Army Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Stubbs, the acting chief of the National Guard Bureau, said Tuesday he is intent on maintaining stability in that branch of the service until Congress confirms a successor to the bureau's previous chief.
Senior National Guard leaders need company-grade officers to understand the issues impacting their service, the then-director of the Army National Guard told attendees at the NGAUS Capitol Summit July 29.
The National Guard will continue to provide security support for the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, a role unchanged by the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday.
President Joe Biden has nominated Maj. Gen. Jonathan M. Stubbs, the adjutant general of Arkansas, to be the next director of the Army National Guard, the Pentagon announced July 10.
The Army’s two new directives regarding the handling and reporting of "protest, extremist and criminal gang activities" by soldiers and their commanders applies to National Guardsmen.