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The Year At-A-Glance

View all State Association Leadership Updates for important information from NGAUS. March 2022 1 AFBA/NGAUS Scholarship Opens 3 NGEDA Round Table Discussion 14 Membership Monday with Melvin 18-19 NGAUS Board of Directors Meeting | Washington D.C. 28... Read More Details

Pentagon Money Grab Would Drain Guard Modernization Program

WASHINGTON (Feb. 13, 2020) — A Defense Department plan announced today to reprogram fiscal 2020 defense appropriations would drain more than $1 billion from critical programs that modernize some of the National Guard’s oldest equipment. The Guard... Read More Details

Restore Reprogrammed National Guard Funds

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Pentagon Reprogramming Hits Guard Modernization Programs Hard

NGAUS, members of Congress and Guard leaders are crying foul over a planned reprogramming that would drain more than $1 billion from critical modernization programs for the Guard. In all, over $3.8 billion in funds previously authorized for defense... Read More Details

Bipartisan Bill Aims for Equity in Hazard Pay

New legislation would provide equal hazard pay for service members, regardless of component. The bill would close a gap between the benefits received by National Guardsmen and Reservists compared to their active-component counterparts by... Read More Details

Adjutants General Advocate for Space National Guard

Several adjutants general are warning that, without a Space National Guard, states could lose their ability to easily access space resources crucial for domestic response missions. Their warning comes as the new Space Force continues to take shape... Read More Details

GI Bill Parity Act Introduced in House and Senate

Legislation introduced in both the House and Senate last week would address a benefits disparity by expanding eligibility for the Post-9/11 GI Bill. The bipartisan bill would change how eligibility for education benefits are calculated by recognizing... Read More Details

NGAUS to President Trump: The National Guard Needs Your Help

WASHINGTON (Feb. 19, 2020) — The National Guard Association of the United States is taking up President Donald Trump on his 2016 campaign pledge to give the Guard “a direct line to the Oval Office.” NGAUS wrote the president yesterday requesting he... Read More Details

Army Robotic Mule Competition Back On

The Army is renewing its robotic mule competition after the original award for the contract was cancelled due to a protest. The new competition for the Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) officially kicked off last week when the Army issued... Read More Details