NEWS & EVENTS
72nd Annual NGASC Conference
March 20-22, 2020 Hilton Head, SC
141st Annual NGAUS Conference
August 30- September 2, 2019 Denver, CO
48th Annual EANGUS Conference
August 4-7, 2019 Des Moines, IA
Trump nominates former Aerospace Corporation chair to head US Air Force
The Defense Post U.S. President Donald Trump announced he had nominated a former ambassador and Arizona businesswoman to lead the Air Force. Barbara Barrett, 68, served as the U.S. ambassador to Finland from 2008 to 2009 under the George W. Bush administration. She...
Army, Air Force want merged ‘scrolling’ process to help transition between active, reserve and guard
Federal News Network The Army, Air Force and National Guard want Congress' help to change the way officers are put into their ranks in order to speed up the movement between components and to ease the burden on troops. The current legal process for officers to be...
Skills Investment
EANGUS is proud to support H.R.898, the Skills Investment Act of 2019, which would incentivize tax-free contributions from both Servicemembers and their employers into a new, dedicated savings account for education. The Post-9/11 GI Bill often doesn't cover the full...
FY20 NDAA Update
The Senate and House Armed Services Committees are scheduled to consider the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act in May and June respectively. EANGUS staff are engaging with Congressional members and staff in hopes of garnering favorable policy in the...
Fighting for Air Guard Federal Tuition Assistance
The Enlisted Association of the National Guard through our Veterans Education Project will be releasing a video of Student Veterans talking about the lack of Federal Tuition Assistance for Air National Guard Service members. We are engaging with Congress to rally...
Pentagon Report: War Costs Since 9/11 Exceed $1.5 Trillion
The United States obligated more than $1.5 trillion on "war-related" costs since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a recent Defense Department report. Most of those funds have been dedicated to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the figure also includes support to the...
A Message from Mike Fox, Lockheed Martin Greenville General Manager
The week of April 22 was certainly a busy one for Lockheed Martin in South Carolina, beginning with the F-16 Production Line Ribbon Cutting event in Greenville on April 23. The next day, members of our Government Affairs team visited Columbia to be presented...
DOD Keeping Door Open to Space National Guard
Defense Department officials are laying the groundwork for a Space National Guard even though the Pentagon’s Space Force proposal did not include provisions for a reserve component, the head of the Air National Guard said May 21. DOD stood up an internal group under...
OPINION: A flat budget will prove fatal for military transformation
This month, the House Appropriations Committee kicked off the annual process of congressional oversight of the Pentagon by passing its bill to fund the military for fiscal 2020. While the committee signaled willingness among the Democratic caucus to support a $733...
A Message from Mike Fox, Lockheed Martin Greenville General Manager
The week of April 22 was certainly a busy one for Lockheed Martin in South Carolina, beginning with the F-16 Production Line Ribbon Cutting event in Greenville on April 23. The next day, members of our Government Affairs team visited Columbia to be presented...
Army Secretary Shares Equipment Wish List
Washington Post April 30, 2019 Long-range precision fires, attack and reconnaissance aircraft and air defense add to the Army Secretary’s weapons wish list for future fights against peer adversaries. Secretary Mark Esper discussed how upcoming weapons and technology...
In Brief
FORMER NGAUS PRESIDENT Maj. Gen. William J. McCaddin, who was NGAUS president (the position is now chairman of the board) from 1978 to 1980 and the Virginia adjutant general for 12 years, died April 25 in Richmond, Virginia. He was 91. McCaddin will be interred at...
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