by Mark Wasserbauer | Dec 3, 2014 | Benefits, National Guard
By Leo Shane III, Staff writer (Military Times) Troops will see a 1 percent pay raise, slowed growth in their housing allowance and a $3 increase in most prescription co-pays as part of a military budget deal expected to be finalized this week. The measure includes...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 30, 2014 | Benefits, Education
Two EANGUS members receive opportunity to complete bachelor’s or master’s degree program PHOENIX, Oct. 2, 2014 – University of Phoenix and the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS) We Care for America Foundation have selected two...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 30, 2014 | Benefits, Retirement, Veterans
Received this email from DoD and wanted to give this the widest dissemination possible. If you are a TRICARE recipent, please read and share! Dear Beneficiary, The Department of Defense is going green. Instead of sending you hard copy letters, we will be...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 27, 2014 | Politics
Representative Tim Walz Update (EANGUS) Last week was a very up and down week for Representative Tim Walz (D-MN). Representative Walz, the highest-ranking enlisted member to ever serve in Congress, launched an unsuccessful bid to become the next Ranking Member of...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 25, 2014 | Politics
(Politico) As President Barack Obama searches for his fourth defense secretary in six years, Chuck Hagel’s resignation Monday only confirms the perception of how tightly the White House controls the most important national security decision making.
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 24, 2014 | Legislative
Good morning, I hope my email finds you well. Since joining EANGUS on 6-Oct, I have stayed very busy despite Congress being in an Election Year Recess. As we quickly approach the end of the 113th Congress, there will be a flurry of last minute business that I would...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 24, 2014 | Legislative, National Guard
Congress is out of town this week for Thanksgiving and will return next Monday. At that time we believe they will finally hammer out an FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House passed its version but the Senate only the SASC passed it. Still there...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 24, 2014 | National Guard
I am sure there are many other Guard unit’s out there doing the same programs but here are two in the Duluth area giving back! Thank you Duluth TACC and 148FW! Merry Christmas!
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 22, 2014 | Legislative, National Guard, Politics
(The Hill) A day after Rep. Tim Walz (Minn.) had his hopes of becoming the top Democrat on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee dashed, he says he is in talks with Democratic leaders to join the powerful House Armed Services Committee in the 114th...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 21, 2014 | National Guard
Minnesota Guard, Somali leaders join forces to attract recruits Star Tribune The Minnesota National Guard did not want to lose Mohamed Mohamud. The high school senior was eager to enlist, but his mother, a refugee of Somalia’s brutal civil war, balked. Where Mohamud...
