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NGAUS Finance, HR Director Celebrates 35th Anniversary

The association’s director of finance & human resources recently celebrated her 35th anniversary working for NGAUS. Cheryl Young reached the career milestone Feb. 20, the latest step in a professional journey that has included stops in virtually... Read More Details

Congress Returns to More Budget Brinkmanship

Congress returned to pressing budget deadlines this week that lawmakers have been punting for months. The first tier of the federal government's current two-tier stopgap budget expires Friday. The measure is the third stopgap budget from Congress... Read More Details

Air Force Republishes Personal Appearance Rules

The Air Force republished its dress and personal appearance instruction last week, complete with graphics to clarify recent accommodations made at the request of airmen and to boost the service's recruiting. The revised DAFI 36-2903, Dress and... Read More Details

Lawmakers Punt Again, Agree to Another Stopgap Budget

Congress approved another short-term spending bill last week, the fourth this fiscal year, averting a partial shutdown of the federal government but failing to provide any certainty about fiscal 2024 defense appropriations. The bill President Joe... Read More Details

NGAUS to Help CGOs Learn How Washington Works

National Guard company-grade officers from across the country will get the chance this month to learn how the federal government works and the role NGAUS plays in the legislative process. The first Capitol Summit of 2024 is set for March 17-19. The... Read More Details

'How will I ever tell my family about days like today?'

A new book by a Guard PAO takes us behind the scenes of his tours in Afghanistan and at Dover Air Force Base. The tarmac at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, is where fallen U.S. services members first come home to their families. Read More Details

NGAUS: Air Force Decision Squanders Scarce Talent

WASHINGTON (March 8, 2024) — Retired Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn, the NGAUS president, issued the following statement on the Air Force decision to remove the flying unit from the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Wing: “The Air Force decision... Read More Details

NGAUS Board Meeting, Capitol Summit Set for This Weekend

This will be a busy weekend at the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C. The association’s 29-member board of directors — which is the NGAUS governing body — is set to conduct its first meeting of the year on Saturday... Read More Details

2 New York Guardsmen Killed in Texas Helicopter Crash

Two New York Army National Guard aviators were killed Friday afternoon when their UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter crashed near Rio Grande City, Texas. The National Guard Bureau identified the two Guardsmen as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Casey... Read More Details

Guard Wing to Swap Fighters for Cyber

The Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Wing will swap the unit’s fighter mission for an expanded cyber mission, the Air Force announced March 7. The decision leaves the wing’s 104th Fighter Squadron without a replacement for its A-10 Thunderbolt II... Read More Details