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See you next year at the 148th General Conference & Exhibition in Indianapolis, Aug. 28-31, hosted by the Indiana National Guard!
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION A total of 3,779 people registered for the 147th General Conference & Exhibition in Milwaukee, Aug. 22-25, 2025. The figure eclipsed the 3,536 who attended the 2023 conference in Reno, Nevada, but fell slightly short of Detroit’s final tally of 4,423 registrations last year, when company-grade officers and their spouses were able to register for free.
EXHIBITORS More than 350 companies purchased booth space, according to Tradeshow Logic, this year's exhibition sales and show manager. This exceeds last year's number of exhibitors in Detroit. Over one-third of the 2025 booths were new business.
SPEAKERS Gen. Dan Caine, the first Guardsman to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, topped the list of four four-star generals. Two more JCS members were also on the agenda: Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Gen. Randy A. George, the chief of staff of the Army. Gen. John D. Lamontagne, the commander of Air Mobility Command, also spoke. Attendees also heard from Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, this year's recipient of the NGAUS Harry S. Truman Award.
PANEL DISCUSSIONS Two panel discussions on topics pertinent to today’s warfighters were also on the agenda. One focused on the Guard’s strategic importance in the Indo-Pacific region. The second panel covered the threat at home and abroad from unmanned aerial systems.
NEWS
147th General Conference & Exhibition Videos Available (Sept. 3, 2025)
Conference Approves Resolutions, Governing Changes (Sept. 3, 2025)
Milwaukee: Professional Development, Networking, Fun (Aug. 28, 2025)
JCS Chairman: 'When You Mobilize the Guard, You Mobilize the Nation' (Aug. 24, 2025)
New Bill Would Expand Guard Health Care (Aug. 24, 2025)
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Three JCS Members, U.S. Senator Headline Guard Conference | Press Release (Aug. 21, 2025)
Milwaukee: A Conference Primer (NATIONAL GUARD | July/August 2025)
JCS Chairman Tops Conference Speakers (Aug. 5, 2025) Business Agenda
The NGAUS Conference: Where 54 Becomes One (July 15, 2025)
By Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn (Ret.), NGAUS President
Conference Update (NATIONAL GUARD | June 2025)
Milwaukee: A Conference Preview (NATIONAL GUARD | January/February/March 2025)
NGAUS Conference Social Events, Activities Set (April 8, 2025)
