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Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill Would End Selective Service

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House and Senate last week would abolish the Selective Service. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., and Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., the sponsors of the Selective Service... Read More Details

Army Wants Electric Combat Vehicles

Army Futures Command has selected six companies to develop ways to power electric combat vehicles in austere, remote locations, according to Defense News . The effort is part of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle modernization effort. The Army is... Read More Details

HASC Chair Warns of Defense Budget Delays

The chair of the House Armed Services Committee says debate over annual defense policy and spending bills could be delayed until fall if the Biden administration doesn’t deliver its full fiscal 2022 budget by the middle of next month. Rep. Adam Smith... Read More Details

Air Force Reveals New Airpower Doctrine

Air Force leaders have approved what the service has referred to as “perhaps the most sweeping change of Air Force basic doctrine in the service’s history.” The revised Air Force Doctrine Publication-1 sets the foundation for the evolution of... Read More Details

Bill Would Give Guardsmen DD214s at End of Service

Bipartisan legislation introduced last week in the Senate would provide all service members with a Defense Department Form 214 at the completion of their time in uniform. Currently, only active-component personnel receive the Certificate of Release... Read More Details

Viva Las Vegas: NGAUS Resets Conference Dates, Location

The 143rd General Conference & Exhibition has been rescheduled for Aug. 27 to 30 in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Shifting the event to Las Vegas gives us a very high level of certainty that we can provide the type of conference experience NGAUS members and... Read More Details

NGB Chief: Guardsmen Need Better Medical Care

The nation has asked a lot of its National Guard over the past year. On Tuesday, the Guard asked the nation for more support, with the chief of the National Guard Bureau testifying to a key House committee that helps set the defense budget. Gen... Read More Details

USO Honors Guard Moms

Military moms from across the upper Midwest were treated to a virtual baby shower by the USO last week. The May 1 event included virtual games and drawings as well as an appearance by a special surprise celebrity guest – actor Wilmer Valderrama... Read More Details

New Membership Director to Join NGAUS

NGAUS will welcome a new head of membership and marketing in the coming weeks. Retired Brig. Gen. Maria Kelly, who has served the National Guard in and out of uniform for more than 38 years, will take over as director of membership & marketing in mid... Read More Details

October 2020 Update

NGAUS Legislative staff remains engaged with Congress, despite closure of Congressional office space to the public, and the Trump administration as the COVID-19 national emergency and consideration of Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 defense legislation... Read More Details