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Army Secretary Nominee Voices Concerns About Unreasonable Demands on National Guard Nominee to be Secretary of the Army Christine Elizabeth Wormuth takes her mask off at a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) 13 May 2021 President Joe Biden s nominee to be the next secretary of the Army believes that the National Guard may be stretched too thin and nearing the breaking point, given a year of nonstop activations for the force. I am concerned about the possibility of unreasonable demands [on] the Guard. I would want to look closely on how that strain is manifesting, Christine Wormuth told senators at her confirmation hearing Thursday. ....
File photo of housing at the U.S. Army base at Fort Benning, Georgia. (Army Photo) 13 May 2021 Residents who live in military housing will be covered by even more provisions in the Defense Department s tenant bill of rights beginning June 1, military leaders told Congress this week. The remaining four provisions of an 18-point tenant bill of rights those that will provide military families more negotiating power with the private companies that manage nearly all on-base housing have been finalized, according to Todd Schafer, acting assistant secretary of the Navy for Environment, Installations and Energy. We have agreements with our partners already to implement those, the remaining four, Schafer told the House Appropriations subcommittee for Veterans Affairs, Military Construction and Related Agencies on Thursday. We re now working through state agreements state by state because there has to be an addendum, because of the different laws and regulations in ea ....