With Honor Action is excited to see several priorities included in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act. Working alongside the 30 bipartisan veterans in the For Country Caucus throughout the year, we pushed forward legislation to strengthen our national security, modernize the Department of Defense and our warfighting capabilities, and improve the quality of life for our service members and their families.
“Passing the NDAA every year is crucial for our country and it continues to be the last true bipartisan piece of legislation in Congress which has passed every year for the last 64 years. Working alongside the For Country Caucus, we have pushed for numerous measures to strengthen our national security and improve the quality of life for our service members and their families. We hope to see these priorities passed in the House swiftly and moved to the Senate,” said With Honor Action Co-Founder and CEO, Rye Barcott.
With Honor Action FY 2025 NDAA Key Priorities:
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A major pay increase of 10% for junior enlisted service members and an additional 4.5% across the board to address military food insecurity, which the Department of Agriculture estimated impacts an astonishing 325,000 active duty servicemen and women.
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The inclusion of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE) Authorization Act of 2024, which codifies an office in the State Department that has facilitated the issuance of over 45,000 Special Immigrant Visas to our Afghan allies.
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The establishment of the “Multilateral Artificial Intelligence Working Group” in the Department of Defense, formerly known as the Five AIs Act, to develop and coordinate an AI intelligence effort among U.S. allies and partners.
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The establishment of a United States Foundation for International Conservation to leverage a potential $3B to secure our world’s endangered ecosystems from adversarial parties, including Russia and the Chinese Communist Party, through an innovative public-private partnership designed to support ongoing conservation efforts.