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Bill Would Open State Vet Cemeteries to All Service Members
Bipartisan legislation under consideration in both chambers of Congress would ensure every National Guardsman and Reservist is eligible to be buried...
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Study Looks at Recruiting and Retention in the Age of COVID
A new study found that military services enlisted fewer new recruits at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, instead focusing on retention to meet end...
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Congress Takes Aim at Guard Sexual Assaults
The chief of the National Guard Bureau defended the force’s efforts in combating sexual assault and harassment in the ranks during a congressional...
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Legislation Could Cut Costs for Military Maintainers
The head of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform has proposed legislation aimed at cutting the costs of spare parts for the Defense Department...
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Capitol View: Securing GI Bill Benefit Parity for Citizen-Soldiers
By Rep. Greg Pence, R-Ind. Too often, many members of Congress find themselves so deeply wrapped up in the political theatre and rhetoric of...
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COVID Surge Triggers Beefed-Up Guard Response
The National Guard has once again surged its COVID-19 support missions, this time in response to a pandemic peak in hospitalizations that has...
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Stopgap Budgets Hurt Military, Pentagon Tells Congress
Continued budget gridlock would degrade readiness, hurt service members and their families, squander purchasing power, and sabotage the U.S. military...
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Military Historian Takes Over as NGEF Deputy Director
A member of an Army military history detachment who recently returned from duty in the Middle East is the new deputy director of the National Guard...
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House Votes to Expand Guard GI Bill Eligibility
Guard soldiers and airmen would accrue credit toward GI Bill educational benefits more like their active-duty counterparts under legislation passed by...
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Unvaccinated Air Guardsmen to Lose Pay, Benefits
Approximately 2,500 Air Guardsmen are set to lose pay and benefits due to being unvaccinated. And thousands more could be in for a similar fate if...
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House to Consider Bill to Expand Guard GI Bill Eligibility
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to consider legislation this week that could expand eligibility for the Post-9/11 GI Bill to count every day...
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Florida Lawmaker Lobbies for a Bigger Guard
A Florida congressman has joined calls for his state’s National Guard force to grow. U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, a Democrat, both praised his state’s...
