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Midterms Flip House, Add Guardsmen to Congress

The results of the midterm elections will give Democrats more say in defense spending and policy legislation over the next two years. Voters also increased the number of drilling National Guardsmen serving in the House to nine. After winning the... Read More Details

NGAUS Board to Hold Annual Autumn Meeting

The 2019 NGAUS budget, the upcoming congressional session and current National Guard operations will top the agenda when the association's board of directors meets Friday and Saturday in Washington, D.C. The 29-member elected body serves as the NGAUS... Read More Details

November 2018 Update

Implementation of Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Department of Defense (DoD) policies and disbursement of appropriations began October 1, 2018. The DoD portion of the FY20 President’s budget request is in formulation and due to Congress by February 4, 2019... Read More Details

NGEF Recognizes 14 Major Donors at Reception

The National Guard Educational Foundation recognized 14 individual or corporate donors Nov. 17 during a special reception at the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C. ( photos ) Each of the 14 recently contributed $10... Read More Details

Army Defines Deployability Requirements

Soldiers who are nondeployable for an administrative reason have six months to correct it out or face separation, according to the new policy dated Nov. 8. The large number of nondeployable service members is a problem every branch of the U.S... Read More Details

Wilson: Guard Wings May Get Second Maintenance Shift

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson believes a second maintenance shift for Air National Guard wings would help raise aircraft mission-capable rates. The effort is in response to Defense Secretary James N. Mattis’ directive to Air Force to get its F... Read More Details

Chairman's Message: An Introduction

My name's Dunbar and I'm a Guardsman. It is an honor to be your new chairman and it seems appropriate at this time to introduce myself and provide a few of my thoughts on the National Guard and our association. I would have done this in my first... Read More Details

Home & Gone

Guardsmen returned triumphant from Europe after World War I, but few ever served again. 1919 could have presented many challenges for the Guard given the potential for call-ups prompted by the Red Scare that produced lots of domestic tension and... Read More Details

Game Changer

Rapidly advancing technology is making simulation training easier and more realistic, but artificial intelligence offers an even bigger leap ahead. Things are much more realistic [today], and that's purely a result of being able to push more quality... Read More Details

Mattis: Still No Police Role for Active Troops on Border

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis did not mince words in explaining how the Nov. 20 White House memo expanding the authorities of federal troops at the southern border would affect his forces. It would not mean, in his view, involvement in law... Read More Details