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States Prep for Busy Hurricane Season Amid Historic Year

The 2020 hurricane season is barely underway, but has already set records. That’s a concern for Guard leaders who are already dealing with a historic response amid missions related to the coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest taking place in every... Read More Details

AAFES Shifts Policy on Uniform Purchases for Guard

The Army, Air Force Exchange Service has temporarily changed its policy and will allow reserve-component members to purchase Operational Camouflage Pattern uniforms online. The change went into effect Friday, but is pending further discussions with... Read More Details

SASC Approves NDAA with Pay Raise, but No Space Guard

The Senate Armed Services Committee has pushed forward its version of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, but the potential impact on the Guard is not entirely clear. A full version of the NDAA text has yet to be released. But it has... Read More Details

Guard DOMOPS Decline; Review of Unrest Response Ordered

Tens of thousands of Guardsmen remain on duty for domestic operations, even as the historic response appears to wind down. Nearly half the number of Guardsmen from a week ago remain on mission related to the coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest... Read More Details

Schooling Their Own

A team of Army National Guard soldiers recently completed a year-long mission that gained little attention but will have a big impact on the Guard’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopter community. Dozens of Guardsmen from at least six states were on... Read More Details

Tokens of Esteem

The U.S. Armed Forces are steeped in rituals, some nearly as old as the services themselves. Army cavalrymen still hold spur rides. And sailors host Shellback ceremonies to mark the crossing of the equator. But there is at least one tradition that... Read More Details

Space National Guard: Why Wait?

Unless Congress intervenes soon, the Pentagon will orphan about 1,200 National Guard airmen from their active-component counterparts. The airmen are members of Guard space units across seven states and one territory. They operate the only survivable... Read More Details

CNGB Nominee: Guard Faces Pivotal Time

This is a pivotal time in the history of the National Guard, the nominee to be the next chief of the National Guard Bureau told the Senate Armed Services Committee last week. In recent months, the Guard has been on the front lines of the COVID-19... Read More Details

Guard Deployments to Nation’s Capital Come Under Scrutiny

The number of Guardsmen supporting domestic missions continues to decline following a historic response, but some lawmakers are now questioning whether all of the Guardsmen ordered to duty amid nationwide protests were needed. A group of nine Senate... Read More Details