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DoD Finally Has a Fiscal 2024 Spending Plan
President Joe Biden signed into law six fiscal 2024 spending bills, including one containing $824.5 billion for the Defense Department.
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The National Guard: Built to Defend America
Developing a theme for the NGAUS general conference is always an important part of our planning for the big annual event. — Retired Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn, the NGAUS president
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Guardsmen Reflect on NGAUS CGO Event
NGAUS gave company-grade officers from across the nation a peak behind the legislative curtain during the first Capitol Summit of the year conducted March 17-19.
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NGAUS Appeals to Congress for Health Care, Benefits Parity
The NGAUS president shared with Congress the paradox facing the National Guard when it comes to readiness.
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NGEF Honors 10 New Major Donors
The National Guard Educational Foundation recognized 10 major donors Saturday evening at a special reception at the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS...
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New Policy Helps Guardsmen Leaving COVID Duty
National Guardsmen demobilizing from COVID-19 operations on federal orders for 180 continuous days or more may now get their separation history and...
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NGB Refutes Russian Report of Dead Guardsmen in Ukraine
Three current or former Tennessee Army National Guard officers, who a Russian media outlet claimed were mercenaries killed in Ukraine, are alive and...
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Commission Cuts List of Potential New Base Names
The federal Naming Commission has released a list of 87 potential names for nine posts named for Confederate generals. The list was selected from 3...
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Final 2022 Budget Includes Guard Vehicles, Aircraft
The $1.5 trillion spending plan that President Joe Biden signed Friday to fund the government through September includes several billion dollars to...
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March 2022
Appropriations H.R.2471 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 was signed into law on 11 March 2022, fully funding the federal government through the...
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Burial Equity Bill Passes Congress
Congress passed legislation last week that ensures every National Guardsman and Reservist is eligible to be buried in state veterans’ cemeteries — as...
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House Bill Would Provide DD-214 to Guardsmen
National Guard and Reservists would receive the same DD-214 form as active-component personnel following their retirement or completion of service...
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Army Grants First Religious Vaccine Waiver
The Army has granted its first permanent religion-based exemption from taking the mandatory coronavirus vaccine, according to data the service...
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House Approves New Benefits for Burn Pit Exposure
The House passed sweeping military toxic exposure legislation on Thursday that would grant new disability benefits for illnesses linked to burn pits...
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New Staffers Start Work at NGAUS
NGAUS has added two new employees familiar with the way things work in the nation’s capital to its headquarters staff in Washington, D.C. Mark Hensch...
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NGAUS President Testifies Before Congress
Retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president, touted zero-cost TRICARE, benefit parity and a single document to record military service to replace the active-duty only DD-214 in testimony to a joint session of the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs committees.