by ADC | Feb 3, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Installation Innovation, On Base
Fiscal year 2022 was a “banner year” for the Defense Innovation Unit, C4ISRNET reported. The unit pushed 17 technologies, compared to eight in the previous fiscal year, according to DIU’s recently published annual report. “DIU’s momentum is accelerating across all of...
by ADC | Feb 3, 2023 | In Our Communities, On Base
Capt. Janet Days will today become the first Black woman to serve as commanding officer at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, as WAVY reported…. The Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments has issued an RFP to implement key recommendations identified in the...
by ADC | Feb 3, 2023 | On Base, Snap of the Week
The sun sets behind a new transient troop training barracks at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin Jan. 30. Army photo by Scott T. Sturkol
by ADC | Feb 2, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
President Joe Biden on Wednesday officially ordered that DOD conduct a review of service members’ compensation, the routine Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation. This will be the 14th official review. “We owe our service members our support and gratitude, and...
by ADC | Feb 2, 2023 | Climate, Congress/DoD, On Base
The DOD Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program recently announced its 2023 REPI Challenge recipients. The REPI program focuses on enhancing mission capabilities by promoting compatible land uses and improving military installation resilience...
by ADC | Feb 2, 2023 | Housing, In Our Communities, On Base
Local, state and military officials in Doral, Florida broke ground Monday on a 52-acre site that will eventually have 139 housing units for servicemembers at U.S. Southern Command, the Miami Herald reported…. Gombi, a military working dog, has retired after more than...
by ADC | Feb 1, 2023 | Congress/DoD, On Base
DOD on Tuesday launched a new independent research group to make the department’s operations smoother and more efficient. The Defense Management Institute will be part of the nonprofit Institute for Defense Analyses, as Defense News reported. It will seek input from...
by ADC | Feb 1, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) are meeting this afternoon at the White House to try to negotiate a solution to the nation’s debt limit crisis. The country has essentially reached its debt ceiling, and if Congress doesn’t act to raise the...
by ADC | Feb 1, 2023 | In Our Communities, On Base
Five U.S. House members have introduced legislation to prohibit the federal government from closing Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina after reports that the installation is at threat from rising sea levels, according to Marine Corps Times....
by ADC | Jan 31, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Housing, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
A new House Armed Services subcommittee on military quality of life will focus on issues like boosting pay for junior enlisted service members, military housing conditions, health coverage gaps, day care waiting lists and military spouse employment challenges, its...
