by jharris.msy@gmail.com | May 4, 2016 | Legislative, National, National Guard, Retirement
Keep in mind that this story focuses on only one aspect of the entire retirement reform language. In total, the reforms will provide more benefit to the National Guard than what was currently being made available. Financial experts are telling the Pentagon that the...
by | May 2, 2016 | Legislative, National, News, Politics
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...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Oregon National Guard Specialist Alek Skarlatos was awarded the EANGUS Humanitarian Award for the heroic actions he took to subdue a terrorist and save countless lives while traveling in Europe. Bobby Jones and John Harris presented the award to Skarlatos at the...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 27, 2016 | Legislative
2016 Bylaws of the Louisiana National Guard Enlisted Association are now posted on the LANGEA website. This update includes a change to the LANGA Scholarship Application that removes the requirement for Referral Letters. Also included is the change to how Unit...
by | Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
NEW PATRIOT DIGITAL EDITION The Spring 2016 Edition is available online. FEATURES: Legislative Workshop 2016 Washington D.C. Treasurer’s Update EANGUS Treasurer 1SG (Ret) Brad Howell Scholarships Deadlines are approaching Technicians Corner Summary of Impacts...
by | Apr 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Please help EANGUS support the Veterans Justice Outreach Act of 2015. S. 2120 would direct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a program to support veterans in contact with the criminal justice system by discouraging unnecessary criminalization...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
EANGUS is partnering with Grantham University to award a full Undergraduate or Graduate Scholarship to the University. The scholarship, named in honor of CSM Virgil R. Williams, is valued at up to $38,600, and covers tuition costs, required textbooks, software and...
by | Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
The National Guard Educational Foundation has implemented a new scholarship – The Van Hipp Heroes Scholarship. It provides up to $1000/year higher education scholarships for Guardsmen wounded in OEI, OIF, or OND. This year, they will award up to ten (10)...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 3, 2016 | Education, National Guard
Grand Canyon University has completed the online Scholarship Application form for EANGUS and will accept entries until June 30, 2016. The winners will be announced during the EANGUS Conference in New Orleans. You can apply today by clicking here. In honor of your...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 3, 2016 | Legislative
This will be the final reminder to register for the Regular Membership Meeting of the Louisiana National Guard Enlisted Association. Because LANGEA will be hosting the EANGUS Conference in New Orleans August 21-24, we will have a scaled back LANGEA Conference this...
