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DoD Finally Has a Fiscal 2024 Spending Plan
President Joe Biden signed into law six fiscal 2024 spending bills, including one containing $824.5 billion for the Defense Department.
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The National Guard: Built to Defend America
Developing a theme for the NGAUS general conference is always an important part of our planning for the big annual event. — Retired Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn, the NGAUS president
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Guardsmen Reflect on NGAUS CGO Event
NGAUS gave company-grade officers from across the nation a peak behind the legislative curtain during the first Capitol Summit of the year conducted March 17-19.
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NGAUS Appeals to Congress for Health Care, Benefits Parity
The NGAUS president shared with Congress the paradox facing the National Guard when it comes to readiness.
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Burn Pit Bill Ready for President's Signature
Several years in the making , legislation to expand access to health care benefits to service members with illnesses related to exposure to toxics...
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Commission: Blue-Gray Patch Stays, Confederate Campaign Streamers Go
The patch of the Army National Guard's storied 29th Infantry Division can stay, but many units would have to remove some campaign streamers under...
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2022 Top Guard, Reserve Employers Announced
A global biopharmaceutical company, a national laboratory and four local police departments are among the 15 recipients of the 2022 Secretary of...
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House Republicans to SECDEF: Reconsider Vaccine Mandate
Fifty-one House Republicans have asked Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III to reconsider the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, citing the “crippling nature”...
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Guard C-130Js in Initial Senate Appropriations
Sixteen C-130J-30 Super Hercules cargo planes for the Air National Guard are in Sen. Patrick Leahy's mark of the fiscal 2023 defense appropriations...
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Army Chief, Elected Officials Top NGAUS Awards List
The Army chief of staff, Louisiana’s governor and a former co-chair of the House National Guard and Reserve Caucus headline the list of 2022 NGAUS...
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More HIMARS, Phoenix Ghost Drones Heading to Ukraine
The Defense Department has announced another security assistance package for Ukraine, which will include additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket...
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Army Leaders: 'We Are in a War for Talent’
The Army will shift more than $1 billion to recruiting programs and rely more on reserve-component soldiers as the active-component struggles to...
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Air Force Vaccination Mandate
A federal court in Ohio on Thursday blocked the Air Force from enforcing the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for two weeks, multiple reports say...
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NDAA Sails Through House, Awaits Senate Action
The House last week approved the $851 billion fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act by an overwhelming 329-101 margin. The voluminous policy...
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GOP Lawmaker: Congress ‘Total BS’ on Veterans’ Care
Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., says Congress isn’t adequately funding medical care for military veterans after they exit services like the National Guard....
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Guard C-130 Community Makes Case to Congress
The Air National Guard C-130 community made its case for additional resources to congressional staffers at the annual C-130 Breakfast on Capitol Hill...