NEWS & EVENTS

Bass Tapped as Air Force’s First Female Enlisted Leader By Rachel S. Cohen Chief Master Sgt. JoAnne Bass will become the 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, and the first female enlisted Airman to lead one of the military services. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.,...

Senate Vets Hokanson for National Guard Chief By Rachel S. Cohen The prospective next head of the National Guard Bureau told the Senate this week he expects the new coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest will require the Guard to play a greater role in homeland...

Senate Confirms Brown to Lead Air Force in Historic Vote By Rachel S. Cohen Senators confirmed Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. as the first black military service chief in American history in a 98-0 vote June 9. Brown, the decorated four-star general in charge of...

Minnesota TAG Tapped to be Army Guard Director Maj. Gen. Jon Jensen is expected to be nominated to serve as the next director of the Army National Guard.  

15 States Activate Guard to Help Quell Unrest By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory About 5,000 National Guard personnel—including more than 375 Air National Guardsmen—had been activated as of the morning of May 31 "in response to civil disturbances" that erupted after the death...

Trump to Extend National Guard Title 32 Orders into August By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory President Donald Trump on May 28 announced he will extend the Title 32 orders of National Guard personnel activated to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic through the middle of August,...

Congress, NGAUS Push for T32 COVID-19 Extension, Full Benefits  The chorus of national leaders calling for President Trump to extend the domestic deployment of Guardsmen past a June 24 deadline has grown to include top Pentagon officials. Speaking on NBC's Today Show...

GUARD DEATH First Lt. Trevarius Ravon Bowman, 25, died May 19 at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced late last week. Bowman, from Spartanburg, South Carolina, was a member of the South Carolina National Guard's 228th Theater Tactical...

The Ban on COVID-19 Survivors Joining Up Has Lifted, but Some Cases Could Still Be Denied Military Times What started as an all-out ban evolved into barring those who had been hospitalized after contracting the virus. And now it’s changed again. Matthew Donovan,...

NGB Vice Chief Takes Over as Army Guard Director Lt. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson is the Army National Guard’s new top officer. Hokanson, an Oregon Guardsman, officially became Army Guard director at a ceremony Friday at the Herbert R. Temple Jr. Army National Guard...