Military requests pulling 200 troops back from California protest duty
The commander in charge of the troops in LA asked the Defense Secretary if 200 of those forces could be returned to wildfire fighting duty.
By Tara Copp, AP
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Judge asks if troops in Los Angeles are violating Posse Comitatus Act
A federal judge held a brief hearing over whether the Trump administration should continue its deployment of troops to Los Angeles.
National Guard stands at crossroads of crisis
As National Guardsmen deploy more often in response to fires, floods, storms, and civil unrest, the solution won’t come with the end of the forever wars.
By Lara Salahi, The War Horse
Could Guard troops get free TRICARE? This state might become the first
The state would spend around $5 million per year to reimburse premiums under the plan.
By Davis Winkie
‘When they came home they were on their own’ — National Guard grapples with suicide rate
As things got worse, death itself became a means of intervention: Funerals reunited buddies, and they quietly identified who could be next.
By Lara Salahi, The War Horse
Post-Global War on Terror, different missions for the National Guard
The chief of the National Guard Bureau talks training and deployments.
National Guard preps for potential Arctic conflicts with Russia, China
As China and Russia increase northern operations, the National Guard is preparing to help defend NATO territory.
Medevac team successfully gets premature baby from Kuwait to Germany
An airlift team quickly and successfully transported a premature baby from Kuwait to Germany for emergency medical care.
Service members at odds over Indiana National Guard court-martial bill
A proposal would strip Indiana National Guard members of the right to refuse non-judicial punishment and demand a trial by court-martial.
By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle