The Army National Guard has ordered its first 12 MQ-1C Gray Eagle 25M unmanned aircraft systems from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., the company announced May 31.
The National Guard may face a "hyperactive" hurricane season this year, according to a May 23 forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Three senators are impatient with the Pentagon for being 20 months late in providing Congress with a required implementation plan to give National Guardsmen and Reservists the same special and incentive pay as their active-duty counterparts.
The nation's governors would maintain their ability to nix any proposed transfers of National Guard units to other components under a measure approved on May 22 by the House Armed Services Committee.
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate on May 14 would expand the Department of Veterans Affairs' home loan eligibility to more National Guardsmen and Reservists.
Memorial Day arrives on Monday, and scores of restaurants, retailers and recreational sites nationwide will honor current service members and veterans with discounts and special deals.
National Guardsmen and Reservists would have their own transition assistance program "counseling pathway" when returning home from active duty under bipartisan legislation introduced May 10.
A communications expert who has helped Special Forces leaders craft tight and to-the-point messages for years is on the agenda for this summer's NGAUS conference.
The chair and vice chair of the National Governors Association say the Air Force's latest plan for the National Guard constitutes "dangerous" federal overreach.