Bill would expand VA mental health care to National Guard, Reservists, Coast Guard

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by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Aug 15, 2019 | National Office

August 13, 2019 Press Release The bill would require the Comptroller General to conduct a three-year study of disability and pension benefits provided to the veterans that conducted special missions, served in the National Guard, and on reserve components of the Armed...

CMSAF Wright’s Video message on resiliency

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by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Aug 12, 2019 | National Office

The Pentagon’s Defense Suicide Prevention Office released some troubling statistics recently in their fourth-quarter suicide report for CY 2018. A total of 325 active-duty service members died by their hand in 2018, surpassing the previously recorded number of...

Esper is First Former Guardsmen Confirmed as Defense Secretary

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by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jul 29, 2019 | National Office

Original Article published by NGAUS on July 23, 2019 The Senate today confirmed former Army Secretary Mark Esper to be the next secretary of defense. He is the first non-acting defense secretary since Jim Mattis resigned at the end of 2018. He is also the first former...