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Guard General: US, West Should Send Ukraine Fighter Jets

A general officer uniquely familiar with Ukraine's ground conditions says the U.S. and other Western countries should examine sending fighter jets to the troubled Eastern European nation. Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, the adjutant general of California... Read More Details

Guard Leaders: State Partnerships Help Counter China

The National Guard’s international partnerships are helping counter China’s attempts at influencing Central and South America, three Guard leaders say. The State Partnership Program exposes other countries to U.S. values like democracy and civilian... Read More Details

Lawmakers: VA Home Loans Out of Step with Market

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to fix the agency’s home loan program, citing fears the initiative leaves veterans disadvantaged in today’s competitive housing market. In a letter last week to VA... Read More Details

June 2022

President’s Budget President Biden released the FY23 President’s Budget on March 28th, 2022, with most budget supporting documents not being released until late April. The President’s budget requests $773.0 billion in spending for the Department of... Read More Details

NGAUS to President Biden: OMB’s Opposition to Space National Guard Based on False Presumptions

WASHINGTON (June 13, 2022) — The voice of more than 45,000 current and former National Guard officers has appealed to President Joe Biden to reconsider the White House Office of Management and Budget’s opposition to creating a Space National Guard... Read More Details

Lawmakers Seek to Reverse Pentagon Reprogramming Plan

Members of Congress are hoping legislation can help them restore Pentagon funds being redirected to support a wall on the southern border. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., is working on a bill to “claw back” the $3.8 billion being reprogrammed from the... Read More Details

Pentagon Space Plan Would Delay Guard Integration

National Guard leaders are opposing a plan that would delay the integration of Guard units into the new Space Force. In a memo to the under secretary of defense for policy, Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, non-concurred... Read More Details

Thornberry Talks Defense Budget at Brookings Institute

The modernization of the U.S. nuclear stockpile is likely to be the most contentious part of the fiscal 2021 defense authorization, according to Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas. The former chairman and now current ranking Republican of the House Armed... Read More Details

Defense Leaders Defend Budget Request to Congress

Defense leaders are making the rounds of key congressional committees as Congress begins work on the fiscal 2021 budget. Following a $741 billion defense budget request, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint... Read More Details

The Guard and Reserve Hazard Duty Pay Equity Act

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