NGAUS Staff

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.

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.

The event provides a platform for those involved in Guard advocacy nationwide to discuss priorities as Congress begins deliberations on fiscal 2027 defense legislation, said retired Col. Jon “Ice” Eisberg, the association’s vice president for government affairs.

The National Guard Educational Foundation recognized another large group of major donors Saturday evening during a special reception at the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C.

NGAUS retired members will be able to connect with their representatives on the association’s board of directors during a virtual meeting Nov. 20. This is the third in a series of virtual meetings with retired members that began last year.