Jan. 13, 2022 DOD Officials Say Service Members, Families Pay Price of Continuing Resolutions Service members and their families will suffer if Congress passes a full-year continuing resolution for fiscal 2022, Defense Department officials told the House Appropriations defense subcommittee.
Jan. 15, 2020 Air Force Aid Society launches new enhancements to its mobile budget app The initial version of the AFAS Budget Builder App was launched in 2018 and was created primarily as a budgeting tool to help Airmen and their families improve how they save and budget their money each month. Prior to the Budget Builder App, AFAS provided paper check registers to Airmen and other
Aug. 13, 2018 President Signs Fiscal 2019 Defense Authorization Act at Fort Drum Ceremony The John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act provides $700 billion to the Defense Department and paves the way for the most significant investment in the U.S. military and its warfighters in modern history, President Donald J. Trump said.
March 19, 2018 Service Secretaries: People Are Most Important Part of DoD’s Success Speaking at a forum here March 12 on issues surrounding the president’s fiscal year 2019 defense budget request, the three service secretaries agreed that the Defense Department’s most crucial need is continued investment in people.
Feb. 28, 2018 DoD on track to rebuild, restore military The Bipartisan Budget Act will lift the spending caps for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, allowing the Defense Department to provide necessary funding to modernize the U.S. military, Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Dana W. White said.
Feb. 12, 2018 Air Force Fiscal Year 2019 budget addresses great power competition The Air Force budget request of $156.3 billion for fiscal year 2019 builds on the progress made in 2018 to restore the readiness of the force, increase lethality, and cost-effectively modernize.
Aug. 25, 2017 Air Force announces initiatives to lessen pilot shortage Air Force officials announced three additional initiatives designed to enhance mission readiness by keeping pilots in the service and bringing retired pilots back to fill critical-rated positions.