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Guardsmen Reflect on Capitol Summit Experience
NGAUS offered company-grade officers a peek behind the legislative curtain during the Capitol Summit conducted April 13-15.
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DoD Invites Vaccine Refusers to Return
The Defense Department is stepping up efforts to bring back service members involuntarily separated for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Senate Confirms Caine as 22nd JCS Chairman
Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, a career Air National Guard officer, is now the president’s senior military advisor.
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New NGAUS VP Back in the Building
The new NGAUS vice president of government affairs said advancing the interests of the association’s membership is his only priority.
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Army to Cut Mandatory Training Requirements
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.
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NGAUS Conference Social Events, Activities Set
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.
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SECDEF Orders One Standard for Men, Women in Combat Jobs
Examples of combat-arms specialties include infantry, artillery, armor, cavalry and special operations forces.
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JCS Chairman Nominee Addresses Military Readiness
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."
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Rep. John James Visits NGAUS Headquarters
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.
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AF Secretary Nominee Talks Aircraft Recap, Pilot Shortage
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.
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Bill Would Give Combat-Disabled Veterans Full Benefits
A bipartisan coalition of lawmaker reintroduced legislation that would allow more than 50,000 combat-disabled veterans to simultaneously receive full retirement and disability pay.
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NGB Chief: Guard Seeks Reform, Innovation, Increased Lethality
In this era of complexity and uncertainty, innovation is not just an option for the National Guard — it's a must, Air Force Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus, the National Guard Bureau chief, told the McAleese Defense Programs Conference last week in Washington, D.C.