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Senate To-Do List: Approve Military Leaders Before Break

Senators have a long to-do list ahead of a five-week recess, including piecing together some of the final building blocks of a new Pentagon leadership. In addition to debating a two-year budget agreement that has already passed the House, senators... Read More Details

GRE Now Required for Army Captains Course

A new Army policy requires officers enrolled in Captains Career Courses to take the Graduate Record Exam. The computer-administered test is used by many universities to assess potential applicants for graduate programs. In the Army, officers applying... Read More Details

New Defense Secretary Creates PFAS Task Force

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has ordered the creation of a task force to address the widespread contamination of military installations with potentially cancer-causing chemicals. The high-level task force will examine the military’s role in spread of... Read More Details

Army National Guard JLTV Procurement

The Issue The Army National Guard is an operational force that consistently deploys in support of overseas combat operations performing the same missions as the Active Component and provides domestic emergency response. Yet, it is not equipped in the... Read More Details

State Victories

Most states begin their fiscal year on July 1, and some are beginning the year with new laws or budget items that benefit their National Guardsmen, thanks in large part to the work of state Guard associations with state legislatures. Among the new... Read More Details

Big Guns Are Back

The king of battle is looking to retake its throne. After years of taking a backseat to counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. Army artillery is undergoing a renaissance of sorts as part of a new defense strategy focused on great... Read More Details

Angling for Recruits

GONE FISHIN' National Guard recruiters who hang such a sign on their office doors during the duty day probably are not playing hooky by the old mill stream. It’s a better bet that they are fishing for new recruits for the Army and Air National Guard... Read More Details

Guardsmen Will Be Among First to Get New Flight Suits

Hawaii Air Guardsmen are among the first to receive the Air Force’s newest flight suits. Fighter pilots and aircrew of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron and the active-component Air Force’s 19th Fighter Squadron have been... Read More Details

Border Wall Funding to Come From Military Programs

The $6.1 billion of defense funding that will be diverted to bolster barriers on the Southwest border will include money originally earmarked for Afghan security forces, military pensions and military construction, according to a report from the Wall... Read More Details

Air Force Calls for Suicide Stand Down

Air Force leaders have called for units across the force to stand down for one day within the next six weeks to address an increase of suicide among airmen. In a letter to commanders by Gen. David Goldfein, the Air Force Chief of Staff, and a video... Read More Details