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Numbers Game

President’s budget contains lots of positives for the Guard, but the proposal is far from a done deal Read More Details

In the House

Congress now includes nine current Guardsmen. None of them appears ready to stop serving in uniform, especially the new three Read More Details

Congressman to DoD: Open Space-A Travel to Guardsmen

A New York Republican is urging the Defense Department to relax restrictions on Guardsmen using Space-Available travel. Rep. Lee Zeldin, who served in Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division and has been in the Army Reserve since 2007, penned a letter... Read More Details

More Troops in New Roles to be Added to Border Mission

The Defense Department will loosen rules over the roles that troops can fill on the southern border and send more than 300 additional troops. Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan approved a request from the Department of Homeland Security that would... Read More Details

New Report Recommends Boosting Midcareer Incentives

A RAND Corp. report published earlier this month argues that the Army needs to pay some officers a larger midcareer incentive under the new Blended Retirement System, according to Stars and Stripes . The added incentives would be needed to retain the... Read More Details

Army Secretary Shares Equipment Wish List

Long-range precision fires, attack and reconnaissance aircraft and air defense add to the Army Secretary’s weapons wish list for future fights against peer adversaries. Secretary Mark Esper discussed how upcoming weapons and technology can help U.S... Read More Details

VA Suicide Report: Veterans, Service Members Die Each Day

The Department of Veterans Affairs has backed off a bit from its annual suicide report released last week. In it, the agency noted that its previous reports, which showed 20 or more suicides among veterans each day, included actively serving service... Read More Details

Step Kids

Guard children face many of the same challenges as their active-duty counterparts, yet they're not deemed full members of the military family Read More Details

Bill Would Expand Fry Scholarship to Guard

New legislation aims to extend eligibility for the Fry Scholarship to spouses and children of fallen Guardsmen and Reservists who died of service-connected causes that take place outside of active duty. The Fry Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019 (H... Read More Details

Congress Continues Budget Work

House leaders have set their proposed spending levels for the fiscal 2020 budget. The chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., sent the numbers to her subcommittees this week, according to POLITICO . They include $622... Read More Details