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Bills Would Provide Guard with GI Bill Credit Parity
National Guardsmen and Reservists would earn credit toward Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for nearly every day they spend in uniform under legislation...
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2 New York Guardsmen Killed in Texas Helicopter Crash
Two New York Army National Guard aviators were killed Friday afternoon when their UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter crashed near Rio Grande City...
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Guard Wing to Swap Fighters for Cyber
The Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Wing will swap the unit’s fighter mission for an expanded cyber mission, the Air Force announced March 7. The...
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NGAUS Board Meeting, Capitol Summit Set for This Weekend
This will be a busy weekend at the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C. The association’s 29-member board of directors...
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Guardsmen Responding to Homeland Disasters
Hundreds of National Guard soldiers and airmen were activated over the weekend to help with the response to Hurricane Henri, which drenched the...
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Leaders Urge Afghan Vets to Seek Help, Reach Out to Battle Buddies
Over the two decades U.S. troops have served in Afghanistan, more than 2,448 Americans were killed and more than 20,000 wounded in action. Many others...
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Evacuations Continue as Leaders Defend Afghanistan Withdrawal
President Joe Biden and senior U.S. military officials are defending ongoing U.S. military evacuation efforts in Afghanistan amid ongoing chaos in...
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Air Guard, Reserve Make Pitch for Active-Component Pilots
The Air Force is urging active-component pilots who are considering civilian careers with commercial airlines to consider extending their service...
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Bill Would Expand GI Bill Benefits to More Guard Duty Statuses
A bipartisan bill introduced by the leaders of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee would expand education benefits for some National Guard soldiers...
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President Biden Thanks the Guard, Employers
The week of Aug. 15-21 has been declared National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week, according to the White House. President Joe Biden...
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VA Secretary, Four-Stars Headline Conference Speakers
The new secretary of veterans affairs and senior Army and Air Force leaders will top the agenda when more than 3,000 current and retired National...
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Pentagon Leaders, VA Secretary to Address Conference
WASHINGTON (Aug. 16, 2021) — Senior Army and Air Force leaders and the new secretary of veterans affairs will top the agenda when more than 3,000...
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August 2021
President’s Budget President Biden released the FY22 President’s Budget on May 28th, 2021. The president’s budget requests $753.0 billion in total...
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Conference to Feature Big Tradeshow
Expect another large and diverse tradeshow at the 143rd General Conference & Exhibition, Aug. 27-30 in Las Vegas. Nearly all of the companies and...
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DoD Working on Vaccination Plans Ahead of Mandate
The Defense Department will begin requiring active-duty service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting in mid-September or upon FDA approval...
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Guard Clarifies Protest Participation Rules
State National Guard leaders cannot apply Defense Department restrictions on protest participation to Guardsmen who are not on active federal orders...