by ADC | Mar 7, 2023 | BRAC, Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Defense Communities National Summit, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
Despite calls from a handful of members on both sides of the aisle, it is unlikely there will be large defense cuts in the next fiscal years, a panel of policy analysts said Monday at the Defense Communities National Summit. “Congress will boost the defense budget...
by ADC | Feb 21, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
Last week On Base reported on new DOD policies to pay for travel and leave time for service members who have to travel to another state for abortions or IVF treatments. Republicans accuse the administration of making the issue political, as Military Times reported....
by ADC | Jan 31, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Housing, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
A new House Armed Services subcommittee on military quality of life will focus on issues like boosting pay for junior enlisted service members, military housing conditions, health coverage gaps, day care waiting lists and military spouse employment challenges, its...
by ADC | Dec 16, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, NDAA, On Base
The Senate completed work Thursday on the 2022 defense authorization bill, allowing for the $858 billion in defense spending that lawmakers are expected to include in an upcoming spending bill. The White House expressed disappointment with the NDAA provision reversing...
by ADC | Dec 14, 2022 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
With the focus on reaching a spending deal, Senate leaders have not yet scheduled floor time for consideration of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act, but it seems the bill is on track to pass the chamber and go to the President, maybe this week....
by ADC | Dec 12, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
The House late last week sent a negotiated version of the National Defense Authorization Act to the Senate, where it could come up for debate this week. It will be the first time this year the full Senate has considered a defense authorization bill. The bipartisan,...
by ADC | Dec 9, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, NDAA, On Base
The House passed a new version of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act Thursday by a vote of 350-80. The revised bill was drafted with hopes of passing in both chambers. It includes a repeal of the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. “We’ve come...
by ADC | Dec 8, 2022 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
House leaders scrambled late Wednesday to find a new way to bring the National Defense Authorization Act to the floor, with the Congressional Black Caucus threatening to vote against the rule allowing the bill to come up for consideration unless voting rights...
by ADC | Dec 8, 2022 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
The negotiated NDAA does not create a separate Space Force Guard component, as some hoped it would. Instead, lawmakers are giving the Space Force a chance to explain its alternative idea to lean on part-time Guardians, as Military.com reported. The NDAA legislative...
