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Continued C-130 Modernization & Recapitalization*

The Issue The Air National Guard continues to operate legacy C-130H Hercules aircraft, while procuring C-130J Super Hercules aircraft through Congressional appropriations. Accomplishments Fiscal Year 2021 Department of Defense appropriations... Read More Details

F-16 Viper Modernization

The Issue The Air National Guard operates significant numbers of F-16 Viper aircraft. Robust funding is required to ensure aircraft are modernized and can operate safely, reliably, and effectively during overseas deployments and in protecting U.S... Read More Details

Early Retirement Credit Under 12304b Orders

The Issue National Guard servicemembers have deployed under U.S.C Title 10, Section 12304b orders since 2012 for pre-planned missions in support of Combatant Commands, but are not authorized to receive the same benefits provided under other overseas... Read More Details

Robust NGREA Funding

The Issue The National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account (NGREA) is vital to maintaining the readiness and force relevance of Army and Air National Guard equipment and weapons systems through key capability upgrades. Accomplishment Fiscal Year 2021... Read More Details

NGAUS Applauds Bill Offering Guardsmen Long-Denied Health Care Benefit

WASHINGTON (Jan. 28, 2019) — Tens of thousands of National Guardsmen and Reservists finally may get a benefit they have long been denied, thanks to bipartisan legislation introduced this month in Congress. Read More Details

Ohio Congressman to Help Lead House Guard Caucus

Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, will join Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., as a co-chairman of the House National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus. Ryan replaces longtime co-chair and former-Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn. Walz left Congress in December after his... Read More Details

DoD: 'Climate Change' Poses Threat to Military Installations

The Defense Department has outlined some of its concerns with the effects of a changing climate, but the report – delivered to Congress this month – left some House Democrats underwhelmed. The DoD’s “Report on Effects of a Changing Climate to the... Read More Details

Burial Benefits, Red Tape Targeted by Republican Lawmakers

Congressmen from opposite sides of the country have proposed legislation to help the families of deceased veterans. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., has introduced a bill that would modernize burial allowance benefits for veteran families. And Rep... Read More Details

NGB: Use Caution When Sharing Personal Info Online

Several National Guardsmen recently have been victims of doxing — the practice of an outside entity putting personal or private information about an individual or organization on public areas of the Internet. The unrelated, yet similar incidents... Read More Details

Reagan-Era Army Secretary, Guardsman Dies 

John O. Marsh Jr., who spent 25 years in the Virginia National Guard, eight years in Congress and served as President Ronald Reagan’s Army Secretary, died Monday in Raphine, Virginia. He was 92. Marsh, enlisted in the Army during World War II and... Read More Details