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Bills Would Provide Guard with GI Bill Credit Parity
National Guardsmen and Reservists would earn credit toward Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for nearly every day they spend in uniform under legislation...
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2 New York Guardsmen Killed in Texas Helicopter Crash
Two New York Army National Guard aviators were killed Friday afternoon when their UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter crashed near Rio Grande City...
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Guard Wing to Swap Fighters for Cyber
The Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Wing will swap the unit’s fighter mission for an expanded cyber mission, the Air Force announced March 7. The...
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NGAUS Board Meeting, Capitol Summit Set for This Weekend
This will be a busy weekend at the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C. The association’s 29-member board of directors...
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Justices Rule Guard Technicians Covered by Federal Law
The Supreme Court ruled last week that the Federal Labor Relations Authority has jurisdiction in labor disputes involving state national guards and...
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Bill Would Make Early Retirees Eligible for Low-Cost Health Care
Senate legislation introduced last week would enable traditional National Guardsmen and Reservists eligible for early retirement to purchase low-cost...
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House Bill Aims to Maintain All 25 Guard Fighter Units
A bipartisan group of House members has introduced legislation that would prevent the Air Force from closing any of the Air National Guard’s fighter...
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Debt-Limit Fight Has Potential Defense Impacts
The House and Senate Armed Services committees have paused work on the annual defense policy and authorization bill until President Joe Biden and...
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Guard Official: Space Guard Could Save Lives
Creating a Space National Guard could save lives, according to the commander of the Colorado Air Guard. Brig. Gen. D. Micah "Zeus" Fesler said Air...
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Bipartisan House Bill Aims to Increase Differential Pay
Legislation reintroduced in the House Monday would better incentivize employers to continue paying their activated National Guard and Reserve...
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Guard Recruiting Continues to Outpace Last Year
National Guard recruiting continues rebounding after a dismal fiscal 2022, according to numbers from the National Guard Bureau. The Army Guard saw a...
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DoD Investing in Wearable Technology That Could Rapidly Predict Disease
The Defense Innovation Unit, in partnership with the private sector, has developed a wearable device that was highly successful identifying infections during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bipartisan Space Guard Legislation Reintroduced in the House
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., and Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., reintroduced legislation last week that would create a Space National Guard under the Space...
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NGAUS Applauds Bipartisan House Bill to Create Space National Guard
WASHINGTON (May 3, 2023) — The voice of more than 45,000 current and former National Guard officers applauds bipartisan House legislation that would...
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TAGs Ask President to Create Space Guard
Fifty adjutants general signed a recent letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris asking them to create a Space National Guard...
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Army Grounds Helicopters After Fatal Crashes
The Army says its helicopter pilots are grounded until they complete mandatory safety training. The action follows two recent crashes that killed 12...