military housing

NDAA, POGO, 2025 National Defense Authorization Act

Focus of one watchdog group regarding upcoming defense authorization bill

The Project on Government Oversight (POGO), one of the longest-running external good-government groups, has a list of items its watching for in the 2025 NDAA.

Defense

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Troops are eligible to receive housing stipend when attending training

Defense

Marine Corps completes ‘wall-to-wall’ barracks inspection. Here’s what’s next

Defense

army digital engineering, military construction

Air Force investing in privatized housing, lawmakers are not sold on the idea

Defense

Military construction budget prioritizes housing, shipyard infrastructure

Defense

Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy

DoD slated to receive over $18B for military construction initiatives

Federal Newscast

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New DoD strategy gets after housing on military installations

Defense

DoD has ‘a lot of work to do’ to fix military housing

Defense

Army doctor examines baby held by its mother

Lawmakers seek to help military families with housing, childcare, meals

Defense News

‘We lost the bubble’: Defense officials acknowledge chronic underfunding that’s caused health, safety risks in military barracks

Defense News

Both Virginia senators call out DoD for foot-dragging reforms to privatized military housing

Federal Newscast

In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, housing for service members is shown at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Amid record-breaking spikes in rent, service members and housing activists say the Department of Defense has not adequately increased housing allowances, thereby neglecting its commitment to military families. (1st Lt. Daniel Barnhorst/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Military families’ housing benefits lag as rents explode

Housing has long been a major benefit for service members, a subsidy to salaries that trail the private sector

Defense

A smaller scale replica of the Marine Corps War Memorial statue stands near the parade ground at the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Parris Island, S.C. The threat of rising seas is encroaching upon one of America's most storied military installations, where thousands of recruits are molded into Marines each year. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Marine Corps hits its retention goals for the first time in a decade

Also in today’s Federal Newscast, reimbursements for military housing are not keeping up with inflation, and the Combined Federal Campaign needs more leaders.

Federal Newscast

FILE - Fort Bragg shown, Feb. 3, 2022, in Fort Bragg, N.C. An independent commission is recommending new names for nine Army posts that were commemorated Confederate officers. Among their recommendations: Fort Bragg would become Fort Liberty and Fort Gordon would become Fort Eisenhower. The recommendations are the latest step in a broader effort by the military to confront racial injustice. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)

Solving military housing stress with workforce housing on-demand

Commentary

Military moves are stressful enough, and when you add the stressor of finding the right housing for the right price, it can become extremely overwhelming.