Search

NGB Chief: 'Budgetary Uncertainty’ Hurts Guard Readiness

The National Guard Bureau chief warned lawmakers last week their habit of missing budget deadlines hurts Guard readiness. In 12 of the last 13 fiscal years, Congress failed to agree on defense appropriations before the new fiscal year started Oct. 1... Read More Details

Senate Bill Would Expand Care for Toxic-Exposed Vets

New Senate legislation would provide more than 3.5 million military veterans exposed to toxic materials with health care and other benefits. If passed, the bill would cover every generation of veterans exposed to burn pits and other dangerous areas... Read More Details

Commission Unveils Base Name Recommendations

The home of the 82nd Airborne Division would become Fort Liberty, North Carolina, under recommendations a Pentagon commission made last week for recognizing nine Army Bases currently referencing Confederate leaders. The names will appear in the... Read More Details

Wisconsin's Dunbar Elected NGAUS Chairman

The adjutant general of Wisconsin is now the chairman of the NGAUS Board of Directors. Maj. Gen. Donald Dunbar (pictured, sixth from the left) has served on the board for eight years with one break, and has served twice as the vice chair-Air. His... Read More Details

Guard Helps Space Force Move Recon Satellite

When Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, the Space Force’s chief of space operations, required assistance moving a large satellite from Maryland to California last month, he contacted the National Guard. The device was a German-made SARah 1 reconnaissance... Read More Details

Guard General: US, West Should Send Ukraine Fighter Jets

A general officer uniquely familiar with Ukraine's ground conditions says the U.S. and other Western countries should examine sending fighter jets to the troubled Eastern European nation. Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, the adjutant general of California... Read More Details

Guard Leaders: State Partnerships Help Counter China

The National Guard’s international partnerships are helping counter China’s attempts at influencing Central and South America, three Guard leaders say. The State Partnership Program exposes other countries to U.S. values like democracy and civilian... Read More Details

Lawmakers: VA Home Loans Out of Step with Market

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to fix the agency’s home loan program, citing fears the initiative leaves veterans disadvantaged in today’s competitive housing market. In a letter last week to VA... Read More Details

June 2022

President’s Budget President Biden released the FY23 President’s Budget on March 28th, 2022, with most budget supporting documents not being released until late April. The President’s budget requests $773.0 billion in spending for the Department of... Read More Details

NGAUS to President Biden: OMB’s Opposition to Space National Guard Based on False Presumptions

WASHINGTON (June 13, 2022) — The voice of more than 45,000 current and former National Guard officers has appealed to President Joe Biden to reconsider the White House Office of Management and Budget’s opposition to creating a Space National Guard... Read More Details