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DoD to Honor 15 Employers for Support to Guard and Reserve

Fifteen employers will be honored at the Pentagon later this summer for their support of members of the National Guard and Reserve. The Department of Defense announced the recipients of this year’s Employ Support Freedom Award earlier this month. The... Read More Details

Army Adjusting New Fitness Test Standards

The Army Combat Fitness Test is receiving some final tweaks before it is introduced to the force. The six-event ACFT becomes the Army’s new standard physical fitness test in October 2020. Units will begin using the test unofficially in subsequent... Read More Details

Gold Star Protections Included in Senate NDAA

The Senate version of the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act includes a provision that would protect Gold Star spouses and catastrophically injured service members from certain penalties related to car and residential leases. Introduced... Read More Details

July 4th Celebration Could Include Display of Military Might

President Donald Trump has asked for tanks, military aircraft and service members to participate in the “Salute to America” celebration planned for the Fourth of July on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Negotiations over what military hardware... Read More Details

Government Report Examines FEDREC Process

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report has looked into delays for officer appointments and federal recognition for National Guard officers. The report, “Military Personnel: Factors Affecting Approval Time for Officer Appointments,” does... Read More Details

Republican Senators Oppose White House Budget Plan

A group of 15 Senate Republicans have balked at a Trump administration plan for a one-year stopgap funding bill, saying it would cause unnecessary harm to the nation’s military. In a letter sent to the White House last week, the Republicans instead... Read More Details

New Law Will Make Free Credit Monitoring Available

Service members will be able to request free credit-monitoring services starting later this year, according to a Military Times report. The free service will be available through several nationwide credit-reporting agencies. The benefit was created... Read More Details

NGB Chief Leads USO Tour Overseas

The chief of the National Guard Bureau took a group of musicians, actors and athletes on a tour to visit service members in six countries over the July 4th holiday. Gen. Joseph Lengyel hosted the six-day tour, which spanned three combatant commands... Read More Details

Legislation Would Expand In-state Tuition for Veterans

Two leaders of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs want to make it easier for all veterans to take full advantage of recent changes to the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., and Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., have introduced a bill that would... Read More Details

Strong Byte

Tens of thousands of National Guardsmen support overseas operations on any given day. Thousands more are on the border. Others are on alert to defend U.S. airspace. And, increasingly, more Guardsmen are getting the call to respond to a relatively new... Read More Details