NCNGA Weekly Guardsman for November 28, 2019

Posted on: November 26, 2019 November 27, 2019
Author: ncngaweekly

November 28th, 2019

IN THIS EDITION:

Welcome to Erin Jordan NCNGA
Membership Data Update NCNGA
30th ABCT keeps connections to home at Thanksgiving US Army
Tarheel Retiree Homecoming 2019 – Still Time to Register NCNGA
Registration is now available for convention 2020 in Charlotte NCNGA
Member portal is up and running! NCNGA
New NGAUS Rates! NCNGA
Do you have an event at your unit or with your Family Support Group and need some help raising funds? NCNGA
November 28th — Today in Guard History National Guard

Welcome to Erin Jordan NCNGA

Join us in welcoming our newest employee, Erin Jordan. While we are saddened to see Katie leave, we are excited about our newest team member. If you remember, Erin joined the Association as an intern earlier this year. She will be completing her studies at Meredith and joining us on a full-time basis during the month of December. Don’t worry, you can tell Katie goodbye at the Tarheel Retiree Homecoming.

Membership Data Update NCNGA

Membership Data Update – During the last six months we have taken a number of steps to improve our services to and protect the information of our Association members. This includes upgrading our secure server as well as reviewing our database records. If you receive an email from Larry@ncnga.org stating you may not be a member and you believe you are simply send me an email and I will confirm. Thank you for your patience as we move through this process.

30th ABCT keeps connections to home at Thanksgiving US Army

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – To some, it’s part of the job and they’ve learned to make the most of it. To others, it’s their first deployment and the first time they are far from home during the holidays.

Thanksgiving is traditionally a time for loved ones to be together and share gratitude for everything they hold dear. This year, more than 4,000 U.S. National Guard Soldiers in the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team from North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia are deployed to support Operation Spartan Shield in the Middle East. While they are focused on their mission, thoughts of home are common, as Soldiers reflect on their service and how they will spend this holiday season thousands of miles away.

“This is the first year I’ve been away at Thanksgiving,” said U.S. Army Spc Tamara Murrill, a supply specialist in the 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team. “I’m making the best of it, calling my family whenever I can.”

Murrill has been in the North Carolina Army National Guard for three years, with Operation Spartan Shield in Kuwait being her first deployment.

“Being away is making me appreciate home even more,” said Murrill. “I’m thankful for my family and how supportive they have been. They miss me and I miss them.”

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.

Registration is now available for convention 2020 in Charlotte NCNGA

Convention and Combined Ball registration is now open here. The North Carolina National Guard Association (NCNGA) and Convention Committee are proud to announce this year’s 59th Annual Convention will be hosted at the Sheraton Le Meridian Complex in Charlotte, NC March 27-28th. The North Carolina National Guard Combined ball is being hosted following the Convention on the evening of the 28th. The NCNGA Educational Foundation will hold a golf tournament and Reverse Drawing on March 26th. All Association business sessions that require voting will occur on Saturday prior to lunch.

Member Portal is up and Running! NCNGA

The November/December of the Tarheel Guardsman is now available through your member portal

Member portal is up and running. You can create your online account at www.ncnga.org . Once registered you can view your SSLI Benefit Information, EANGUS and NGAUS registration information, as well as other benefits that are available.

Beginning 1 January 2020 the Weekly Guardsman update will only be distributed to members of the Association. It will be sent to all classes of members to include Active Associate, Honorary, Special, Corporate, and Affiliate members, that have a current email on file with the Association. If you don’t receive weekly update the 1st week of January please contact us to update your records.

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.

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.

November 28th — Today in Guard History National Guard

1864
Fort Sanders, Tennessee – General James Longstreet, commanding the Confederate forces in East Tennessee, decides the only possible route to allow him to capture Knoxville, TN, from Union forces is to attack Fort Sanders, an apparently exposed position that was part of the city’s defensive works. Longstreet selected three brigades, mostly Virginians and Georgians transferred with him from the Army of Northern Virginia, to make a dawn assault. Unknown to him, the fort was protected first by telegraph wire strung amongst tree stumps and posts in thick entanglements (apparently looking much like the use of barbed wire in World War I). This was one of the first times in military history wire was used to protect a fortified position. Next there was a deep ditch, from 4 to 10 feet and measuring 12 feet across, rising to an almost vertical wall at the base of the fort. Longstreet launched his attack as planned but it quickly developed into a nightmare for his troops as they broke ankles in the still dark morning light and then came under concentrated enemy fire from the fort as they looked for a way to get up the sides A few did get into the works, only to be killed, wounded or captured. The Union held the fort, suffering about men 100 killed and wounded. The Confederates, suffering about 780 casualties, were forced to retreat and never again threatened to take control of central Tennessee.

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