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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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Judge Temporarily Blocks Air Force Vaccination Mandate
A federal court in Ohio on Thursday blocked the Air Force from enforcing the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for two weeks, multiple reports say...
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NDAA Sails Through House, Awaits Senate Action
The House last week approved the $851 billion fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act by an overwhelming 329-101 margin. The voluminous policy...
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GOP Lawmaker: Congress ‘Total BS’ on Veterans’ Care
Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., says Congress isn’t adequately funding medical care for military veterans after they exit services like the National Guard....
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Guard C-130 Community Makes Case to Congress
The Air National Guard C-130 community made its case for additional resources to congressional staffers at the annual C-130 Breakfast on Capitol Hill...
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July 2022
President’s Budget President Biden released the FY23 President’s Budget on March 28th, 2022. The President’s budget requests $773.0 billion in...
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Pentagon Releases RC Maternity Leave Directive
The Pentagon has issued a “Directive-type Memorandum” for a maternity program that provides drill-status “birth parents” with excused absences with...
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House Aims to Complete its NDAA This Week
The House returned to work this week to consider 1,213 possible amendments to the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act the House Armed...
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Onetime Guardsman Receives Medal of Honor
A soldier who would go on to serve in the National Guard was one of four Army veterans to receive the nation’s highest honor for valor last week for...
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Court: States can be Sued for Firing Reserve Employees
State agencies aren't immune from private lawsuits under federal laws meant to protect the employment rights of National Guardsmen and Reservists...
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Big Tailgate Party Planned for the Conference
Expect a States Dinner at the 144th General Conference & Exhibition next month in Columbus, Ohio, like none other in the annual event's century-old...
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Army: Guard Vaccine Refusers Banned from Training, Drill
Members of the Army National Guard and Army Reserve refusing the COVID-19 vaccination may no longer participate in federally funded drills and...
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Army Guardsmen Risk Service Before COVID-19 Deadline
Up to 40,000 Army National Guard troops nationwide haven’t gotten COVID-19 vaccinations, the National Guard Bureau says. On Monday, the NGB said about...