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Deputy Army Intel Chief: The Guard’s Our ‘Eyes and Ears’

The deputy Army chief of staff – intelligence says the National Guard is crucial to the military’s information gathering. Lt. Gen. Laura A. Potter adds the Guard’s State Partnership Program provides valuable knowledge helping counter U.S. rivals like... Read More Details

Roll Call of States Opens Conference

The Roll Call of States has been a longstanding popular tradition of the annual NGAUS conference. The ceremony’s format allows speakers from the 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia to explain why their part of the National Guard... Read More Details

TRICARE Reserve Select Premiums Increasing in 2023

National Guardsmen and Reservists enrolled in TRICARE Reserve Select will pay more for their health insurance in 2023, according to a policy update from the Defense Health Agency. TRS monthly premiums will increase in January from $46.70 to $48.47... Read More Details

House Republicans Urge SECDEF to End Vaccine Mandate

Fourteen House Republicans have urged Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III to rescind the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. In an Aug. 31 letter, the group cited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest guidance as evidence the... Read More Details

Lots of Work, Short Deadlines Await Returning Lawmakers

The Senate returns to work today from its summer recess; the House gets back next Tuesday. Both chambers face approaching deadlines. With progress slow on completing a fiscal 2023 budget, the most pressing matter will be developing a stopgap budget... Read More Details

NGB Implements Changes for Preventing Sexual Assault

The National Guard Bureau is implementing changes to better fight sexual assault and harassment in the ranks with new prevention initiatives across the Guard. First among the measures is an integrated approach that will add resources. Second is an... Read More Details

Army Guard Testing Free Child Care During Drill Weekends

Army National Guard soldiers in six states will have access to free child care during weekend drill under a pilot program launching this month. The goal is to help retain more single parents in the force, Maj. Gen. Eric K. Little, the National Guard... Read More Details

NATIONAL GUARD Magazine | October 2022

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Net Positive

Critical to the success of the Army of 2030 is modernization of the network and its ability to rapidly and securely deliver data to the point of need. Through materiel solutions and embedding cybersecurity across enclaves, Army network modernization... Read More Details

Conference Recap

Among the many noteworthy events at the 144th General Conference & Exhibition in August were the separate presentations of the association’s highest honor to two senior officials with different positions, but much in common. Gen. James C. McConville... Read More Details