The general the Senate confirmed to be Army National Guard director
told the annual AUSA conference Tuesday that his study of history gives him “a profound sense
of urgency.” Lt. Gen. Jonathan Stubbs noted that 84 years ago, the German military swept
across Europe, Italian troops marched through Africa and Japan took island after island in the
Pacific. Then, the following year, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, and the United States entered
World War II. “In some ways, we are where our nation was in October 1940,” he said. Stubbs is
temporarily the acting National Guard Bureau vice chief. Video of speech is available at
www.ausa.org/live-streams/annual-meeting/darng-seminar