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DoD Continues Search for POW/MIAs

Nearly 81,000 American service members remain missing after serving in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and other conflicts involving the U.S. During a Sept. 15 event at the Pentagon to commemorate National POW/MIA Recognition Day... Read More Details

NGAUS Sets Priorities for NDAA Negotiations

The House and Senate are preparing to reconcile differences in their versions of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, and NGAUS has informed congressional defense leaders which provisions in each version of the annual defense policy... Read More Details

Guard Prepares for Likely Government Shutdown

With Congress showing little progress on approving any budget to begin fiscal 2024 on Sunday, a shutdown of the federal government appears imminent. A government shutdown would impact part-time National Guardsmen differently than full-timers and... Read More Details

Senate Recognizes Guard's State Partnership Program

The Senate formally recognized 30 years of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program last week. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the co-chairs of the Senate National Guard Caucus, presented Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, the... Read More Details

Annual NGEF Golf Tournament Draws a Crowd

Nearly 100 golfers took part in the 25th Annual National Guard Educational Foundation Golf Tournament at Laurel Hill Golf Club in Lorton, Virginia, Oct. 2. The event raised roughly $25,000 for NGEF, which preserves and shares all 387 years of the... Read More Details

Guard Recruiters Share Stories at NGAUS

A group of Army National Guard recruiters visited the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C., Sept. 27, learning why sharing their stories with the public matters. The visit honored 27 soldiers from the Mississippi Army... Read More Details

Congress Defies Predictions, Passes Stopgap Budget

Republicans and Democrats set aside sharp policy differences Saturday and passed a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown just hours before the start of fiscal 2024. The action surprised many who thought that the partisan divide in... Read More Details

Guard Team Wins Cyber Competition for 3rd Consecutive Year

A National Guard team has received the 2022 SANS NetWars Department of Defense Services Cup from Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, marking the third consecutive year the Guard team has won the cybersecurity... Read More Details

Speaker Vacancy Holds Up Work in House

All eyes on Capitol Hill are on House Republicans after they selected their nominee to lead the chamber as speaker Tuesday. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., defeated House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, 113-99 in a closed... Read More Details

Veterans, Military Retirees to Get 3.2% COLA Boost

Veterans on disability and military retirees will receive the same 3.2% cost-of-living increase in 2024 that federal officials announced last week for Social Security recipients. The boost is much smaller than this year’s 8.7% increase over 2022 and... Read More Details