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Bill Would Give Guardsmen No-Cost Dental Care

New legislation would provide National Guardsmen and Reservists with access to no-cost dental care. The Dental Care for Our Troops Act, introduced last week by Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., and Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Miss., would address one of the biggest... Read More Details

States: Feds Can’t Dictate How Guard Works with Unions

The Mississippi attorney general led an 11-state legal effort last week to stop what they called “further federal encroachment on state National Guard units.” The states filed an amicus - or friend of the court - brief supporting the Ohio Adjutant... Read More Details

Senators Back $45 Billion Increase to Defense Spending

Congress appears poised to add tens of billions of dollars to President Joe Biden’s already record defense budget request. Forty-year-high inflation coupled with increasing threats worldwide are the reasons. The Senate Armed Services Committee last... Read More Details

NATIONAL GUARD Magazine | June 2022

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Back From the Brink

There is finally light at the end of the tunnel for what remains of the Army National Guard AH-64 Apache attack-helicopter community. It’s a very welcome sight for the Guard’s four attack reconnaissance battalions, which have endured battles at home... Read More Details

State Guards

The second Saturday in May found Sgt. Justin Stanton and perhaps 40 members of his Texas military medical unit in Houston training to load and strap down a stretcher bearing a 185-pound rescue dummy aboard a military helicopter. Digital Version It... Read More Details

No-Cost Dental, FEDREC Among House NDAA Items

The House Armed Services Committee included no-cost dental care for every National Guardsman and Reservist in its version of the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. The language comes from a bill introduced earlier this month by Rep. Andy... Read More Details

Military Struggles with Recruiting, Especially the Army

Every branch of the military is struggling to meet its fiscal 2022 recruiting goals, multiple reports say, with the Army having the most difficulty. The Army has met about 40% of its enlisted recruiting mission for this fiscal year with three months... Read More Details

Army Guardsmen Risk Service Before COVID-19 Deadline

Up to 40,000 Army National Guard troops nationwide haven’t gotten COVID-19 vaccinations, the National Guard Bureau says. On Monday, the NGB said about 13% of the force remains unvaccinated despite a Thursday deadline. At least 14,000 Army Guardsmen... Read More Details