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The Army announced its fitness test will undergo several changes designed to improve Soldier fitness, combat readiness and lethality, according to a press release.

The nation’s governors are alarmed by indications that Space Force leadership is “aggressively pushing a plan to fully implement Legislative Proposal 480 and remove Air National Guard space units from states by the end of the year.”

NGAUS offered company-grade officers a peek behind the legislative curtain during the Capitol Summit conducted April 13-15.

The Defense Department is stepping up efforts to bring back service members involuntarily separated for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, a career Air National Guard officer, is now the president’s senior military advisor.

The new NGAUS vice president of government affairs said advancing the interests of the association’s membership is his only priority.

The Army plans to cut nearly a dozen mandatory training programs for its Soldiers to make more time available for unit-specific combat readiness tasks, service officials said last week.

The Wisconsin National Guard Association has finalized most of the social events and activities for the 147th General Conference & Exhibition, Aug. 22-25, 2025, in Milwaukee.

Examples of combat-arms specialties include infantry, artillery, armor, cavalry and special operations forces.

Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, President Donald Trump’s pick for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during his nomination hearing Tuesday that “our number one job is to create peace through overwhelming strength, and if need be, fight and win our nation's wars."

Rep. John James, R-Mich., a former active Army Apache pilot turned Guard advocate in Congress, on Wednesday visited the National Guard Memorial for a meeting with retired Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn, the association president.

Troy Meink, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Air Force secretary, addressed the service’s recapitulation efforts and its continuing pilot shortage during his confirmation hearing before Senate Armed Services Committee last week.