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Multiple Factors Helping Boost Guard Recruiting

National Guard recruiting has risen in recent months, a pattern officials at the National Guard Bureau believe will continue. According to NGB, the Air Guard saw an 11% increase over the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 (October through December... Read More Details

Virginia Guard’s Fort Pickett to Be Renamed Next Month

The Virginia National Guard’s Fort Pickett will officially be re-designated Fort Barfoot on March 24 in honor of Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with extensive Virginia ties. The post is one of nine Army installations —... Read More Details

NGAUS Applauds Bipartisan Senate Bill to Create Space National Guard

WASHINGTON (Feb. 21, 2023) — The voice of more than 45,000 current and former National Guard officers applauds bipartisan Senate legislation that would ensure some of America’s most talented and experienced military space professionals can keep... Read More Details

Senators Relaunch Space National Guard Bill

A bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced legislation that would create a Space National Guard. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced the Space National Guard Establishment Act last week. The legislation is... Read More Details

Nominations Sought for 2023 Individual Awards

NGAUS is seeking nominations for the 2023 NGAUS Individual Awards Program. Nominees should have demonstrated superior performance, committed acts of heroism or contributed significantly to National Guard effectiveness. Recent honorees have included... Read More Details

Guard Leaders Look to Enhance Strong Ties in Finland

The National Guard’s senior general recently met with Finland’s defense leadership and observed military training during a three-day visit to the Northern European nation. “I was honored to learn more about Finland’s defense forces and their concept... Read More Details

DoD Sets Deadline to Stop Enforcing Vaccine Mandate

The services have until March 17 to rescind their COVID-19 vaccination policies, according to a Pentagon memo signed last Friday by Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks. The memo reverses any flags or in-process involuntary separations for many... Read More Details

Key Lawmakers Say Army Ignores Source of Recruiting Woes

Two prominent Republican defense leaders in the House last week accused Army officials of covering up evidence that social justice initiatives are hurting recruiting and demanded the service turn over all survey data on the topic. “We continue to... Read More Details

Growing Legion

Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Joe Spencer and retired Col. Dennis Hunsicker served in different states, different services and different portions of the rank structure. Nevertheless, they have much in common. Digital Version Both are sons of retired... Read More Details

SECDEF to Force: 'We Face Historic Challenges'

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III reinforced the National Defense Strategy’s emphasis on China as the nation’s "pacing challenge" and the "acute threat of Russian aggression" in a rare message to the force March 2. The memo precedes the release... Read More Details