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DoD scrambles to find new missions for returning soldiers
The cascading effects of the Obama administration's decision to pull thousands of soldiers out of Iraq and Afghanistan are rippling through the National Guard.
Tags: DoD Report , Federal Drive , Iraq , Afghanistan ,
National Guard makes case to keep citizen-soldiers operational, relevant
After a decade in which it has been built up to parity with the active Army and Air Force components, the National Guard should not be allowed to backslide to a point where it is no longer usable, the National Guard chief said Friday.
Tags: DoD , cybersecurity , Craig McKinley , CSIS , Harry Wyatt , budget , DoD budget , workforce , cyber workforce , Jared Serbu , DoD Report , Federal Drive
Analysis: National Guard has 'earned seat' at Joint Chiefs of Staff table
Retired Maj. Gen. Gus Hargett, the former adjutant general for the Tennessee National Guard, who now serves as the president of the National Guard Association of the United States joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss why the National Guard should be included in the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Senate is set to take up the issue this week.
Tags: Congress , Senate , Joint Chiefs of Staff , Martin Dempsey , Federal Drive , Gus Hargett , NGAUS
Dempsey advises against adding National Guard to Joint Chiefs
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said he will recommend to Congress that the chief of the National Guard bureau not become a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He announced the decision ahead of expected Congressional testimony later this week so service members would hear it from him first, before hearing it on the news.
Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff , Martin Dempsey , DoD , DoD Report , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris ,
At last, McHugh
It took some time for him to finally be confirmed by the Senate, but John McHugh is now the 21st secretary of the U.S. Army. For the last 16 years he's been a member of Congress representing New York. Most recently, he's been ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, and co-chair of the bi-partisan House Army Caucus. He'll lead a workforce of more than a million active duty, National Guard, and reservists, and a civilian workforce of 221 thousand.
Tags: management , Armed Forces Update , John McHugh , Army ,
Pay Protection for Mobilized Feds
When federal and postal workers are called to active duty with the National Guard many of them take a pay cut, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that is about to change.
Tags: P&B , pay protection , REIT , Mike Causey , Stan the Man
DOD evaluating role of Guard, reserves
Learn more in today's DoD Report
Tags: Federal Drive , Defense , National Guard and Reserves , DoD , DoD Report , Robert Gates
TRICARE expansion for young adults will be retroactive
A new program covering the dependents of TRICARE beneficiaries up to age 26 will not be ready for a formal roll-out for several more months, but one of the program's top officials said they intend to make the new coverage retroactive to Jan. 1.
Tags: DoD , TRICARE , pay and benefits , Michael O'Bar , reserves , Jared Serbu
National Guard on duty at New Year's celebration
Tags: New York , safety , New Year's
Job protection not being met for reservists
National Guardsmen and reservists are reporting more loss of civilian job due to service requirements
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Defense , Reserve
