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 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,...
by Daniel Elkins | Nov 5, 2019 | Publication
Inside Higher Ed, the resource for insight on news within higher education, asked our Legislative Director, Daniel Elkins, to share his expert opinion on the current political climate facing those who advocate for Student Veterans. Daniel explained that, “In...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 3, 2019 | Burn Pits
By Tara Copp, Shirsho Dasgupta, and Ben Wieder October 30, 2019 04:00 AM Veterans saw a spike in urinary, prostate, liver and blood cancers during nearly two decades of war, and some military families now question whether their exposure to toxic environments is to...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 2, 2019 | Veterans
The United States military is a brotherhood and sisterhood like no other. Those who serve together form a common sense of purpose and devotion to duty. It’s a level of trust not commonly found in civilian life. Those military friendships last forever. But as life...
