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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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Military Struggles with Recruiting, Especially the Army
Every branch of the military is struggling to meet its fiscal 2022 recruiting goals, multiple reports say, with the Army having the most difficulty...
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No-Cost Dental, FEDREC Among House NDAA Items
The House Armed Services Committee included no-cost dental care for every National Guardsman and Reservist in its version of the fiscal 2023 National...
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Senators Back $45 Billion Increase to Defense Spending
Congress appears poised to add tens of billions of dollars to President Joe Biden’s already record defense budget request. Forty-year-high inflation...
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States: Feds Can’t Dictate How Guard Works with Unions
The Mississippi attorney general led an 11-state legal effort last week to stop what they called “further federal encroachment on state National Guard...
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Bill Would Give Guardsmen No-Cost Dental Care
New legislation would provide National Guardsmen and Reservists with access to no-cost dental care. The Dental Care for Our Troops Act, introduced...
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Study: Brain Disease Found in NFL Seems Rare in Veterans
A new study suggests a brain disease observed in hundreds of former National Football League players rarely appears in veterans, Military Times...
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Senator Promises Bill to Expand Guard Health Care
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., says she will introduce legislation to expand health care coverage for U.S. military reservists. The bill would give free...
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NGAUS Asks Biden to Review Opposition to Space Guard
NGAUS has asked President Joe Biden to reconsider the White House Office of Management and Budget’s opposition to creating a Space National Guard. The...
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NGAUS to President Biden: OMB’s Opposition to Space National Guard Based on False Presumptions
WASHINGTON (June 13, 2022) — The voice of more than 45,000 current and former National Guard officers has appealed to President Joe Biden to...
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President’s Budget President Biden released the FY23 President’s Budget on March 28th, 2022, with most budget supporting documents not being released...
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Lawmakers: VA Home Loans Out of Step with Market
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to fix the agency’s home loan program, citing fears the initiative...
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Guard Leaders: State Partnerships Help Counter China
The National Guard’s international partnerships are helping counter China’s attempts at influencing Central and South America, three Guard leaders say...