, as Military Times reported. The panel is chaired by Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Chrissy...
by ADC | Dec 21, 2023 | Installation Innovation Forum, Military Families, News from ADC, On Base
Proceeds from ADC’s inaugural charity golf tournament in November and individual donations from ADC members will continue helping Operation Healing Forces serve Special Operations Forces into 2024, according to Elizabeth Christiana, corporate and foundations...
by ADC | Dec 15, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
Service members’ housing allowances will increase by an average of 5.4% in 2024, Military Times reported. The Basic Allowance for Housing is based on such factors as location, pay grade and number of dependents. DOD’s BAH Rate Lookup tool shows the rates by ZIP code...
by ADC | Dec 11, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
The compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act does not include a House-passed proposal to expand aid for thousands of military families facing food insecurity, CQ reported. The final bill does not significantly expand the Basic Needs Allowance, a...
by ADC | Nov 28, 2023 | In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio are now partnering to encourage the 35,000 military families associated with the base to sign up to receive free children’s books. It’s one of the first Imagination Library...
by ADC | Nov 22, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
A new bill from Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) would create more job flexibility for federal workers who move because they’re married to service members reporting to new duty stations. “My wife Angie packed, unpacked and moved our family 16...
by ADC | Nov 21, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
A federal judge sided with a military spouse in Texas Monday, saying that by federal law, Texas education officials must accept her school counseling licensures from Ohio and Missouri, Military Times reported. “This is a victory for all military spouses,” Hannah Magee...
by ADC | Nov 17, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Housing, Military Families, On Base, Recruitment
The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee’s military quality of life panel said this week they are considering recommendations on tax-exempt pay, extended parenthood leave and fewer PCS moves, Military.com reported. The panel is tasked with finding ways to...
by ADC | Nov 14, 2023 | GADC, Military Families, On Base
ADC spoke to education leaders, students and military members in Montgomery, Alabama about the Montgomery River Region’s efforts to expand educational opportunities to military families. Watch their story. The region was one of five communities recognized at ADC’s...
