MARCH 12, 2024 – Sailors will soon have access to fitness centers on all Navy installations 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Commander, Navy Installations Command, which oversees all 70 Navy bases around the globe, signed a memorandum on March 8 authorizing installation commanding officers to move forward with implementing 24-hour entry to fitness facilities. “If we … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
DoD Opens Health Related Behaviors Survey
MARCH 12, 2024 — The Defense Health Agency has announced that the Department of Defense’s largest population-based Health Related Behaviors Survey is now open. Approximately 250,000 active duty service members were randomly selected to participate. Recipients will receive an email invitation in their .mil email addresses from support@2024hrbs.com with a survey control … [Read more...]
French Air Force Crew Trains with U.S. Coast Guard
MARCH 12, 2024 – A crew from the French Air Force arrived at Air Station Barbers Point on March 4, 2024, for a week-long subject matter exchange with U.S. Coast Guard aircrews. The seven-member team, comprised of three pilots and four crew members, is stationed in French Polynesia, Tahiti, and flies a CN235 Casa aircraft; during their visit, they participated in various … [Read more...]
DoD’s 2025 Budget Provides 4.5% Raise for Service Members
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Navy Adm. Christopher W. Grady provide opening remarks on the DOD FY2025 budget from the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 11, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders) MARCH 12, 2024 - The Defense Department today laid out details of its $849.8 billion budget request, … [Read more...]
DoD Wants ‘Mine-to-Magnet’ Supply Chain for Rare Earth Materials
MARCH 11, 2024 - The Defense Department has in recent months advanced its goal of developing domestic supply chains to ensure continued access to the rare earth materials needed to manufacture the permanent magnets used in important U.S. military weapons systems. "DOD's recently published National Defense Industrial Strategy will guide the creation of a modernized defense … [Read more...]