A once partisan amendment known for it's continual failure and opposed by the National Guard Association of the United States has recently passed the House Defense Appropriations Committee. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) convinced Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) to join her effort this year to restrict the way the Department of Defense focuses their recruiting and retention operations.... Read Full Story
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Coming back from a warm and sunny holiday weekend, the NGAUS legislative team was ready for action.
On Tuesday, we came back fresh off a long and beautiful holiday weekend, celebrating all those service members who bravely served our country and paid the ultimate sacrifice. With the Senate in recess this week, we were watching the House floor.
On Wednesday, we got a preview of the... Read Full Story
For members of the National Guard, who are sometimes called on to respond to domestic disasters or deploy overseas, it's critical that they know and understand their reemployment rights once they return from duty.
Two girls welcome their dad, a member New Jersey National Guard 119th Combat Service Support Battalion, returning home from deployment in Afghanistan.
The Uniformed Services... Read Full Story
In a closed door session late last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee marked up their version of the FY13 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Since it was closed and staffers are typically very tight-lipped about the details until the actual bill emerges, which by the way can take days or weeks, we have to wait. Listening through the walls just makes us look silly.
However, there... Read Full Story
Hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend! We've been over the moon at the great response we've had for our blog with over 2,100 views to date! That's amazing! If you enjoy our stuff, we want you to share us with your Guard family and friends! We post our weekly wrap-ups on our Facebook, so it's super easy to share the link. It looks like this:For our tech-savvy followers, if you have a Google... Read Full Story