Washington Report

The Senate today confirmed Troy E. Meink, the National Reconnaissance Office’s principal deputy director, to serve as the 27th Secretary of the Air Force.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a memo Thursday that transgender service members in the National Guard and Reserve will have 60 days to voluntarily self-separate or be forced out.

Zita Fletcher joined NGAUS as senior writer/editor last week. Her duties include writing and editing the association’s weekly e-newsletter, as well as writing stories for NATIONAL GUARD magazine.

International visitors involved in emergency preparedness and crisis response came to the Pentagon for a day last week to learn more about the National Guard.

More than 65% of National Guard and Reserve personnel can be classified as overweight or obese, according to a recent American Security Project report, citing 2017 data.

Prominent Republicans are saying President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 defense budget request does not deliver the “unprecedented” increase in defense and border security the White House claims.

The Army is embarking on a sweeping transformation, according to a letter to the force last week from senior Army leaders.

Maj. Gen. Duke Pirak, the acting director of the Air National Guard, hosted Air Guard wing commanders and senior enlisted leaders from around the nation.

The Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing will receive 21 F-15EX Eagle II fighters to replace its A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, which the Air Force wants...

Maj. Gen. Trent Kelly, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi, formally retired from the Mississippi Army National...

The Army announced its fitness test will undergo several changes designed to improve Soldier fitness, combat readiness and lethality, according to a press release.

The nation’s governors are alarmed by indications that Space Force leadership is “aggressively pushing a plan to fully implement Legislative Proposal 480 and remove Air National Guard space units from states by the end of the year.”