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Debt Deal Would Cap Defense Spending

The debt-ceiling agreement House Republican leaders and the White House negotiated last week would cap the defense budget's topline at President Joe Biden’s requested $886 billion for fiscal 2024, a 3.2% increase over this year that includes $842... Read More Details

Bill Would Cover Guardsmen Injured on State Active Duty

Bipartisan legislation reintroduced last week would enable National Guardsmen injured while on state active duty to receive medical care through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., and Rep. Mikie Sherill, D... Read More Details

Bill Aims to Extend TRS for Surviving Families

Two lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee have introduced legislation that would extend TRICARE Reserve Select benefits for surviving family members following the death of a service member. Currently, this coverage continues for only six... Read More Details

Fight to Increase Defense Spending Continues

President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 into law Saturday, extending the debt ceiling for two years and averting a potentially calamitous debt default before a Monday deadline. The bill, a deal between House Republican... Read More Details

NGB Chief: Zero-Cost TRICARE, Space Guard Critical to Readiness

Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, told senators last week that providing premium-free or "zero-cost" medical and dental care is "critically important" to Total Force readiness. "Having been through multiple deployments... Read More Details

New NGAUS Lobbyist is No Stranger to Capitol Hill

NGAUS has filled a key position in the association’s legislative department. Russel Read is the association’s new legislative affairs manager for Air programs. Read started last week at the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in... Read More Details

Fort Polk Renamed for New York Guardsman

Fort Polk, Louisiana has been renamed for New York National Guardsman Sgt. Henry Johnson, a World War I hero, following a ceremony Tuesday. The Army installation named after Confederate Gen. Leonidas K. Polk, a New Orleans resident who was killed in... Read More Details

Private Concert Set for Final Night

Country singer Josh Turner will perform at the Governor’s Farewell, the final event of the 145th General Conference & Exhibition, Aug. 18-21 in Reno, Nevada. “We’re excited to have a performer of Josh Turner’s magnitude close what will be a... Read More Details

Hurricane Season Begins Quietly

The 2023 Atlantic storm season is underway, and National Guard officials say they're ready to respond wherever and whenever hurricanes strike. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting near-normal hurricane activity this year... Read More Details

Guard Cyber Exercise Aims to Stop Transportation Attacks

An annual National Guard cyber exercise that's now underway is focused on responding to attacks on the U.S. transportation system. Cyber Shield 2023 began June 4 and will run until June 16 at the Army National Guard Professional Education Center in... Read More Details