by Mark Wasserbauer | Jul 14, 2016 | National Guard, News, Retirement
Michelle Tan, Army Times 3:19 p.m. EDT July 13, 2016 Full-time National Guard soldiers can now qualify for temporary early retirement, a benefit also known as the 15-year early retirement plan. In a directive signed by Army Secretary Eric Fanning, the Army in late...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Jun 12, 2016 | News, Retirement
By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Jun 9, 2016, 12:01 PM ET ABC News reports that, “U.S. military troops may be able to sidestep the Pentagon’s entrenched, 100-year-old “up or out” promotion system under sweeping new proposals...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Jun 7, 2016 | News
Spread the word about PTSD and effective treatments during PTSD Awareness Month. Everyone makes a difference! Learn – Discover the facts. Explore your options. Connect – Help someone. Help yourself. Give support. Get support. Share – Pass along...
by John Harris | May 27, 2016 | Legislative, National, News, Politics
Can you spare 15 seconds for a National Guard Soldier? It is apparent that the only way to stop the harassment of National Guard Soldiers over GRAP is through the political arena, where it began. Click Here for press release from Senator Claire McCaskill’s...
by John Harris | May 20, 2016 | National, National Guard, News, Politics, Veterans
WASHINGTON (May 20, 2016) — The Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States today released the following statement by Sgt. Maj. (ret) Frank Yoakum, the EANGUS Executive Director. The Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States,...
by | May 2, 2016 | National, News, Politics
H.R. 4909 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 passed favorably out of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) with a vote of 60 to 2. In all the committee markup process took nearly seventeen hours. Overview There are provisions in the bill...
