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NGB Chief: Guardsmen Need Better Medical Care
The nation has asked a lot of its National Guard over the past year. On Tuesday, the Guard asked the nation for more support, with the chief of the...
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Viva Las Vegas: NGAUS Resets Conference Dates, Location
The 143rd General Conference & Exhibition has been rescheduled for Aug. 27 to 30 in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Shifting the event to Las Vegas gives us a...
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Bill Would Give Guardsmen DD214s at End of Service
Bipartisan legislation introduced last week in the Senate would provide all service members with a Defense Department Form 214 at the completion of...
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Air Force Reveals New Airpower Doctrine
Air Force leaders have approved what the service has referred to as “perhaps the most sweeping change of Air Force basic doctrine in the service’s...
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HASC Chair Warns of Defense Budget Delays
The chair of the House Armed Services Committee says debate over annual defense policy and spending bills could be delayed until fall if the Biden...
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Army Wants Electric Combat Vehicles
Army Futures Command has selected six companies to develop ways to power electric combat vehicles in austere, remote locations, according to Defense...
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Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill Would End Selective Service
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House and Senate last week would abolish the Selective Service. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky...
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USAOCSAA Offers Free Membership to New Guard Officers
The U.S. Army Officer Candidate School Alumni Association is offering free 10-year memberships to Army National Guard officers commissioned (active or...
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COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Grow
Military leaders continue to push for service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, with Army officials now saying it is on pace to meet its goals...
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Capitol Hill Divided on Afghanistan Withdrawal
Plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 could call for a short-term surge in forces in the country where U.S. troops have served...
NGAUS on the Hill
April 2021
President Biden has not released the President’s Budget by the statutory deadline of the first Monday in February, citing the lack of cooperation from...
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DoD Takes Next Steps to Root Out Extremism
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is establishing a countering extremism working group, updating the definition of extremism and calling for services to...