76th annual state conference
“Save the Dates!The 76th Annual State Conference will be held on 8-10, March 2024 in Myrtle Beach!”.
53rd Annual EANGUS Conference
AUG 17-21, 2024 Detroit, Michigan 53rd Annual EANGUS Conference You are invited to attend the 53rd annual EANGUS conference which will be held in Detroit, Michigan on August 17-21, 2024. This is an opportunity to meet other enlisted and retired enlisted members from...
146th Annual NGAUS Conference
AUG 23-26, 2024 Detroit, Michigan 146th Annual NGAUS Conference You are invited to attend the 145th annual NGAUS Conference in Reno, Nevada. This is an opportunity to meet other officers are retired officers from around the country. Dynamic speakers, informative...
National Guard will end its mission in the nation’s capital by mid-March
National Guard will end its mission in the nation's capital by mid-March Fox News The National Guard will remove the last of its troops from the U.S. Capitol by mid-march, a Pentagon spokesperson told Fox News' Neil Cavuto Tuesday. "We're obviously constantly in touch...
EANGUS Announces Selection of Matthew Krenz as next Executive Director
EANGUS Announces Selection of Matthew Krenz as next Executive Director Washington, DC – Command Sergeant Major (Retired) Karen M. Craig, President of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS), is pleased to announce the selection of...
Air National Guard Gets New Command Chief Master Sergeant
Air National Guard Gets New Command Chief Master Sergeant By Brian W. Everstine Chief Master Sgt. Maurice L. Williams took over as the 13th command chief master sergeant of the Air National Guard during an Oct. 9 ceremony at the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes. Williams,...
Whitehead Named National Guard Bureau Senior Enlisted Adviser
Whitehead Named National Guard Bureau Senior Enlisted Adviser By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson tapped Chief Master Sgt. Tony L. Whitehead as the bureau’s next senior enlisted adviser, NGB announced Aug. 5. Whitehead, who...
Guard Deployments May End One Day Short of Mark Needed for Retirement, Education Benefits
Guard Deployments May End One Day Short of Mark Needed for Retirement, Education Benefits Military Times Tens of thousands of National Guard troops responding to the coronavirus pandemic could see their deployments halted one day short of qualifying for a host of...
The US Military Is Barring Anyone Who Was Hospitalized Due to COVID-19 From Enlisting
The US Military Is Barring Anyone Who Was Hospitalized Due to COVID-19 From Enlisting Business Insider New guidance from the U.S. military will bar individuals who have been hospitalized by COVID-19 from enlisting, a defense official said, clarifying the situation...
BURN PIT MITIGATION
BURN PIT MITIGATION EANGUS, along with ROA, TAPS, Veteran Warriors, Vietnam Veterans of America, and most recently NGAUS, are drafting a letter to Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist to end the use of burn pits by DOD, and to field the Expeditionary Solid Waste...
The TEA Act for G.I. Bill Transferability
The TEA Act for G.I. Bill Transferability EANGUS and the VEP team have been working to change the Department of Defense’s upcoming policy that would limit the ability of Servicemembers to transfer the Post-9/11 GI Bill to their family. We are proud to announce that...
TRICARE Fairness for National Guard and Reserve Retirees Act
TRICARE Fairness for National Guard and Reserve Retirees Act Last month, the National Office supported a new piece of legislation. Frank Yoakum, our executive director shared the following quote, “The Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States...
HR 5050 VETERANS AND CONSUMERS FAIR CREDIT ACT
HR 5050 VETERANS AND CONSUMERS FAIR CREDIT ACT Three Representatives introduced this bill a couple of weeks ago. The bill would extend most of the provisions of the Military Lending Act (MLA) to all consumers. EANGUS is concerned about the gratuitous use of the word...
New Commands, Ranks, and More Coming for DAF
New Commands, Ranks, and More Coming for DAFThe Air Force and Space Force rolled out sweeping changes to the services’ organization, manning, readiness, and weapons development Feb. 12 at the AFA Warfare Symposium. The changes aim to ratchet up readiness and gain a...
Report: F-35 Struggled With Reliability, Maintainability, Availability in 2023
Report: F-35 Struggled With Reliability, Maintainability, Availability in 2023 By John A. Tirpak The U.S. F-35 fleet, despite being considered a largely “mature” system, is still struggling to meet reliability, maintainability, and availability requirements, the...
National Guard, Air Force Working to Resolve Impasse over Space Units
SpaceNews The chief of the National Guard Bureau, Gen. Daniel Hokanson, is in discussions with Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall to examine potential options concerning the future of approximately 1,000 members of the Air National Guard who support Space Force...
NGAUS has appealed to Congress to investigate why the Pentagon’s implementation plans for National Guard and Reserve special- and incentive-pay parity are 16 months overdue
NGAUS has appealed to Congress to investigate why the Pentagon's implementation plans for National Guard and Reserve special- and incentive-pay parity are 16 months overdue. Retired Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn, the association's president, asked the leaders of the...
The 1,000th F-35 Has Been Built
The War ZoneLockheed Martin has hit a huge milestone in F-35 Joint Strike Fighter production.However, that accomplishment, while outstanding, is complicated by the ongoing sagasurrounding the development and testing of Tech Refresh-3 (TR-3) hardwareconfiguration. TR-3...
PROMOTION HOLDS
PROMOTION HOLDS Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., announced Tuesday he is dropping most of his months-long holds on military officer nominations in the Senate, according to multiple published reports. Tuberville had vowed to block all military officer nominations in the...
Full-Year CR Would Be ‘Historically Costly’ Brown Warns Senates
The U.S. military will have to slow recruiting, cut shipbuilding, delay nuclear modernization and put off all new military construction projects if Congress doesn't pass fiscal year 2024 appropriations, according to Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint...
Veteran Suicides Rose in 2021, Largest Spike Among Young Women Vets
Veteran Suicides Rose in 2021, Largest Spike Among Young Women Vets Task & Purpose An annual review of suicide among veterans found that rates increased in 2021 during COVID-19 lockdowns, with the largest jumps among young women with some military service,...
Radar Sweep
Radar Sweep Tax-Free Pay, 2-Year Leave of Absence for Parents Among Ideas Being Floated by House’s Military Quality-of-Life PanelMilitary.comTax-exempt pay. Extended leaves of absence for parenthood. Fewer permanent change of station moves. Those are some of the...
Board Selects New NGAUS President
Board Selects New NGAUS President A retired Massachusetts Army National Guard two-star general who has spent 15 years on the NGAUS board of directors will take over the association's daily operations in Washington, D.C., next year.