by ADC | Jan 6, 2025 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Defense Communities National Summit, Military Families, On Base, Three Questions
After organizational sessions Friday, Congress meets today to certify the election of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, who will take office Jan. 20. We talked with John Ferrari of the American Enterprise Institute about what defense...
by ADC | Dec 16, 2024 | On Base, Three Questions
Defense leaders and cybersecurity experts have warned that cyber infrastructure is part of the battlefield of today and tomorrow. We wanted to know what role communities can play in combating that, so we talked with Karen Guttieri, who helps lead the Jack Voltaic™...
by ADC | Dec 9, 2024 | Congress/DoD, News from ADC, On Base, Three Questions
ADC Executive Director Matt Borron recently moderated an ADC member webinar on the post-election challenges and opportunities facing defense communities. We asked him what the association is looking for in the year ahead. ADC: At this early stage, what do we know...
by ADC | Dec 2, 2024 | On Base, Three Questions
Military families are planning ahead for their 2025 finances in an uncertain economy. In the latest edition of America’s Defense Communities magazine, JJ Montanaro, a certified financial planner at USAA, gave tips for how service members and military families can plan...
by ADC | Nov 25, 2024 | On Base, Three Questions
Throughout ADC’s history, its defense community members across the country have seen their local installations’ missions change, grow or shrink, often through federal adoption of a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) plan. Faced with economic change in their regions,...
by ADC | Nov 18, 2024 | On Base, Three Questions
The Department of the Air Force has announced a series of sweeping initiatives to prepare the Air Force and Space Force for future global challenges. ADC reached out to Ravi Chaudhary, assistant secretary of the Air Force for energy, installations, and the...
by ADC | Nov 12, 2024 | On Base, Three Questions
For the first time in several years, all the military branches met their recruitment targets for the last fiscal year. Joe Driskill, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army in Missouri, led a discussion at ADC’s recent Installation Innovation Forum about...
by ADC | Oct 21, 2024 | On Base, Three Questions
Artificial intelligence will be at the center of many discussions during next week’s Installation Innovation Forum in San Antonio. Booz Allen Hamilton’s Tony Gonzalez will participate on a general session panel about responsible use of AI at installations, and a Booz...
by ADC | Oct 15, 2024 | On Base, Three Questions
Installations and communities across the country are looking for ways to keep service members and military families connected, including through technology such as Wi-Fi and 5G technology. Boingo is one of the providers of innovative technology solutions across DOD....
