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...
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...
The National Guard continues to be the target of doing more with less. While there is an effort to remove the Apaches from the National Guard, something that is adamantly opposed by the National Guard and this Association, there is also the call to use the National...
Thursday, February 18, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: CMSgt (Ret) John Harris, EANGUS President Contact Info: president@eangus.org EANGUS welcomes SGM (Ret) Frank Yoakum as its next Executive Director ALEXANDRIA, VA - Chief Master Sergeant (retired) John M....
Gen. Frank J. Grass, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, released the following holiday message on Christmas Day: My Fellow Guardsmen, As we celebrate this holiday season and draw 2015 to a close, I extend my warmest greetings, deep gratitude and best wishes to...
A New York Air National Guard member was one of six American service members killed Monday in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Joe Lemm, 45, a New York City police detective, is the only victim of the attack identified as of this morning. A second New York...
