Personnel

The Air Force must grow its reserve component and combat fighter inventory to address its chronic shortage of pilots, according to a new report from the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.

About 7,800 National Guardsmen were on duty in Washington, D.C., Monday, as part of a large interagency presence to ensure the peaceful transition of power during the 60th Presidential Inauguration.

About 2,500 National Guardsmen from California, Nevada and Wyoming are on duty working with local, state and federal agencies to fight the wildfires raging across the Los Angeles area, the National Guard Bureau said Tuesday.

Veterans who served two or more separate periods of military service are now eligible for up to 12 months of additional education benefits, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Jan. 3.

Civilian employers remain generally supportive of their employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserves, but some challenges persist, according to a report released by the RAND Corporation last year.

The man who jump-started the Army National Guard’s transformation to an operational force has passed away.

The National Guard will support the 60th presidential inauguration on Jan. 20 with about 7,800 Soldiers and Airmen, according to Maj. Gen. John Andonie, the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard.

Eleven members of the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 134th Air Refueling Wing received the Distinguished Flying Cross on Dec. 7 for their heroic...

The National Guard will observe its 388th birthday Friday, continuing a tradition that began before the nation’s founding in 1776.

Trust and confidence in the U.S. armed forces is rebounding after years of decline, according to the seventh annual Reagan National Defense Survey.

The Government Accountability Office has a simple question for the Air Force: who will run bases when whole wings deploy under the service’s new force generation model?

The military services could improve their officer evaluation systems with some simple adjustments, a congressional watchdog reported last month after a 22-month review.