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SECDEF: Guard ‘Best Suited’ for Historic Response

As the National Guard response to nationwide civil unrest continues to grow, top military leaders have offered praise of the force while cautioning against the use of active-duty counterparts. More than 42,700 Guardsmen were supporting civil unrest... Read More Details

Army Tweaks New Fitness Test, but it Won’t Count Until 2022

Soldiers who fail the new Army Combat Fitness Test later this calendar year will not need to worry about it negatively impacting their careers. Army leaders have announced that while the ACFT will become the force’s test of record on Oct. 1, the... Read More Details

Air Guard Director Talks New Retention Challenges

The Air National Guard could miss its personnel end-strength goal by up to 1,000 airmen amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the director of the Air Guard said last week. Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, who has been the Air Guard’s top officer since 2016... Read More Details

States Prep for Busy Hurricane Season Amid Historic Year

The 2020 hurricane season is barely underway, but has already set records. That’s a concern for Guard leaders who are already dealing with a historic response amid missions related to the coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest taking place in every... Read More Details

SASC Approves NDAA with Pay Raise, but No Space Guard

The Senate Armed Services Committee has pushed forward its version of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, but the potential impact on the Guard is not entirely clear. A full version of the NDAA text has yet to be released. But it has... Read More Details

Guard DOMOPS Decline; Review of Unrest Response Ordered

Tens of thousands of Guardsmen remain on duty for domestic operations, even as the historic response appears to wind down. Nearly half the number of Guardsmen from a week ago remain on mission related to the coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest... Read More Details

Schooling Their Own

A team of Army National Guard soldiers recently completed a year-long mission that gained little attention but will have a big impact on the Guard’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopter community. Dozens of Guardsmen from at least six states were on... Read More Details

Tokens of Esteem

The U.S. Armed Forces are steeped in rituals, some nearly as old as the services themselves. Army cavalrymen still hold spur rides. And sailors host Shellback ceremonies to mark the crossing of the equator. But there is at least one tradition that... Read More Details

Space National Guard: Why Wait?

Unless Congress intervenes soon, the Pentagon will orphan about 1,200 National Guard airmen from their active-component counterparts. The airmen are members of Guard space units across seven states and one territory. They operate the only survivable... Read More Details