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Services Release Fiscal 2021 Congressional Wish Lists

Weeks after President Trump submitted his fiscal 2021 budget request, military leaders are hoping Congress will go above and beyond the president’s $741 billion request. The Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force and Missile Defense Agency... Read More Details

Governors, AGAUS Stand with NGAUS Against Reprogramming

The nation’s governors and adjutants general have joined NGAUS in opposing cuts to National Guard funding. In a statement this week, the National Governors Association said it stands with NGAUS in opposing a planned Defense Department reprogramming... Read More Details

NGAUS Hosts Army Vice Chief of Staff

The Army vice chief of staff toured the National Guard Memorial Museum and met with NGAUS staff during a visit to the National Guard Memorial, the association headquarters in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. Gen. Joseph M. Martin came at the... Read More Details

A Senior Minuteman Dies

Retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Raymond A. Mabarak passed away Feb. 17. He was 98. Mabarak was widely known by NGAUS conference attendees as the Senior Minuteman recognized during the business sessions four times in recent years. He would wear his... Read More Details

TRANSCOM Commander Pushes to Save Tankers

The U.S. military’s top transportation commander is urging the Air Force to keep more of its legacy air-refuelers in service until more of the Boeing-built KC-46 Pegasus aircraft are delivered and operational. Speaking at a congressional hearing last... Read More Details

Lawmakers Seek to Reverse Pentagon Reprogramming Plan

Members of Congress are hoping legislation can help them restore Pentagon funds being redirected to support a wall on the southern border. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., is working on a bill to “claw back” the $3.8 billion being reprogrammed from the... Read More Details

Pentagon Space Plan Would Delay Guard Integration

National Guard leaders are opposing a plan that would delay the integration of Guard units into the new Space Force. In a memo to the under secretary of defense for policy, Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, non-concurred... Read More Details

Thornberry Talks Defense Budget at Brookings Institute

The modernization of the U.S. nuclear stockpile is likely to be the most contentious part of the fiscal 2021 defense authorization, according to Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas. The former chairman and now current ranking Republican of the House Armed... Read More Details

Defense Leaders Defend Budget Request to Congress

Defense leaders are making the rounds of key congressional committees as Congress begins work on the fiscal 2021 budget. Following a $741 billion defense budget request, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint... Read More Details

The Guard and Reserve Hazard Duty Pay Equity Act

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