by jharris.msy@gmail.com | May 27, 2016 | Legislative, National, News, Politics
Can you spare 15 seconds for a National Guard Soldier? It is apparent that the only way to stop the harassment of National Guard Soldiers over GRAP is through the political arena, where it began. Click Here for press release from Senator Claire McCaskill’s...
by Frank Yoakum | May 25, 2016 | National Guard, Politics
Problems related to the Army National Guard Recruiting Assistance Program (G-RAP) resulted in the largest criminal investigation in the US Army to date. However, the results of the investigation do not justify the means. On Sunday, May 22, 2016, CBS aired a story on...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | May 20, 2016 | Legislative, National, National Guard, News, Politics, Veterans
WASHINGTON (May 20, 2016) — The Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States today released the following statement by Sgt. Maj. (ret) Frank Yoakum, the EANGUS Executive Director. The Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States,...
by | May 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | May 4, 2016 | Legislative, National, National Guard, Retirement
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...
by | May 2, 2016 | Legislative, National, News, Politics
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...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by | Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by | Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
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)...