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In resisting the Obama administration’s request to approve one or more BRAC rounds each of the past four years, lawmakers typically have pointed to problems with the last round, primarily the higher-than-expected implementation costs and the protracted payback period....

"While this is not Sheppard, we should be watchful so as not make it more difficult for SAFB to accomplish its mission." - SMAC OCTOBER 17, 2015 If a broad post-war military drawdown persuades Congress to commission a round of base closures, a report being unveiled...

Posted: October 16, 2015 By Nate Delesline III nate.delesline@insidebiz.com Four Hampton Roads congressmen gathered Oct. 14 to sound off about everything from legislative gridlock to their efforts to stave off the closure of local military facilities. Reps. Bobby...

Position President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sheppard Military Affairs Committee (SMAC) Organization The Sheppard Military Affairs Committee is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose primary function is to serve as a voice for Sheppard Air Force Base...

October 07, 2015, 09:30 am By Michael Cooper 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 the Association of Defense...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress on Wednesday sent President Barack Obama a sweeping $612 billion defense policy bill that he has threatened to veto over an ongoing battle between Democrats and Republicans about government spending. The Senate voted to approve the measure...

Fri, 10/02/2015 - 2:21am Stephen Robertson DUNCAN - Local residents will be seeing a lot more of the Air Force now that it will be using Halliburton Field to provide touch-and-go landing and takeoff practice to new pilots, but the military says it will do everything...

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 The Defense Department would be required to prepare force structure plans and an infrastructure assessment that could be used to determine the level of excess capacity in DOD, according to the conference report for the fiscal 2016 defense...

by Alana Rocha and Ally Mutnick, The Texas Tribune Aug. 31, 2015 For weeks, officials at Houston's Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base have been working on a state grant proposal seeking funds that would allow them to revamp their air control tower. They say the...

With defense dollars increasingly scarce in Washington, it is more important than ever that the Department of Defense spend every dime provided to it by the American taxpayer as efficiently as possible. Congress has been resisting some crucial Pentagon efforts to curb...