Defense Authorization

There’s some good news in the annual defense policy act for members of the Army National Guard on or interested in temporary active-duty assignments...

National Guardsmen who receive incentive and special-duty pay will soon be compensated at the same rate as their active-component counterparts as part...

The Senate will once again look to vote on the annual defense policy bill this week. The normally bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act is...

A bipartisan amendment to the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act would open the doors for Guardsmen to be assigned to civil-works...

The path to approve a National Defense Authorization Act this year got a bit more complicated after Republicans voted late Monday to block the bill...

Months after the Defense Department agreed to extend the National Guard’s FireGuard pilot program, a bipartisan group of senators have moved to...

The Senate will take up its version of the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act following a holiday break, but faces a big time crunch if...

The annual defense policy bill is unlikely to make any Thanksgiving menus this year. With the Senate in recess this week and scheduled for just three...

The House overwhelmingly approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act last week, boosting defense spending beyond what President Joe...

The White House budget office has officially come out against the creation of a Space National Guard, going against senior National Guard leaders and...

House lawmakers have begun considering the annual defense policy bill, with debates and votes on dozens of amendments likely stretching well into the...

The future of a potential Space National Guard is one of several big questions up for debate when Congress meets to finalize the National Defense...