October 3rd, 2019

 

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Tarheel Retiree Homecoming 2019 NCNGA
Articles Needed! NCNGA 
Your Benefit, are you using it? NCNGA 
New NGAUS Rates! NCNGA 
Take a look at our new website! NCNGA 
Do you have an event at your unit or with your Family Support Group and need some help raising funds? NCNGA 
Guard 2 Beach 2019 NCNGA 
Selma dedicates cemetery veterans monument Wake Weekly 
30th Armored Brigade Combat Team Sappers lead the way US Army 
Have no fear, the new ACFT is near DVIDS 
October 3rd — Today in Guard History National Guard 

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Tarheel Retiree Homecoming 2019 NCNGA 

FOR: Army and Air National Guard Retirees

DATE: Friday, December 13, 2019

EVENT REGISTRATION: 0900-1000 HRS

LOCATION: Joint Force Headquarters, 1636 Gold Star Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607

$15 Registration includes Mission updates, benefits seminar, various information stations, luncheon, social time, and a celebration of the National Guard’s 383rd Birthday. For registration information click here.

Articles Needed! NCNGA 

Do you have a proposed article for the next Tarheel Guardsman Magazine that you have written or do you have a topic you would like us to include? Let us know at info.ncnga.org.

Your Benefit, are you using it? NCNGA 

One of the many roles your Association performs on your behalf is the administration of the congressionally sanctioned State Sponsored Life Insurance (SSLI) benefit program. This locally managed program is available to all currently serving North Carolina National Guard Soldiers and Airmen. This is a benefit you can keep even after you take off the uniform after 6 years or 30 years of service. The price will remain the same until age 60. In addition to Servicemember coverage you can obtain coverage for your spouse and dependents. The low-cost premiums are directly deducted from your LES through DFAS.

This is a separate benefit from the nationally managed Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program which converts to a more expensive Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI) program upon separation.

If you believe you are enrolled you can utilize our new benefit portal at www.ncnga.org, just click on sign-in link on the upper right of the page. You can also send us an email at info@ncnga.org to learn more about enrollment.

New NGAUS Rates! NCNGA 

At the NGAUS Conference in Denver, there was a majority vote that our dues structure would be reduced from 15 different price points to three. This rate change will be going into effect on October 1, 2019 for the 2020 membership year.

• Company Grade – $40
• Field Grade – $80
• Flag Grade – $130

You can renew or join for the year 2020 here.

Take a look at our new website! NCNGA 

We are excited about our new interactive website. You can now create a user profile that will give you access to view your State Sponsored Life Insurance (SSLI) benefits, NGAUS and EANGUS membership, current and past copies of the Tarheel Guardsman, benefit codes and more information to come.

Do you have an event at your unit or with your Family Support Group and need some help raising funds? NCNGA 

Do you have an event at your unit or with your Family Support Group and need some help raising funds? Let your Associations’ Tarheel Minuteman Foundation, a 501 (C)(3), assist with you efforts. Contact the Association at info@ncnga.org for more information.

Guard 2 Beach 2019 NCNGA 

It is that time of year again for the Guard 2 Beach ride. Take a look at the flyer for this year’s event and sign up to help make this the biggest and best ride yet. We have been putting in a lot of effort to organize another great ride and would like to see all past riders come out and ride with us again. Please note that the registration fee will increase on October 1st, so sign up now. We only have a limited number of slots so don’t delay. If you can’t make it, please spread the word so we can make this weekend an awesome time of riding and funding a great cause.

Register Today!

Selma dedicates cemetery veterans monument Wake Weekly 

SELMA — “Today is a special day for veterans and all American citizens as we come to commemorate an event that has been a long time coming, the dedication of Selma’s monument to its veterans,” Town Councilman Mark Petersen, a Marine Corps veteran, said Sept. 20 as he welcomed about 60 guests to Selma Memorial Gardens.

The third Friday in September is designated as a national day of remembrance for prisoners of war and those missing in action. Peterson said it was fitting everyone had gathered for the occasion at this cemetery where more than 600 veterans of World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War had met their final resting place.

“Eventually they will be joined by those who fought for freedom in Desert Storm and Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and this monument not only pays homage to them but also to those of us assembled here,” said Petersen.

Petersen asked guests to keep 38 Vietnam POW/MIA troops from North Carolina in their thoughts and prayers. They include Lance Cpl. Joseph Hargrove from Mount Olive, missing since May 15, 1975 and one of the very last POW/MIAs of the war.

Petersen acknowledged town of Selma employees who are veterans including Matthew Morris of the Army National Guard, Bobby Pearce of the U.S. Army and Army National Guard, Bruce Avery, Brendan Knudson, Joshua Layhew, Ronny Matthews and Jonathan Solomon of the U.S. Marine Corps, Johnny Cooper and Charles ‘C.J.’ Eason of the U.S. Army and Donald Wilson and Silvia Danielson of the U.S. Air Force, along with the late Charles Hester, a former Selma mayor who retired as a Marine lieutenant colonel.

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30th Armored Brigade Combat Team Sappers lead the way US Army 

FORT BLISS, Texas – Although their name Sapper originated centuries ago with the French translation for “trench digger,” today’s combat engineers, called Sappers, have specialized skills that far exceed the origins of their profession.

U.S. combat engineers in Alpha and Bravo companies, 236th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard, conducted a live-fire exercise with M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles (BFVs) and demolitions.

“This exercise builds on the skills of the Soldiers, including gunnery and dismount crews,” said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Patrick Henderson, commander, 236th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team. “The event is associated with the mobility piece for the Armored Brigade Combat Team, and our Sappers ensuring they can maneuver unimpeded.”

During the exercise, four M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles (BFVs) convoyed through desert terrain, then dispersed as they approached an obstacle. Two M2s moved outward and provided suppressive fire with machine guns, while the other vehicles stopped to allow the Sappers to dismount, use smoke to screen the area, then emplace demolitions.

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Have no fear, the new ACFT is near DVIDS 

RALEIGH, N.C. – Soldiers with the North Carolina National Guard Army Master Fitness Trainers (MFTs) attend MFT Level II Graders Certification Course September 24-25, 2019 at Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina.

MFT Instructors teach the students on the first day how to properly prepare and instruct safety techniques and appropriate grading for the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) taking the test themselves later in the afternoon.

The new test consists of measuring endurance and strength with six exercises: three-repetition maximum deadlift, standing power throw, hand-release push-ups, leg tuck, sprint-drag-carry, and a two-mile run.

Staff Sgt. Ashley Collier, Training Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) at the Main Command Post-Operational Detachment (MCP-OD) of Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C. is glad that she has taken away valuable information from the course.

“I have taken away just a general overview of what the ACFT is, and how to perform, grade and teach the exercises correctly to others,” Collier said. “It is just a lot to it than just a pushup, situp, and a two-mile run. We have to make sure our soldiers are safe.”

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October 3rd — Today in Guard History National Guard 

1794
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – When Congress enacted a tax on whiskey in 1791, the result sparked mob actions from farmers in western Pennsylvania. They attacked excise agents, tax collectors and finally a federal marshal trying to enforce the law. This act and other provocations were enough for President George Washington; he called on the governors of four states; Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia to furnish troops from their militia to march to western Pennsylvania to restore the peace and end the “Whiskey Rebellion.” This marked the first time under the Constitution that militia/Guard units would be called up for federal active duty. A total of 13,000 militia were raised and instructed to converge on two locations before linking up into one army. Elements from Maryland and Virginia, under the command of Virginia Governor Henry “Light Horse” Lee (a Revolutionary War hero and father of Robert E. Lee) met at Fort Cumberland, MD. One of the men serving in Captain Thomas Walker’s Volunteer Corps from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia was Private Meriwether Lewis, who would with fellow Virginian William Clark, command the “Corps of Discovery” exploring the American west in 1803-1805. Other units from Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania gathered at the town of Harrisburg, PA (this city would not become the capital of PA until 1812). President Washington, acting in his role as “Commander-in-Chief”, donned a military uniform and inspected the troops first at Harrisburg on this date and later in October at Ft. Cumberland. This marks the only time an American president has actually taken command of troops in the field. Washington was planning on leading the Army himself but changed his mind and turned command over to Lee. As the Army moved into western Pennsylvania the revolt collapsed with little bloodshed. The ringleaders were later tried and convicted, but they were all pardoned by Washington.

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