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GOP Lawmaker: Congress ‘Total BS’ on Veterans’ Care

Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., says Congress isn’t adequately funding medical care for military veterans after they exit services like the National Guard. “Congress, speaking self-reflectively, does a very good job of calculating the cost of bombs and... Read More Details

NDAA Sails Through House, Awaits Senate Action

The House last week approved the $851 billion fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act by an overwhelming 329-101 margin. The voluminous policy measure passed Thursday after the full House sorted through scores of amendments. It includes nearly... Read More Details

Judge Temporarily Blocks Air Force Vaccination Mandate

A federal court in Ohio on Thursday blocked the Air Force from enforcing the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for two weeks, multiple reports say. The order means the Air Force cannot discharge personnel whose application for a religious exemption... Read More Details

Army Chief, Elected Officials Top NGAUS Awards List

The Army chief of staff, Louisiana’s governor and a former co-chair of the House National Guard and Reserve Caucus headline the list of 2022 NGAUS individual award recipients. Ultimately, the association board of directors approved 79 individuals for... Read More Details

Army Leaders: 'We Are in a War for Talent’

The Army will shift more than $1 billion to recruiting programs and rely more on reserve-component soldiers as the active-component struggles to attract recruits, service officials said in a July 20 memo. “America's military faces the most... Read More Details

More HIMARS, Phoenix Ghost Drones Heading to Ukraine

The Defense Department has announced another security assistance package for Ukraine, which will include additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, ammunition and a substantial number of Phoenix Ghost unmanned aerial systems. The latest... Read More Details

Road Work

When an aircraft runway isn't around, sometimes a long stretch of road can suffice in a pinch to project airpower. That’s what some airmen from around the country proved the last week of June during the Michigan Air National Guard’s exercise Northern... Read More Details

Final Dinner to Be Tailgate Party

Expect a States Dinner at the 144th General Conference & Exhibition, Aug. 26-29 in Columbus, Ohio, like none other in the annual event’s century-old history. For decades, the conference’s concluding dinner was strictly formal, but NGAUS has allowed... Read More Details

145th General Conference & Exhibition

Click here to see photos ! CONFERENCE VIDEOS Full presentations from some of the speakers are available on the association's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/NGAUS1878 . The videos include speeches by Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, Gen... Read More Details

Guard C-130Js in Initial Senate Appropriations

Sixteen C-130J-30 Super Hercules cargo planes for the Air National Guard are in Sen. Patrick Leahy's mark of the fiscal 2023 defense appropriations act. The Vermont Democrat is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. He is also the longtime... Read More Details