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Former President Donald J. Trump will address the 146th NGAUS General Conference & Exhibition on Monday.
The conference — which is the association’s annual business meeting — began Friday at Huntington Place, the Motor City’s main convention center. More than 4,200 Guard officers, their spouses and other guests are registered to attend.
Besides association business, the conference agenda includes Pentagon leaders and lawmakers every year. During presidential election years, NGAUS also invites the Democratic and Republican nominees for president.
The association has hosted at least one major party candidate in every presidential election year since 1992.
Trump spoke to the NGAUS conference in Baltimore, Maryland, when he was the Republican nominee for president in 2016.
"Members of the National Guard are more than defenders of democracy, we’re all participants," said retired Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn, the NGAUS president. "We want to know how the next administration will support the National Guard and whether the Guard will continue its prominent role in the National Defense Strategy.
"We’re looking forward to hearing what President Trump has to say," he added.
The association also invited Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee for president, to speak at this year's conference.
The rest of the business agenda for this weekend's conference is available at www.ngaus.org/146th-general-conference-exhibition-business-agenda.
This year’s conference theme is The National Guard: Built to Defend America.
— By John Goheen
