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Pentagon Sees Inflation’s Impact on Budget

The Biden administration will seek supplemental defense funding if inflation shrinks Pentagon buying power in fiscal 2023, the Pentagon’s No. 2 civilian leader says. Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks spoke on the National Security Strategy, the... Read More Details

Army Releases New Multidomain Operations Doctrine

The Army has released the latest version of its capstone operations doctrine, Field Manual 3-0. The newly updated FM 3-0 establishes multidomain operations as the Army’s operational concept. The focus remains on large-scale combat operations against... Read More Details

First DoD Industrial Strategy Seeks 'Generational Change'

America’s defense industry faces significant challenges in the years ahead, according to the Pentagon’s first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy. The Defense Department's NDIS argues only "generational change" will enable the nation to keep... Read More Details

Deputy Army Intel Chief: The Guard’s Our ‘Eyes and Ears’

The deputy Army chief of staff – intelligence says the National Guard is crucial to the military’s information gathering. Lt. Gen. Laura A. Potter adds the Guard’s State Partnership Program provides valuable knowledge helping counter U.S. rivals like... Read More Details

Fight to Increase Defense Spending Continues

President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 into law Saturday, extending the debt ceiling for two years and averting a potentially calamitous debt default before a Monday deadline. The bill, a deal between House Republican... Read More Details

NGAUS Headquarters Host NATO Reserve Forces Committee

The National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C., last week hosted military officials from 23 nations to discuss how NATO leverages its members’ reserve forces. NATO’s National Reserve Forces Committee discussed how reserve... Read More Details

Hokanson: SPP Stable, Steadfast and Growing

The National Guard’s State Partnership Program — built on enduring relationships, common interests and trust — is stable, steadfast and growing, the Guard’s top leader said last week in Denver. The program started with 13 partnerships in 1993. It now... Read More Details

International Bonds

Latvia needed a tuba for its military band in 1992. And Lt. Gen. John B. Conaway, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, was determined to see that the newly independent country on the Baltic Sea got one. Digital Version It’s a quirky story that is... Read More Details

OUR GREATEST BLESSING

A message from retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president: The holiday season is a time when we gather with family, count our blessings and share our hopes for the New Year. I want to give thanks for your distinguished service and to... Read More Details

A Conversation with Lt. Gen. Jon A. Jensen

Lt. Gen. Jon A. Jensen suddenly has some new challenges. Entering his third year in charge of the development and implementation of federal programs and policies affecting the Army National Guard, he already had a full plate, principally... Read More Details