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Mattis Supports Space Force, but what is it?
Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said he supports creation of a U.S. Space Force as a sixth military service despite earlier comments that seemed to...
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Guard Chief Honors World War I Dead in France
Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel was the senior U.S. military attendee at the World War I Centennial Commemoration at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France...
Press Release
Army, Air Force Chiefs to Address National Guard Conference
Three members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will top the agenda when some 3,000 National Guard officers and their guests from across the country gather...
Magazine
Vietnam Memories, Slow Aircraft, New Orleans
Fifty years ago, National Guardsmen went to Vietnam. Yes, they did. And several of them recall those times, including an elephant attack, in the...
Washington Report
Deploying? Leave that Fitbit at Home
Deployed troops will have to leave their Fitbits, Apple watches and other “geolocation devices” at home. A Defense Department policy announced Monday...
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Georgia Air Guardsman named Outstanding Airman
Staff Sgt. Wilson B. Gardner was selected as the Air National Guard's 2018 Outstanding Airman of the Year, and one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding...
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Deploy or get out? Not if You're Wounded
The Pentagon has identified exemptions from its new policy that troops who are unable to deploy will face separation. The policy of deploy-or-get-out...
Washington Report
Longtime NGAUS Board Member, Parliamentarian, Dies
Ray Magill, who served on the NGAUS board of directors as the retired/separated Air representative from 1995 until 2010, died July 24 in North...
Magazine
Retro Attack
Air Force leaders believe fourth- and fifth-generation fighters are too much airplane for many missions around the world. Secretary Heather Wilson...
Magazine
Show & Tell
More than 300 companies and organizations will pack the exhibition floor at the 140th General Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans this month. While...
Magazine
In Country
Terry MacDonald chuckles when asked why he enlisted in the Indiana Army National Guard in 1968. “To stay out of Vietnam,” he says. I’ll be honest with...
Washington Report
NDAA, Now in Senate, Boosts Guard Equipment
The Senate is expected to vote this week on the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that was passed last week by the House. Following the...