Army National Guard

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

  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.

  Defense

  May 22, 2019
• DoD takes Future Army Commission ideas to heart

  The Defense Department concurred with all of the Future of the Army Commission's recommendations involving the Pentagon.

  Defense

  October 24, 2017
• Guard units with expanded training days are settling into the new routine

  Last year the National Guard announced it was expanding training days for armor and Stryker units. Now the first units are finishing up some of the training.

  Defense

  July 28, 2017
• DoD substantiates its first-ever sexual assault reprisal case, but victim still waiting for relief

  The Defense Department inspector general’s office substantiated a whistleblower reprisal claim, making it the first time the IG had ever done so in a sexual assault case.

  Defense

  July 29, 2016
• Getting fire’s goat

  The goat is traditionally the mascot of the U.S. Navy. But at Camp Williams in Utah, the Army National Guard is putting goats to work as fire protection officers. Since 1999, the Utah Guard has enlisted more than 12-hundred goats and sheep to consume sagebrush and oak brush that usually become fuel for wildfires. Goat-created firebreaks stopped big fires from spreading in 2001, and 2006.

  Budget

  August 03, 2009