Drawing on nearly four centuries of service and the National Guard’s ongoing operational tempo, the Guard Bureau’s senior leaders last week urged the enlisted force to sustain the Guard’s edge.
Speaking at the 55th annual conference of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States in Daytona Beach, Florida, Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Senior Enlisted Advisor John Raines, the SEA to the NGB chief, emphasized the Guard’s dual role as an operational force — at home and abroad.
