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Valor, Defiant Chosen for Future Helicopter Competition

Bell and a Sikorsky-Boeing team have been selected to move into the next phase of the Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition, the service announced last week. The two companies will advance to the competitive demonstration and... Read More Details

President Authorizes Title 32 for Guard Responses in Three States

More than 9,000 National Guardsmen are providing assistance during the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, according to Guard leaders. The soldiers and airmen are delivering food to hard-hit communities, manning call centers, providing critical... Read More Details

Guard Leaders Battle Misinformation as Guardsmen Take on Coronavirus

Thousands of National Guardsmen are currently deployed in support of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, but in many cases, their leaders are engaged in another fight. Governors and adjutants general across several states have had to shoot down... Read More Details

Legislation Would Increase Tax Credits for Guard Employers

Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., and Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, have introduced legislation that would encourage employers to continue to pay the salaries of Guardsmen when they are activated. The Reservist Pay Equity Act, H.R. 6280, would increase tax... Read More Details

Eight Guard Bases Still in Running for C-130J Aircraft

The Air National Guard has identified eight candidate bases for new C-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft. Officials will next complete site surveys before the Air Force decides on three locations for the new aircraft this summer. “These evaluations... Read More Details

NGAUS to Pentagon: Give the Governors What They Need

WASHINGTON (March 27, 2020) — Retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president, issued the following statement on the Pentagon’s continued reluctance to back more state requests to use National Guardsmen in a federal Title 32 status to respond... Read More Details

Viral Mission

Slightly more than 200 Americans had tested positive with COVID-19 when four California Air National Guardsmen were hoisted onto the Grand Princess cruise ship off their state’s coast March 5. The airmen were the first Guardsmen called to support the... Read More Details

Family Benefit

Desmond Williams is a freshman at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, largely because his mother wears combat boots. He was accepted to the school on his own merit, but he is only able to cover its pricey private-school... Read More Details

COVID-19 Stimulus Package Provides Guard Boost

Just under $1.5 billion was allocated for the National Guard as part of the $2 trillion stimulus package approved by Congress and signed into law by the president last week. The Guard funds would pay for the deployment of 20,000 Guardsmen for the... Read More Details

Title 32 Use Slowly Increasing for Guard Coronavirus Missions

Guardsmen in at least four states are being paid by the federal government as the National Guard remains on the frontlines of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. California, New Jersey, New York and Washington had approved Title 32 missions as of... Read More Details