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Congress Returns to Looming Budget Deadlines

Lawmakers are back to work on Capitol Hill this week with the goal of determining a spending plan for fiscal 2024 before a partial government shutdown Jan. 19. Congressional leaders provided a potential path forward Sunday by announcing a deal on... Read More Details

Army Guard Pilot Wounded in Iraq Returns to Cockpit

CONCORD, N.H. — After receiving intel of a potential Iranian attack on Al Asad Air Base in western Iraq, Capt. Brendan Meehan began calling units from the operations tent, warning them to seek shelter. Early in the morning of Jan. 8, 2020, Iran sent... Read More Details

First DoD Industrial Strategy Seeks 'Generational Change'

America’s defense industry faces significant challenges in the years ahead, according to the Pentagon’s first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy. The Defense Department's NDIS argues only "generational change" will enable the nation to keep... Read More Details

DoD Expands Program to Renew USID Cards Online

Most Uniformed Services Identification card holders can now renew their cards online and receive them in the mail, instead of having to schedule an appointment at an ID card office, according to a Jan. 16 Defense Department press release. Before this... Read More Details

Senators Press DoD on Troops’ Blast Exposure

A bipartisan group of senators wants the Pentagon to explain how it will protect service members from brain injuries resulting from firing heavy weapons. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., recently sent... Read More Details

New NGAUS President Begins Term

Retired Massachusetts Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn now has responsibility for the association’s daily operations in Washington, D.C. The association’s board of directors elected McGinn to be NGAUS president Nov. 18 at its annual... Read More Details

Agreement Signed to Establish Center to Study Guard

The National Guard Bureau and the University of Southern Mississippi inked an agreement Jan. 23 to establish the Center for the Study of the National Guard on USM’s Hattiesburg, Mississippi, campus. Joseph Paul, the USM president, and Richard Clark... Read More Details

Legislative Workshop Aims to Empower Guard Advocates

An upcoming NGAUS event aims to help attendees share their stories about the National Guard and interact with their lawmakers more effectively. The association’s 2024 Legislative Workshop is set for Feb. 27-28 at the National Guard Memorial, the... Read More Details

NGB Confirms 41 Guardsmen Wounded in Sunday Attack

At least 41 Army National Guard soldiers were wounded in the unmanned aerial system attack last Sunday on the U.S. logistics support facility known as Tower 22 in northeast Jordan, the National Guard Bureau confirmed in a press release today. The... Read More Details

Chief Warrant Officer 5 James "Jim" W. Simms

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