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Army Faces Cuts in Biden's First Defense Budget

An emphasis on countering China and the withdrawal from Afghanistan means the Army is facing funding cuts in President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2022 budget request. The largest military service is seen as the “bill-payer” for a largely flat defense budget... Read More Details

Air Force Budget Request Includes Aircraft Divestments

The Air Force plans to divest more than 200 aircraft with its fiscal 2022 budget request. Officials want to use the cuts to free up $1.3 billion to reinvest in its sixth-generation fighter, hypersonic weapons and other emerging technologies. Aircraft... Read More Details

NGAUS Adds to Legislative Team

Kevin Brown has joined NGAUS as a legislative analyst. His first day at the National Guard Memorial, the association’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., was last month. Brown will assist the Army, Air and Joint programs. He will also help manage the... Read More Details

Arkansas Chosen for New F-35 Training Center

Air Force leaders have selected Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, Arkansas, as the preferred location to establish an F-35A Lightning II training center for foreign military sales participants. The decision would also lead to the move of... Read More Details

Army Launches IPPS-A App

A new mobile application for the Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army, or IPPS-A, is now available for Apple phones. The app is the first time the Army has allowed mobile access to its human resources system. The app will allow soldiers to... Read More Details

House Lawmakers Want Bigger Guard in their States

Dozens of lawmakers from the nation’s three most populous states are calling on defense leaders to increase their Guard forces following an unprecedented year of domestic and overseas missions. Fifty-nine House lawmakers, including both Democrats and... Read More Details

Army, Air Force Send Congress 'Wish Lists'

Army and Air Force leaders have submitted “wish lists” totaling billions of dollars to Congress in hopes of additional funding following the release of President Joe Biden’s budget request. That budget proposal included $715 billion for the Defense... Read More Details

NGAUS to President: Support Health Care Bill

NGAUS is calling on President Joe Biden to put his support behind bipartisan legislation that would provide access to no-fee health care for members of the National Guard and reserves. In a letter to the commander in chief, the NGAUS president... Read More Details

NGAUS to White House: Help the Guard Get Medical Care

WASHINGTON (June 14 , 2021) — Nearly 45,000 current and former National Guard officers have appealed to a prominent member of the extended Guard family to help win their No. 1 legislative priority. Retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the president of... Read More Details

Leaders Pledge Compensation Parity Between Guard, Actives

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark A Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, committed themselves to working to bring better parity between pay and benefits for the National Guard and Reserve and their active-component... Read More Details