by ADC | Mar 14, 2025 | On Base, Snap of the Week
Paratroopers from 3-82 General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, run in formation down Ardennes Street at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The battalion was accompanied by a show of Talon assets as a CH-47 Chinook, UH-60...
by ADC | Mar 13, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Senate Democrats said Wednesday they will oppose the House-passed continuing resolution that would keep the government open past a Friday shutdown deadline. They prefer a 30-day continuing resolution instead of the Republican plan to keep fiscal year 2024 spending...
by ADC | Mar 13, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Defense Communities National Summit, On Base
ADC announced the agenda for the upcoming Defense Communities National Summit, which will bring hundreds of defense community advocates to the D.C. area. The event features three days of dialogue among DOD officials, military service leaders, defense community...
by ADC | Mar 12, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The House narrowly passed a continuing resolution Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown Friday night. The bill would keep fiscal year 2024 funding through the rest of fiscal year 2025. It adds $6 billion to defense spending. The spending bill “includes our military...
by ADC | Mar 12, 2025 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Veterans
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) plans to introduce a bill that would give veterans, military spouses, veteran caregivers, survivors, Guard members and Reservists their jobs back if they were fired from the federal government in recent weeks. It would also force the...
by ADC | Mar 12, 2025 | In Our Communities, On Base
RFP for Gap Analysis Study in Maryland The Maryland Department of Commerce Office of Military and Federal Affairs is seeking consultants to support a gap analysis study. The successful contractor will “identify and evaluate and evaluate OMFA’s current strategy,...
by ADC | Mar 10, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Government spending is set to expire Friday night unless Congress extends it. House GOP leaders unveiled a plan over the weekend to keep current funding through Sept. 30, as AP reported. The plan includes a small bump in defense spending. Speaker Mike Johnson’s...
by ADC | Mar 10, 2025 | Climate, Congress/DoD, On Base
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has vowed to shut down DOD programs addressing climate change, lumping them together with “woke” policies he’s targeting. DOD “is working closely with DOGE to identify efficiencies and savings across the department on behalf of taxpayers...
by ADC | Mar 7, 2025 | On Base, Recruitment
The Air Force has seen a historic surge in the number of potential recruits in its delayed entry program, Air Force Recruiting Service Commander Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein said at this week’s AFA Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colorado. Defense News reported that...
