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Audit reveals DOD hasnt adequately shielded military members from toxic PFAS By John Flesher Researchers at the University of Notre Dame tested more than 230 commonly-used cosmetics from top brands. The Defense Department has dragged its feet on protecting service personnel from "forever chemicals" at military installations and isnt doing enough to track health effects from exposure to the toxic compounds, according to an internal audit. Officials have taken steps to find and clean groundwater ...

The Flint Journal PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, foam gathers at the the Van Etten Creek dam in Oscoda Township, Mich., near Wurtsmith Air Force Base.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The Defense Department has dragged its feet on protecting service personnel from “forever chemicals” at military installations and isn’t doing enough to track health effects from exposure to the ...

4 min read   The Defense Department says it will have a plan to make climate change a main factor in the further strategy of the military’s operations, risk assessments and programming by Sept. 1. The plan is required by a Jan. 27 executive order put into place by the Biden administration, and has the potential to effect nearly every aspect of how the military plans. During a House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee hearing, Paul Cramer, who is performing the duties of assistant secretary...

The Army is the only service with privatized hotels at U.S. bases and the program includes 13,048 rooms at 75 hotels across 40 bases.

Magazine’s 2021 Heavy Hundred Published Today (6/9). The 2021 edition of TALKERS magazine’s “100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts in America” – a.k.a. The Heavy Hundred – has been published. This highly anticipated ranking of America’s talk radio hosts from the editors of TALKERS is published annually. Kevin Casey says, “This is one of the most challenging projects TALKERS undertakes each year. The large number of quality talk radio hosts working...

Lawmakers in 2019 outlined 18 rights to guarantee families leased homes on military bases that met a specific quality standard, had a clear path to handle disputes with the private companies that manage base housing, and could easily understand leases and past maintenance of a residence.

The services hired staff to ensure military families have decent living conditions, but the improvements will cost an extra $120 million per year.

File photo of housing at the U.S. Army base at Fort Benning, Georgia. (Army Photo) 16 Feb 2021 Several long-awaited additions to the Defense Departments tenant bill of rights for military families living on base will be instituted this summer, giving personnel more power to resolve disputes with the private companies that manage military housing developments. Paul Cramer, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for sustainment (installations), told a House funding committee Tuesday that...

30-hour period of debate. and if they wave that we could be looking for a vote as early as tomorrow afternoon. today, they voted to elect to bypass that but rand paul rejected that. and now, a comment that has both parties reeling this afternoon. >> people here in town think that im making a huge mistake, and some of them secretly want to have an attack in the united states so they can blame it on me, and they want obe the first to point finger and say, yeah sure, we never should have ...

>> the terror threat against letterman pointing the finger at his longtime rival. >> theyre looking into it. theyre questioning and interrogating. there had an electronic trail. everybody knows its leno. . > no threat is going to get letterman down. right now to the two big stories breaking. yesterday in libya so much hope as we came on air that the rebels were about to take control but gadhafis forces are not giving up. there are major gunfights in tripoli right now including around ...