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Financial Crisis Averted after Deal Reached, Bill Signed
The National Guard narrowly avoided a large funding shortfall to end the fiscal year after President Joe Biden signed emergency legislation on Friday...
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Masks are Back as Military Looks at Mandatory COVID Vaccines
Military installations in high-risk areas are once again requiring masks as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary...
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Hundreds of Guardsmen Battling Fires
Guardsmen from at least seven states are currently supporting firefighting efforts across the American west, part of a busy fire season that has grown...
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NGAUS Applauds Congress for Reimbursing Guard’s Capitol Mission
WASHINGTON (July 30, 2021) — Retired Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, the NGAUS chairman, and retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president...
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SASC NDAA would Stop Aircraft Cuts, but No Separate Space Guard
The Senate Armed Services Committee has completed the markup of its fiscal 2022 defense policy bill. The National Defense Authorization Act would...
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Still No Deal on Guard Funding
Time is running out to reimburse the National Guard for the Capitol Response mission, with some states already beginning to cancel training due to a...
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NGAUS to Offer Lower-Cost Digital Life Membership
National Guard officers will soon have a new, lower-cost option to become life members of their association. The NGAUS board of directors earlier this...
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Air Force Approves Special Leave Accrual for 2021
Airmen, including Guardsmen serving on Title 10 or Title 32 orders, can now accrue up to 120 days of annual leave for fiscal year 2021, leaders...
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NGAUS to Congress: Time is Now to Repay the Guard
WASHINGTON (July 21, 2021) — Retired Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, the NGAUS chairman, and retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president...
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Veterans Can Apply to Upgrade Discharge, Correct Military Records
The Defense Department is reminding veterans they can apply to correct inaccuracies or injustices in their military records. That includes an upgrade...
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Reprogramming Dollars Another Option for Guard Funding Hole
The Pentagon is asking Congress to allow it to move $521 million from Air Force, Army and Navy facility restoration and modernization accounts as a...
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No Deal Yet as Funding Deadline Looms
Despite broad bipartisan support to reimburse nearly $521 million to the National Guard, a solution continues to languish in Congress. Negotiations...