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NGAUS News Digest
NGAUS News Digest July 29, 2025 1. Task & Purpose - TRICARE could soon cover dependents up to 26 with no extra fees Rules that already cover most civilian health insurance plans might soon be coming to TRICARE, allowing children to remain on their parents’ policy...
ARMY FACIAL HAIR
The Army updated its facial hair grooming policy in a service directive that resulted from a force-wide review of military standards. The update reinforces the Army’s long-standing policy that all Soldiers must be clean-shaven when in uniform or civilian clothes while...
AIR FORCE PERSONAL APPEARANCE
The Air Force has updated its dress and personal appearance instruction. The new guidance memorandum for DAFI 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance of Department of the Air Force Personnel, clarifies mandatory uniform items and personal appearance standards while...
3.8% Raise for Service Members Endorsed by House and Senate Defense Bills
Military.com Service members are on track to get a 3.8 percent pay raise next year under versions of the annual defense policy bill moving through the House and Senate this month.
Army National Guard Soldiers – Early Retirement Program
Tens of thousands of Army National Guard Soldiers mobilized under authority 12304b will now receive full credit toward early retirement retroactively to 2012, thanks to a NGAUS push for the Pentagon to adhere to applicable law. “For too long, thousands of Guardsmen...
Supreme Court – Thousands of Disabled Veterans Could Be Eligible
Thousands of disabled veterans could be eligible for additional retroactive combat-related special compensation after the Supreme Court unanimously ruled earlier this month that the federal government had unfairly capped payments. Officials from the National Veterans...
President Nominates New NGB Vice Chief
President Donald Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. Thomas Carden, the deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command, for the No. 2 position at the National Guard Bureau.
Court Upholds President’s Control of California Guard
A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to maintain control of the California National Guardsmen he deployed to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids.
CMSAF Says 2-Mile PT Test ‘Likely’, but Final Changes Still Uncertain
By David Roza Changes are coming to the Air Force physical fitness assessment, but the service is not yet revealing what those are or when Airmen might expect to see them. A message from Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David A. Flosi to other enlisted leaders...
Report: No Easy Solution for Overweight Troops
More than 65% of National Guard and Reserve personnel can be classified as overweight or obese, which presents a “threat to manpower, mission readiness, and service member well-being,” according to a recent American Security Project report, citing 2017 data.
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