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Pentagon Moves to Discharge Transgender Troops

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a memo Thursday that transgender service members in the National Guard and Reserve will have 60 days to voluntarily self-separate or be forced out. Read More Details

Senate Confirms Meink as Air Force Secretary

The Senate today confirmed Troy E. Meink, the National Reconnaissance Office’s principal deputy director, to serve as the 27th Secretary of the Air Force. Read More Details

International Visitors Learn About Guard

International visitors involved in emergency preparedness and crisis response came to the Pentagon for a day last week to learn more about the National Guard. Read More Details

NGAUS Welcomes New Chief of Staff

A retired Army National Guard colonel will oversee NGAUS staff in Washington, D.C. and take on the role of conference coordinator. Read More Details

Guard Caucus Co-Founder, Sen. Kit Bond Dies

Former U.S. senator and Missouri governor, Christopher S. “Kit” Bond, died May 13 at age 86. He co-founded the Senate National Guard Caucus in 1988. Read More Details

Mark Hensch

Mark Hensch served as senior writer/editor at NGAUS from March 2022 to February 2025. Prior to NGAUS, Hensch worked as a senior staff writer at GovLoop.com, a Washington, D.C.-based website where he wrote extensively about cybersecurity. He has also... Read More Details

Donald Lambert

Donald Lambert served as staff writer at NGAUS from November 2021 to April 2025. He previously wrote for local and regional newspapers, including the Northern Virginia Daily in Strasburg, Virginia, and Civitas Media in Ohio and West Virginia... Read More Details

Eric Leckel - Chief of Staff

A retired Army National Guard colonel who has served on the NGAUS board and as president of his state association is now the association’s chief of staff. Retired Col. Eric J. Leckel will oversee the association staff in Washington, D.C. and take on... Read More Details

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'Father of Modern Army National Guard' Dies

The man who jump-started the Army National Guard’s transformation to an operational force has passed away. Read More Details