May 21, 2020

 

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Voting is Now Open! NCNGA 
2021 Convention Location and Dates Selected! NCNGA 
Mortgage confidently with Quicken Loans® NCNGA 
Space Force to Governors: Tell Us Why You Deserve to Host Space Command HQ AF Mag 
The May/June Edition of the Tarheel Guardsman is Now Available NCNGA 
NGAUS Applauds Bill to Provide Health Coverage to Guardsmen after COVID-19 Missions NGAUS 
AFBA/NGAUS Scholarship Now Accepting Applications NGAUS 
EANGUS Providing Emergency Relief to Current or Former Guard Soldiers & Airmen EANGUS 
COVID-19 Products Offered to National Guard Members, Retirees NCNGA 
What is the US Space Force? Here’s What the Space Force is Telling Airmen About the New Service. AF Mag 
May 21st — Today in Guard History National Guard 

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Voting is Now Open! NCNGA 

The 2020-21 NCNGA electronic ballot is now available. Your ballot is individually assigned and your vote is anonymous. Voting is open from May 18, 2020 until June 5, 2020. To receive your ballot link send an email to with subject line vote and your first and last name in the body. Your name is only used to confirm your eligibility to vote and is not connected to your vote.

2021 Convention Location and Dates Selected! NCNGA 

The North Carolina National Guard Association’s Convention Planning Committee is excited to announce that 2021 Annual Convention is scheduled for the 12-13th of March. It is being hosted at the Crowne Plaza Charlotte Executive Park. The weekend will afford an opportunity to enjoy yourself with friends while conducting the business of the Association. Highlights will include an Association hosted informal social events on both Friday and Saturday night. Registration and lodging details will be published in a few months.

If you would like to be a part of the committee to develop the agenda and plan the event please contact the Association @ info@ncnga.org.

Mortgage confidently with Quicken Loans® NCNGA 

Right now, as we all think of ways to save money, Quicken Loans is with you. On top of historically low mortgage rates, as a member of the National Guard Association of North Carolina, you receive up to $1,000 in a closing cost credit and $500 cash back when you purchase or refinance your home.1 The dedicated VIP team at Quicken Loans will guide you through the mortgage process, so you can be confident that you’re making the best decision for yourself and your family. If you think that now is the right time to refinance your mortgage, our home loan experts are available to help 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Visit VIP.QuickenLoans.com/NGANorthCarolina anytime, anywhere on your mobile device or call (800) 434-9055 to get started.

Space Force to Governors: Tell Us Why You Deserve to Host Space Command HQ AF Mag 

The Space Force is asking local leaders across the country to nominate themselves to host the headquarters of U.S. Space Command.

With the Space Force established and headquartered in the Pentagon, the Air Force and Defense Department announced May 15—the same day it unveiled the new service’s flag in a White House ceremony—it has revised how it will establish the permanent location of U.S. Space Command.

John Henderson, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, in a letter to the nation’s governors called for “eligible communities to self-nominate to serve as the host for this critical mission.”

To qualify, communities must meet three minimum screening criteria:

• Based within the 150 largest metropolitan areas in the country
• Located within 25 miles of a current military base
• Have a livability index score of 50 points out of 100 or higher as rated by the American Association of Retired Persons Public Policy Institute.

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The May/June Edition of the Tarheel Guardsman is Now Available NCNGA 

The May/June edition of the Tarheel Guardsman is now available at www.ncnga.org, if you have built your online account you can view this and past editions under the news section.

NGAUS Applauds Bill to Provide Health Coverage to Guardsmen after COVID-19 Missions NGAUS 

WASHINGTON (May 13, 2020) — The voice of nearly 45,000 current and former National Guard officers is applauding a new Senate bill that would provide Guard soldiers and airmen with transitional medical coverage after they demobilize from COVID-19 missions.

Introduced today by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., the Support our National Guard Act would provide Guardsmen and their families with six months of TRICARE medical coverage after they leave federal Title 32 active duty.

TRICARE is the U.S. military’s health care delivery system. It functions similar to private medical plans. Guardsmen on federal orders in increments of more than 30 days and their families currently have access to the coverage.

They and their families receive transitional medical care for six months after an overseas assignment to help cope with possible post-deployment health issues, but the law governing domestic missions has no requirement for such coverage.

“These soldiers and airmen have been on the front lines of the worst public health crisis in more than a century,” said retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president. “It would be unconscionable to send them home to their families without medical coverage.

“Active-component personnel coming off the same front lines have coverage, and rightly so,” he added. “All we are asking is that we treat Guardsmen the same way.”

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AFBA/NGAUS Scholarship Now Accepting Applications NGAUS 

NGAUS Active Life Members and their dependents are eligible to apply for the AFBA (Armed Forces Benefit Association)/NGAUS scholarship, awarding two applicants, each with a $5,000 scholarship.

Now accepting applications through June 1, 2020.

Scholarship Application

Not a NGAUS Life Member? Become one today.

Please feel free to contact membership@ngaus.org with any questions you may have about the NGAUS and AFBA Scholarship or NGAUS Life Membership.

EANGUS Providing Emergency Relief to Current or Former Guard Soldiers & Airmen EANGUS 

The Enlisted Association of the United States (EANGUS), through its We Care Foundation will be establishing grants to provide emergency relief to current of former National Guard Soldiers or Airmen. These grants are for those experiencing financial hardship due to a loss of income or an increased financial burden due to COVID-19.

Full details can be found here.

COVID-19 Products Offered to National Guard Members, Retirees NCNGA 

Correction Enterprises of NC DPS is making these PPE and cleaning items available to current National Guard Servicemembers and retirees. Items must be picked up at their Yonkers road location.

What is the US Space Force? Here’s What the Space Force is Telling Airmen About the New Service. AF Mag 

Space is Vital to American Way of Life: Banking-Infrastructure-Transportation-Communication
 Space Operations are Critical to 21st Century Joint & Allied All-Domain Warfare
 Space is Under Threat: Adversaries are Developing Systems to Counter US Space Dominance
 We Need an Independent Force to Focus on the Scope, Scale, & Complexity of the Space
Domain — Like our Sister Services that Focus on Land, Sea and Air Domains. This Requires:
 Space-Focused Experts Developing Space Doctrine & Tactics
 Rapid Space Weapon System Acquisitions
 Intelligence, Cyber & Space-Focused Domain Planning & Operations
 We Need a Space-Minded Culture…We Need You!

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May 21st — Today in Guard History National Guard 

1927
Paris, France – How much flight has changed in three decades! Captain James Robertson Risner walks from his F-86 Sabre aircraft in Paris in less than seven hours after leaving New York. Exactly 30 years earlier to the day it took Lindbergh 33 1/2 hours to complete the same trip.. While many people know Lindbergh the hero, few know that at the time of his flight he was a Guardsman in Missouri’s 110th Observation Squadron, then an element of the 35th Division. He had joined the unit in March 1924 and remained on its rolls until he resigned in 1933. After receiving a promotion to Colonel in the Officer Reserve Corps and soon thereafter the Medal of Honor for his feat, he continued to support the Guard in publicity campaigns.

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