by ADC | Oct 10, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
When a 2014 DOD review of military bases set off concerns, local leaders around Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., quickly reacted after four area bases closed nearly 10 years earlier, renewing fears of Dobbins’ closure, according to a Marietta Daily Journal (MDJ) report....
by ADC | Oct 9, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
At Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) in Los Alamitos and Fresno Air National Guard Base (ANG) and other California installations, PFAS “forever chemicals” from decades of on-base firefighting foam use are suspected of contaminating surrounding communities’ water...
by ADC | Oct 8, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, News from ADC, On Base
The City of Lakewood, Wash., near Tacoma, announced last week that DOD will fund up to $80 million over 50 years to relocate city businesses in a danger zone near Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), according to a city news post. The funding, part of a partnership with...
by ADC | Oct 8, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
As the administration and House are opposed, it has become more challenging for defense legislation to pass and the chances for a defense appropriations bill are rapidly fading, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Regular order in Congress had already become challenging...
by ADC | Oct 8, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and the Air Force, Army and Navy secretaries met with military privatized housing owners at the Pentagon last week to discuss progress on privatized housing reform under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI), according to a...