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DoD Official: Incentive-Pay Parity Report Still Weeks Away
A Defense Department official told Congress at a hearing last week that a required Pentagon report on incentive pay parity that is nearly six months...
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NGAUS Warns Congress Against Defense Cuts
NGAUS is warning congressional leaders against cutting defense spending. Retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the association president, signed a March...
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NGEF Honors 14 Major Donors
The National Guard Educational Foundation recognized a diverse group of major donors last Saturday during a special reception at the National Guard...
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Higher Cancer Rates Found in Military Pilots, Ground Crews
U.S. military pilots and ground crews are at higher risk for certain cancers than the general population, according to a recent Pentagon study. The...
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New Bill Would Reinstate Vaccine Refusers With Back Pay
Nineteen Republican senators have introduced a bill that would reinstate military members involuntarily separated from the services for refusing the...
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NGB Chief to Army Guard Leaders: 'Tell Our Story’
The National Guard is integral to the National Defense Strategy, the Guard’s senior officer told Army Guard leaders meeting at Camp Robinson, Arkansas...
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Lawmakers Hint at Defense Spending Cuts
The razor-thin margin Republicans have for controlling the House and concessions Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., offered to secure the speakership are...
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Pentagon Rescinds COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
The Pentagon no longer says service members must be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a memo signed last week by Defense Secretary Lloyd J...
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DoD Expands Military Parental Leave Program
Any full-time service member welcoming a new child can now take up to 12 weeks of free parental leave during the 12 months that follow, according to a...
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Supreme Court Case May Decide If Technicians Can Keep Unionizing
The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case involving the collective-bargaining rights of Ohio National Guard dual-status technicians. Ohio...
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'Big Win' to Bolster Guard Combat Divisions
The Army National Guard will receive its first new combat aircraft in decades thanks to NGAUS and the adjutants general working with Congress. Army...
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NGB Touts Guard’s 2022 Natural Disaster Response
During 2022, tens of thousands of National Guardsmen responded to natural disasters nationwide, according to the National Guard Bureau. The Guard’s...
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President Signs Policy, Appropriations Bills
President Joe Biden signed the fiscal 2023 defense policy bill Dec. 23 and the fiscal 2023 omnibus appropriations bill Dec. 29. The signings provide...
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Air Force ‘Unmasks’ Advanced Degrees in Some Promotions
Advanced academic degrees will now be considered by Air Force promotion central selection boards evaluating airmen for the major and lieutenant...
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OUR GREATEST BLESSING
A message from retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president: The holiday season is a time when we gather with family, count our blessings...
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Lawmakers Finalize Defense Policy, Spending Bills
Congress added some urgently needed National Guard equipment to the text of the fiscal 2023 omnibus appropriations bill released Monday. The $1.7...