by | Dec 24, 2019 | National Guard
Fall Edition 2019 Features: President’s Communique Suicide Prevention From the DARNG From the CSM of the ARNG / ANG CCM “Call me cynical.” – ED Yoakum Defense Health Agency Articles Suicide Prevention Resources DPH Roster JEC / Membership ANG...
by Daniel Elkins | Dec 18, 2019 | News
Earlier this year we announced our new podcast, Coffee with Congress, where each episode we sit down with a new member of Congress to ask hard-hitting questions that have nothing to do with politics at all! In our latest episode, we sit down with Command Sergeant...
by Daniel Elkins | Dec 17, 2019 | Legislative
The Department of Defense (DoD) has changed an unfair policy that denied Post-9/11 GI Bill eligibility to members of the National Guard even though they were serving side by side with Active-duty troops who were gaining eligibility. Over the last year, we have been...
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 Daniel Elkins | Dec 4, 2019 | News
Earlier this year we announced our new podcast, Coffee with Congress, where each episode we sit down with a new member of Congress to ask hard-hitting questions that have nothing to do with politics at all! In our latest episode, we sit down with Congressman Van...
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...
by | Nov 14, 2019 | National Office
Fighting for a better GI Bill Calculator We have begun working with the Departments of Education (ED) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to create a better GI Bill Calculator. We believe that Veterans want better information when deciding how to use their GI Bill benefits–such...
by Daniel Elkins | Nov 14, 2019 | Legislative
Our Legislative Director Daniel Elkins, spoke with KPBS about the issues facing the men and women of the National Guard that are serving at our southern border. Members of the Guard are being asked to serve alongside their active-duty counterparts doing the same job...
by | Nov 12, 2019 | Legislative, Podcast
On the latest episode of the EANGUS podcast/videocast, Adrienne Jackson, Army Legislative Program Manager at the National Guard Association of the U.S. joined Scott. Adrienne and Scott chatted about Adrienne’s Capitol Hill experience working for Senator Jim Inhofe,...
