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Response Mission Hits Historic Levels As Civil Disturbance Missions Grow

The National Guard is in the midst of a historic domestic response after the total number of Guardsmen mobilized within the United States grew well beyond the previous records set following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Governors in 28 states and the... Read More Details

Legislation Would Require GAO Report on TRICARE Lapses

Bipartisan legislation in the House would direct the Government Accountability Office to investigate lapses in TRICARE coverage often experienced by National Guard soldiers and airmen when they deploy overseas. Introduced on June 1, the Protecting... Read More Details

Lengyel Goal: Eliminate Sexual Assault in Guard

Recognizing sexual assault as a serious threat to military professionalism and readiness, the chief of the National Guard Bureau re-emphasized the National Guard's commitment to "eradicate this scourge from our ranks." He made his case in a... Read More Details

NGAUS Applauds President's Extension of Guard COVID-19 Mission

WASHINGTON (June 3, 2020) — The voice of nearly 45,000 current and former National Guard officers is applauding President Donald Trump’s formal extension of federal support for the National Guard coronavirus mission. In a memo released by the White... Read More Details

Presumptive Air Force Chief Speaks Out on Racism

The general in line to become the Air Force’s next top officer has released a video message on his own experiences with racism within the ranks. Gen. Charles Q. Brown was nominated earlier this year to replace Gen. David Goldfein as Air Force chief... Read More Details

Army Expects All BCTs to Have Women by Year End

The Army believes it will have female soldiers in all of its infantry and armor brigade combat teams by the end of 2020. That expectation is being shared as officials lift a service-wide policy that required female leaders in combat units before... Read More Details

CBO, NGB Disagree on Costs of Space National Guard

Senior National Guard leaders are at odds with the Congressional Budget Office over how much such a Space Guard would cost taxpayers. A new CBO report says the costs would begin at roughly $100 million annually. But an internal National Guard Bureau... Read More Details

SECDEF: Guard ‘Best Suited’ for Historic Response

As the National Guard response to nationwide civil unrest continues to grow, top military leaders have offered praise of the force while cautioning against the use of active-duty counterparts. More than 42,700 Guardsmen were supporting civil unrest... Read More Details

Army Tweaks New Fitness Test, but it Won’t Count Until 2022

Soldiers who fail the new Army Combat Fitness Test later this calendar year will not need to worry about it negatively impacting their careers. Army leaders have announced that while the ACFT will become the force’s test of record on Oct. 1, the... Read More Details

Air Guard Director Talks New Retention Challenges

The Air National Guard could miss its personnel end-strength goal by up to 1,000 airmen amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the director of the Air Guard said last week. Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, who has been the Air Guard’s top officer since 2016... Read More Details