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Senate Bill Would Provide 16 More C-130Js to Air Guard

This year’s defense budget, already overdue, cleared an important hurdle last month when a bill was introduced by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The House has already passed its version of the annual defense spending legislation, but Senate... Read More Details

Army Report: On-Duty Deaths at Record Low, Off-Duty Deaths Rising

The Army lost fewer soldiers to on-duty fatal ground accidents in fiscal 2021 than any previous year on record, according to the Army Combat Readiness Center. The nine soldiers lost in fatal ground accidents is 36% less than the previous fiscal year... Read More Details

Texas, Virginia Top DoD Spending Report

A new Defense Department report outlines military spending across the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report reveals that the Top 10 states for total defense spending accounted for more than half of overall domestic defense spending. That... Read More Details

New Chief Tops Changes to NGAUS Staff

A nearly retired colonel who has served with the four largest branches of the U.S. military is now chief of staff at NGAUS. Col. Paul Drake IV, who is in his first week at the National Guard Memorial, the association’s headquarters in Washington, D.C... Read More Details

2022 Industry Day Schedule

as of Dec. 5* December 6, 2022 Industry Day 7 – 8 a.m. | Coffee & Pastries/Check-In 8 – 8:15 a.m. | NGAUS Chairman Remarks Maj. Gen. Janson "Durr" Boyles 8:15 – 9 a.m. | NGAUS Legislative Update Col. Mike Hadley (Ret.) NGAUS Vice President... Read More Details

Meals and Special Deals Available on Veterans Day

Veterans and current service members are eligible for free meals and other special deals at many restaurants, retailers and recreational activities nationwide for Veterans Day 2021. NGAUS compiled the list below from several sources. Eligibility... Read More Details

As Vaccine Deadlines Arrive, Services Decide What to Do with Refusers

The first of several deadlines for service members to receive a COVID-19 vaccine is here, but the battle over the looming mandates is far from over. Active-duty Air Force and Space Force troops were required to have been vaccinated by Nov. 2. Next up... Read More Details

Lawmakers Still Waiting for NDAA Vote

The annual defense policy bill is unlikely to make any Thanksgiving menus this year. With the Senate in recess this week and scheduled for just three weeks for the rest of 2021, despite a backlog of pending legislation, passing the fiscal 2022... Read More Details

NGAUS Holds First In-Person Capitol Summit Since 2019

Forty-five National Guard company-grade officers from across the country gathered at the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C., Oct. 24-26 for the association’s first in-person Capitol Summit in two years. (See photos... Read More Details

The Longest War

Chief Master Sgt. Douglas Rhodes is long enough in the tooth to detect a sort of generation gap among the airmen in the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing. There are those who vividly remember Sept. 11, 2001, as does Rhodes, the wing’s... Read More Details