Army National Guard

The NGAUS president discussed the association’s advocacy efforts, his evolution as a military and association leader, and how the Guard has changed since the first Persian Gulf War and 9/11 in recent installment of From the Dive Shop podcast.

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy recognized National Guard counterdrug programs for support to 10 award-winning law enforcement investigations during the National Drug Control Awards Ceremony on April 2.

The White House released its fiscal 2027 budget blueprint Friday with a record 44-percent increase in defense spending.

Soldiers with the Florida Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment last month trained alongside the 82nd Airborne Division at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Live-fire training is a daily reality for National Guard units, with thousands of rounds expended during a single training cycle. The result is a large and continuous stream of spent brass that must be managed under strict property, safety, and accountability rules.

The White House will unveil the framework of its proposed $1.5 trillion fiscal 2027 defense budget request to Congress on Friday, according to multiple published reports.

Military chaplains will stop wearing rank in uniform, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced last Tuesday as part of two significant changes affecting the Chaplain Corps.

The Wyoming National Guard expanded its field artillery capability March 20 by training Soldiers in one of the Army’s most in-demand roles, the 13M High Mobility Artillery Rocket System crew member.

The Department of War is giving service members who involuntarily separated for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine another year to apply for reinstatement.

The “death gratuity” paid to the families of fallen service members would double from $100,000 to $200,000 to keep up with inflation under legislation introduced earlier this month.

A bill introduced last week would provide expanded access to veterans seeking medical treatment for infertility.

National Guardsmen and Reservists would no longer pay federal tax on their drill pay under a new House bill.