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.
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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
It's certainly been a busy week of ups and downs. Thankfully, mostly ups!
What we've been up to....
On Monday, we discussed the DoD's latest move to relegate the Guard to second-class citizenship when they adamantly opposed an amendment offered to the House's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have given Guard members and their families... Read Full Story
It's with heavy hearts that we write that it's one of our very dear colleague's last day here at NGAUS.
Kevin McColaugh, Senior Legislative Affairs Manager for Army Programs, has been with NGAUS for 3 years and has worked tirelessly for the National Guard for over 5 years. He leaves us to join the government relations team at a defense company. If you've had the... Read Full Story