Camp Lejeune

firefighter, PFAS

DoD says it’s ready to transition from firefighting foams that pose cancer risks by this summer

DoD says it’s on a path to stop using firefighting foams linked to health risks, but fixing past problems will take a decade or more.

Defense News

climate vulnerable bases

VBA needs to tighten up procedures to get poison-water benefits to Camp Lejeune veterans

Agency Oversight

Iraqi army units are deployed during military operations of the Iraqi Army's Seventh Brigade in Anbar, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. An Iraqi general said Sunday that security has been beefed up around the Ain al-Asad air base, a sprawling complex in the western Anbar desert that hosts U.S. forces, following a series of attacks. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Pentagon says military needs to adapt to increasingly hotter world

Federal Newscast

VA sees slight drop in facilities with staffing shortages

Federal Newscast

Could more bases end up like Tyndall? GAO says yes if DoD doesn’t change

Defense

Steve Daines, Lisa Murkowski

Bipartisan efforts to save nearly 1,000 Forest Service jobs are underway

Federal Newscast

climate vulnerable bases

Exclusive

Top lawmaker proposes taking activities away from climate vulnerable bases like Camp Lejeune

Congress

Capt. Thomas Beltz, C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 514th Air Mobility Wing, closes in to refuel with a KC-10 Extender over the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 10, 2018. The 514th AMW is an Air Force Reserve Command unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J..

Air Force may be better off trying to keep pilots than hiring more

Federal Newscast

Lance Cpl. Lydia Gulley, a Marine with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, applies the skills taught about cooking quickly at Mess Hall 128 on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Sept. 22. The Sodexo Company Quality of Life Services teaches methods to Marine food service specialist to improve the basic services to include stir fry cooking, steaming, boiling, sautéing, roasting, braising, stewing and knife skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tavarius Hernandez)

Marine community: ‘You can’t shoot back at a category 4 hurricane’

Defense News

climate vulnerable bases

How military installations overcome declining facility sustainment budgets

Federal Drive

“Fuel the Force:” Marines Corps on biodiesel

Federal Drive