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Articles on the Kansas National Guard and EANGUS

Making it Easier for Veterans to Get the Debt Relief They Need

by Daniel Elkins | Sep 17, 2019

Over the recent years the government has been seeking repayment on $1 billion in student loans from more than 40,000 Troops who are eligible to have had those debts forgiven. Through a program called Total and Permanent Discharge (TPD), these Veterans are all eligible...

Our New Podcast: Coffee with Congress!

by Daniel Elkins | Sep 13, 2019

We’re excited to announce our new podcast, Coffee with Congress, where each episode we sit down with a new member of Congress to ask hard-hitting questions that have nothing to do with politics at all! Our goal is to spend time with the people who represent us in our...

PODCAST / VIDEOCAST – AUGUST 2019.2

by | Aug 27, 2019

On our latest EANGUS Podcast episode, Frank Yoakum, Executive Director and Scott Bousum, Legislative Director discussed the 2019 EANGUS National Conference highlights. Frank and Scott covered newly ratified resolutions, updated listeners about the National Defense...

PODCAST / VIDEOCAST – AUGUST 2019

by | Aug 21, 2019

Legislative Director Daniel Elkins highlights the EANGUS National Conference, gives a legislative update regarding Student Veterans, and shares an exciting new EANGUS partnership. EANGUS is proud to be the first official organization with a MOA between the...

Bill would expand VA mental health care to National Guard, Reservists, Coast Guard

by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Aug 15, 2019

August 13, 2019 Press Release The bill would require the Comptroller General to conduct a three-year study of disability and pension benefits provided to the veterans that conducted special missions, served in the National Guard, and on reserve components of the Armed...

CMSAF Wright’s Video message on resiliency

by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Aug 12, 2019

The Pentagon's Defense Suicide Prevention Office released some troubling statistics recently in their fourth-quarter suicide report for CY 2018. A total of 325 active-duty service members died by their hand in 2018, surpassing the previously recorded number of 321 in...