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...
by ADC | May 6, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Military Families, On Base
Lendlease and the Army are renovating 12,000 privatized military homes and building 1,200 new ones with $1.1 billion in financing, according to a press release. “Privatization has allowed us to expedite our plans, and we look forward to the continued progress we’ll...
by ADC | Apr 15, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, On Base
Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) have reintroduced a bill that would designate PFAS as hazardous substances and force government cleanup of PFAS-contaminated sites. The bill is identical to language the House has passed before, but its backers...
