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Adriana Schroeder

Adriana Schroeder is the command historian of the Illinois National Guard. Read More Details

Jonathan Derden

Jonathan Derden is an aviation photojournalist from Charlottesville, Virginia. He currently flies the Boeing 737 for a major airline. Read More Details

Lt. Col. Gene Whitmore

Lt. Col. Gene Whitmore is an investment advisor and chaplain in the Utah Army National Guard. He has an additional duty as member of the Investment Advisory Committee to the Defense Department Investment Board, which provides strategic guidance on $1... Read More Details

Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Listman Jr. (Ret.)

John Listman is a retired chief warrant officer 2 and former command historian of the Virginia Army National Guard. He worked at the National Guard Memorial from 1987 to 1995, serving as assistant curator during his tenure with the Historical Society... Read More Details

President to Request Small Increase in Defense Spending

President Joe Biden will ask for $753 billion in national security funding, an increase of about 1.6% over fiscal 2021, according to an outline unveiled Friday. The fiscal 2020 budget request will include $715 billion for the Defense Department... Read More Details

NGAUS to Pivot Conference to New Site

Due to significant gathering restrictions in the state of North Carolina, NGAUS is moving the 143rd General Conference & Exhibition from Charlotte, North Carolina, to a new location. The event had been set for Sept. 9-12, 2021. Association leaders... Read More Details

Guard at Forefront of COVID-19 Vaccination Effort

The National Guard has now vaccinated more than 6 million members of the general population, Guard officials announced last week. More than 31,500 Guard soldiers and airmen remain on COVID-19 related duties. That includes 2,250 vaccinators staffing... Read More Details

DoD Takes Next Steps to Root Out Extremism

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is establishing a countering extremism working group, updating the definition of extremism and calling for services to update transition instructions to warn those leaving the military about the dangers of extremist... Read More Details

Dr. Charles J. Gross

The author is the former Air National Guard history chief at the National Guard Bureau. Dr. Gross has written numerous articles and studies focused primarily on the USAF reserve components. He also chronicled the Air Guard’s struggle to become a... Read More Details

Dumbo Factor

Pentagon officials thought the 1950 Air Guard would never get off the ground. Korea proved otherwise. Like Disney's Dumbo, the flying elephant who should not have been able to fly, the Air National Guard in the Korean War was a large and ungainly... Read More Details