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National Guard Generals Make Case For Maintaining Combat Formations, Equipment

Monday, August 24th, 2015

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National Guard Generals Make Case For Maintaining Combat Formations, Equipment

Pilots from Company B, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation walk to a CH-47 F Chinook helicopter. Photo: U.S. Army

The adjutants general of seven states showed up last week to a meeting of the National Commission on the Future of the Army (NCFA) to plead their case for seamless integration of the service’s active and guard components.Each of the adjutants, who serve the governor of their state unless called up for federal duty, entered written testimony and a separate white paper on several issues that are facing the Guard following 14 years of war in which it played an…

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