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Senate and House leaders came to a compromise on the annual defense spending bill, providing a rare opportunity — at least based on recent years — to provide some fiscal stability in the military.
The House overwhelmingly passed the conference version of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 on Thursday. The final vote was 359 to 54.
The Senate also is expected to approve the NDAA before it heads to President Trump’s desk.
It was a recruiting poster that first caught the attention of Sgt. Jacob Rosales.
The poster, at Fort Irwin, California, highlighted a new type of unit and a promise for a fundamental change to how the Army plans to prosecute long-standing missions in countries like Afghanistan.
And at Fort Bragg, that promised change is becoming a reality.
The 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade is nearly at full strength, officials said. And the unit, the second of its kind in the Army, is already preparing for a deployment early next year.
Since February, Vietnam War veteran Roland Rochester has been going outside of the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center to see a private doctor for treatment of diabetes, anxiety and high blood pressure.
Rochester, 65, said he sees the private doctor and a neurosurgeon with the VA’s blessing. He said the VA doesn’t have the capability to treat him, so it pays for his treatment to go elsewhere.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Under Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy visited Fort Bragg July 26 to meet with Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade and discuss the importance of their mission, what it means to be a part of the SFAB and the future of the U.S. Army.
McCarthy said that the performance of the SFABs has exceeded expectations and that this due largely to the skills, expertise and dedication of the Soldiers who volunteer to be a part of the unit’s specialized advise and assist mission.
Much of North Carolina’s congressional delegation signed onto a bill that would impose sanctions on Turkey over that country’s holding of pastor Andrew Brunson.
The bill calls for U.S. officials at international financial institutions to oppose loans to Turkey pending the release of Brunson, according to a summary from Rep. Mark Walker of Greensboro, the bill’s sponsor. Walker is a former Baptist preacher and co-chair of the Congressional Prayer Caucus.