May 12, 2016

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Employment prospects Improving for NC veterans  Public Radio East 

One of the hardest jobs veterans have in Eastern North Carolina is – finding a job. Hundreds of thousands of Veterans in the state still couldn’t find jobs in 2015, though the unemployment rate fell sharply from the previous year. Government and private sector initiatives have been established to solve the unemployment problem among the veteran population with some success. Read More…

10 moments that defined the National Guard  USO 

You can’t explain 379 years in one story. Established in Massachusetts in 1636, the force we now know as the National Guard sustained and protected the infant colonies and eventually helped bring an end to Britain’s colonial rule. Those men weren’t thinking about building the framework of an international force. They just wanted to protect their families from Pequot Indians. Today, they can be found across the globe, providing muscle and resources in Afghanistan and rushing to the aid of their communities at home, just like their predecessors in 1636. Read More…

NCNGA 2016 Legislative Initiatives  NCNGA  

The NCNGA Annual Legislative Breakfast was held Thursday, May 12. Click on the link below for a roundup of legislative initiatives with a bearing on the North Carolina National Guard. Read More…

National Guard team wins Sullivan Cup  U.S. Army 

After a shoot-off between five crews, 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, “Old Hickory” from Southern Pines, North Carolina National Guard, earned the right to be called 2016 Best Tank Crew in the Army after winning the Sullivan Cup recently. The win came as a surprise to the team, said Spc. Brandon Sinor, loader for the “Old Hickory” crew. Read More…

May —Today in Guard History  National Guard 

In 1700 in New York, New York, the Royal Governor, Earl of Bellomont, presides over the annual muster of the city’s militia. Following English law, each spring all of the American colonies held a muster of the men enrolled in a city or county’s militia. This gathering allowed for an accounting, inspection and some form of training. For those men living in the cities, this usually was a one-day affair as they often had meetings during the course of the year to train at a squad or company level. However, for those men living in the country-side or in small villages, the muster days were perhaps the only chance to gather the men of a said unit together in one place at one time, so their muster sometimes lasted several days before being dismissed. Read More…

First openly-gay chaplain of North Carolina National Guard sworn in  WTVD-TV 

First Lt. Megan Joyner’s recent swearing-in ceremony makes her the first openly-gay chaplain of the North Carolina Army National Guard. She’ll be able to perform ceremonies such as weddings and military funerals while also doing her most important job: counseling soldiers. Read More…

Report: Army has fewest active-duty soldiers since 1940  Fox News 

The number of U.S. Army soldiers on active duty has been reduced to its lowest since 1940, according to a published report. The Army Times reported this weekend that the Army’s end strength for March was 479,172. That’s 154 fewer soldiers than the service’s previous post-World War II low, which was reached during the Army’s post-Cold War drawdown in 1999. Read More…

Fort Bragg honoring almost-forgotten hero  The Times-News 

Kelly W. Byars put the health of his fellow soldiers above his own safety. And those efforts were in danger of being lost to much of history, but not anymore. The World War II veteran, a native of Salisbury, was drafted in 1941. He served until the end of the war in 1945, reaching the rank of technician five. Byars will be honored when a Womack Army Medical Center clinic is renamed for him. Read More…