Marine Corps Plans to Expand Use of Partnership Authority following Early Success
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- April 12, 2017
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In Other News: Army’s Special Forces Schoolhouse Undergoes Facelift; Niemeyer Represents DOD at NATO Energy Conference0
- Congress/DoD, Energy, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- November 28, 2018
The Army is in the middle of a $456 million effort, primarily focused at Ft. Bragg, to reshape the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, where it trains special forces, civil affairs and psychological operations soldiers. The project, which will help consolidate a variety of buildings that have spouted throughout the North Carolina
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GOP Content to Let House Democrats Tackle Earmarks0
- Congress/DoD
- November 27, 2018
Many House Republicans have been eager to suspend the chamber’s eight-year-old ban on earmarks, but House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) recently has been urging the GOP Conference to step back and let Democrats make the first move when they assume control of the House in the 116th Congress. “Let the new party wrestle with
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Administration, Lawmakers Need to Confront Budget Challenges Facing Installations, Conger Says0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- October 9, 2018
In an essay accompanying the Heritage Foundation’s 2019 Index of U.S. Military Strength, John Conger, who led the Pentagon’s installations office from 2012 to 2015, highlights the challenges facing DOD’s installations enterprise — years of underfunding, congressional opposition to a new BRAC round, increasing pressures from encroachment, and threats to mission assurance including energy outages,
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Around Town: DOD Can Say Sayonara to CRs; Immigrant Investor Program Gains Short-Term Extension0
- Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD
- October 1, 2018
President Donald Trump on Friday signed a two-bill spending package that fully funds the Pentagon in fiscal 2019, lifting defense officials from the challenge of coping with short-term spending measures for the first time in 10 years. The legislation’s enactment marks a rare achievement, especially after the president one week earlier signed a three-bill package
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In Other News: New Ft. Benning Elementary School Features Modern Learning Methods, Sustainable Elements; Army Updates Process for Reviewing Energy Efficiency, Resiliency Projects0
- Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- September 28, 2018
Officials at Fort Benning, Ga., on Wednesday celebrated the grand opening of a 109,390-square-feet elementary school serving families at the post’s Patton Village neighborhood. The school, which opened Aug. 6, hosts 600 students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, reports Fort Benning Public Affairs. It does not have a traditional classroom layout; instead, teaching areas are
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On the Hill: Trump Signs FY’19 Milcon Minibus; Congress May Send White House DOD Spending Bill before Week’s End0
- Congress/DoD
- September 24, 2018
President Trump on Friday signed the first batch of fiscal 2019 spending bills Congress is planning to send his way by Oct. 1, providing full-year appropriations for the military construction-Veterans Affairs, energy-water and legislative branch titles. The conference report for the three-bill minibus allocates $10.3 billion for military construction and family housing programs next year,
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- November 30, 2018
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- November 30, 2018