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Articles on the Kansas National Guard and EANGUS

Veteran Status for the National Guard still has life for this year.

by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Oct 29, 2015

Read all way to the bottom..... Calendar No. 267 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1203 [Report No. 114–153] To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processing by the Department of Veterans Affairs of claims for benefits under laws administered by the...

DoD Action on Univ. of Phoenix Under Fire

by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Oct 27, 2015

The Defense Department's decision to place a for-profit university on probation has drawn fire from three Republican senators, who think the Pentagon acted unfairly when it restricted the school's access to bases and prevented new students from enrolling if they use...

FY16 NDAA under threat of veto.

by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Oct 13, 2015

The 2016 National Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress last week will not reach the president's desk until next week. President Barack Obama has said he will veto the bill because it bypasses caps on military spending. But the bill has not yet been printed...

Army Panel to Focus on Apache Solution

by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Sep 23, 2015

The National Commission on the Future of the Army will soon focus on the issue of where to put the Army's AH-64 Apache helicopters and one commissioner hopes it will find a "blended capability" solution, according to a report this week by Inside Defense. The...

Oregon Guardsman Awarded Soldier’s Medal

by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Sep 23, 2015

Spc. Alek Skarlatos, an infantryman with the Oregon Army National Guard, was awarded the Soldier's Medal last week at the Pentagon for his actions last month in subduing a gunman on a European train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris. His childhood friend, Airman 1st...

Military Families have until January to Update DEERS Info or face ACA fines

by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Sep 18, 2015

Over 400,000 military households’ DEERS records do not have all their families’ social security numbers. If they don’t add them before January they could owe fines through the IRS due to requirements in the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare.) DEERS say they are missing...