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Commission Cuts List of Potential New Base Names

The federal Naming Commission has released a list of 87 potential names for nine posts named for Confederate generals. The list was selected from 3,670 unique names the congressionally mandated commission received via its website and during... Read More Details

NGB Refutes Russian Report of Dead Guardsmen in Ukraine

Three current or former Tennessee Army National Guard officers, who a Russian media outlet claimed were mercenaries killed in Ukraine, are alive and in the U.S., the National Guard Bureau said Thursday. The Russian website Pravda.ru had claimed... Read More Details

New Policy Helps Guardsmen Leaving COVID Duty

National Guardsmen demobilizing from COVID-19 operations on federal orders for 180 continuous days or more may now get their separation history and physical examination from a fully credentialed National Guard medical clinician. The new policy... Read More Details

NGEF Honors 10 New Major Donors

The National Guard Educational Foundation recognized 10 major donors Saturday evening at a special reception at the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C. The 10 recently contributed a combined $100,000 to the foundation... Read More Details

144th General Conference & Exhibition Partners

Partners as of July 26, 2022 Conference Presenting Partner Google Cloud TAG Reception Sponsor Northrop Grumman Senator John Glenn Partners Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin General Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Partners Airbus AM General American Electric Power... Read More Details

Friends in Need

Maj. Gen. David Baldwin looks of a man who is just itching to roll up his sleeves and confront a thug who has started a fight with his friends. In this case, the belligerent is Vladimir Putin and Baldwin’s friends are the Ukrainian people, who the... Read More Details

New Army Fitness Test Debuts April 1, But with Revisions

The Army will begin full implementation of its new fitness test April 1, but with several changes. The revised Army Combat Fitness Test now includes performance-normed scoring standards, scaled to age and gender. Additional changes include the... Read More Details

Pentagon Forming Commission to Study Military Suicides

The Defense Department announced last week it would begin forming a congressionally mandated, independent review commission to focus on suicides among service members. A March 22 memo from Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said the commission... Read More Details

Lawmakers to Supreme Court: Protect Military Reservists’ Special Pay

Several members of Congress are demanding the Supreme Court protect the full civilian pay for full-time federal workers anytime when they are on National Guard and Reserve duty. The group recently petitioned America’s highest court to consider Adams... Read More Details

Conference Update March 2022

The Ohio National Guard Association has set the motorcycle ride, golf tournament and social events for the 144th General Conference & Exhibition, Aug. 26 to 29 in Columbus, Ohio. The motorcycle ride is scheduled for Aug. 25. It will take riders from... Read More Details