WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * - NDAA Conference Report Includes Largest Troop Pay Raise in Nearly 10 Years * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) praised Senate passage the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report, which includes a number of initiatives to support Ohio's military installations, increase troop pay, and provide additional assistance to Ukraine. He released the following statement: "This de  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * - Senator Secured Language Authorizing the Investment at Wright-Patt in Senate Bill; Will Continue Fighting to Secure Funds in Final Appropriations Bill; Senator also Secured New Disposal & Transparency Standards for PFAS Chemicals * * * The U.S. Senate passed the final National Defense Authorization Act, which included key investments secured by U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) for Dayton and the Wr  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine here operates the only official anthropometric device accepted by the USAF to determine precise measurements of pilot candidates who do not meet the standard height requirements to become pilots. Medical flight standards experts in the schoolhouse, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing, collect seven measurem  more