While the National Guard continues to carry out its dual mission as an operational force at home and abroad, increasing response of Guardsmen to natural disasters has highlighted the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) as integral to providing affected states with assistance.
Since its enactment by Congress in 1996, largely as a response to the devastation of... Read Full Story
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The National Guard Bureau recently launched a campaign aimed at slowing the alarming sexual assault increases throughout the military. The campaign, part of a DoD-wide effort, has three phases aligning with the Secretary of Defense’s goals. The first phase began on June 28 with mandatory training for the entire National Guard Joint staff and requires all Sexual Assault Response... Read Full Story
I read with interest the opinion piece by Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in The Washington Post last week.
In The Military Needs to Reach Out to Civilians, the general remarked on the need for a better relationship between the military and the civilian population. I am not quite sure I understood this observation given the tremendous amount of support... Read Full Story
Civil war in Syria, intelligence leaks, tenuous relations with foreign powers, and heated budget debates have created an aura of uncertainty and skepticism throughout the U.S. defense and intelligence community.
News stories often focus on conflict, not on quiet diplomacy and nation-building programs.
The National Guard operates a program that is worthy of attention for its positive impact... Read Full Story
Pentagon leaders exempted uniformed personnel from the sequester to limit the impact of ongoing budget debates on military readiness. However, they did not include the approximately 53,000 National Guard military technicians in that exemption.
These technicians support the readiness of troops not only for the state emergencies but for the federal mission as well. They are part of the Total Force... Read Full Story