Army National Guard

The Pentagon last week released a memo directing the U.S. military to start using a waist-to-height ratio to evaluate the body fat of troops.

The Army pulled back the curtain on the first M1E3 Abrams prototype earlier this month at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

After a screening of SHEEPDOG last week in Washington, D.C., the NGAUS chief of staff joined a panel comprised of cast members and a representative of the Department of Veterans Affairs to discuss the movie’s depiction of veteran post-traumatic growth.

Two members of the House Armed Services Committee last week introduced legislation aimed at reducing the complex, confusing and unequal system of more than 30 National Guard and Reserve duty statuses to four broad categories.

The Senate yesterday confirmed by unanimous consent Lt. Gen. Thomas Carden to be the vice chief of the National Guard Bureau.

SHEEPDOG, an award-winning movie set for nationwide release Friday, addresses the varied challenges veterans confront as they reintegrate into civilian life after returning from overseas deployment.

President Donald Trump announced his intent to remove National Guard troops from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland in a Dec. 31 Truth Social post.

Most NGAUS members are now eligible to escort Honor Flights of veterans traveling to Washington, D.C., from around the country to visit memorials built to commemorate their service.

Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, a military police officer assigned to the 863rd Military Police Company, West Virginia Army National Guard, was laid to rest with full military honors on Dec. 9 at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton. She died on Nov. 27 after being fatally wounded in the line of duty during a shooting near Farragut Square in Washington, D.C.

The event provides a platform for those involved in Guard advocacy nationwide to discuss priorities as Congress begins deliberations on fiscal 2027 defense legislation, said retired Col. Jon “Ice” Eisberg, the association’s vice president for government affairs.

Two Iowa Army National Guard Soldiers were killed and three were wounded Saturday in Syria by a gunman with suspected ties to the Islamic State. A civilian interpreter was also killed in the attack. “The gunman was engaged and killed,” according to a U.S. Central Command report.

Service members will receive a 3.8% pay raise beginning Jan. 1 under the final version of the annual defense policy bill announced by the House and Senate on Sunday night.