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Senator Promises Bill to Expand Guard Health Care

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., says she will introduce legislation to expand health care coverage for U.S. military reservists. The bill would give free access to TRICARE, the military’s health care provider, to all National Guard and Army, Air Force... Read More Details

Study: Brain Disease Found in NFL Seems Rare in Veterans

A new study suggests a brain disease observed in hundreds of former National Football League players rarely appears in veterans, Military Times reports . Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is caused by concussions and repeated head blows, creating... Read More Details

Bill Would Give Guardsmen No-Cost Dental Care

New legislation would provide National Guardsmen and Reservists with access to no-cost dental care. The Dental Care for Our Troops Act, introduced last week by Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., and Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Miss., would address one of the biggest... Read More Details

States: Feds Can’t Dictate How Guard Works with Unions

The Mississippi attorney general led an 11-state legal effort last week to stop what they called “further federal encroachment on state National Guard units.” The states filed an amicus - or friend of the court - brief supporting the Ohio Adjutant... Read More Details

Senators Back $45 Billion Increase to Defense Spending

Congress appears poised to add tens of billions of dollars to President Joe Biden’s already record defense budget request. Forty-year-high inflation coupled with increasing threats worldwide are the reasons. The Senate Armed Services Committee last... Read More Details

NATIONAL GUARD Magazine | June 2022

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Back From the Brink

There is finally light at the end of the tunnel for what remains of the Army National Guard AH-64 Apache attack-helicopter community. It’s a very welcome sight for the Guard’s four attack reconnaissance battalions, which have endured battles at home... Read More Details

State Guards

The second Saturday in May found Sgt. Justin Stanton and perhaps 40 members of his Texas military medical unit in Houston training to load and strap down a stretcher bearing a 185-pound rescue dummy aboard a military helicopter. Digital Version It... Read More Details

No-Cost Dental, FEDREC Among House NDAA Items

The House Armed Services Committee included no-cost dental care for every National Guardsman and Reservist in its version of the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. The language comes from a bill introduced earlier this month by Rep. Andy... Read More Details