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Guard Projects Among First Earmarks to Clear Subcommittee

Three National Guard military construction projects totaling nearly $40 million have been included among 11 earmarks approved by the House Appropriations Military Construction-VA panel last week. The House Appropriations Committee is expected to... Read More Details

Hokanson Notes Achievements, Warns of Funding Need

The chief of the National Guard Bureau highlighted the achievements of the National Guard over the past year while also advocating for health care for the force and urging Congress to provide funding to avoid cuts to training in the coming months... Read More Details

Another Group of Lawmakers Enters Defense Budget Fray

So-called Blue Dog Democrats are hoping to set a floor of $753 billion for the national defense budget, preventing cuts from the party’s progressive wing. The effort, led by Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, Rep. Tom O’Halleran of Arizona, Rep... Read More Details

A Conversation with Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson

The National Guard's new senior officer didn’t begin his military career in the Guard. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson is a West Pointer. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in the same 1986 class as former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, former... Read More Details

Mixed Emotions

SAVANNAH AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, GEORGIA — It's a quiet morning in Savannah, where members of the 165th Airlift Wing are performing routine checks on several of their workhorse C-130H Hercules cargo planes. Over the past year, the Georgia National... Read More Details

Weeknight Warriors

Imagine drilling one night a week — every week — after you joined the Army National Guard. Imagine becoming a citizen-soldier without going away for basic training. Imagine that OJT, rather than AIT, was how you learned your military job. Welcome to... Read More Details

VEGAS

The 143rd General Conference & Exhibition has new dates and a new city — Aug. 27-30 in Las Vegas, Nevada. NGAUS leaders made the unprecedented decision to pivot the conference after meeting restrictions in the original location, Charlotte, North... Read More Details

NATIONAL GUARD Magazine | May 2021

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Bill Would Provide Disability for Guardsmen Injured on State Duty

New legislation would extend disability benefits to those National Guard soldiers and airmen injured while serving on state active duty. The Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act, H.R. 4247, was introduced by Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla. Co... Read More Details

More Governors Send Guardsmen to Border

The decision by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to send 50 National Guard troops to the southern border made an outsized number of headlines after it was revealed the state was using a private donation to pay for the deployment. Using private donations... Read More Details