NCNGA Weekly Guardsman for February 25, 2021

Posted on: February 24, 2021 February 25, 2021
Author: ncngaweekly

February 25, 2021

News | About | Legislative | Benefits | Contact

IN THIS EDITION:

Tax Free Military Pension Call to Action! Contact the members of the Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee. NCNGA
Vaccines Now Available for retired service members over 60+ NCNGA
NCNG Officers – Time to Renew Your NGAUS Membership NCNGA
Save the Date, the 2021 Virtual Convention is taking shape! NCNGA
Help Your Association – Run for the NCNGA Executive CouncilNCNGA
Guards Capitol Mission Set to End NGAUS
Air, Space, and the Biden Administration AF Mag
2021 EANGUS Scholarship Season NOW OPEN! EANGUS
February 25th — Today in Guard History National Guard

Tax Free Military Pension Call to Action! Contact the members of the Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee. NCNGA

Send an email and/or call the following Representatives and tell them to recommend action on House Bill 83, Eliminate Income Tax for Military Retirees. You can use the draft letter or your own words, but let them know. Also send them the information on current military pension state tax status as an attachment.

Edward.Goodwin@ncleg.gov, George.Cleveland@ncleg.gov, Grier.Martin@ncleg.gov, Dean.Arp@ncleg.gov, John.Autry@ncleg.gov, Jamie.Boles@ncleg.gov, Jerry.Carter@ncleg.gov, Bobby.Hanig@ncleg.gov, Jake.Johnson@ncleg.gov, Carolyn.Logan@ncleg.gov, Nasif.Majeed@ncleg.gov, Graig.Meyer@ncleg.gov, Erin.Pare@ncleg.gov, Garland.Pierce@ncleg.gov, Mark.Pless@ncleg.gov, Larry.Potts@ncleg.gov, Phil.Shepard@ncleg.gov, Raymond.Smith@ncleg.gov, Julie.vonHaefen@ncleg.gov, Matthew.Winslow@ncleg.gov.

Also don’t forget to email/call your specific representative or senator, which you can find at ncleg.gov/FindYourLegislators, and ask them to support the military tax exemption effort that are contained in Senate Bill 4, Senate Bill 12, House Bill 52, House Bill 75, and House Bill 83.

While this legislation being approved during this session is not guaranteed, what is guaranteed is that it will not get approved if the legislators do not hear directly from their constituents. This is not only the sentiment of the Association, but also the direct statement of a number of elected officials who support this legislation.

Your Association is working closely with other organizations in this effort. However, it is your individual voice that will make the difference in this effort.

Vaccines Now Available for retired service members over 60+ NCNGA

60+year-old Retired Service Members with DOD ID are eligible to get a COVID Vaccine through-out clinics that are hosted by NCARNG (Raleigh, Charlotte), call 984-664-8075 for an appointment.

NCNG Officers – Time to Renew Your NGAUS Membership NCNGA

If you are an officer in the North Carolina National Guard it is time to renew your NGAUS membership. This is your opportunity to “pay it forward” by ensuring a strong voice in Washington that advocates for the men and women of the National Guard. Generations before you supported these initiatives. Now it is your turn to step up as a leader and actively engage in your own development and that of your subordinates through renewing your membership. You can renew with ease and security at ngaus.org/membership . You can also become a life member at the reduced rate of $800 through our office. If you would like to take advantage of the life membership with payment options complete the life membership form and return to Larry@ncnga.org.

Save the Date, the 2021 Virtual Convention is taking shape! NCNGA

While we don’t have the full details we are putting together a great virtual conference that will include guest speakers along with doing the required business of the Association. This virtual event will be conducted live and streamed on the Association’s Facebook page. This will be a public Facebook event and you will not need to have a Facebook profile to participate. Put the 12th of March at 10:00 on your schedule so you can watch this great event. Keep an eye on the weekly update for more details.

Registration: While registration is not required we would ask that you let us know you are considering viewing by email your name and any questions you may have for the National Guard or National Guard Association leadership. If you pre-register your name will be entered for door-prize drawings to be conducted during the course of the virtual convention. If you submit a question your name will be entered twice. Registration and questions can be submitted to info@ncnga.org.

Help Your Association – Run for the NCNGA Executive Council NCNGA

Help Your Association
Run for the NCNGA Executive Council!

The Nominating & Credentials Committee is actively seeking qualified candidates to run for Executive Council seats. Upcoming vacancies will be filled at the next convention to be held virtually in March of 2021.

Qualifications to run for office: you must be a member of the North Carolina National Guard Association and have served on an active committee within the past five years (except Junior Council Members) or on an active Sub-committee or workgroup.

If you are qualified (see above) and interested in being an important part of your Association, please complete the application below and email it or fax it to the NCNGA office, email info@ncnga.org, fax 919-859-4990. If you have any questions, please contact us by email or at 919-851-3390. Please return this form by the 26th of February.

Guards Capitol Mission Set to End NGAUS

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday that there has been no request to keep National Guard troops at the U.S. Capitol beyond mid-March.

That followed reports that some of the soldiers and airmen currently deployed to D.C. since the deadly riot on the Capitol on Jan. 6 could stay indefinitely, even as officials and lawmakers questioned the existence of threats to justify the deployments.

Approximately 5,200 soldiers and airmen remain in Washington, D.C., for the post-inaugural support mission. They will be set to go home in the coming weeks.

“Right now, in terms of our expected stay, it is March 12,” Austin said during remarks at the Pentagon. “We don’t have an additional requirement or requests from another federal agency to provide them support.”

Austin declined to address whether there have been any credible threats that require the mission to be extended.

“My plan is to not keep [troops] there one day longer than is necessary, but they know and understand that if our lawmakers … need protection, they stand ready to provide that protection,” he said.

At the mission’s peak, more than 26,000 Guardsmen from all 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia were on duty in the city to provide support ahead of and through the inauguration of President Joe Biden.

The length of the mission has been openly questioned by Republican lawmakers. And the legality has been debated by some Guard leaders, including Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, the Arizona adjutant general and NGAUS chairman of the board.

In a letter to the National Guard Bureau, McGuire said his state was unable to find an appropriate legal authority to justify the support of law enforcement efforts in D.C.

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