Department of Defense

Urgency, speed, efficiency, competition and lethality: These are the new guiding principles of our War Department. This moment requires defense hawks and fiscal hawks to pull together, and I'm proud to call myself both.

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.  

Adjutants general from 22 states with Air National Guard fighter units signed a letter to Congress this month seeking multiyear funding for the Air Force to purchase between 72 and 100 new fighter jets to recapitalize the Total Air Force.

The Army has launched Project ARIA, the Army Rapid Implementation of Artificial Intelligence, a service initiative to harness AI to modernize Army operations and empower Soldiers.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth underscored the Department of War’s top priorities in a meeting with National Guard leaders Feb. 25 at the Herbert R. Temple Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Virginia.

China’s military modernization poses a direct and growing threat to U.S. security, according to a new Pentagon assessment released last week.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Saturday outlined four distinct lines of effort for the War Department to take to guarantee peace through strength for the United States and its allies in the coming years.

In early September, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating the Department of Defense’s original name, the Department of War. The designation, used from 1789 until 1947, marks a symbolic return to the nation’s early military roots.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled a comprehensive plan to accelerate the Pentagon’s acquisition process, aiming to deliver new weapons and systems faster.

NGAUS has been busy since the federal government shutdown began Oct. 1 informing Congress and the press on the harm the lapse in appropriations is doing to National Guard readiness and Guard Soldiers and Airmen and their families.

With a potential conflict on the horizon, the Department of War is prioritizing preserving its key military advantage over China — U.S. command and control, or C2.

The continuing government shutdown is uniquely hard on the Soldiers and Airmen of the National Guard. We have thousands of full-time Guardsmen nationwide who wear their uniform and rank every workday but, unlike their active-duty brothers and sisters, they have yet to be paid in October.