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Legislative Update: HASC-passed NDAA Amendments for House Floor Consideration
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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...
National Guard Educational Foundation Scholarship Opportunity
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....
April Drill Talking Points
Only seven military service organizations were asked to testify before the Senate and House Armed Services Committees regarding TRICARE reform in March. Of those seven, only EANGUS and one other organization were invited to both hearings. Congressional...
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