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Guard Saw Spike in Suicides in Late 2020

The reserve components, including the National Guard, saw a sharp increase in the number of service members committing suicide in the final months of 2020, according to new Defense Department data. Active-component suicide numbers leveled off after a... Read More Details

NGAUS Bolsters Legislative Team

An experienced governmental-relations professional who knows her way around Capitol Hill and the National Guard has joined the association staff in Washington, D.C., as legislative affairs manager for Army programs. Marcy Weldin will coordinate and... Read More Details

Vigilance Still Required

Severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2, known as coronavirus-19 or COVID-19, continues to challenge the United States, including the health care system. This is apparent from how routine it has become to have 1,000 COVID-19 deaths a day seven months... Read More Details

Rebirth of the Divisions

To better prepare for future fights, Army Guard leaders are reforming the force to look more like the Guard of a century ago. Under the National Guard’s division alignment plans, the current eight division headquarters are adopting training-oversight... Read More Details

One & Done

NGAUS hosts a conference it never imagined and hopes won't ever happen again Retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president, may be able to add a new job title to his professional resume. In addition to Salesman, Army Engineer Officer and... Read More Details

NATIONAL GUARD Magazine | September 2020

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Drew Brooks

Drew Brooks served as senior writer/editor at NGAUS from Dec. 2018 to Dec. 2021. Prior to NGAUS, he spent 11 years at the Fayetteville Observer in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Brooks led coverage of the nation’s largest military installation, Fort... Read More Details

Reid K. Beveridge

Reid K. Beveridge, a retired Army Guard brigadier general, was editor of this magazine from 1981 to 1996. Other duties at NGAUS included his role as conference coordinator. He also served as executive director of the Adjutants General Association of... Read More Details

Joseph LaFave

Joe LaFave served as staff writer from 2019 to 2020. Prior to NGAUS, he wrote for The Journal in Martinsburg, West Virginia A native of Cocoa Beach, Florida, and a graduate of Florida State University, LaFave took an indirect path into journalism. An... Read More Details

Will Rohrs

Will Rohrs served as staff writer from 2018 to 2019. Prior to NGAUS, he wrote for NorthBay biz magazine, a business-to-business magazine in Santa Rosa, California. He has also worked for newspapers in Santa Rosa, Petaluma and Sonoma in California... Read More Details