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NGAUS President Shares Changes He Has Seen in the Guard
The NGAUS president discussed the association’s advocacy efforts, his evolution as a military and association leader, and how the Guard has changed since the first Persian Gulf War and 9/11 in recent installment of From the Dive Shop podcast.
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White House Honors Guard Counterdrug Operations
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy recognized National Guard counterdrug programs for support to 10 award-winning law enforcement investigations during the National Drug Control Awards Ceremony on April 2.
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Guard Lifesavers, Elected Officials Top NGAUS Awards
Two National Guardsmen who risked their lives to save another person in separate incidents, a governor and a U.S. senator who is a former governor, top this year’s NGAUS individual awards recipients.
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Sponsored Content: Safely Crushing Used Shell Casings
Live-fire training is a daily reality for National Guard units, with thousands of rounds expended during a single training cycle. The result is a large and continuous stream of spent brass that must be managed under strict property, safety, and accountability rules.
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Conference Event Set for One of the ‘World’s Greatest Places’
Attendees of the 148th General Conference & Exhibition, Aug. 28-31 in Indianapolis, will have opportunities to visit what Time magazine calls one of the “World’s Greatest Places of 2026.”
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President Proposes $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget
The White House released its fiscal 2027 budget blueprint Friday with a record 44-percent increase in defense spending.
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NGAUS Action
A sampling of advocacy in the nation's capital and other key locations, including highlights of meetings and events on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon.
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Florida Battalion Completes First Minuteman Rotation
Soldiers with the Florida Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment last month trained alongside the 82nd Airborne Division at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana.
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Wyoming ARNG Helps Grow HIMARS Force
The Wyoming National Guard expanded its field artillery capability March 20 by training Soldiers in one of the Army’s most in-demand roles, the 13M High Mobility Artillery Rocket System crew member.
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First Look at 2027 Defense Budget Expected Friday
The White House will unveil the framework of its proposed $1.5 trillion fiscal 2027 defense budget request to Congress on Friday, according to multiple published reports.
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Military Chaplains to Stop Wearing Rank
Military chaplains will stop wearing rank in uniform, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced last Tuesday as part of two significant changes affecting the Chaplain Corps.
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Vaccine Refusers Have Another Year to Rejoin
The Department of War is giving service members who involuntarily separated for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine another year to apply for reinstatement.