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The Association of the U.S. Army’s 2021 advocacy efforts will focus on people, readiness, modernization and on-time funding, with an eye toward maintaining a balanced set of priorities alongside a new administration and new Congress.
The Association of the U.S. Army has joined three other military nonprofit groups in producing a 2021 legislative strategy aimed at strengthening the Regular Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve.
DoD’s top housing official says it is too soon to declare victory in a war over problems military families have experienced in privately operated on-post housing, but there have been some dramatic improvements.
Ambitious plans for budget reform by the new deputy defense secretary will require help from Congress, says Mackenzie Eaglen of the American Enterprise Institute.
Key lawmakers from the Senate Armed Services Committee recently expressed confidence in the Army’s efforts to address issues such as command climate, culture change and sexual assault and harassment.
A bipartisan House Armed Services Committee task force that spent a year focused on the challenging strategic environment facing the U.S. sees a window of opportunity for progress.
There will be 36 Army veterans in the House of Representatives and eight in the Senate when Congress convenes in January.
The total for the 117th Congress, which convenes on Jan. 3, includes six new members of the House and one new senator who have Army experience.
Congress has approved a stopgap spending bill that keeps the federal government operating until Dec. 11, an election year move that puts off major decisions on defense and national security issues.
The Army’s Merrill’s Marauders are one step closer to receiving the Congressional Gold Medal after the House of Representatives passed legislation in support of the famed World War II soldiers.
The Association of the U.S. Army is supporting legislation that would help spouses of active-duty troops save for retirement.
Introduced in both the House and the Senate, the Military Spouses Retirement Security Act would expand spouses’ access to retirement plans sponsored by their employers.