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Fight Over Capitol Funding Continues, Guard Deadline Looms

Time is quickly running out for Congress to approve $521 million in National Guard funding to reimburse the force for its five-month Capitol mission. Without the funds, Guard leaders have warned states will need to curtail training and maintenance... Read More Details

DoD Seeks Reprogramming to Fund Border, COVID Missions

The Pentagon is looking to shift $4.3 billion in the defense budget to help pay for the deployment of troops to the southern border, the pandemic response and other costs. A 97-page omnibus reprogramming request was submitted to the House and Senate... Read More Details

Lack of Funding Would Degrade Guard, TAGs Warn

States are looking at several difficult decisions as a deadline for National Guard funding looms. Without being reimbursed nearly $521 million for the Capitol response mission, state leaders will be forced to cancel training, furlough employees and... Read More Details

No Deal Yet as Funding Deadline Looms

Despite broad bipartisan support to reimburse nearly $521 million to the National Guard, a solution continues to languish in Congress. Negotiations are ongoing even as several bills to address the issue have been introduced. The funds are needed to... Read More Details

Reprogramming Dollars Another Option for Guard Funding Hole

The Pentagon is asking Congress to allow it to move $521 million from Air Force, Army and Navy facility restoration and modernization accounts as a last resort to pay for the Capitol response mission. A deadline to reimburse the National Guard for... Read More Details

Veterans Can Apply to Upgrade Discharge, Correct Military Records

The Defense Department is reminding veterans they can apply to correct inaccuracies or injustices in their military records. That includes an upgrade in discharge, according to the Pentagon’s legal policy office. That would allow more veterans to... Read More Details

NGAUS to Congress: Time is Now to Repay the Guard

WASHINGTON (July 21, 2021) — Retired Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, the NGAUS chairman, and retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president, issued the following statement on the lack of action by Congress to replenish the $521 million the... Read More Details

Reimburse the National Guard

THE ISSUE: National Guard Reimbursement for the Capitol Response mission ACTION: Immediately contact your Congressional Delegation and ask them to support DoD Reprogramming Action FY21-10 PA to reimburse the National Guard for the Capitol Response... Read More Details

Air Force Approves Special Leave Accrual for 2021

Airmen, including Guardsmen serving on Title 10 or Title 32 orders, can now accrue up to 120 days of annual leave for fiscal year 2021, leaders announced last week. The increased leave is potentially double the typical 60 days of leave each year. Air... Read More Details

NGAUS to Offer Lower-Cost Digital Life Membership

National Guard officers will soon have a new, lower-cost option to become life members of their association. The NGAUS board of directors earlier this month approved a four-year test of a digital active-life membership. At $500, it will be half the... Read More Details