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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

Army: Guard Vaccine Refusers Banned from Training, Drill

Members of the Army National Guard and Army Reserve refusing the COVID-19 vaccination may no longer participate in federally funded drills and training and will not receive pay or retirement credit, a July 1 Army statement said . The policy doesn't... Read More Details

Big Tailgate Party Planned for the Conference

Expect a States Dinner at the 144th General Conference & Exhibition next month in Columbus, Ohio, like none other in the annual event's century-old history. For decades, the conference's concluding dinner was strictly formal, but NGAUS has allowed... Read More Details

Court: States can be Sued for Firing Reserve Employees

State agencies aren't immune from private lawsuits under federal laws meant to protect the employment rights of National Guardsmen and Reservists returning from military obligations, according to a Supreme Court ruling announced last week. In a 5-4... Read More Details

Onetime Guardsman Receives Medal of Honor

A soldier who would go on to serve in the National Guard was one of four Army veterans to receive the nation’s highest honor for valor last week for actions in Southeast Asia some 50 years ago. During a ceremony at the White House, President Joe... Read More Details

House Aims to Complete its NDAA This Week

The House returned to work this week to consider 1,213 possible amendments to the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act the House Armed Services Committee crafted last month. Many of the amendments won’t make it through the House Rules... Read More Details

Pentagon Releases RC Maternity Leave Directive

The Pentagon has issued a “Directive-type Memorandum” for a maternity program that provides drill-status “birth parents” with excused absences with pay and retirement points for 12 unit training assemblies. The Reserve Component Maternity Leave... Read More Details