by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 24, 2014 | Legislative, National Guard
Congress is out of town this week for Thanksgiving and will return next Monday. At that time we believe they will finally hammer out an FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House passed its version but the Senate only the SASC passed it. Still there...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 24, 2014 | National Guard
I am sure there are many other Guard unit’s out there doing the same programs but here are two in the Duluth area giving back! Thank you Duluth TACC and 148FW! Merry Christmas!
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 22, 2014 | Legislative, National Guard, Politics
(The Hill) A day after Rep. Tim Walz (Minn.) had his hopes of becoming the top Democrat on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee dashed, he says he is in talks with Democratic leaders to join the powerful House Armed Services Committee in the 114th...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 21, 2014 | National Guard
Minnesota Guard, Somali leaders join forces to attract recruits Star Tribune The Minnesota National Guard did not want to lose Mohamed Mohamud. The high school senior was eager to enlist, but his mother, a refugee of Somalia’s brutal civil war, balked. Where Mohamud...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 18, 2014 | National Guard
By Michelle Tan and Patricia Kime, Staff writers (ArmyTimes) 4:47 p.m. EST November 17, 2014 The Minnesota National Guard’s 34th Infantry Division headquarters and soldiers from 11 other states will deploy this spring to support U.S. Ebola response operations in...
