NGAUS Staff

NGAUS members across the 54 states, territories and the District of Columbia will gather later this month at the 148th General Conference & Exhibition to hear defense leaders and network with their peers. But the core of the conference — and the reason the 54 gather annually — is to complete the association’s legislative resolution process.

This summer, NGAUS welcomed a group of enthusiastic, ready-to-learn interns at NGAUS HQ to join the National Guard Educational Foundation staff and Government Affairs team for an inside look at preservation of our nation’s first militia and advocacy.

On July 15, senior leaders from NGAUS and the New Hampshire National Guard presented Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., with the Harry S. Truman Award, the association’s highest honor.

Congressional staffers and officials of veteran and military service organizations gathered at the National Guard Memorial on Monday to participate in a Mental Health Symposium hosted by NGAUS.

NGAUS is hosting a Mental Health Symposium focused on the unique mental health challenges facing National Guard members and their families.

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 two retired/separated representatives on the NGAUS board of directors unveiled the working concept to establish a new association task force at last week’s retired/separated virtual meeting.

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.

Claire Feeney started this week at NGAUS as the new government affairs administrative assistant.

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.

Alex Scaffo, a former New Jersey Army National Guardsman and HillVets fellow, has joined the NGAUS staff this week.

Retired Col. Peter Boone, a former Georgia Air National Guard C-130 Hercules navigator with extensive legislative liaison experience, is taking over as the Government Affairs manager for Air National Guard programs at NGAUS.