Army National Guard

Guard’s support of DHS adds no military value

Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the National Guard Bureau chief, says sending troops to the border detracts the Guard from building its warfighting readiness.

Defense

DoD mobilizes resources to help in Hawaii

Federal Newscast

Army

Army Women’s Initiatives Team ready to tackle barriers for service women

Army

U.S. Navy

Military services seek to expand pool of potential recruits

Defense

Tom Temin

Army goes live with virtual desktop capability

Army

Noah Ogrydzniak, Sumner Ogrydzniak, Cole Ogrydzniak

Some trends in America prompting a new marketing approach to recruit soldiers

Army

Rep. Connolly demands to know if the DHS IG is under investigation

Federal Newscast

Army Guard troops risk dismissal as vaccine deadline looms

Army

Army National Guard once again seeing less demand as COVID enters new phase

Defense

FILE - DeMarcus Hicks, a recent graduate of nursing school who is working as a contractor with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, gives a person a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Dec. 20, 2021, on the first day of a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Federal Way, Wash. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 7, 2022, on challenges to whether the Biden administration can order millions of workers at private companies and health care employees be vaccinated for COVID-19. Until the court rules, millions of workers face a patchwork of requirements depending on where they live. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Federal judge rejects Oklahoma lawsuit over National Guard vaccine mandate

Defense

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021 file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Businesses that have announced vaccine mandates say some workers who had been on the fence have since gotten inoculated against COVID-19. But many holdouts remain — a likely sign of what is to come once a federal mandate goes into effect. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Vaccine guidance for contractors leaves many open questions

Workforce

How one National Guardsmen helps troops process death in the coronavirus crisis

One of the more somber and unpleasant jobs performed by the National Guard is to properly handle the bodies of people who died from COVID-19.

Federal Insights

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Susan Combs, Interior Department's acting assistant secretary for policy, management and budget, talk before a roundtable discussion at the Ogden-Weber Chamber of Commerce in Ogden, Utah, on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP)

Interior Dept. officials cite progress in eliminating workforce harassment

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Interior Department says it’s making progress in its ongoing efforts to reduce instances of harassment at the agency.

Federal Newscast

First sergeant Archer Ford, from left, sergeant first class Andreson Neal, and members of the Georgia National Guard's 48th Brigade Combat Team salute the colors during the Casing of Color and Departure Ceremony for their deployment to Afghanistan on Friday, Dec 21, 2018, at Fort Stewart. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Army, Air Force want merged ‘scrolling’ process to help transition between active, reserve and guard

Defense

Two military branches and the National Guard want changes to the way officers are put into ranks to ease the burden on service members and commanders.