On Monday, the House Appropriations Committee released draft language for a full-year Continuing Resolution and a Fiscal Year 2013 Defense spending bill agreed to by House and Senate defense appropriators. This bill would provide stop-gap funding for the federal government through the end of September.
The bill contains numerous provisions which would fund National Guard accounts at or... Read Full Story
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This week, the National Guard Association of the United States sent a letter of support to Rep. Madeleine Bordallo, D-Guam, for her leadership in introducing H.R. 641, the National Guard State Partnership Program Enhancement Act.
This bill would would create funding stability for the National Guard's State Partnership Program. Supported across the departments of the federal... Read Full Story
Over the last several months, the National Guard Memorial Museum has undergone a lot of changes. The addition of the 9/11 Era Gallery and the upcoming renovation of the Vietnam Era Gallery have been well documented in National Guard. But there have been other additions to the museum that are smaller in scale but no less important to the history of the National Guard.
One of those is a case... Read Full Story
Yesterday, Mary Catherine Ott ran down some of the cuts that could come to the Air Force and its components if the sequester goes into effect March 1. The National Guard Bureau has been hitting this theme all week with stories on its website and even a special "Sequestration: Across-the-Board Cuts Could Threaten National Security."
With the help of Annie Lively, the NGAUS senior... Read Full Story
The Air Force for the past month, along with the other services, has been vocal on the devastating impact sequestration will have across the board.
After testifying last week on the Hill, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh has continued to clarify and warn of what sequestration will do to the Air Force.
17% cut in aircraft depot maintenance
18% drop in flying hours,... Read Full Story