Retirement

The Air National Guard is rolling out sweeping recruiting and retention transformation initiatives — removing accession barriers, expanding enterprise support and reshaping how it competes for the talent required to build dominating air power and ensure wartime readiness.

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.

On Nov. 20, NGAUS held a Retired/Separated Virtual Meeting featuring a presentation on Qualified Charitable Distributions. The meeting was hosted by retired Maj. Gen. April Vogel and retired Brig. Gen. Mike Oster.

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.

Military retirees and veterans on disability will receive the same 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment in 2026 that federal officials announced Friday for Social Security recipients.

NGAUS held a second virtual NGAUS retired/separated caucus for NGAUS members June 26, after a successful inaugural event in December.

NGAUS conducted its first-ever virtual seminar for retired association members Dec. 4, offering attendees counsel about the health care and other benefits available to them.

NGAUS will hold its first virtual seminar for retired association members Dec. 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. EST.

Military retirees and veterans on disability will receive the same 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment in 2025 that federal officials announced last week for Social Security recipients.

Veterans on disability and military retirees will receive the same 3.2% cost-of-living increase in 2024 that federal officials announced last week for...

Senate legislation introduced last week would enable traditional National Guardsmen and Reservists eligible for early retirement to purchase low-cost...

Veterans and military retirees will receive the same 8.7% cost-of-living increase as Social Security recipients next year, federal officials announced...