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2023-2024 Corporate Member Products and Services Directory

The 24th annual directory is now available. This supplement has proven to be a valuable tool over the years to those in the Guard involved with procurement. It also has utility as a business-to-business resource. Click here to view the directory. Read More Details

Legislation Would Improve GI Bill, Other VA Services

NGAUS supports two new bills that aim to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs’ programs and services. The first bill is the Veterans Education Oversight Expansion Act (H.R. 3981), which would broaden VA supervision of schools that take GI Bill... Read More Details

House, Senate Panels Approve FY24 NDAA, Differences Abound

The House and Senate armed services committees have each approved their versions of the annual defense policy bill, with major implications for the National Guard. The House Armed Services Committee finished its version of the FY24 National Defense... Read More Details

Milley Makes Case for Rules-Based Order, Deterrence

The international rules-based order and the strategy of deterrence are not esoteric principles, but ideas that undergird world peace and are worth defending, Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at the National Press... Read More Details

Bill Would Offer Zero-Cost Health Care to Guard, Reserve

Every National Guardsman and Reservist would have access to zero-cost medical care under legislation in the House. Re-introduced late last month by Reps. Andy Kim, D-N.J., and Trent Kelly, R-Miss., the Healthcare for Our Troops Act (H.R. 4221) would... Read More Details

Spouses Seminar Planned for NGAUS Conference

NGAUS has added a special breakout session for spouses featuring presentations on family issues to the 145th General Conference & Exhibition agenda, Aug. 18-21 in Reno, Nevada. The approximately one-hour Spouses Seminar is set for 9:30 a.m. Aug. 20... Read More Details

Lawmaker/Former AF Officer: U.S. Needs Guard Fighters

A House member who is a retired Air Force electronic warfare officer and navigator says America’s airspace can’t be defended without all the Air National Guard’s fighter units. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., adds that the language he helped insert in the... Read More Details

Guard to Celebrate SPP’s 30th Anniversary

Officials from around the globe will join National Guard leaders next week to celebrate 30 years of building and nurturing international trust through the State Partnership Program. Since 1993, the SPP has paired the Guard’s 54 organizations with... Read More Details

Congress Returns to Several Pressing Defense Matters

Defense issues take center stage this week as the House and Senate return to work from a two-week recess. The full Senate Armed Services Committee conducted a hearing Tuesday morning to consider the nomination of Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the Air... Read More Details

Chairman's Message: Where 54 Becomes One

Every National Guard officer should attend a NGAUS conference at least once. Chances are, after your first, you’ll want to return again and again. I say this more as a fellow Guard officer than as the NGAUS chairman of the board. In fact, the 145th... Read More Details