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Retired Brig. Gen. Stephen Koper, the NGAUS president from 2004 to 2009, died Oct. 31. He was 84. Koper spent 32 years in uniform, all of it in the Ohio Air National Guard.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed the former commander of Air Combat Command to be the Air Force’s new senior officer.

Michael Metz has joined the NGAUS communications team. His position is responsible for writing and editing news stories for NATIONAL GUARD, the association’s bi-monthly magazine, and Washington Report, the NGAUS weekly e-newsletter. He will also provide content for NGAUS.org.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 3, 2025) — Six military associations that represent a combined 1.8 million members urged congressional leaders Friday to restore federal funding.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 28, 2025) — The chief executives of four associations that in all represent all the nation’s more than 1 million National...

NGAUS continues to lead the charge of National Guard and Reserve associations urging Congress to help pay service members during the government shutdown, which is now in its fourth week.

Mississippi Army National Guard 2nd Lt. Sawyer Walters came to Washington, D.C., last week “with a positive attitude” for the second NGAUS Capitol Summit of 2025.

Military retirees and veterans on disability will receive the same 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment in 2026 that federal officials announced Friday for Social Security recipients.

The continuing government shutdown is uniquely hard on the Soldiers and Airmen of the National Guard. We have thousands of full-time Guardsmen nationwide who wear their uniform and rank every workday but, unlike their active-duty brothers and sisters, they have yet to be paid in October.

WASHINGTON (Oct. 21, 2025) — Retired Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn, the NGAUS president, issued the following statement on the impact of the shutdown on the National Guard

The National Guard Bureau today operates with two of its four senior positions filled by leaders in an “acting” capacity with less than the correct rank. In fact, NGB has not had all four posts filled by Senate-confirmed officers of the appropriate rank in 16 months.

Valerie Lucas joined NGAUS as its membership and marketing program manager last week. She will bring her graphic design expertise to the association.