Department of Defense

Lawmakers praised the successes of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program (SPP) as a means of strengthening national and international security.

Members of the Missouri Air National Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing were in the sky operating alongside Air Force Global Strike Command during Operation Midnight Hammer.

President Donald Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. Thomas Carden, the deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command, for the No. 2 position at the National Guard Bureau.

Seven more Army bases will revert to their long-standing names, President Donald Trump said June 10 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, but not to honor their original namesakes.

The Senate today confirmed Troy E. Meink, the National Reconnaissance Office’s principal deputy director, to serve as the 27th Secretary of the Air Force.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a memo Thursday that transgender service members in the National Guard and Reserve will have 60 days to voluntarily self-separate or be forced out.

The Defense Department is stepping up efforts to bring back service members involuntarily separated for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

Examples of combat-arms specialties include infantry, artillery, armor, cavalry and special operations forces.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of military standards, including physical fitness, body composition and grooming.

The Defense Department has announced plans to reduce 5-8% of its civilian workforce to “produce efficiencies and refocus the department on the president's priorities and restoring readiness” in the force.

The Defense Department has instructed the services to invite back into uniform those personnel forced out or who separated voluntarily because they refused the COVID-19 vaccine.

A one-time member of the NGAUS legislative team who left 22 years ago to begin a series of significant positions in the Active Guard and Reserve program is set to bring his vast experience back to the association.