by ADC | Sep 27, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Infrastructure, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, OLDCC, On Base
The DOD Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation announced 19 grants through the Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program (DCIP). “The Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program is critical in delivering public infrastructure and services that not only...
by ADC | Sep 27, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, OLDCC, On Base
Six communities have received a total of $30 million in Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program (DMCSP) grants from DOD, the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation said in a press release. The program “makes long-term investments in critical skills,...
by ADC | Sep 27, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The Senate is expected to take a procedural vote tonight to advance a stopgap spending bill. Democratic leaders hope the package can clear the Senate and House to get the President’s signature before the current fiscal year ends Friday night. House Majority Leader...
by ADC | Sep 26, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The commission created by Congress to recommend renaming DOD assets named for Confederate leaders issued the third and final volume of its recommendations last week, with a list of more than 1,100 monuments, buildings, street names, Army vessels and other assets that...
by ADC | Sep 26, 2022 | Climate, Congress/DoD, Military Families, News from ADC, On Base
The issues facing the military are the same ones facing families, businesses and communities near installations, ADC Executive Director Matt Borron said last week at the Air & Space Forces Association Air, Space & Cyber Conference. Those issues include the...
by ADC | Sep 26, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Veterans
Veterans could see their biggest cost of living increase in 40 years, Military Times reported. Congress sent legislation to President Biden last week that would link veterans’ cost of living increase to Social Security increases. Biden is expected to sign it. Social...
by ADC | Sep 23, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin offered a wide range of existing, new and forthcoming resources to help service members and military families trying to make ends meet. “We remain profoundly committed to doing right by our military families, just as our military...
by ADC | Sep 23, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Congressional appropriators and party leaders will spend the weekend negotiating the final language of a stopgap spending bill to keep the federal government open past next week. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) filed a motion Thursday to allow for floor...
by ADC | Sep 23, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman to become the chief of space operations. If confirmed on the Senate floor, Saltzman would replace outgoing chief Gen. Jay Raymond. Other nominations the committee...
