Nebraska the First State to Slow Down National Guard Operations In the Face of Budget Crunch States across the country are bracing to cancel National Guard training and ground aircraft until October due to the budget...
How Much Discrimination Did Guardsmen Face from Civilian Employers During the Pandemic? In 2020, ESGR worked on 700 cases for Air and Army National Guard troops with employer issues, the data showed, a slight...
GOP Lawmakers Introduce Narrow Bill to Fund the National Guard as It Nears Total Shutdown If the National Guard isn't reimbursed by Aug. 1, training events, schools and drills will be canceled until Oct. 1, the...
National Guard Two Weeks from Collapse — Stalling Promotions, Gutting Training, Canceling Drills, Leaders Warn If Congress fails to act quickly, the National Guard will shut down most training through Oct. 1.
Afghan Vet: 'What Have We Ended Up With at the End of It?' U.S. veterans of the Afghanistan War have mixed feelings as America's longest war winds down.
Military's Border Mission Will Continue for at Least Another Year The 3,600 National Guard troops are largely uninvolved with law enforcement, and generally provide logistical support.
South Dakota to Send Additional Troops to Border Beyond Donor-Funded Mission The state will send 125 soldiers from the 1742nd Transportation Company to the southern border for 9 to 12 months sometime...
Pentagon, National Guard Silent on Whether Troops Are for Hire After GOP Billionaire Funds Border Mission Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation -- helmed by billionaire Willis Johnson who lives in Tennessee -- made a $1 million...
How Do I Get Tricare When We Go Guard? They're leaving the active-duty Air Force to join the National Guard, but they're finding Tricare transition confusing.
Democrats Raise Ethical Concerns Over GOP Donor's $1 Million Funding of Border Deployment A billionaire's donation to fund a National Guard mission to the border has raised questions of whether the military is...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
