NATIONAL GUARD Magazine | March/April 2026 Vol. 80 No. 2 Digital Magazine Subscribe Looking Ahead By Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn (Ret.) Washington continues to provide surprises, but most of our attention is on the way forward. Read More Details What Has NGAUS Done for You Lately? Most of the Guard’s benefits and much of its major equipment wasn’t the product of Pentagon generosity. Read More Details Familiar Turf By Michael Metz Experienced government affairs team explains Guard requirements on the Hill and elsewhere in the nation’s capital. Read More Details Duty Status Reform By John Goheen Congress considers a ‘new construct’ for activating, compensating the Guard and Reserves. Read More Details Mastering an Unseen Threat Arkansas Guard’s approach to the New Madrid Seismic Zone strengthens the state’s overall disaster-response capability. Read More Details President’s Guard By Maj. Gen. John C. Adonie (Ret.) The D.C. National Guard has a chain of command unlike the rest of the 54. Read More Details NGAUS Awards Two National Guardsmen who risked their lives to save another person in separate incidents, a governor and a U.S. senator who is a former governor, top this year’s NGAUS individual awards. Read More Details Family Affair By John Goheen Children, spouses of Guard leaders take center stage as the NGEF honors another big group of major donors. Read More Details
Looking Ahead By Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn (Ret.) Washington continues to provide surprises, but most of our attention is on the way forward. Read More Details
What Has NGAUS Done for You Lately? Most of the Guard’s benefits and much of its major equipment wasn’t the product of Pentagon generosity. Read More Details
Familiar Turf By Michael Metz Experienced government affairs team explains Guard requirements on the Hill and elsewhere in the nation’s capital. Read More Details
Duty Status Reform By John Goheen Congress considers a ‘new construct’ for activating, compensating the Guard and Reserves. Read More Details
Mastering an Unseen Threat Arkansas Guard’s approach to the New Madrid Seismic Zone strengthens the state’s overall disaster-response capability. Read More Details
President’s Guard By Maj. Gen. John C. Adonie (Ret.) The D.C. National Guard has a chain of command unlike the rest of the 54. Read More Details
NGAUS Awards Two National Guardsmen who risked their lives to save another person in separate incidents, a governor and a U.S. senator who is a former governor, top this year’s NGAUS individual awards. Read More Details
Family Affair By John Goheen Children, spouses of Guard leaders take center stage as the NGEF honors another big group of major donors. Read More Details