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2024 Legislative Workshop

Agenda The Legislative Workshop provides a unique opportunity for Legislative Liaisons and Congressional Affairs Contact Officers from each state, territory, and D.C. to learn about the legislative process and hear from National Guard leaders... Read More Details

Industry Day Brings Together Buyers, Sellers

NGAUS will once again bring together National Guard leaders and officials from many defense companies at the association’s 26th Annual Industry Day. Industry officials will gather Dec. 11-12 at the National Guard Memorial, the association’s... Read More Details

Inspired Gifts

The McGinn family of Quincy, Massachusetts, had quite a day Nov. 18. First, the NGAUS board of directors elected retired Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn the next association president. Then, the National Guard Educational Foundation recognized him and... Read More Details

Another Test

Under the oppressive Georgia heat and humidity, 12 squads from across the Army — including one representing the Army National Guard — battled it out at Fort Stewart Sept. 29-Oct. 6 in the 2023 U.S. Army Best Squad Competition. Digital Version The... Read More Details

NGAUS: Myths Continue to Delay Creation of a Space National Guard

WASHINGTON (Dec. 7, 2023) — Retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president, issued the following statement on the House and Senate Conference Report on the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. “Once again, those entrusted to... Read More Details

Gold Star Wife Thanks NGEF for Keeping a Father's Words Alive

Ursula Palmer still remembers the prophetic words from her then-husband the day in 2006 when he told her that he had volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan. “He told me about the people he was going to go with. He tried to give me every single argument... Read More Details

Guard Marks 387th Birthday

Today is the National Guard’s 387th birthday. On Dec. 13, 1636, the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s General Court, the colony’s legislature, organized the North, South and East regiments from the independent militia in 14 villages around Boston to better... Read More Details

NGAUS Task Forces Gather for Resolutions Training

NGAUS hosted the association’s 13 task force chairs in Washington, D.C., Monday for training on how their efforts help inform decisions on Capitol Hill. The training educated participants — each of whom is a subject matter expert in their military... Read More Details

Hokanson: Guard Part of America's Fabric

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, says he has seen how the National Guard is part of "the fabric of America." "We brought the fabric of America to the war because there are no active-duty bases in... Read More Details

Guard Gets Some Wins in Compromise Defense Bill

The National Guard would get another four-star general, parental leave parity and progress toward fighter recapitalization in the compromise fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. The leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees... Read More Details