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Bills Would Provide Guard with GI Bill Credit Parity
National Guardsmen and Reservists would earn credit toward Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for nearly every day they spend in uniform under legislation...
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2 New York Guardsmen Killed in Texas Helicopter Crash
Two New York Army National Guard aviators were killed Friday afternoon when their UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter crashed near Rio Grande City...
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Guard Wing to Swap Fighters for Cyber
The Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Wing will swap the unit’s fighter mission for an expanded cyber mission, the Air Force announced March 7. The...
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NGAUS Board Meeting, Capitol Summit Set for This Weekend
This will be a busy weekend at the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C. The association’s 29-member board of directors...
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Guard Leaders Hopeful Novavax Will Boost COVID Vaccination Rates
Approved for emergency use in mid-July, the Novavax vaccine presents the latest hope for reducing the number of National Guardsmen who aren't...
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JCS Members, Big Trade Show Top Conference Events
Four four-star generals and the largest NGAUS trade show in several years highlight the 144th General Conference & Exhibition, Aug. 26-29 in Columbus...
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August 2022
NDAA The Senate Armed Services Committee advanced S.4543, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, on June 16, 2022, after the...
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Adjutant General: Vaccine Mandate a ‘Threat’ to Readiness
The adjutant general of Florida says the Defense Department’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate seriously threatens military readiness. Maj. Gen. James O...
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Burn Pit Bill Ready for President's Signature
Several years in the making , legislation to expand access to health care benefits to service members with illnesses related to exposure to toxics...
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Commission: Blue-Gray Patch Stays, Confederate Campaign Streamers Go
The patch of the Army National Guard's storied 29th Infantry Division can stay, but many units would have to remove some campaign streamers under...
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2022 Top Guard, Reserve Employers Announced
A global biopharmaceutical company, a national laboratory and four local police departments are among the 15 recipients of the 2022 Secretary of...
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House Republicans to SECDEF: Reconsider Vaccine Mandate
Fifty-one House Republicans have asked Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III to reconsider the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, citing the “crippling nature”...
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Guard C-130Js in Initial Senate Appropriations
Sixteen C-130J-30 Super Hercules cargo planes for the Air National Guard are in Sen. Patrick Leahy's mark of the fiscal 2023 defense appropriations...
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Army Chief, Elected Officials Top NGAUS Awards List
The Army chief of staff, Louisiana’s governor and a former co-chair of the House National Guard and Reserve Caucus headline the list of 2022 NGAUS...
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More HIMARS, Phoenix Ghost Drones Heading to Ukraine
The Defense Department has announced another security assistance package for Ukraine, which will include additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket...
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Army Leaders: 'We Are in a War for Talent’
The Army will shift more than $1 billion to recruiting programs and rely more on reserve-component soldiers as the active-component struggles to...