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House Aims to Complete its NDAA This Week

The House returned to work this week to consider 1,213 possible amendments to the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act the House Armed Services Committee crafted last month. Many of the amendments won’t make it through the House Rules... Read More Details

Pentagon Releases RC Maternity Leave Directive

The Pentagon has issued a “Directive-type Memorandum” for a maternity program that provides drill-status “birth parents” with excused absences with pay and retirement points for 12 unit training assemblies. The Reserve Component Maternity Leave... Read More Details

Guard C-130 Community Makes Case to Congress

The Air National Guard C-130 community made its case for additional resources to congressional staffers at the annual C-130 Breakfast on Capitol Hill on Thursday in Washington, D.C. NGAUS has sponsored the event for several years to thank lawmakers... Read More Details

GOP Lawmaker: Congress ‘Total BS’ on Veterans’ Care

Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., says Congress isn’t adequately funding medical care for military veterans after they exit services like the National Guard. “Congress, speaking self-reflectively, does a very good job of calculating the cost of bombs and... Read More Details

NDAA Sails Through House, Awaits Senate Action

The House last week approved the $851 billion fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act by an overwhelming 329-101 margin. The voluminous policy measure passed Thursday after the full House sorted through scores of amendments. It includes nearly... Read More Details

Judge Temporarily Blocks Air Force Vaccination Mandate

A federal court in Ohio on Thursday blocked the Air Force from enforcing the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for two weeks, multiple reports say. The order means the Air Force cannot discharge personnel whose application for a religious exemption... Read More Details

Army Chief, Elected Officials Top NGAUS Awards List

The Army chief of staff, Louisiana’s governor and a former co-chair of the House National Guard and Reserve Caucus headline the list of 2022 NGAUS individual award recipients. Ultimately, the association board of directors approved 79 individuals for... Read More Details

Senate passes Defense Budget, Hopes to Avoid "Drama"

Congress has an early start in completing a budget process before the fiscal year ends Sept. 30. The Senate passed a defense budget for fiscal 2019 of $675 billion last week that included $68 billion for overseas contingencies. The House, which... Read More Details

Army Leaders: 'We Are in a War for Talent’

The Army will shift more than $1 billion to recruiting programs and rely more on reserve-component soldiers as the active-component struggles to attract recruits, service officials said in a July 20 memo. “America's military faces the most... Read More Details

More HIMARS, Phoenix Ghost Drones Heading to Ukraine

The Defense Department has announced another security assistance package for Ukraine, which will include additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, ammunition and a substantial number of Phoenix Ghost unmanned aerial systems. The latest... Read More Details