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Congress has only started deliberating fiscal 2023 defense policy and appropriations legislation, but one thing is already clear: Lawmakers will almost certainly add billions, perhaps tens of billions of dollars, to the president’s budget request... Read More Details

New Policy Provides DD-214 to Guardsmen at End of Service

National Guardsmen and Reservists will receive a Defense Department Form 214 following their completion of service, according a new Pentagon policy published last week. A DoD Instruction memo dated Feb. 17, 2022 gives the services three years to... Read More Details

No Space Guard in New Pentagon Proposal to Congress

A new proposal to Congress for operating the Space Force does not discuss creating a Space National Guard, according to SpaceNews . The plan calls for the Space Force to establish a regular active-duty force with full-time and part-time membership... Read More Details

Guard Winds Down COVID-19 Support

With COVID-19 cases and positivity rates decreasing, the Defense Department ended its active-component military support for coronavirus missions last week. But Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby recently said the mission is not over for the National... Read More Details

Bill Would Study Aviation Community’s Cancer Links

A groundbreaking Air Force study released last year determined fighter pilots and air crews were far more likely to be diagnosed with certain cancers than other airmen. Legislation introduced last week by an Air Force Reserve fighter pilot seeks to... Read More Details

NGB Chief: Guard Training Helped Steel Ukraine Military

The National Guard Bureau chief says Ukraine’s ability to blunt Russia’s invasion shows how the Guard defends American values by partnering with foreign nations. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson hopes the Guard’s State Partnership Program will grow following... Read More Details

Booth Sales Brisk for NGAUS Tradeshow

Expect another large, diverse tradeshow at the 144th General Conference & Exhibition, Aug. 26-29 in Columbus, Ohio, with more time on opening day before the First Business Session to visit exhibitors. NGAUS anticipates more than 300 companies and... Read More Details

April 2021

President Biden has not released the President’s Budget by the statutory deadline of the first Monday in February, citing the lack of cooperation from the previous administration’s out-going Office of Management Budget. Delays releasing the President... Read More Details

August 2021

President’s Budget President Biden released the FY22 President’s Budget on May 28th, 2021. The president’s budget requests $753.0 billion in total national defense spending, including $715.0 billion for the Department of Defense and $42.1 billion for... Read More Details

January 2021

Congress passed and President Trump signed into law H.R. 133 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 into law on 27 December 2020. H.R. 133 is an omnibus appropriations that includes: Division C – Department of Defense (DoD) Appropriations Act, 2021... Read More Details