by ADC | Jan 12, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
Lawmakers returned to D.C. this week for their new session. Many are optimistic for a bipartisan spending plan that already seems in jeopardy. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) agreed last weekend to top-line spending...
by ADC | Jan 5, 2024 | Military Families, On Base
Former Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston started this week as CEO of Army Emergency Relief, or AER, essentially the service’s nonprofit arm that support soldiers in times of need, as Military.com reported. Grinston was the Army’s top enlisted leader from...
by ADC | Jan 5, 2024 | Military Families, On Base, Snap of the Week
A sailor assigned to the USS Thomas Hudner is greeted by his family after arriving at Naval Station Mayport, Florida Jan. 4 from an eight month deployment. Hudner deployed as a part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa area...
by ADC | Jan 3, 2024 | Housing, In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base
The Navy has approved $34 million for Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The funding will help accelerate training and increase the availability of housing and child care, The Times Record reported. “The crews of the Bath-built DDG-51 destroyers defending commercial...
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...
