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From the Chief: What I'm Reading

In my job, I do a lot of reading: reports, white papers, memos and more. You’ll find me reading in the car between events, at my desk between meetings and at lunch between bites. But even after a day full of reading, it seems I never have enough time... Read More Details

Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees (Ret.)

Rees served as the Oregon adjutant general three times for a total of 17 years. He spent time as the director of the Army National Guard, and was three times the vice chief of the National Guard Bureau and twice its acting chief. Just before his... Read More Details

NGAUS: Air Force Decision Squanders Scarce Talent

WASHINGTON (March 8, 2024) — Retired Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn, the NGAUS president, issued the following statement on the Air Force decision to remove the flying unit from the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Wing: “The Air Force decision... Read More Details

NGAUS Board Meeting, Capitol Summit Set for This Weekend

This will be a busy weekend at the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C. The association’s 29-member board of directors — which is the NGAUS governing body — is set to conduct its first meeting of the year on Saturday... Read More Details

Guard Wing to Swap Fighters for Cyber

The Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Wing will swap the unit’s fighter mission for an expanded cyber mission, the Air Force announced March 7. The decision leaves the wing’s 104th Fighter Squadron without a replacement for its A-10 Thunderbolt II... Read More Details

Bills Would Provide Guard with GI Bill Credit Parity

National Guardsmen and Reservists would earn credit toward Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for nearly every day they spend in uniform under legislation introduced in both the House and Senate. Currently, reserve-component members only earn such credit... Read More Details

2 New York Guardsmen Killed in Texas Helicopter Crash

Two New York Army National Guard aviators were killed Friday afternoon when their UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter crashed near Rio Grande City, Texas. The National Guard Bureau identified the two Guardsmen as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Casey... Read More Details

Concurrent & Proportional Fielding of Equipment

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

M1 Abrams & M2 Bradley Modernization

The Issue As Army National Guard units continue to deploy in support of overseas contingency operations and are often front-line units slated to deploy immediately in the event a major conflict breaks out, they should be equipped the same as the... Read More Details

MQ-1C Gray Eagle-25M Procurement

The Issue The Army’s Active Component currently operates the MQ-1C Gray Eagle and MQ-1C Gray Eagle-25M while the Army National Guard does not. The Army has chosen the Gray Eagle-25M as its new Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) version to modernize the... Read More Details