Washington Report September 20, 2022 GOP Letter to Army Secretary: End Vaccine Travel Rule Fifty-one Republicans in Congress are demanding the Army secretary end a policy restricting official travel for the service’s troops unvaccinated... Read More Details
Washington Report September 13, 2022 Army Guard Testing Free Child Care During Drill Weekends Army National Guard soldiers in six states will have access to free child care during weekend drill under a pilot program launching this month. The... Read More Details
Washington Report September 13, 2022 NGB Implements Changes for Preventing Sexual Assault The National Guard Bureau is implementing changes to better fight sexual assault and harassment in the ranks with new prevention initiatives across... Read More Details
Washington Report August 29, 2022 Roll Call of States Opens Conference The Roll Call of States has been a longstanding popular tradition of the annual NGAUS conference. The ceremony’s format allows speakers from the 50... Read More Details
Washington Report August 29, 2022 Deputy Army Intel Chief: The Guard’s Our ‘Eyes and Ears’ The deputy Army chief of staff – intelligence says the National Guard is crucial to the military’s information gathering. Lt. Gen. Laura A. Potter... Read More Details
Washington Report August 29, 2022 Army Chief: New Fitness Test the ‘Better’ Version The Army chief of staff says the service’s new fitness test improves the previous version. Watch Video Gen. James C. McConville adds updating the Army... Read More Details
Washington Report August 26, 2022 Conference Attendees to Glimpse Future Major events at the 144th General Conference & Exhibition begin tomorrow (Aug. 27) in Columbus, Ohio, with the largest NGAUS trade show in a decade... Read More Details
Washington Report August 16, 2022 Guard Leaders Hopeful Novavax Will Boost COVID Vaccination Rates Approved for emergency use in mid-July, the Novavax vaccine presents the latest hope for reducing the number of National Guardsmen who aren't... Read More Details
Washington Report August 09, 2022 Adjutant General: Vaccine Mandate a ‘Threat’ to Readiness The adjutant general of Florida says the Defense Department’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate seriously threatens military readiness. Maj. Gen. James O... Read More Details
Washington Report July 26, 2022 Army Leaders: 'We Are in a War for Talent’ The Army will shift more than $1 billion to recruiting programs and rely more on reserve-component soldiers as the active-component struggles to... Read More Details
Washington Report July 12, 2022 Pentagon Releases RC Maternity Leave Directive The Pentagon has issued a “Directive-type Memorandum” for a maternity program that provides drill-status “birth parents” with excused absences with... Read More Details
Washington Report July 12, 2022 House Aims to Complete its NDAA This Week The House returned to work this week to consider 1,213 possible amendments to the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act the House Armed... Read More Details