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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

Top 2023 Guard, Reserve Employers Recognized

Two public utilities, four local government agencies and nine corporations are the 15 recipients of the 2023 Secretary of Defense Freedom Award, the U.S. government’s highest honor for employers utilizing National Guard and Reserve personnel. Each of... Read More Details

Milley: SPP Makes US, Allies 'Stronger Together'

Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told an audience of senior military officers from around the world Monday that the National Guard’s State Partnership Program has strengthened the U.S. and its allies. "We are stronger... Read More Details

NATIONAL GUARD Magazine | July 2023

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International Bonds

Latvia needed a tuba for its military band in 1992. And Lt. Gen. John B. Conaway, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, was determined to see that the newly independent country on the Baltic Sea got one. Digital Version It’s a quirky story that is... Read More Details