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Bureau Chief: Better Health Care a ‘Moral Imperative’

Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, the National Guard Bureau chief, says America has a “moral imperative” to improve military health care. Watch Video Addressing more than 2,500 current and former Guard officers, Hokanson called focusing on health care “the... Read More Details

Army Chief: New Fitness Test the ‘Better’ Version

The Army chief of staff says the service’s new fitness test improves the previous version. Watch Video Gen. James C. McConville adds updating the Army Combat Fitness Test will make soldiers stronger. “I think the ACFT is the better test,” he said... Read More Details

Air Force Chief: Comfortable Change ‘Probably Wrong’

The Air Force chief of staff says changing the service to meet future challenges will likely be uncomfortable. Watch Video Gen. CQ Brown Jr. adds growing pains are necessary for the Air Force to help counter America’s near-peer competitors like China... Read More Details

Deputy Army Intel Chief: The Guard’s Our ‘Eyes and Ears’

The deputy Army chief of staff – intelligence says the National Guard is crucial to the military’s information gathering. Lt. Gen. Laura A. Potter adds the Guard’s State Partnership Program provides valuable knowledge helping counter U.S. rivals like... Read More Details

Roll Call of States Opens Conference

The Roll Call of States has been a longstanding popular tradition of the annual NGAUS conference. The ceremony’s format allows speakers from the 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia to explain why their part of the National Guard... Read More Details

TRICARE Reserve Select Premiums Increasing in 2023

National Guardsmen and Reservists enrolled in TRICARE Reserve Select will pay more for their health insurance in 2023, according to a policy update from the Defense Health Agency. TRS monthly premiums will increase in January from $46.70 to $48.47... Read More Details

House Republicans Urge SECDEF to End Vaccine Mandate

Fourteen House Republicans have urged Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III to rescind the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. In an Aug. 31 letter, the group cited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest guidance as evidence the... Read More Details

Lots of Work, Short Deadlines Await Returning Lawmakers

The Senate returns to work today from its summer recess; the House gets back next Tuesday. Both chambers face approaching deadlines. With progress slow on completing a fiscal 2023 budget, the most pressing matter will be developing a stopgap budget... Read More Details

NGB Implements Changes for Preventing Sexual Assault

The National Guard Bureau is implementing changes to better fight sexual assault and harassment in the ranks with new prevention initiatives across the Guard. First among the measures is an integrated approach that will add resources. Second is an... Read More Details

Army Guard Testing Free Child Care During Drill Weekends

Army National Guard soldiers in six states will have access to free child care during weekend drill under a pilot program launching this month. The goal is to help retain more single parents in the force, Maj. Gen. Eric K. Little, the National Guard... Read More Details