National Guard

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rhyan Acey performs maintenance on the AN/TSQ-180 Milstar Communications Vehicle July 30, 2021, at the 233rd Space Group, Greeley Air National Guard Station, Greeley, Colorado. The 233rd Space Group was the first National Guard unit to assume a U.S. Space Command mission. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Amanda Geiger)

An argument in favor of a space national guard

In 2019, when Congress and the Trump administration enacted the U.S. Space Force, they left out something: A Space National Guard. After all, there are…

Defense

Military suicides drop as leaders push new programs

Defense

New Jersey National Guard/Master Sgt. Matt Hecht

National Guard recruitment challenges grow over refusals to comply with COVID vaccine mandate

Hiring/Retention

Pentagon rejects DC request for National Guard migrant help

Defense

(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erick Requadt)

Senior Master Sgt. Paul Kalle, 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, speaks with a family during a Deployed Spouses Dinner Feb. 18, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The monthly event is a free dinner at Georgia Pines Dining Facility designed as a ‘thank you’ for each families’ support and sacrifice while their spouse is deployed or on a remote assignment. The dinner, occurring on every third Tuesday of the month, provides an opportunity for spouses to interact with other families of deployed Airmen, key spouses and unit leadership, as well as provide a break for the spouse while military sponsor is deployed. The next Deployed Spouses Dinner will be March 17. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erick Requadt)

New pilot program will give Army Guard members childcare on drill days

Army

DoD

Army once again delays newest release of its pay and personnel system overhaul

Army

(Spokane VA Medical Center Photo)

veterans affairs spokane washington, Mann-Grandstaff

New locality-pay adjustments will impact thousands of federal workers

Federal Newscast

Amendments on UFOs, budget cuts and more may slip into the 2023 House NDAA

Defense

Space National Guard would have low initial price tag

Space Operations

BYOD, app consolidation next for Army digital transformation

Army

Members of the Maine National Guard arrive for orientation an empty wing at Central Maine Medical Center, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Lewiston, Maine. The Guard will work as nursing assistants, helping to open a swing bed unit of the hospital that has been closed due to a nursing shortage. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

National Guard members can unionize if and when they’re called up by governors

Federal Newscast

Air National Guard, Air Force, National Guard, guardsmen

One National Guard unit’s idea to improve efficiency: spend less time filling out forms

A Virginia National Guard thinks it’s found a way to save the Air Force hundreds of thousands of man hours each year just by auto-filling a single form.

On DoD

Closeup detail of several Social Security Cards representing finances and retirement

Congress introduces idea to change how COLAs are calculated for federal retirees

In today’s Federal Newscast, House lawmakers want to change how cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, are calculated for many federal retirees.

Federal Newscast

FILE - A young man stands in front of a shelve with hard liquor at a beverage market in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, June 15, 2007. The German government's drugs czar has proposed raising the age when people can buy beer and win from 16 to 18, and cracking down on alcohol and tobacco advertising. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Vets suing Army for not recognizing substance abuse disorders in discharges

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, veterans are suing the Army for refusing to give soldiers with alcohol and drug addictions honorable discharges.