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NGAUS Applauds Legislation That Would Provide Health Care To Guardsmen, Reservists

WASHINGTON (May 27, 2021) — Nearly 45,000 current and former National Guard officers are applauding a bipartisan House bill that would provide medical coverage to the nation’s citizen-soldiers and airmen. Introduced this week by Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J... Read More Details

Bill Would Address Incentive Pay Gap

New legislation would help ensure National Guard soldiers and airmen are compensated at the same rate as their active-component counterparts. The National Guard and Reserve Incentive Pay Parity Act would ensure members of the active and reserve... Read More Details

Defense Budget Request Gets Mixed Reviews

Military leaders are defending President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2022 defense budget as it comes under attack from Republican leaders. The budget proposal released last week includes $752.9 billion for national defense, including $715 billion for the... Read More Details

Army Faces Cuts in Biden's First Defense Budget

An emphasis on countering China and the withdrawal from Afghanistan means the Army is facing funding cuts in President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2022 budget request. The largest military service is seen as the “bill-payer” for a largely flat defense budget... Read More Details

Air Force Budget Request Includes Aircraft Divestments

The Air Force plans to divest more than 200 aircraft with its fiscal 2022 budget request. Officials want to use the cuts to free up $1.3 billion to reinvest in its sixth-generation fighter, hypersonic weapons and other emerging technologies. Aircraft... Read More Details

NGAUS Adds to Legislative Team

Kevin Brown has joined NGAUS as a legislative analyst. His first day at the National Guard Memorial, the association’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., was last month. Brown will assist the Army, Air and Joint programs. He will also help manage the... Read More Details

Arkansas Chosen for New F-35 Training Center

Air Force leaders have selected Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, Arkansas, as the preferred location to establish an F-35A Lightning II training center for foreign military sales participants. The decision would also lead to the move of... Read More Details

Army Launches IPPS-A App

A new mobile application for the Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army, or IPPS-A, is now available for Apple phones. The app is the first time the Army has allowed mobile access to its human resources system. The app will allow soldiers to... Read More Details

House Lawmakers Want Bigger Guard in their States

Dozens of lawmakers from the nation’s three most populous states are calling on defense leaders to increase their Guard forces following an unprecedented year of domestic and overseas missions. Fifty-nine House lawmakers, including both Democrats and... Read More Details

Army, Air Force Send Congress 'Wish Lists'

Army and Air Force leaders have submitted “wish lists” totaling billions of dollars to Congress in hopes of additional funding following the release of President Joe Biden’s budget request. That budget proposal included $715 billion for the Defense... Read More Details