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Feb 9, 2012
Air Force announces force structure and mission changes
The Air Force announced force structure plans to retire, not acquire or transfer 191 Air National Guard aircraft and add 65 aircraft to the Air National Guard fleet. The changes announced today will impact Air Guard units in 27 states and territories over the next few years, according to Pentagon officials here today.
Feb 1, 2012
| Army Times
Odierno OK with cuts, wants larger Guard role
The Pentagon's decision to cut the size of the Army by 80,000 soldiers will force the military to rely more on the National Guard and reserves, particularly if the U.S. gets into two major, long-term combat operations at the same time, according to the top Army officer
Feb 1, 2012
| military.com
Air Guard Boss Pushes Back on Cuts
The Air National Guard's top officer took aim at Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz Tuesday, questioning why the service chief protected active duty resources and targeted Guard units in the service's latest round of budget cuts.
Jan 19, 2012
| American Forces Press Service
National Guard State Partnership Program emphasizes building relationships
A small, but innovative, program demonstrates the U.S. military's "very agile and flexible" capabilities in working with partners, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said recently.
Jan 19, 2012
| Politico
Pentagon budget feels pinch already
Issues: National Guard, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve
Overseas war funding will continue to fall under President Barack Obama’s new 2013 budget, and last summer’s debt agreement appears to be driving faster-than-expected cuts in core Pentagon appropriations.
Jan 19, 2012
| Armed Forces Press Service
People form Defense Strategy's centerpiece, official says
People are the centerpiece of the new defense strategy guidance that President Barack Obama released this month, the deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy, plans and forces said here last week.
Jan 11, 2012
| National Guard Bureau
McKinley: Guard and Reserves well-positioned for new defense strategy
The Rotary Club of Jacksonville hosted Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, on Monday at the Omni Hotel here, where McKinley spoke about the current state of the National Guard and the challenges that ahead for the U.S. military.
Jan 9, 2012
| National Guard Bureau
The National Guard's contribution: 300,000-plus Iraq deployments
On Dec. 18, 2011, when the final U.S. troops crossed the Iraqi border into Kuwait, the National Guard had deployed more than 250,000 Guard members in support of the war.
Jan 4, 2012
| FoxNews.com
Sources: Defense Budget Cuts Prevent Two-War Force Structure
Issues: National Guard, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is scheduled to roll out more than $260 billion in defense budget cuts later this week in what sources familiar with the Pentagon's strategy review say will show the U.S. will no longer be able to fight two ground wars simultaneously.
Jan 4, 2012
| The National Guard
National Guard's senior officer elevated to Joint Chiefs of Staff
With the stroke of a pen, the same month the nation's oldest military institution celebrated its 375th birthday, President Barack Obama today signed legislation that includes a provision adding the CNGB to the Joint Chiefs.
