by Mark Wasserbauer | Apr 6, 2017 | Legislative, National Guard, Technician
From EANGUS’ latest Minuteman Update Report – On March 29, the Military Technician Modernization Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Manchin of West Virginia (S. 766) and in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representative Abraham of...
by Frank Yoakum | Oct 17, 2016 | Legislative, National Guard, Politics, Technician
There has been some talk over the past several months about conversion. No, we are not talking about religion—we are talking about the Guard’s technician program. Section 1053 of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 114-92), requires the SECDEF to...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Apr 3, 2016 | National Guard, Technician
There has been lots of discussions about DoD’s plan to transition 20% of Guard personnel to Title 5. Forty-four (44) U.S. governors sent a letter March 4 to House and Senate leaders in Congress, denouncing a plan to convert some National Guard military members...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Apr 3, 2016 | Benefits, National Guard, News, Politics, Technician
By: TOM PHILPOTT Military Update March 13, 2016 Updated: March 13, 2016 at 8:10 am Sen. Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Senate armed services subcommittee on military personnel, signaled Tuesday that he will support a plan to allow drilling Reserve and Guard members...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Mar 27, 2016 | National Guard, Technician
Mar 23, 2016 | by Matthew Cox (Military.com) The chief of the National Guard Bureau told Congress that converting its uniformed technicians into federal civilian employees will hamper the Guard’s ability to respond to domestic emergencies. Gen. Frank J....
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by Mark Wasserbauer | Jan 29, 2016 | Legislative, Technician
A controversial provision included in the FY16 National Defense Authorization Act is causing some angst in the National Guard community, in the Nation’s Capital. Section 1053, Management of Military Technicians asks the Secretary of Defense for a report due out soon...
