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Bill Would Lower Health Care for Some Families
The children of active-duty and retired service members could remain with their parents’ TRICARE medical coverage until age 26 with no added premium under a bill introduced in the House and Senate.
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NGAUS Board Approves 100 Individual Awards
A U.S. senator who has long championed National Guard personnel and readiness tops the list of 2025 NGAUS individual awards approved July 19 by the board of directors.
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House, Senate Begin Work on NDAA
Both the House and Senate Armed Services committees include a 3.8% base pay increase for service members in their respective versions of the annual defense policy bill.
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2025 Army Guard Best Warriors Named
Soldiers from Arizona and Utah were named the Army National Guard’s 2025 Best Warriors after five days of competition across Maryland last week.
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Hegseth Moves to ‘Unleash’ U.S. Drone Dominance
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has rescinded what he says are “restrictive policies” that have hampered production of drones to unleash “the combined potential of American manufacturing and warfighter ingenuity.”
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The NGAUS Conference: Where 54 Becomes One
Every NGAUS member should attend our annual conference at least once, writes retired Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn, the NGAUS president.
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Conference, Legislation Top Board Meeting Agenda
The upcoming NGAUS conference and a busy summer on Capitol Hill figure to dominate the discussion when the association’s board of directors gathers Saturday at the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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NGAUS, AGAUS Appeal to Trump for Space Guard
The presidents of the NGAUS and the AGAUS have asked President Donald Trump to reaffirm his campaign pledge to establish a Space National Guard.
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Texas Guardsmen Rescue Over 520 Flood Victims
Rescue operations by the Texas Army and Air National Guard resulted in the successful recovery of at least 525 people from floodwaters in Central Texas as of Sunday.
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Association Leaders Appeal to President Trump for Space National Guard
WASHINGTON (July 8, 2025) — The presidents of the National Guard Association of the United States and the Adjutants General Association of the United...
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Early Retirement Now Retroactive on 12304b Orders
Thanks to a NGAUS push, tens of thousands of Army National Guard Soldiers mobilized under authority 12304b will receive full credit toward early retirement retroactively to 2012.
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SPP Expansion Discussed on Capitol Hill
Lawmakers praised the successes of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program (SPP) as a means of strengthening national and international security.