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Army Leaders Outline Transformation Initiative
The Army is embarking on a sweeping transformation, according to a letter to the force last week from senior Army leaders.
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ANG Leaders Host 2025 Wing Leader Fly-In
Maj. Gen. Duke Pirak, the acting director of the Air National Guard, hosted Air Guard wing commanders and senior enlisted leaders from around the nation.
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Trump: F-15EXs to Replace A-10s in Michigan
The Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing will receive 21 F-15EX Eagle II fighters to replace its A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, which the Air Force wants...
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House Member Retires from Guard at NGAUS Headquarters
Maj. Gen. Trent Kelly, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi, formally retired from the Mississippi Army National...
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Air Guard Unit Selected to Receive C-130Js
Another Air National Guard airlift wing is set to convert to new intratheater cargo planes.
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Army Issues New Fitness Test with Key Changes
The Army announced its fitness test will undergo several changes designed to improve Soldier fitness, combat readiness and lethality, according to a press release.
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Govs: Space Force ‘Pushing’ to Take ANG Space Assets
The nation’s governors are alarmed by indications that Space Force leadership is “aggressively pushing a plan to fully implement Legislative Proposal 480 and remove Air National Guard space units from states by the end of the year.”
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Guardsmen Reflect on Capitol Summit Experience
NGAUS offered company-grade officers a peek behind the legislative curtain during the Capitol Summit conducted April 13-15.
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DoD Invites Vaccine Refusers to Return
The Defense Department is stepping up efforts to bring back service members involuntarily separated for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Senate Confirms Caine as 22nd JCS Chairman
Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, a career Air National Guard officer, is now the president’s senior military advisor.
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New NGAUS VP Back in the Building
The new NGAUS vice president of government affairs said advancing the interests of the association’s membership is his only priority.
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Army to Cut Mandatory Training Requirements
The Army plans to cut nearly a dozen mandatory training programs for its Soldiers to make more time available for unit-specific combat readiness tasks, service officials said last week.