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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

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

Recruiting Continues to Be Challenging

Fiscal 2023 proved to be another rough year for recruiting across much of the U.S. military, including the National Guard. The Army Guard narrowly missed its goal, signing up 29,457 new soldiers nationwide out of its mission of 30,880 troops, nearly... 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

Higher Learning

RENO, Nevada — The Army's new senior officer made clear from the start of his presentation at the 145th General Conference & Exhibition in the high desert of Reno, Nevada, in August that he didn’t want his first NGAUS conference experience to be his... Read More Details

Lawmakers: Provide Guard, Reserve Parental Leave Parity

A bipartisan group of lawmakers from both chambers of Congress wants National Guardsmen and Reservists to have the same parental leave benefits as their active-duty counterparts. Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Reps... Read More Details

NGAUS Staffer Honors Fallen Guardsman, Completes 240th Marathon

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jennifer Hickey has never served in the military, but her daily physical regimen rivals the type you see on any military installation. "Generally, I run between six and 10 miles every day from the National Guard Memorial Museum in... Read More Details

Guardsmen, Reservists Get Fewer VA Claims Approved

National Guardsmen and Reservists are less likely than active-duty personnel to get their disability claims approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to an independent analysis ordered by Congress. In a report released Monday, the... Read More Details

Popular Counterdrug Program Seeks More Funds

The National Guard Counterdrug Program could help get more illegal drugs off the street if it had more resources, according to the Guard Counterdrug Advisory Council. Since 1989, trained Guardsmen have worked alongside law enforcement agencies to... Read More Details

DoD Report Details China's Efforts to Build Military Power

The People's Republic of China is continuing its efforts to overturn the international rules-based order and is building an increasingly effective military to further this aim, according to a Pentagon report provided to Congress last week. The... Read More Details