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SecDef: Return of Remains Good First Step

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said he’s pleased North Korea has turned over 55 cases of remains of fallen U.S. service members from the Korean War, and looks forward to further negotiations to repatriate the remains of more fallen service members... Read More Details

Pentagon's GI Bill Transfer Plan under Fire

House members from both sides of the aisle are demanding the Defense Department reverse its plan to limit the ability of service members to transfer their GI Bill benefit to family members. In a letter last week to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, 83... Read More Details

Waivers for Army Recruits to Receive Serious Look

The Army’s deputy chief of staff for personnel will have to sign off on certain waivers for recruits, according to a new policy released Monday by Army Secretary Mark Esper. This reverses a policy from a year ago that allowed the U.S. Army Recruiting... Read More Details

NDAA, Now in Senate, Boosts Guard Equipment

The Senate is expected to vote this week on the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that was passed last week by the House. Following the Senate vote, the defense policy bill will go to the White House for the president’s signature. The... Read More Details

Corporate Advisory Panel Information

CAP Newsletter (November 2022) Intent and Purposes of the NGAUS Corporate Advisory Panel (CAP) Purpose: To provide guidelines for conduct of the NGAUS Corporate Advisory Panel (CAP), as mandated by Article 3 of the NGAUS Bylaws and further, to define... Read More Details

Longtime NGAUS Board Member, Parliamentarian, Dies

Ray Magill, who served on the NGAUS board of directors as the retired/separated Air representative from 1995 until 2010, died July 24 in North Falmouth, Massachusetts. He was 88. Burial was last week in the Massachusetts National Cemetery. He was... Read More Details

Deploying? Leave that Fitbit at Home

Deployed troops will have to leave their Fitbits, Apple watches and other “geolocation devices” at home. A Defense Department policy announced Monday also forbids any device or app that tracks the location of the user. Col. Robert Manning III told... Read More Details

Georgia Air Guardsman named Outstanding Airman

Staff Sgt. Wilson B. Gardner was selected as the Air National Guard's 2018 Outstanding Airman of the Year, and one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year. Gardner, an airfield systems craftsman with the 202nd Engineering Installation... Read More Details

Deploy or get out? Not if You're Wounded

The Pentagon has identified exemptions from its new policy that troops who are unable to deploy will face separation. The policy of deploy-or-get-out was criticized because it seemed to include service members who had been wounded in combat. The... Read More Details

Legislative Priorities

These priorities are the product of the Resolutions Process, our grassroots approach to developing the NGAUS legislative agenda. Each year, these priorities are reassessed to ensure maximum lethality, readiness and safety for Guardsmen. Read More Details