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VA Secretary: 'We Will Follow the Law' on GI Bill Checks
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie told NGAUS that officials are working to correct issues that caused delays to Forever GI Bill housing benefit...
NGAUS on the Hill
December 2018 Update
President Trump signed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Department of Defense (DoD) appropriations legislation into law on September 28, which includes $674...
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Legislation Would Loosen GI Bill Transfer Rules
A new bill in the Senate would eliminate the Pentagon’s planned Post-9/11 GI Bill transfer restrictions and even allow some who have left the military...
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Tape Test May Soon be Thing of the Past
Defense officials expect to decide on changes to the infamous “tape test” by next summer, potentially revamping one of the main ways commanders...
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Mattis: Still No Police Role for Active Troops on Border
Defense Secretary James N. Mattis did not mince words in explaining how the Nov. 20 White House memo expanding the authorities of federal troops at...
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Magazine: Artificial Intelligence, Home & Gone, Guard Sacrifice
Advancing technology is making simulators more realistic than ever, but artificial intelligence will provide an even bigger leap ahead in simulation...
Magazine
Game Changer
Rapidly advancing technology is making simulation training easier and more realistic, but artificial intelligence offers an even bigger leap ahead...
Magazine
Home & Gone
Guardsmen returned triumphant from Europe after World War I, but few ever served again. 1919 could have presented many challenges for the Guard given...
Magazine
Chairman's Message: An Introduction
My name's Dunbar and I'm a Guardsman. It is an honor to be your new chairman and it seems appropriate at this time to introduce myself and provide a...
Washington Report
Wilson: Guard Wings May Get Second Maintenance Shift
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson believes a second maintenance shift for Air National Guard wings would help raise aircraft mission-capable rates...
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Army Defines Deployability Requirements
Soldiers who are nondeployable for an administrative reason have six months to correct it out or face separation, according to the new policy dated...
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NGEF Recognizes 14 Major Donors at Reception
The National Guard Educational Foundation recognized 14 individual or corporate donors Nov. 17 during a special reception at the National Guard...