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EANGUS Call-To-Action; Stop the Forcible Removal of the Air National Guard into the Space Force
On March 15, 2024, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall approved Legislative Proposal 480. This proposal would give the Secretary the full authority to transfer Air National Guard Airmen and units performing space missions into the US Space Force without any...
Support SB 1124 – Protect Veterans from Claim Sharks
Your help is needed in support of SBย 1124, one of the priority California veterans bills this year.ย SBย 1124, authored by Senator Caroline Menjivar and AG Rob Bonta, seeks to strengthen state law protections for veterans by prohibiting any person not accredited by the...
AUSA Membership
Did you know? As a member of EANGUS, you are automatically a member of AUSA, the Association of the U.S. Army. In essence, when you become an EANGUS member, you become a member of your State Association, the national EANGUS Association, and you are a member of AUSA...
MSO or VSO, what is EANGUS?
What is the difference between a Military Service Organization (MSO) and a Veterans Service Organization (VSO), and what is EANGUS? Although the terms seem to be synonymous, there are important differences between the two. A Veterans Service Organization (VSO) is an...
Air National Guard Federal Tuition Assistance
If you are in the Air Guard, not in AGR status, and want to attend college, you'd better hope your State has a robust tuition assistance program, because there is no money for federal tuition assistance like the Army Guard has. This issue has been on the to-do list...
Support AB 46: Exemption of Military Retirement Pay from State Income Taxes
WE NEED YOUR HELP! Senator Anna Caballero, Senate District 14, has been named the new Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.ย Weย have been asked by Ramos'ย Staff to send as many letters as possible to Senator Caballero asking her to support and advance AB 46 out...
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What is a Supplemental [Funding Request]?
Congress occasionally considers legislation that adds money for specific reasons outside of regular appropriations acts and usually after the fiscal year has begun. These pieces of special legislation are called supplementals. They supplement the original...
Increased fitness standards for close combat jobs.
Section 577 of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act mandates higher fitness standards for those positions in the Army [Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserve] that have a propensity for close combat. This section of law only pertains to the Army and no other...
Space Guard Bill Reintroduced in the Senate
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and a bipartisan group of 11 colleagues have reintroduced the Space National Guard Establishment Act of 2024 in the Senate, according to a Jan. 31 press release from his office. Rubio and the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced...
Important Health Care Benefit Update
One of the little known provisions in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act is tucked away in section 702. It's so small; anyone could pass right over it. And the language looks so innocuous that some might think it to be a technical correction. It has a...
California Cannot Afford Not to Pass AB 46 – Statistical Data
Jeffrey L Breiten, 3rd Vice-President. Legislative Affairs, CALMOAA In light of California Governor Newsom's proposed 2024 budget, State Legislators must pass AB 46, exemption of Military Retirement from State Income Taxes or risk losing even millions more in revenue...
2024 Pay Raises
Active duty and drilling Guard and Reserve members' pay will increase 5.2% over 2023 rates. It will be the largest increase in pay in two decades. DFAS is due to issue the official pay tables in January 2024. Military pay is taxable in most States. Basic...
What to Expect from the 2nd Session of the 118th Congress
What to Expect from the 2nd Session of the 118th Congress (or what Congress will be up to from January to December 2024) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA for 2024 was signed into law on December 22, 2023 (Public Law 118-31) and will be in effect...
Open Season for Scholarships for Military Children
Applications have now opened for Fisher House Foundationโs Scholarshipsย for Military Childrenย program for academic year 2024 โ 2025. The program, entering its 24th year, recognizes the contributions of military families to the readiness of Americaโs fighting force and...
Bill Would Create Air Guard Federal Tuition Program
Drill-status Air National Guardsmen would have a permanent federal tuition assistance program under bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate last week. Army Guard soldiers have long had access to federal TA, but the Air Guard has only in recent years been...
On Giving Tuesday – Give the gift of helping other National Guard members
GIVING TUESDAY - GIVE THE GIFT OF HELPING OTHERS! Giving Tuesday is right around the corner! Created in 2012, it's a day that encourages people to do good. This year, choose to give back to the Soldiers and Airmen of the National Guard who are struggling to make ends...
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