by ADC | Jun 24, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Housing, Infrastructure, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base, PFAS, Veterans
House appropriators approved a military construction/VA spending bill Thursday that would provide $15 billion for military construction, which is higher than the current spending year and President Biden’s budget request for next year. Here’s how the military...
by ADC | Jun 23, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Veterans
There is another delay on legislation that would extend benefits to veterans exposed to certain toxic chemicals during their time in the service, including chemicals from burn pits. The House had passed a bill, but there were delays in getting a Senate version to...
by ADC | Jun 21, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base, Veterans
The House Armed Services Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday at 10 a.m. Eastern time for its annual marathon session marking up the National Defense Authorization Act. The hearing will be streamed online. The House Appropriations Committee will meet at the same...
by ADC | Jun 17, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Veterans
By a vote of 84-14, the Senate passed legislation Thursday to expand the list of illnesses that can be linked to military service, providing Veterans Affairs support for their treatment, as The Hill reported. It includes illnesses linked to toxic burn pits that...
by ADC | Jun 13, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Veterans
Veterans trying to start their own businesses could use more support to get their businesses off the ground, small business advocates told lawmakers last week, Military Times reported. “We need something akin to a health care network, where we can manage the...
by ADC | Jun 10, 2022 | On Base, Snap of the Week, Veterans
World War II veterans attend the Normandy American Cemetery commemoration ceremony at Colleville-Sur-Mer, Normandy, France, June 6. The ceremony commemorated soldiers who died in Europe during World War II. Army photo by Spc. Ellison Schuman
by ADC | Jun 8, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Veterans
The Senate cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday to begin debating legislation providing benefits to veterans exposed to toxic chemicals, including in burn pits. The vote was 86-12, a show of bipartisan support suggesting the bill could pass in the coming days. “There’s...
by ADC | Jun 7, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Russia-Ukraine, Veterans
Americans and allied troops who lost their lives on D-Day “died for something. They died for that order to be put in place so that we would have a better peace,” Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley said Monday at the American Cemetery overlooking the shore at...
by ADC | Jun 1, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base, Veterans
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said over the weekend that DOD will continue to address mental health issues among service members and destigmatize treatment, repeating a line he often uses that “mental health is health, period,” according to a DOD news story. “This is...
