With the proper leadership, time and resources, Army National Guard brigade combat teams can be just as effective as their active-component counterparts.
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My career as an Illinois Air National Guard C-130 Hercules pilot has taken me around the world supporting many of the major operations and exercises of the last two decades. I’ve worked with members of many of our allies and partners. I thought I had...
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Multiple added training days and regular overseas deployments have Guard armored brigades busier than ever. Sustaining the tempo will be difficult.
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In 1977, I had a conversation with then-Col. Norman Schwarzkopf about the potential of the Army National Guard. He shared something that I believe was then the prevailing view across the active Army.
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Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, is an optimist. It’s part of his nature. It’s also a product of his upbringing.
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Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh is confronting largely the same situation he inherited in 2020 when he assumed responsibility for developing and implementing federal programs and policies affecting the Air National Guard. The Air Guard still has the oldest...
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