Years later, Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) again knows the sentinel’s loneliness, his repeated calls to restore the Air Force’s Cold War Era “Looking Glass” program unheeded. But that may be changing. During a Nov. 15 House Armed Services Committee review of a congressional commission’s report assessing the nation’s nuclear forces, fears surfaced that potential adversaries—namely… Read more »

U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) schools around the world would be able to maintain current student-to-teacher ratios through the 2029-2030 DODEA academic year under bipartisan legislation sponsored on Nov. 8 by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE). The Success for Military Connected Students Act, H.R. 6287, which is cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson (D-NC), would extend… Read more »

Washington – Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE-02) and Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14) today introduced the bipartisan H.R. 6287, the Success for Military Connected Students Act, which extends the maximum number of students to teacher ratio directive for Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools around the world, which was set in the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by Congress at… Read more »

The nation needs all 25 of the Air National Guard's fighter squadrons, two of the service's senior officers told congressional staffers at an event NGAUS sponsored last week. The Guard's 25 fighter squadrons must also have modern aircraft to defend the homeland and fight alongside the Air Force overseas, the pair added. "The Air Force’s fighter structure is geriatric and rapidly… Read more »

Military members and their families could see improved housing, better child care services and easier access to school meal support under a series of bills making their way through the legislative process. For example, Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) introduced a bill to help military families with housing. The bill is included in the House National Defense… Read more »

Some members of Congress on Wednesday left open the possibility of deeper U.S. military involvement in the unfolding war between Israel and Hamas as Americans were killed and taken hostage, and others were struggling to leave a country at war. "Whatever Israel wants, they should ask us, and we should be there to help," Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a retired Air Force brigadier… Read more »

WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan duo of House lawmakers has banded together to improve the vetting of financial advisers for service members. The move comes after an Army counselor with undisclosed conflicts of interest with outside brokerage firms allegedly swindled two dozen Gold Star families. The House in July passed legislation from Reps. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., and Don Bacon, R-Neb., that… Read more »

Pfc. Salem Ezz had just started working with a new Army innovation lab on Fort Stewart when his fellow soldiers returning from deployments began discovering black mold in their barracks. Soldiers were posting pictures and videos of the mold that had infiltrated their barracks on social media pages like  “Army W.T.F!” and TikTok. “That made it explode,” Ezz said.  Pictures… Read more »

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) –  US Congressman Don Bacon told Kurdistan 24’s Rahim Rashidi that he wants the US to provide more security to the Kurdistan Region. “When I served in Iraq, the Kurds were our best allies; they worked with us everywhere we went. I worked with them, I was at the headquarters and multinational forces Iraq with (General David) Petraeus. “So we've always had great… Read more »

House lawmakers grilled officials on the state of military housing Wednesday after a damning watchdog report found that single service members are living with mold, contaminated water, no air conditioning and other major safety hazards on military housing facilities. Some barracks that house unaccompanied service members are not livable, and even facilities that score well on military… Read more »