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July 2021

President Biden released the FY22 President’s Budget on May 28th, 2021. The request included $776.3 million for 24 UH-60M Black Hawks designated for the ARNG, $981.3 million for modernization of 70 ARNG M1 Abrams, a decrease of one combat coded... Read More Details

March 2022

Appropriations H.R.2471 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 was signed into law on 11 March 2022, fully funding the federal government through the end of the current Fiscal Year. The compromise package ends the nearly six-month stalemate between... Read More Details

November 2021

Appropriations The House Appropriations Committee Defense Subcommittee marked up its FY22 Department of Defense appropriations on June 30. This legislation supports the elimination of the Overseas Contingency Operations funding and contains multiple... Read More Details

September 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

Army Awards Contract for 2 Next Gen Squad Weapons

Soldiers in close combat units will soon have new individual rifles and a new squad machine gun thanks to an Army contract announced last week. Sig Sauer, Inc. will manufacture and deliver 6.8mm Next Generation Squad Weapons to replace the M4 carbine... Read More Details

Pentagon: Renaming Bases Requires More Hill Action

The Defense Department says it needs added authorities from Congress to rename bases and other military property honoring Confederate leaders, according to Military Times . The fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act created a commission for... Read More Details

NGB Chief: More Guard Deployments to Europe Possible

The National Guard Bureau chief says the Ukraine conflict could prompt more Guard deployments to Europe. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson said about 2,000 Guard personnel are currently in Europe. “We are working very closely with the Army and the Air Force to... Read More Details

Army Unveils Guard Maternity Leave Program

Army National Guard and Army Reserve drill-status “birthparents” will receive excused absences with pay and retirement points for 12 unit training assemblies within 12 months of a birth, according to new policy announced last week. The program is... Read More Details

NGAUS to Host Space Guard Briefing for Hill Staffers

Guard space professionals will share with congressional staffers why the nation needs a Space National Guard at an upcoming NGAUS event. The briefing tomorrow (May 4) evening comes as Congress and the military debate the Guard’s place in the Space... Read More Details

Guard Resumes Ukraine Training

A small Florida Army National Guard task force that left Ukraine just before the Russian invasion has resumed training Ukrainian troops — this time at an undisclosed location in Germany. The 160 members of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known... Read More Details