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Every Day in Uniform Counts
Every Day in Uniform Counts The Enlisted Association of the National Guard believes that “Every Day in Uniform Counts.” Whether you are deployed to the border, attending Drill, or responding to a state emergency: if you are in uniform, your service should be...
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...
House Leaders Seek Guard QRF at U.S. Capitol
The National Guard’s security mission at the U.S. Capitol is set to end next week, but Guardsmen may not be gone from the nation’s capital very long. Last week, Democratic leaders included $200 million in new funding to set up a Guard quick reaction force, “a ground...
DOD Eases Mask Rules to Follow New CDC Guidance
By Amy McCullough The Defense Department will no longer require fully vaccinated personnel to wear masks at DOD facilities. The guidance applies to all those who are two weeks beyond their final dose, both indoors and outdoors, according to a May 13 memo from Deputy...
Nearly half of female soldiers still failing new Army fitness test, while males pass easily
Military.com More than seven months after the official launch of the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, nearly half of female soldiers are still falling short, with enlisted women struggling the most, Military.com has learned. The data again raises questions about...
Wittman Calls for $753B Defense Budget As Dems Seek Cuts to Defense
By John A. Tirpak and Amy McCullough The fiscal 2022 Pentagon budget should be $753 billion, $38 more than the Biden administration's proposal of $715 billion, said Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Virginia), ranking member of the House Armed Services seapower and projection...
CSAF: F-22 Not in USAF’s Long-Term Plan
By John A. Tirpak Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. wants to neck down the Air Force's fighter inventory from seven fleets to four, and the F-22 is not on his short list. The extant seven-fleet mix of fighters will need to be reduced to “four, … plus...
Guardsmen Can Now Use Both Tuition Assistance and GI Bill
Members of the National Guard and Reserves may now concurrently use federal tuition assistance and their GI Bill benefits to fund their education, similar to active-component service members.
NGAUS Applauds Action to Close Benefits Gap Between Deployed Active, Guard Troops
WASHINGTON (Jan. 6, 2020) — Deployed National Guardsmen and Reservists now have benefits parity with their active-component counterparts thanks to a bipartisan effort in Congress. The fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes language that...
Army Wants Electric Combat Vehicles
Army Wants Electric Combat Vehicles Army Futures Command has selected six companies to develop ways to power electric combat vehicles in austere, remote locations, according to Defense News. The effort is part of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle modernization...
Frank Kendall III Nominated as 26th Secretary of the Air Force
Frank Kendall III Nominated as 26th Secretary of the Air Force By John A. Tirpak The Biden administration nominated Frank Kendall III, who advised Biden on national security and military issues during the presidential campaign, to be the 26th Secretary of the Air...
US Forces to Leave Afghanistan by the 20th Anniversary of 9/11
US Forces to Leave Afghanistan by the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 By Brian W. Everstine U.S. forces will leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11—the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Biden administration officials said. President Joe Biden...
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