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The nation lacks the processes and systems to conduct a military draft in response to a near-peer conflict, according to a new report by a think tank based in Washington, D.C.

Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, says the nation cannot afford to lose any of the Air Guard’s 25 fighter squadrons.

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate last week would direct state payments for the use of the National Guard's federal equipment during state missions directly to the Guard units that incurred the expense.

This figures to be a formative week in Congress for the development of the nation's annual defense policy bill.

Some NGAUS leaders were among those in France last week to help commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

A new rapid blood test for traumatic brain injuries should be available to the military soon, according to the Military Health System.

A small contingent from NGAUS is in France this week to help commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy during World War II.

The Army National Guard has ordered its first 12 MQ-1C Gray Eagle 25M unmanned aircraft systems from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., the company announced May 31.

The National Guard may face a "hyperactive" hurricane season this year, according to a May 23 forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A F-16 fighter pilot who undertook what could have been a suicide mission 23 years ago retired May 29 as the vice chief of the National Guard Bureau.

Three senators are impatient with the Pentagon for being 20 months late in providing Congress with a required implementation plan to give National Guardsmen and Reservists the same special and incentive pay as their active-duty counterparts.

The nation's governors would maintain their ability to nix any proposed transfers of National Guard units to other components under a measure approved on May 22 by the House Armed Services Committee.