by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jul 1, 2014 | Retirement
Fourth of July Celebrations New Orleans welcomes the annual ESSENCE Music Festival, the country’s largest African-American music festival, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The jam-packed lineups feature bands like The Rebirth...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jul 1, 2014 | Retirement
National Guard Empowerment NGAUS has worked to ensure that National Guard leaders have an enhanced voice and position in the Department of Defense decision-making process. In 2008, NGAUS worked with Congress to pass Empowerment I, elevating the Chief of the National...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jun 22, 2014 | Legislative, National, State
More Information: The Air Force fiscal year 2015 budget begins the divestment of the A-10 fleet on the grounds that there are other combat aircraft that can perform its mission, including the F-35. However, Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the Air Force chief of staff, admits...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jun 4, 2014 | Retirement
The President’s budget this year provides $117.5 million for F-15 fleet wide Active Electronic Scanned Array (AESA) radar upgrades, of which approximately $32.5 million is for Air National Guard (ANG). However, the ANG still needs over $307 million overall in...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jun 3, 2014 | Legislative, National
A think tank in Washington, D.C., has recommended the creation of a common costing model to accurately measure the cost of the active-component Army and the Army National Guard so decisions on the structure of the Total Army can be based on proper data. That’s...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jun 3, 2014 | Legislative, National
Congress can best determine how the Army should look only if it has good and accurate data, a leading congressman with a National Guard background said last week. Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., a co-chairman of the House National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus, said the...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jun 2, 2014 | Retirement
FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS: Streamline the complex reserve duty status system without reducing compensation value. Improve transition and reintegration support services for Guard Families. Reduce the earliest Guard retirement compensation age from 60 to 55. Credit...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | May 14, 2014 | Retirement
The LANGEA Board of Directors has approved a discount code for any member that signs up for an Auto Renewal membership. The discount code is: half-off If you are already a member, when your membership expires, you can renew under the Auto-Renewal membership, enter in...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | May 11, 2014 | Retirement
Team EANGUS: The ops tempo of the National Office continues to increase and we had a record number of Hill visits in April. This only provides a snapshot of our activities, but you will especially notice the increases in Hill visits and communications with members...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | May 7, 2014 | Retirement
Washington, D.C. (May 6, 2014) Today, the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS) with the support of the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) released a legal analysis of legislation being considered by the state of...
