Update: House-passed NDAA

Update: House-passed NDAA

Legislative Update: House-passed NDAA   The conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act for 2017 is published and on its way to becoming law. The House of Representatives approved it on Friday, December 2nd, passing the annual defense policy measure...
Analysis: HASC-passed NDAA

Analysis: HASC-passed NDAA

Legislative 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...
Army Vice Chief of Staff supports National Guard losing Apaches, but says needs more flexible access to National Guard

Army Vice Chief of Staff supports National Guard losing Apaches, but says needs more flexible access to National Guard

Legislative 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...