Congress

Leaders from several military and veteran service organizations are urging Congress to move quickly on legislation they say would modernize and simplify the way National Guard and Reserve members are placed on duty, paid and credited for their service.

The Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation last week unveiled the first renderings of the future memorial on the National Mall that will honor those who served in the conflict that began in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

We issued a survey to our members to gauge their desire for the association to support a Defense Department proposal calling for the elimination of the dual-status military technician program.  

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 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.

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

The association president told lawmakers last week about the inequities National Guard Soldiers and Airmen too often face due to an obsolete duty-status system.

The House on Tuesday afternoon voted to pass a government funding package that tees up the end of the partial shutdown, which is its fourth day.

Senators currently face a Friday deadline to pass a $1.3 trillion package of six spending bills, including defense, and to avoid a partial government shutdown.

NGAUS hosted 46 attendees from 29 states at its annual two-day Legislative Workshop earlier this month with one major theme: working with the 54.

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.