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Desmond Williams is a freshman at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, largely because his mother wears combat boots. He was accepted to the school on his own merit, but he is only able to cover its pricey private-school... Read More Details

COVID-19 Stimulus Package Provides Guard Boost

Just under $1.5 billion was allocated for the National Guard as part of the $2 trillion stimulus package approved by Congress and signed into law by the president last week. The Guard funds would pay for the deployment of 20,000 Guardsmen for the... Read More Details

Title 32 Use Slowly Increasing for Guard Coronavirus Missions

Guardsmen in at least four states are being paid by the federal government as the National Guard remains on the frontlines of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. California, New Jersey, New York and Washington had approved Title 32 missions as of... Read More Details

NJ Guardsman is First Service Member Lost to Coronavirus

A New Jersey Army National Guardsman is the first U.S. service member to die from COVID-19, officials announced late Monday. Capt. Douglas Linn Hickok, a traditional Guardsman and physician’s assistant originally from Jackson, N.J., died on March 28... Read More Details

Pentagon Creates Task Force to Speed COVID-19 Purchases

The Defense Department has created a new joint task force to help it with acquisitions related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Pentagon hopes the task force will help streamline the process of handling requests sent from the Federal Emergency... Read More Details

Military and Public Service Commission Calls for Bigger Guard Role

The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service wants the National Guard to expand its community-building efforts and leverage its unique footprint across nearly every community in the country to give people more exposure to the... Read More Details

New Army Fitness Test Delayed By Coronavirus

The Army has suspended plans to fully implement the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) in October. The decision, first reported by Military.com , was made in response to concerns over the spread of coronavirus amid a worldwide pandemic, which has led to... Read More Details

January 2020 Update

Congress completed Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 legislation to authorize and fund the Department of Defense (DoD) in late December 2019. The FY20 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), DoD appropriations legislation, and Military Construction-Veterans... Read More Details

March 2020 Update

On February 10, President Donald Trump released the proposed federal budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. The budget requests $740.5 billion in total national defense spending and an increase in Army National Guard Personnel funding, as well as... Read More Details

NGAUS: Troops in the COVID-19 Fight Lack Proper Medical Coverage

WASHINGTON (April 2, 2020) — Retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president, issued the following statement: “Governors and National Guard leaders greatly appreciate President Trump’s actions to put Guard soldiers and airmen engaged in... Read More Details