by ADC | Sep 23, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base, PFAS
The House began debating the fiscal year 2022 national defense authorization bill Wednesday, including more than 400 amendments, though only a handful of those will actually be debated or receive a formal vote. The majority are noncontroversial provisions that have...
by ADC | Sep 2, 2021 | Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base, PFAS
Camp Atterbury, a National Guard facility in Indiana, has been added to the list of installations temporarily housing Afghan evacuees. “As Hoosiers, we are proud to do our part and provide a temporary home for Afghan evacuees who have supported this nation,” Gov. Eric...
by ADC | Sep 2, 2021 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, PFAS
The House Armed Services Committee overwhelmingly passed a fiscal year 2022 defense authorization bill early Thursday after a daylong markup with lawmakers debating hundreds of amendments, including some partisan discussions about extremism, Afghanistan and Guantanamo...
by ADC | Aug 17, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, PFAS
PFAS-contaminated groundwater from at least nine military installations near the Chesapeake Bay has seeped into the bay and is threatening fish, the Environmental Working Group said in a new report…. The Air Force has installed and tested a new water filtration system...
by ADC | Jul 29, 2021 | Congress/DoD, On Base, PFAS
The Pentagon waited five years to begin taking action on PFAS chemicals after sending a 2011 alert advising about the risk of firefighting foam that contained the dangerous chemicals, a new DOD inspector general report said. “[T]he 2011 risk alert was not a risk...
by ADC | Jul 21, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, PFAS
The Army West Point Athletic Association has started a $95 million campaign to upgrade Michie Stadium and create a Victory Plaza to celebrate cadet-athletes, AP reported. “These efforts will put our facility on the precipice of being one of the finest that college...
by ADC | Jun 30, 2021 | Congress/DoD, DCIP, Defense Budget, Military Families, On Base, PFAS
Democratic appropriators in the House released a $706 billion DOD spending bill Tuesday – slightly lower than President Joe Biden’s request. Here are some of the highlights of the bill, based on a committee summary and the draft bill text: 7% military pay raise A...
by ADC | Jun 24, 2021 | Congress/DoD, On Base, PFAS
DOD should be more transparent about how much it will cost to clean up PFAS contamination in defense communities, the Government Accountability Office said in a new report. “DOD has not reported future PFAS cost estimates, or the scope and limitations of those...
