Topic: The Army National Guard
Lawmakers voted to elevate the head of the National Guard to a seat on the military's top council, granting unprecedented status to the country's part-time militia.The proposed change was strongly opposed by all the chiefs of the armed services and the Pentagon's ...
The US Army is the branch of the U.S. Military primarily responsible for land-based operations. On July 20 , 2009 , U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced an increase of 22,000 U.S. Army troops over for the next three years. In ...
The Pentagon has approved the federal mobilization of up to 17,500 National Guard troops to help various states with the oil spill.Defense Secretary Robert Gates has granted requests to send troops of up to 6,000 by Louisiana, 3,000 by Alabama, 2,500 by ...
Pentagon says Alabama, Florida, Mississippi request mobilization of Guard troopsThe Pentagon says Alabama, Florida and Mississippi have requested the federal mobilization of National Guard troops to aid clean-up efforts along the Gulf Coast.Col. Dave Lapan, a Defense Department spokesman, said Monday that ...
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Funding disagreement stalls Obama goal to put National Guard troops on southern borderA government plan to use National Guard troops to help stem Mexican drug violence along the southern border is stymied by disagreements over who will pay for the soldiers and ...
Administration mulling sending more National Guard troops to US-Mexico borderThe Obama administration is considering sending more National Guard troops to keep order along the U.S.-Mexican border as drug-fueled violence increases in northern Mexico, defense officials said Friday.Governors of Arizona and Texas have ...
On Monday, Nov. 17, the status of the National Guard rose within the Defense Department when a fourth star was pinned on the shoulders of Gen. Craig R. McKinley, who then was sworn in as the National Guard Bureau chief.Defense Secretary Robert ...
The National Guard and the Reserve are now recognized as an operational force in a Defense Department directive. "Col. Douglas Curell, chief of strategic plans and communications for the Army National Guard, told Inside the Army last month that the directive recognizes ...
Gen. Craig R. McKinley received that honor last month at the Pentagon, where he also was sworn in as the 26th chief of the National Guard Bureau.You don't need much time in the Guard to know what a big, big step this ...
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