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ADC has formed a strategic partnership with Walmart to support the effort by the nation’s largest retailer to provide jobs to military veterans entering the civilian workforce after serving their country. The partnership is intended to build on Walmart’s recent pledge to offer a job to any honorably discharged veteran in the year after he or she leaves active duty, a commitment the company projects will result in hiring and training more than 100,000 veterans over the next five years …

The military services are rapidly becoming change agents as falling budgets and uncertain funding force them to find new ways to provide installation support with fewer resources. On Day Two of next month’s Defense Communities National Summit, each of the three services’ assistant secretaries for installations will update conference attendees on their latest thinking as they deal with drastic spending cuts due to sequestration and declines in force structure …

Next month’s Defense Communities National Summit is shaping up to be one of ADC’s best conferences ever, with a number of exciting events taking advantage of our location close to the Pentagon and Capitol Hill. A large part of what will make that possible is the strong support we have received from our private sector partners. To date, nine companies have agreed to sponsor a variety of activities at the Summit. Four are new sponsors with ADC: Yardi Systems, EDF Renewable Energy, Marstel-Day and the Defense Credit Union Council …

Investing in our country’s defense infrastructure is critical to sustaining missions, supporting military families, and protecting our national security. No one understands this more than ADC’s members, the communities and states that serve as home to our military installations. As budget cuts, sequestration and changes in the future force structure begin to take hold, our defense infrastructure is taking the brunt of these cuts …

Looming uncertainty over the defense budget has dominated the focus of Pentagon officials and Congress now that sequestration has kicked in, forcing the military services to rethink their spending plans on a constant basis as they attempt to absorb tens of billions of dollars in cuts. In recognition of the overriding concern about the defense budget within Washington and across the nation, the keynote speaker at the Defense Communities National Summit next month will be Robert Hale, DOD’s comptroller and chief financial officer …

Nominations to join the ADC Board of Directors are due by 5:00 p.m. EST on April 19. ADC is seeking committed and motivated members to fill five seats on the board, including four from the public sector and one from the private sector. Candidates must be able to attend three to four meetings per year and commit five to 10 hours per month to board-related activities …

ADC’s Defense Community Awards program will be taken to a grand setting this year when the awards will be presented for the first time at a special Congressional Breakfast on Capitol Hill during the association’s Defense Communities National Summit. Members of Congress, DoD officials and leaders from across the country will be invited to attend the 2013 Defense Community Awards presentation on June 13 to recognize leadership and excellence in supporting defense communities and the military …

ADC is seeking committed and motivated members to fill five seats on the Board of Directors, including four from the public sector and one from the private sector. If you, or someone you know, would like to serve as an ADC leader, please respond to this call for nominations. Nominations are open to ADC members in good standing. Candidates must be able to attend three to four meetings per year and commit five to 10 hours per month to board-related activities …

Reports of BRAC’s death have not been greatly exaggerated, at least according to the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. On Tuesday, Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said he didn’t expect the Obama administration to request new base closure rounds in its fiscal 2014 budget request since Congress already made it clear last year that it was opposed to authorizing additional BRAC rounds …

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