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Articles on the Kansas National Guard and EANGUS

Legislative Update: HASC-passed NDAA Amendments for House Floor Consideration

by | May 12, 2016

H.R. 4909, The Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act Following-up on last week's Legislative Update, H.R. 4904, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) passed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 will be debated on the House floor...

APUS Full Academic Scholarship Application Now Open – Deadline June 30

by | May 11, 2016

American Public University System (APUS) and the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS) have joined forces to implement an academic scholarship program to meet the needs of EANGUS members and their families. At APUS, we believe you...

Scholarship Application Window Will Close on May 13th During Military Appreciation Month.

by | May 10, 2016

May is Military Appreciation month; a fitting time for the selection process of applications submitted for the EANGUS Guardian Scholarship Program at Kaplan University. From the applicants, 3 full scholarships and up to 25 partial scholarships will be awarded to...

Further info on the Blended Retirement System

by jharris.msy@gmail.com | May 4, 2016

Keep in mind that this story focuses on only one aspect of the entire retirement reform language. In total, the reforms will provide more benefit to the National Guard than what was currently being made available. Financial experts are telling the Pentagon that the...

Analysis: HASC-passed NDAA

by | May 2, 2016

H.R. 4909 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 passed favorably out of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) with a vote of 60 to 2. In all the committee markup process took nearly seventeen hours. Overview There are provisions in the bill...

EANGUS Humanitarian Award Winner Alek Skarlatos

by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 30, 2016

Oregon National Guard Specialist Alek Skarlatos was awarded the EANGUS Humanitarian Award for the heroic actions he took to subdue a terrorist and save countless lives while traveling in Europe. Bobby Jones and John Harris presented the award to Skarlatos at the...