New Guidance on DOD Civilian Hiring Freeze
The heads of the military services may now ask for exemptions to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s blanket hiring freeze for all civilian positions, according to a new memo. “While the Department remains under the hiring freeze, DOD will only hire mission-essential...
Military Reopens Recruitment Test Sites
The sites across the country where military recruits take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test are open again. They had been briefly closed because of sweeping DOGE cuts, as Task & Purpose reported. DOGE leaders had deemed that military officials’...
Navy Destroyer Deployed in Immigration Policy Push
In an unusual move, the Trump administration has deployed Navy Destroyer USS Gravely from Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Virginia as part of its military buildup on and near the Mexico border, as Military.com reported. “Gravely’s sea-going capacity improves our...
Shutdown Averted; Leaders to Discuss Budget at Summit
President Trump signed a stopgap spending bill Saturday that kept the government open and operating at fiscal year 2024 spending levels through September, the end of fiscal year 2025. The bill provides a small boost for defense spending and secures funding for a...
Feinberg Confirmed as Deputy Secretary
Stephen Feinberg was confirmed by the Senate Friday to become deputy secretary of defense. “His appointment is well-deserved, and he’s the right man for the job, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Let’s get to work,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, according to a DOD...
Accelerating Mission Readiness Through Nationwide Partnerships
Intergovernmental support agreements continue to evolve as installations look to enhance operations, save money and partner with their nearby communities. In 2023, Sourcewell, a self-funded government organization, signed a nationwide IGSA to procure services and...
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Accelerating Mission Readiness Through Nationwide Partnerships
Intergovernmental support agreements continue to evolve as installations look to enhance operations, save money and partner with their nearby...
Schumer Signals Support for GOP Spending Plan, Potentially Avoiding Shutdown
The Senate will vote today on the six-month stopgap spending bill the House passed earlier this week to avert a government shutdown tonight. It...
Pentagon Will Send Spending Cut Ideas with Budget Proposal
DOD is preparing a list of potential spending cuts and will provide that to Congress when it releases its budget proposal in the coming weeks, CQ...
In Our Communities
Georgia Museum Hosts Free Air Force Education Day for Families The Museum of Aviation in Georgia recently hosted Family Aviation Day, a free event...
Snap of the Week
Paratroopers from 3-82 General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, run in formation down Ardennes...
Uncertainty in Senate as Friday Shutdown Deadline Approaches
Senate Democrats said Wednesday they will oppose the House-passed continuing resolution that would keep the government open past a Friday shutdown...
Key Lawmakers to Join ADC at National Summit
ADC announced the agenda for the upcoming Defense Communities National Summit, which will bring hundreds of defense community advocates to the D.C....
House Passes CR, Sends to Senate
The House narrowly passed a continuing resolution Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown Friday night. The bill would keep fiscal year 2024 funding...
Senate Bill Would Reinstate Fired Vets, Military Spouses and VA Employees
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) plans to introduce a bill that would give veterans, military spouses, veteran caregivers, survivors, Guard members...
In Our Communities
RFP for Gap Analysis Study in Maryland The Maryland Department of Commerce Office of Military and Federal Affairs is seeking consultants to support...