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Senate Leader Calls for Probe into Guard Helos
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has called for an investigation into the safety and resourcing of “vertical lift programs in the...
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Memo Shows Defense Budget Priorities
Shipbuilding, nuclear weapons, long-range fires and newer aircraft will be the focus of the Defense Department’s fiscal 2022 budget request, according...
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Military Border Mission Under Review
A new GAO report reveals the Pentagon did not fully evaluate the costs and impacts on readiness of deploying troops to the nation’s southwest border...
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Capitol Mission Depends on Conditions
Senators said they received no clear indication of when the National Guard mission at the Capitol would end during a briefing last week. The briefing...
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Military Doesn't Know Full Extent of Extremism
The Pentagon is unclear how pervasive its problem with extremists in the ranks of the military may be, even as officials prepare to bolster efforts to...
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Guard Continues Vaccination Effort, but Not All Get 'Shots in the Arm'
National Guard soldiers and airmen are vaccinating about 72,000 people each day as part of the latest phase of the nearly year-long effort to battle...
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Army Revamps Training Efforts with New Manual
Army leaders are set to release a new training manual that focuses on small-unit readiness, rather than the large combat training center rotations...
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Guard's Capitol Mission Set to End
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday that there has been no request to keep National Guard troops at the U.S. Capitol beyond mid-March. That...
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Sponsored content: The Network Of Tomorrow, Today
Modernization can help the National Guard meet the mission. The National Guard needs robust connectivity to support every aspect of its warfighting...
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Shots in the Arm: Guard Continues COVID-19 Mission
More than 28,000 National Guard soldiers and airmen are on COVID-19-related duties across the nation, representing 52 states and territories. In many...
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Space Force Looking at Reserve Plan
Space Force leaders are considering a plan that would combine aspects of active-component and reserve service, according to reports. The plan would...
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G.I. Bill Change Could Target For-Profit Schools
Democrats working on a pandemic relief plan are hoping to include language that would close a loophole in the G.I. Bill that veteran advocates have...