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DoD Recognizes Top Guard, Reserve Family Programs

The Defense Department recognized the best family programs in the Guard and Reserve during a ceremony at the Pentagon last week. James N. Stewart, performing the duties of the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, presented the 2018... Read More Details

Army Wants to Begin Recruiting Process Earlier

The effort to recruit the nation’s youth needs to begin before they reach high school, one senior Army official believes. Casey Wardynski, the Army assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs, says most youths have formed a mental checklist... Read More Details

Chairman's Message: A New Mindset Needed

A NGAUS priority moving forward is concurrent and proportional fielding of all new equipment. This, like all of our priorities, comes from our members — men and women who serve in the National Guard and in the Army or Air Force when activated. Today... Read More Details

Magazine: Sentinels of the Sky

Air Guard provides the bulk of the aircraft and monitors for the continuing operation to defend American airspace Read More Details

February 2019 Update

The 116th Congress continues to organize defense and veterans affairs committees. NGAUS legislative staff has been executing a robust engagement plan to meet with new and returning Members of Congress, Senators, and staff on important National Guard... Read More Details

Pentagon Seeks Expanded Exchange, Commissary Eligibility

The Defense Department wants Congress to greatly expand eligibility for shopping in on-base exchanges and commissaries, Military Times reported. Officials have asked Congress to let all veterans and civilian employees use the stores. Stephanie Barna... Read More Details

Army National Guard Logo Change Causes Stir

A recruiting rebrand has some worried that the Army National Guard’s iconic Minuteman is on its way out. A symbol that calls back to the Guard’s pre-Revolutionary War roots, the Minuteman has long been associated with the Guard. But it is absent from... Read More Details

Range Upgrades Needed Ahead of New Army Marksmanship Test

A new four-phase marksmanship test featuring more realistic scenarios will soon roll out for the Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve. The old Cold War-era test will be phased out after The Infantry Center at Fort Benning, Georgia, publishes a... Read More Details

Democrats Push Two-Year Budget Cap Deal

In a narrow 19-17 vote, the House Budget Committee approved a bill for a defense budget for fiscal 2020 at $733 billion. The bill sets defense spending limits for fiscal 2020 at $664 billion and fiscal 2021 at $680 billion. There will also be $69... Read More Details

Other Associations Join NGAUS Call for TRICARE Reform

NGAUS, the Adjutant General Association of the United States, the Air Force Association, the Association of the U.S. Army, the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., the National Governors Association and the Reserve Organization of... Read More Details