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Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Listman Jr. (Ret.)

John Listman is a retired chief warrant officer 2 and former command historian of the Virginia Army National Guard. He worked at the National Guard Memorial from 1987 to 1995, serving as assistant curator during his tenure with the Historical Society... Read More Details

President to Request Small Increase in Defense Spending

President Joe Biden will ask for $753 billion in national security funding, an increase of about 1.6% over fiscal 2021, according to an outline unveiled Friday. The fiscal 2020 budget request will include $715 billion for the Defense Department... Read More Details

NGAUS to Pivot Conference to New Site

Due to significant gathering restrictions in the state of North Carolina, NGAUS is moving the 143rd General Conference & Exhibition from Charlotte, North Carolina, to a new location. The event had been set for Sept. 9-12, 2021. Association leaders... Read More Details

Guard at Forefront of COVID-19 Vaccination Effort

The National Guard has now vaccinated more than 6 million members of the general population, Guard officials announced last week. More than 31,500 Guard soldiers and airmen remain on COVID-19 related duties. That includes 2,250 vaccinators staffing... Read More Details

DoD Takes Next Steps to Root Out Extremism

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is establishing a countering extremism working group, updating the definition of extremism and calling for services to update transition instructions to warn those leaving the military about the dangers of extremist... Read More Details

Ron Jensen

Ron Jensen served as senior writer/editor from 2007 to 2018. He won three Association Media & Publishing Excel Awards for his work. Prior to NGAUS, Jensen spent 17 years overseas as a reporter with Stars & Stripes , where he reported on the wars in... Read More Details

Dr. Charles J. Gross

The author is the former Air National Guard history chief at the National Guard Bureau. Dr. Gross has written numerous articles and studies focused primarily on the USAF reserve components. He also chronicled the Air Guard’s struggle to become a... Read More Details

Dumbo Factor

Pentagon officials thought the 1950 Air Guard would never get off the ground. Korea proved otherwise. Like Disney's Dumbo, the flying elephant who should not have been able to fly, the Air National Guard in the Korean War was a large and ungainly... Read More Details

Back At It

Members of the Army National Guard's 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team had been preparing for months to take the Army’s toughest test of grit, skill and stamina short of combat. They had completed a series of prerequisite battle drills and exercises... Read More Details

Welcome Challenges

Next May 6, a Thursday, folks at the Burlington Air National Guard Base in northwestern Vermont might consider cutting a cake. A very big cake. It will be the first anniversary of what should be hailed as a remarkable achievement for the state’s... Read More Details