Washington Report September 25, 2018 Air Force: Guard Not Needed for Separate Space Force Initial Air Force plans for a separate Space Force include no role for the National Guard. In a Sept. 14 memo outlining its recommendations for the... Read More Details
Washington Report September 25, 2018 Army Finds Fix for M4 Rifle Glitch The Army believes it has found a fix for a glitch in the M4 and M4A1 assault rifles that causes the weapon to unintentionally fire, officials told... Read More Details
Washington Report September 18, 2018 Guard Nationwide Responds to Hurricane Florence National Guardsmen have flowed in from at least 28 states to help North and South Carolina units support civil authorities following Hurricane... Read More Details
Washington Report September 18, 2018 Fiscal 2019 Defense Budget Nearly Complete Washington decision-makers are a step closer to providing the U.S. military with its first on-time budget in a decade. The Senate today approved a... Read More Details
Washington Report September 18, 2018 Lawmakers to VA: Research Pot as Pain, PTSD Treatment Lawmakers from both chambers and both sides of the aisle have asked the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs to do research on marijuana’s... Read More Details
Washington Report September 11, 2018 Mattis Memo Addresses Decline in Courts-martial Defense Secretary James N. Mattis took notice recently of the drop in courts-martial across the services and advised commanders to consider goals... Read More Details
Washington Report September 11, 2018 New Army PT Test Troublesome for Guard The secretary of the Army says, “If you can’t pass the Army Combat Fitness Test, then there’s probably not a spot for you in the Army.” But Mark T... Read More Details
Washington Report September 04, 2018 200 Air Force Instructions Cut as Service Swings Ax Just days after Gen. David L. Goldfein, the Air Force chief of staff, told a National Guard audience in New Orleans the service was taking an ax to... Read More Details
Washington Report September 04, 2018 New Commander in Afghanistan: 'We Cannot Fail' Gen. Austin Scott Miller took charge Sunday of the nearly 17-year NATO mission to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a place where terrorists feel... Read More Details
Washington Report September 04, 2018 Pentagon: Guard's Border Mission Extended One Year Up to 4,000 National Guard soldiers could remain at the U.S.-Mexico border through Sept. 30, 2019. The Defense Department has authorized the... Read More Details
Washington Report August 29, 2018 Mattis: McCain's Character Good Example for Military The life of Sen. John S. McCain, who died Saturday, should serve as an example for service members today, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said... Read More Details
Washington Report August 07, 2018 Deploy or get out? Not if You're Wounded The Pentagon has identified exemptions from its new policy that troops who are unable to deploy will face separation. The policy of deploy-or-get-out... Read More Details