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Articles on the Kansas National Guard and EANGUS

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...

NEW PATRIOT Spring Edition

by | Apr 27, 2016

NEW PATRIOT DIGITAL EDITION The Spring 2016 Edition is available online. FEATURES: Legislative Workshop 2016 Washington D.C. Treasurer’s Update EANGUS Treasurer 1SG (Ret) Brad Howell Scholarships Deadlines are approaching Technicians Corner Summary of Impacts...

2016 EANGUS Grantham University Scholarship

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

EANGUS is partnering with Grantham University to award a full Undergraduate or Graduate Scholarship to the University. The scholarship, named in honor of CSM Virgil R. Williams, is valued at up to $38,600, and covers tuition costs, required textbooks, software and...

National Guard Educational Foundation Scholarship Opportunity

by | Apr 4, 2016

The National Guard Educational Foundation has implemented a new scholarship - The Van Hipp Heroes Scholarship. It provides up to $1000/year higher education scholarships for Guardsmen wounded in OEI, OIF, or OND. This year, they will award up to ten (10) scholarships....