by ADC | Feb 21, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Military Families, On Base, Quality of Life
Four key leaders of the House Armed Services Committee are pressing the administration to include more resources in the upcoming budget request to improve military family quality of life. “[W]e write to encourage you to focus significantly more attention and resources...
by ADC | Feb 16, 2024 | In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base
About 15 high school students and parents from Alaska’s Raven Homeschool toured the Army National Guard’s Combined Support Maintenance Shop and Bryant Army Airfield at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska last week, according to a DVIDS story. “The Guard does not...
by ADC | Feb 14, 2024 | Environment, Health Care, In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base
An Army story explores how Fort McCoy, Wisconsin works to control invasive species, including through deployment of goats…. A new Defense Health Agency app will make it easier for military beneficiaries, rolling out at five medical centers over the coming months,...
by ADC | Feb 9, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Communities National Summit, Military Families, On Base
The leaders of the House’s special panel on military quality of life will appear together at ADC’s Defense Communities National Summit in April. Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) have spent almost a year holding hearings and meetings to identify...
by ADC | Feb 7, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
“Key House lawmakers on Tuesday renewed their promise to dramatically boost junior enlisted pay in the near future but warned that other budget limits may complicate hopes for a quick fix,” Military Times reported. “Right now, it’s not until troops are promoted...
by ADC | Feb 6, 2024 | In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base, Water
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri opened a new Spouse Resource Center last week as a one-stop shop for military spouses’ professional and personal needs, St. Louis Public Radio reported. “We will provide resume workshops, employment readiness education opportunities and a...
by ADC | Feb 1, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
Service member pay was a top issue on senior enlisted leaders’ minds at a Wednesday hearing of the House Armed Services Committee’s Quality of Life Panel, Military Times reported. “We must start today on reforming military compensation before it becomes one of those...
by ADC | Jan 30, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Education, Housing, Military Families, On Base
The senior enlisted leaders of each DOD branch will testify at a Wednesday hearing of the House Armed Services Committee’s special panel on quality of life. The panel is chaired by Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.). After a series of meetings over...
by ADC | Jan 25, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
The DOD Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program and the USDA Military Spouse Association are co-hosting a virtual career expo for military spouses interested in federal employment, according to a press release. The Federal Interagency Military Spouse Career...
