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NGAUS Applauds Another Co-sponsor of Bill to Create a Space National Guard

WASHINGTON (April 11, 2024) — The voice of more than 45,000 current and former National Guard officers today applauded Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., for recently co-sponsoring Senate legislation to create a Space National Guard. Read More Details

NGAUS: Air Force Fails to Tell Full National Guard Space Story

WASHINGTON (April 12, 2024) — Retired Maj. Gen. Frank M. McGinn, the NGAUS president, issued the following statement on Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s remarks to reporters Wednesday. Read More Details

Guard Chief Authorizes Official Conference Attendance

The 54 states, territories and the District of Columbia may once again each use federal funds to send a small number of officers to this year's NGAUS conference, according to guidance the National Guard Bureau issued April 8. Read More Details

Bill Would Open TRICARE to Guard Federal Workers

More than 100,000 drilling National Guardsmen and Reservists who are full-time federal employees would be eligible to purchase TRICARE Reserve Select health care under legislation introduced in both the House and Senate last week. Read More Details

NGB Chief: 'We Can’t Afford to Lose' Guard Space Capabilities

The chief of the National Guard Bureau says the nation cannot afford to move the Guard’s space units into the Space Force. Read More Details

Air Force Legislative Proposal is an Existential Threat to the National Guard

The NGAUS concern is the dangerous precedent the proposal would set by bypassing the requirement in federal law to obtain the consent of the affected governors before transferring Air National Guard space units in seven states to the Space Force. Read More Details

A Fight Worth Our Time

A prominent member of Congress told a reporter April 17 that NGAUS should not "waste their time" fighting a legislative proposal from the Department of the Air Force to transfer the Air National Guard's space units to the Space Force. Read More Details

World War II Guardsman’s Remains Identified

A National Guardsman who died as a prisoner of war during World War II has been identified and will return home, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Read More Details

Council of Governors: Retract Air Force's Space Proposal

A bipartisan group of 10 state governors is urging the Department of the Air Force to retract Legislative Proposal 480, its plan to transfer the Air National Guard's space units to the Space Force. Read More Details

Air Force Taking Air Guard Warrant Officer Applications

The Air Force is now taking applications from airmen who rank staff sergeant (E-5) and above to be the service’s first new warrant officers in 65 years. Read More Details