Kentucky & Tennessee delegation include defense projects in government funding bill March 14, 2022 – Projects secured in this year’s congressional funding bill will help improve the quality of life for soldiers stationed at Fort Campbell. A release sent out by Leader Mitch McConnell’s office on Friday said the senator was proud to secure $73 Read More
August 10, 2021 – Representatives from both Kentucky and Tennessee state government presented resolutions supporting the Army’s goal of modernizing its aviation assets on Tuesday at the Clarksville Regional Airport. Senator Bill Powers, who represents Tennessee’s 22nd District, and Representative Walker Thomas, who represents Kentucky’s 8th District presented the resolutions to both Major General Walter Read More
BY CONNOR O’BRIEN | 06/14/2021 04:44 PM EDT The House and Senate Armed Services committees plan to revive the process allowing lawmakers to request funding for local pet projects, commonly known as earmarking, in upcoming defense policy legislation. The move by both panelsto accept project requests from lawmakers in the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act Read More
News Release for January 8, 2019 The Fort Campbell Strong Defense Alliance kicked off the new year with a ribbon cutting ceremony in the newly opened office in Oak Grove, Kentucky. Campbell Strong was established last year as a collaborative effort that began in 2015 to define a path for economic diversification and growth in Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed two bills into law June 1, allowing for out-of-state nursing and physical therapy medical licenses to be transferable into the state. The legislative move is especially beneficial to nurses and physical therapists who are military dependents, as it permits them to secure employment rapidly after moving Read More
The Fort Campbell Strong Regional Defense Alliance Board of Directors announces the selection of retired Command Sergeant Major Rory Malloy as the organization’s first Executive Director. Malloy is a former Sergeant Major policy advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Army at the Pentagon and currently serves as an Executive Coach for the True Growth Read More