Army National Guard

Army leaders have implemented a new seven-event fitness test for Soldiers in combat-arms jobs, the service announced last week in a release.

North Dakota Army National Guard Capt. Chris Spangler did not know what to expect when he came to Washington, D.C., earlier this month for the first NGAUS Capitol Summit of 2026.

The association is accelerating its push for Duty Status Reform, its top priority in deliberations on fiscal 2027 defense legislation.

The chief of the National Guard Bureau underscored the Guard’s indispensable dual role in testimony Friday before the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense.

The first Honor Flight Guardian sponsored by the new National Guard Educational Foundation program accompanied some veterans from Florida last week visiting memorials in Washington, D.C., commemorating their service.

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.