by ADC | Sep 27, 2023 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Foreign Investment, In Our Communities, On Base
The Beavercreek City Council passed an ordinance this week to deter potential investors with “malicious intent” from purchasing land near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, according to WHIO TV. “We expect all developers to comply with any applicable federal...
by ADC | Aug 22, 2023 | Base Redevelopment, Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, In Our Communities, On Base
The city of Dallas is again suing the Navy for missing its 2017 deadline to clean up the former Hensley Field, The Real Deal reported. The city has long wanted to use the site for a mixed-use complex with 12,000 homes…. The largest union at Bath Iron Works in Maine...
by ADC | Apr 12, 2023 | Base Redevelopment, Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, On Base
The Air Force is reaching out to communities to see if they want to form environmental restoration advisory boards at more than 60 active and closed installations, according to an Air Force press release. RABs “provide a forum for two-way communication between the...
by ADC | Aug 2, 2022 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Infrastructure, On Base
The Army is continuing to apply its “worst first” principle for sites that need environmental cleanup, Amy Borman, deputy assistant Army secretary for environment, safety and occupational health, recently told House lawmakers, as AUSA reported. She said the service is...
by ADC | Mar 31, 2022 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, On Base, Veterans
The Army has agreed to pay $1.5 million to restore environmental damage from the former Fort Wingate, New Mexico, The Santa Fe New Mexican reported…. The Department of Veterans Affairs has selected five communities where it will pilot a program providing service dog...
by ADC | Feb 17, 2022 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, Force Culture, On Base
Several members of the Texas National Guard are moving to unionize through the state employees union, Military.com reported. Many Guardsmen are on a border patrol mission that has been troubled by reports of “wage disruptions, rejected hardship requests, alcohol abuse...
by ADC | Dec 2, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Climate, Energy, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The Navy and the California Energy Commission signed a new agreement Wednesday to continue partnering on energy and conservation, KFMB-TV reported. “Climate change impacts our national security, it impacts our readiness, and it impacts the way we are able to execute...
by ADC | May 26, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, On Base
It will take years to understand the full scope of the problem PFAS chemicals have caused at and near military installations and decades longer to clean up the “forever chemicals,” Richard Kidd said Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Kidd is deputy assistant secretary of...
by ADC | May 18, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The Navy is proposing to work with the private sector to develop much of the federal property at San Diego’s NAVWAR site into residential and commercial space, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. “That is ground-breaking in the sense of a partnership between the...
