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Pentagon to Look at Social Media for Background Checks
Defense officials are looking for new ways to screen social media as part of its background check process, according to a report from Military.com...
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Bill Would Help Provide Student Aid for Guardsmen
A bipartisan bill that would help provide more educational opportunities for Guardsmen under the age of 25 has been reintroduced to Congress. The...
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Defense Secretary Sends Message to the Force
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin outlined the Pentagon’s top three priorities in a message to the force last week, also highlighting specific areas of...
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NGAUS Chairman to Retire from Military
Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, the NGAUS chairman of the board, will retire from the military April 10 after 34 years of service, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey...
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Senate Leader Calls for Probe into Guard Helos
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has called for an investigation into the safety and resourcing of “vertical lift programs in the...
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Memo Shows Defense Budget Priorities
Shipbuilding, nuclear weapons, long-range fires and newer aircraft will be the focus of the Defense Department’s fiscal 2022 budget request, according...
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Military Border Mission Under Review
A new GAO report reveals the Pentagon did not fully evaluate the costs and impacts on readiness of deploying troops to the nation’s southwest border...
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Capitol Mission Depends on Conditions
Senators said they received no clear indication of when the National Guard mission at the Capitol would end during a briefing last week. The briefing...
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Military Doesn't Know Full Extent of Extremism
The Pentagon is unclear how pervasive its problem with extremists in the ranks of the military may be, even as officials prepare to bolster efforts to...
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Guard Continues Vaccination Effort, but Not All Get 'Shots in the Arm'
National Guard soldiers and airmen are vaccinating about 72,000 people each day as part of the latest phase of the nearly year-long effort to battle...
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Army Revamps Training Efforts with New Manual
Army leaders are set to release a new training manual that focuses on small-unit readiness, rather than the large combat training center rotations...
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Guard's Capitol Mission Set to End
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday that there has been no request to keep National Guard troops at the U.S. Capitol beyond mid-March. That...
