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SASC Takes Up SECAF Nominee
The Senate Armed Services Committee considered the nominations of three potential Pentagon leaders Tuesday, including the likely next Air Force...
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Renaming Commission Will Review More than Bases
A Pentagon commission tasked with reviewing military bases named for Confederate leaders is expanding its work to look at places and things with other...
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Hokanson Talks Guard Missions, Needs at Appropriations Hearing
The chief of the National Guard Bureau addressed congressional concerns about aging aircraft, a Space National Guard and more during a Senate hearing...
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Capitol Mission Ends but Costs Remain
A five-month mission at the U.S. Capitol that at its peak involved 26,000 National Guard soldiers and airmen from all 54 states, territories and the...
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Biden Plans Budget Release Next Week
President Joe Biden is expected to submit his first full budget request May 27, the White House announced last week. The fiscal 2022 request will...
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Army Nominee Concerned about Guard Deployments
President Joe Biden’s nominee to be Army secretary told members of Congress last week that she is concerned about “unreasonable or unhelpful demands”...
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House Leaders Seek Guard QRF at U.S. Capitol
The National Guard’s security mission at the U.S. Capitol is set to end next week, but Guardsmen may not be gone from the nation’s capital very long...
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Report: Deep Cuts Planned for Fighter Fleet
The Air Force is looking at retiring more than 420 fighter aircraft by 2026 in what would be the largest fleet reduction in roughly a decade. The...
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More NGAUS Conference Social Events Set
The locations of three more social events that are part of the 143rd General Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, Aug. 27-30, are now set...
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NGAUS: Let Law Enforcement Protect the U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (May 19, 2021) — Retired Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, the NGAUS chairman, and retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president, issued...
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Guardsmen Can Now Use Both Tuition Assistance and GI Bill
Members of the National Guard and Reserves may now concurrently use federal tuition assistance and their GI Bill benefits to fund their education...
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Guard Projects Among Possible Returning Earmarks
A 35,000 square foot addition to a California Army National Guard Readiness Center and a new air traffic control tower for Air Guardsmen in Missouri...