by Mark Wasserbauer | Jan 30, 2020 | National Guard
April has been designated as the Month of the Military Child and the Minnesota National Guard Child & Youth Program Office will be selling Military Child T-Shirts to support the program. The deadline to order is March 15th. After 15 March, these T-Shirts will not...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Jan 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
A provision in the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 116-92) blocked DoD’s controversial plan to restrict service members with higher than sixteen years of service from transferring their Forever GI Bill benefits to eligible family members....
by Mark Wasserbauer | Dec 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
THE HILL BY REBECCA KHEEL – 12/09/19 “House and Senate negotiators on Monday released an agreement for the massive annual defense policy bill that would give federal workers 12 weeks of paid parental leave in exchange for creating President Trump’s...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 23, 2019 | Burn Pits, Medical
By: Patricia Kime (Military Times) Lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that would recognize the health hazards posed by oil well fires, burn pits and other pollution sources in Afghanistan and much of the Middle East — an effort they say would help ill veterans who...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 23, 2019 | Government
Yesterday the President signed a stopgap funding bill that keeps the government running through 20 December. The additional time will help congressional negotiators wrap up more than $1.4 trillion in unfinished appropriations bills. Settling allocations for many...