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HISTORY of NGAUS

The National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) began in 1878, when a group of volunteer officers, veterans of the Civil War from both the North and South, gathered in Richmond, Va., to discuss “matters of practical reform which would make the Militia a more effective instrumentality in our system of National Defense.”

PurposeThe message of NGAUS has not changed in the past 135 years. NGAUS is a private organization that is permitted to lobby Congress on behalf of its 45,000 members. NGAUS headquarters serves as a perfect location to facilitate lobbying efforts by NGAUS and state association delegations, with the intent to promote national security and to improve and maintain a strong Army and Air National Guard of the United States as the nation’s first line of defense as part of the Total Force.

The National Guard Memorial Building, NGAUS headquarters, is located at 1 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.

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NGAUS STAFFNGAUS Board of Directorsw Chairman - Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Dannerw Vice Chair (Army) - Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurstw Vice Chair (Air) - Maj. Gen. Donald Dunbarw Secretary - Col. Murray Hansenw Treasurer - Brig. Gen. Ken Ross (Ret)w Immediate Past Chairman - Maj. Gen. Frank Vavala

w Area I includes CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT • AreaIDirector-Maj.Gen.WilliamReddel • AreaIArmyDirector-Col.FrankMcGinn • AreaIAirDirector-Col.SteveGreco(Ret)

w Area II includes DE, DC, KY, MD, NC, OH, PA, VA, WV • AreaIIDirector-Maj.Gen.ErrolSchwartz • AreaIIArmyDirector-Col.JayHooper • AreaIIAirDirector-Maj.Gen.HughBroomall

w Area III includes AL, FL, GA, PR, SC, TN, VI • AreaIIIDirector-Maj.Gen.EmmettTitshawJr. • AreaIIIArmyDirector-Col.JimmieCole • AreaIIIAirDirector-Brig.Gen.RobertHamrick

w Area IV includes AR, KS, LA, MS, MO, OK, TX • AreaIVDirector-Maj.Gen.AugustusCollins • AreaIVArmyDirector-Col.JohnMarkPrine • AreaIVAirDirector-Col.TonyDeJesus

w Area V includes IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, ND, NE, SD, WI • AreaVDirector-Maj.Gen.DavidSprynczynatyk • AreaVArmyDirector-Col.EricAhlness • AreaVAirDirector-BrigGen.JonFargo

w Area VI includes AK, AZ, CA, CO, GU, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY • AreaVIDirector-Maj.Gen.RaymondRees • AreaVIArmyDirector-Col.JohnLathrop • AreaVIAirDirector-Maj.Gen.DanielO’Hollaren(Ret)

• Retired/SeparatedDirectorArmy-Col.DonDeering(Ret)• Retired/SeparatedDirectorAir-Lt.Col.RonWagner(Ret)• CompanyGradeDirectorArmy-Capt.BenjaminRuffner• CompanyGradeDirectorAir-Capt.CassandraSeward• WarrantOfficerDirectorsArmy-CW5TerrySwartwout


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NGAUS Full-Time Staff

Executivew President - Maj. Gen. Gus Hargett (Ret)w Chief of Staff - LTC Robert (Jake) Jakubek (Ret)w Executive Assistant - Loretta Fillsw Assistant Manager, Support Services - Jose Palacios

Legislative(Pictured above)w Legislative Director Col. Pete Duffy (Ret) (202)454-5307/[email protected] Senior Legislative Affairs Manager, Army Programs Annie Lively (202)408-5897/[email protected] Legislative Affairs Manage, Air Programs and Cyber Security Mary Catherine Ott 202-408-5884/[email protected] Legislative Affairs Manager, Joint and Domestic Operations Programs Grace Washbourne 202-408-5893/[email protected] Legislative Staff Assistant, Joint Programs Dixie Ross (202)454-5326/[email protected] Legislative Assistant Adam Maisel 202-408-5899/[email protected]

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w Director - John Goheenw Senior Writer/Editor - Ron Jensenw Staff Writer - Rebecca Autreyw Communications Products Program Manager - Vacantw Public Affairs Specialist - Richard Arnold

Development and Marketing Servicesw Director - Luke Guthriew Principal Deputy Director, Membership, Marketing and Development - Karen Caglew Deputy Director, Industry Liaison - Glenn Rossw Deputy Director, National Guard Educational Foundation - Anne Armstrongw Deputy Director, Membership - Bonnie Carterw Administrative Coordinator (NGAUS Insurance Trust) Raylynn Whitew Curator - Amelia Meyerw Tradeshow Manager - Randy Williams

Financial Operationsw Director - Patricia O’Connell w Comptroller - Cheryl Youngw Accountant - Laurence Temple


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National Guard Share of Service Budget

The National Guard provides a capable military force that accomplishes both domestic and overseas missions with ap-proximately 5% of the total base budget of the Department of Defense. The reason the Guard can fulfill its mission so cost effectively is because of an efficient part-time/full-time force mix.

Typical Guard members incur minimal cost until called up and placed on full-time duty status. Cost savings include: part-time pay versus full-time wages for active duty personnel, lower medical costs, lower retirement expenditures, lower training costs and lower base support costs (commissary, base hous-ing, child care facilities, recreational resources, etc.).

Army National Guard (ARNG) The Army National Guard maintains 32% of the Total Army Force with 15% of the Army’s budget. The ARNG includes: 8 division headquarters, 6 opera-tional commands (including sustainment and air & missile de-fense), and 126 operational brigades and groups; this includes 28 Brigade Combat Teams (Infantry, heavy, and Stryker), 48 multi-functional support brigades (including combat aviation, surveillance and sustainment brigades), 48 functional support brigades and groups (including military police, engineer and regional support) and 2 Special Forces Groups.


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Air National Guard (ANG) provides 30 to 40% of the Air Force fighters, tankers and airlift capacity for 6% of the budget. The ANG includes: 105,700 Airmen, 35% of the USAF capabilities, 100% of the air defense interceptor force, 95% air defence in-terceptor force, 31% fighter force, 38% of USAF airlift capabil-ity, 40% tanker capability, 15% of the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability.

MembershipThe strength of NGAUS has always been its united mem-bership. As the voice of the National Guard on Capitol Hill, NGAUS provides a path by which National Guard officers can elevate their local concerns to a national and influential audi-ence in Washington, D.C.

NGAUS members provide the backbone and guidance neces-sary to ensure the National Guard receives the best and latest equipment; maintains readiness through comprehensive per-sonnel initiatives; receives proper missions as part of the Total Force; and fights for benefit programs that provide Guard members the support they have earned.

Commissioned officers and warrant officers of the Army and Air National Guard are eligible for NGAUS membership. His-torically, nearly all eligible Guard officers have paid their dues


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and belong to NGAUS.

NGAUS Resolutions ProcessJanuary - May: State associations formally review standing resolutions and submit draft resolution inputs to NGAUS

June - July: NGAUS legislative staff consolidates draft resolu-tions and coordinates stakeholder positions (Task Forces, NGB, NGAUS Board of Directors, etc.)

July: NGAUS Board of Directors reviews resolutions packet and provides comments

August: State associations and adjutants general receive consolidated resolutions package. States select resolutions delegates to attend conference

September: Resolutions committee reviews resolutions and crafts final package for consideration by the full NGAUS gen-eral conference

October - November: NGAUS uses resolutions to prepare Leg-islative Objectives booklet for Congress. Task Forces identify top resolutions priorities

December: Standing resolutions posted on NGAUS website: www.ngaus.org

Task ForcesNGAUS Task Forces are special committees appointed by the NGAUS chairman of the board, with concurrence of the board of directors. Task Forces work closely with the NGAUS legisla-tive staff as subject matter experts in their field throughout the resolutions cycle.

Task Forces are grouped into three separate areas: Joint, Army and Air. Within these areas are more specified task forces. De-tailed information regarding NGAUS Task Forces is available on our website: www.ngaus.org.

Joint Task Forces •DomesticOperations •PersonnelandBenefits •Medical


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Army Task Forces •ArmyAviation •CombatVehicle •Command,Control,Communication,Computersand Intelligence (C4I) Support •CombatSupport/CombatServiceSupport •Engineer •FireSupport

Air Task Forces •CombatAirForces •MobilityAirForces •CombatSupport •MissionSupport

History of the National GuardThe National Guard, the oldest component of the Armed Forces of the United States and one of the nation’s longest-enduring institutions, was founded on December 13, 1636.

TheNationalGuardtracesitshistorytotheearliestEnglishcolonies in North America. Responsible for their own defense, thecolonistsdrewonEnglishmilitarytraditionandorga-nized their able-bodied male citizens into militias. The colonial militias protected their fellow citizens from Indian attacks and foreign invaders, and later helped win the Revolutionary War.

Following independence, the authors of the Constitution empowered Congress to “provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.” Recognizing the militia’s state role, the Founding Fathers reserved the appointment of officers and training of the militia to the states. Today’s National Guard remains a dual state-federal force.

In 1903, important national defense legislation increased the role of the National Guard (as the militia was now called) as a reserve force for the Army. Following World War II, National Guard aviation units, some of them dating back to World War I, became the Air National Guard, the nation’s newest reserve component.

The National Guard has seen the nature of its federal mission change, with more frequent call-ups in response to crises in Haiti,Bosnia,KosovoandIraq.Mostrecently,followingthe


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attacks of September 11, 2001, more than 422,000 Guard-members were called up by both their states and the federal government to provide security at home and combat terror-ism abroad.

Activating the GuardArmy and Air National Guard members may be called to state active duty by their state’s governor. There are three ways of bringing the National Guard into federal active military service:

w Volunteerism - Guard members may at any time be placed on active duty during peacetime contingencies and initial phases of a crisis

w Presidential Reserve Call-Up - In order to increase active-duty forces for an operational mission, the president may authorize the secretary of defense to order up to 200,000 members of the Selected Reserve to active duty for no more than 365 days

w Mobilization - • Partial: In a national emergency, any Ready Reserve unit and any member not assigned to a unit may be ordered to active duty to serve for no more than 24 months • Full: In time of war or national emergency, the secretary concerned may order any unit of the Reserve Component and any member not assigned to a unit to active duty for the length of the war or emergency. No more than 1 million personnel may be on active duty without their consent • Total: Congress and the president expand the Armed Forces to generate more units or personnel

Strategic Vs. Operational ReserveSince the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the demand on the military forces has been high. The increased operations tempo has resulted in the National Guard shifting from a “stra-tegic reserve,” a Cold War model where the Guard was used to supplement the active force in periods of extended conflict, to an “operational force,” where the Guard is used in continuous, rota-tional deployments. This shift to an operational force requires the National Guard to build and maintain readiness prior to mobiliza-tion. The Commission on National Guard and Reserves highlight-ed this shift in its final report to Congress in January 2008.


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Army National Guard (ARNG)

ARNG Federal MissionDuring national emergencies, the president reserves the right to mobilize the National Guard to Title 10, federal-duty status. While federalized, units answer to the combatant commander of the theater in which they are operating and, ultimately, to the president.

Evenwhennotfederalized,theArmyNationalGuardhasafederal obligation or mission. That mission is to maintain prop-erly trained and equipped units available for prompt mobiliza-tion for war, national emergency, or as otherwise needed.

The Army National Guard is a full partner with the active Army and Army Reserve in fulfilling the country’s military needs.

ARNG State MissionThe Army National Guard exists in all 50 states, three territo-ries and the District of Columbia. When Army National Guard units are not mobilized or under federal control, they report tothegovernoroftheirrespectivestate,territory(PuertoRico,Guam,VirginIslands)orthecommandinggeneraloftheDistrict of Columbia National Guard.

Eachofthe54NationalGuardorganizationsissupervisedbythe adjutant general of the state or territory. The governors or designated leaders of the 54 states and territories serve as commanders in chief of their respective Guards. The adjutants general, oftentimes a member of the state government cabinet, are responsible for the training and readiness of the units.

The Army National Guard’s state mission is perhaps the most visible and well-known. Nearly everyone has seen or heard of Guard units responding to battle fires or helping communities deal with floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms or other emergency situations.

The National Guard is also the only military organization in our countrynotsubjecttothePoseeComitatusActandconse-quently is authorized to perform law-enforcement actions during periods of civil unrest.


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Air National Guard (ANG)

ANG Federal MissionThe Air National Guard’s federal mission is to maintain well-trained, well-equipped units available for prompt mobilization during war and provide assistance during national emergen-cies.

During peacetime, the combat-ready units and support units are assigned to most Air Force major commands to carry out missions compatible with training, mobilization readiness, humanitarian, and contingency operations such as Operation Freedom in Afghanistan.

Air National Guard units may be activated in a number of waysasprescribedbypubliclaw.Mostofthelawsmaybefound in Title 10 of the USC.

ANG State MissionThe Air National Guard provides almost half of the Air Force’s tactical airlift support, combat communications functions, aeromedical evacuations and aerial refueling. In addition, the Air National Guard has total responsibility for air defense of the United States.

When Air National Guard units are not mobilized or under federal control, they report to the governor of their respective state,territory(PuertoRico,Guam,VirginIslands)orthecom-manding general of the District of Columbia National Guard.

Eachofthe54NationalGuardorganizationsissupervisedbythe adjutant general of the state or territory. Under state law, the Air National Guard provides protection of life and property and preserves peace, order and public safety. These missions are accomplished through emergency relief support during natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and forest fires; search and rescue operations; support to civil defense au-thorities; maintenance of vital public services and counterdrug operations.


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Joint ResolutionsDOMESTIC OPERATIONS TASK FORCE

The National Guard Association of the United States supports the following:

Strategic:

w Requiring DoD to fully consider the role of the National Guard in performing its homeland defense and state missions as defined by the governors when developing its force restructuring plans

w Requiring DoD to assure Congress and the governors that po-tential changes in National Guard force structure will not impact


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the safety and security of the citizens of the United States

w Updating statuary guidance for the funding, requirements and employment of National Guard forces performing homeland emergency response missions

w Budget actions and authorization language that supports the full range of equipment, training and modernization needed by National Guard Civil Support Teams and CERF-P units respon-sible for protecting Americans during chemical, biological or nuclear events

w Insuring comprehensive state National Guard input into the Base Realignment and Closure and Commission (BRAC) pro-cess

w Creating a National Security Reform Act modeled after Goldwater-Nichols Act, for a whole-of-government approach between the DoD and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) including:

• ThecreationofaninterdepartmentalstrategyforHomelandDefense and Security

• Expandingtheconceptof“jointness”throughthedevelop-ment of interdepartmental doctrine for the synergized employment of capability during homeland operations

• ThefullsynchronizationoftheQuadrennialDefenseReviewandQuadrennialHomelandSecurityReviewthroughonecomprehensive “National Security Review”

• Thecreationofaninterdepartmentalforceplanningconstructwhich ensures both departments are postured to satisfy respective commitments to national security strategy

w Urging Congress to authorize and appropriate funds to elimi-nate the National Guard critical dual-use equipment shortages required to perform the responsibilities of the National Guard, pursuant to Sections 331, 332, 333, 12304(b), and 12406 of USC Title 10, in response to an emergency or major disaster

w Requiring the DoD to consult with Congress and the governors regarding any proposed changes to National Guard force structure


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Transportation:

w Procuring light and secure all-terrain vehicles with thermal sight-ing to assist in search and rescue, and move wounded civilians, personnel and supplies to and from disaster areas where larger vehicles cannot reach

w Full funding for the Armored Security Vehicle (Image Intensified Sight Upgrade Program) for the homeland response forces in each Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) region

w Supporting an increase in funding to modernize National Guard maintenance activities with commercially available custom maintenance advanced sets, kits, tools, and equipment other items

Communications:

w National Incident Management System (NIMS)-compliant base and mobile communication and data interoperable systems that enhance shared situational awareness including voice, data and maps information. Also the creation of a user-defined operating picture that shares actionable knowledge with civilian authori-ties during domestic response operations, which include the following:

• GeographicalInformationSystemsthatpublish,editandconsume data and map services

• Interoperablecross-bandingsystemsthatenhanceCommand,Control, Communications and Computer (C4) emergency response

• Fieldsurge/emergencyDualBandSAT-COMsystems

• MobileCommunicationsDeploymentUnitscompatiblewithFEMA Type 1 requirements

• 4thGenerationMeshclusternetworking

w Funding for multiband radios for ARNG and ANG vital in emer-gency support to civilians


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Public Works and Engineering:

w Environmentally friendly, operationally effective alternative back-up power supplies to provide state operations centers with uninterrupted power for continuous operations

w Protective posture gear, blast containment vessels and other equipment that enhances National Guard Explosive Ordnance Disposal capabilities within the CBRNE Enterprise and other Guard response units

w Transportable contingency airfield lighting systems

w Tactical Gear Lockers and heavy duty mobile storage systems

w Mobile Electrical Power to sustain field operations

Firefighting:

w Enacting legislation to prevent the DoD from federalizing historic National Guard modular airborne fighting systems missions to Title 10 forces, honoring state flexibility to conduct the mission with military support they deem the most effective and appro-priate

Emergency Management:

w Using FEMA’s Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assess-ment processing to enhance state-level planning and interoper-ability

w Equipping the National Guard with clothing, vehicles and other items needed for winter storm, flooding, tornadoes and hur-ricane response and recovery efforts including:

• MobilityenhancingsystemsforATVs,HMMWVs,andFMTVs

• ExtendedColdWeatherClothing

w Developing Geographical Information Systems which enable awareness and provide actionable knowledge for decision mak-ing

w Increased joint and civilian emergency response exercises and


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emergency management staff training

Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing and Human Services:

w Procuring multi-weather pre-engineered tension fabric struc-tures and reusable covers in support of the National Guard’s role in emergency management and homeland security efforts

Domestic Operations Force Management:

w Allowing USC Title 32 Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) person-nel to perform state emergency missions under the command and control of the governor

w Providing National Guard Homeland Response Force unit full time Active Duty Operational Support (ADOS) employees exemption

w Updating laws to recognize existing and future combatant com-mand homeland defense missions being conducted by USC Title 10 and Title 32 for AGRs and technicians

w Enacting legislation to ensure that upon a Presidential Disaster Declaration in which National Guard members are projected to remain on duty more than seven consecutive days are automati-cally converted to USC Title 32, Section 502(f) on the eighth day of continuous duty

w Creating Air National Guard policy that will allow Air National


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Guard leaders the ability to use annual specialty training days to train members for domestic operation missions

Public Health and Medical Services

w The procurement of kits containing medical life saving equip-ment for use in mass casualty and complex catastrophe response and recovery efforts

w Self contained medical patient tracking information systems

w An enhanced gurney system capable of providing continuous patient monitoring for the National Guard medical units and civil support teams

w Far reaching telemedicine technology for Army and Air National Guard Medevac Units

w The modernization and funding of National Guard medical equip-ment sets for ambulances using FEMA and American Medical ResponsestandardsincludingCardiacDefibrillator/VitalMoni-tor/Resuscitationdevices

Search and Rescue:

w Funding to equip search and extraction elements of the Army National Guard and rescue technicians of the Air National Guard with modern, interoperable rapid extraction technology and equipment to assist civilian authorities with saving lives under any physical conditions

w Mobile and self-contained disaster relief force protection systems to support immediate and long term Guard presence during homeland emergencies

Oil and Hazardous Materials Response:

w Providing personnel protective gear, equipment and shelter for National Guard forces responding to chemical, biological or nuclear events including:

• Coolingvests

• Lightweightbootsandmoldedgloves


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• Tentsandshelters

w Equipping search and rescue elements of the National Guard with state of the art chemical, biological or radiation detection devices including:

• Rapidchemicalstandoffdetectors

• Radiationbackpacksentrydetectors

• Skindecontaminantlotion

w Improving and expanding hazardous material training for all National Guard response units

National Guard Counterdrug Program:

w Protecting the unmatched successful partnership between the National Guard and local, state and federal law enforcement inherent in the National Guard Counterdrug Program

w Matched funding of the National Guard Counterdrug Program and end strength to the congressionally approved maximum authorization of 4,000 Guardsmen

w Permanently funding the National Guard Counterdrug Program state plans at not less than 28% of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Counterdrug Central Transfer Account, which allows the program funding to match authorized program strength

w Permanently funding the authorized National Guard Counterdrug schools at not less than 3% of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Counterdrug Central Transfer Account that will allow for authorization and appropriation to match Congressional intent

w Codifying in law the National Guard Counterdrug Schools mis-sion to include COCOMs, military to civilian, military to military, and civilian to civilian, but not at the expense of traditional law enforcement agency customers

w Amending public law Section 1004, 1991 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 101-510), to change additional support for Counterdrug activities language from “may” to “shall” … “the Secretary shall provide support to Counterdrug schools to train


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local, state, federal, tribal law enforcement, and community-based organizations using subject matter experts and the most cost-effective means possible to include contracting services consistent with DoD practices”

Public Safety and Security:

w Procuring advanced portable safety marking beacon systems and devices to help with directing traffic and other public as-sistance missions

Incident Awareness and Assessment:

w Securing fully mission capable Incident Awareness and Assess-ment platforms to provide National Guard and civilian authori-ties with improved situational awareness during homeland support missions

w Rapid procurement of a low-cost, hybrid aircraft capable of servicing homeland defense missions requiring manned Incident Awareness and Assessment (IAA) support – such as humani-tarian assistance and disaster relief, border security, maritime security, counter-narcotics, the Aerospace Control Alert mission and in the irregular warfare environment including:

• BuildingaPartnershipCapacityinalliedforeignairforceswith tactics, techniques and procedural training in a U.S.-built low-cost aircraft to maximize the ability of foreign forces to maintain their vital interests of the United States around the globe

• DevelopandrefinetheCOCOMconceptofoperationsforalow-cost hybrid IAA aircraft

Military Construction (MILCON):

w Supporting the vital ongoing missions of the Army and Air National Guard in Afghanistan, and in the areas of homeland defense, disaster assistance, and relief efforts

w Accelerating National Guard MILCON programs to fund all new mission requirements, and provide a minimum sufficient balance to apply against the current mission backlog in the Army and Air National Guard


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w Resourcing long-term MILCON funding requirements

w Amending Section 2805 USC Title 10 to allow the Secretary concerned to carry out minor military construction projects up to $2,000,000 and projects intended solely to correct a deficiency that is life-threatening, health threatening, or safety-threatening, costing equal to or less than $4,500,000

w Authorizing and appropriating funds to build essential sustain-ment and field-level maintenance facilities to effectively repair, service, and maintain National Guard equipment

w A fully funded Sustainment, Restoration, and Maintenance ac-count(SRM)inordertosustain/modernizecurrentfacilities

w Creating a separate National Guard MILCON Account (NGMA) in order to ensure the past inconsistent funding of National Guard MILCON is addressed

w Temporary moratorium on all requirements for the state share of construction funding for all ARNG MILCON projects with continued state responsibility for suitable construction site in accordance with all current statutes, regulations, and policies

Force Protection:

w Redefining “portability” within the Department of the Army to include a “man-portable” definition that satisfies unit require-ments and purchasing non-Program of Record portable small arms training simulators with National Guard and Reserve


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Equipment Appropriation (NGREA) funds until a program of record provides small arms weapon simulations that meet portability criterion

w Procuring and fielding composite safety boots promoting safety and modernization

w Providing each state with the necessary resistant barriers and needed accessories (awnings, heaters, camography, gun mounts and firing ports) to protect every Guardsmen or police officer at each Access Control Point on every installation in each state or district

PERSONNEL TASK FORCE


Training:

w Developing configuration options that include both fixed training sites as well as transportable training systems to meet the diverse training requirements of Army and Air National Guard units throughout the 54 states and territories

w Amending the Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JTR) to provide temporary duty (TDY) status to any National Guard and Re-serve member attending a service school in excess of 139 days

w Procuring fielded commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) virtual, realis-tic, and interactive simulation training product that incorporates non-encumbering, state-of-the-art simulation technologies along with high-fidelity virtual environments using wireless weapons with avatar controls, team communication devices, and real-time configurable scenarios

w Requiring deployable digital training camps for each state Joint Force Headquarters, and one for each ARNG brigade

w Providing full funding to each state to send their officers, war-rant officers, noncommissioned officers, and enlisted personnel to the Joint, Army, and Air schools they need to effectively oper-ate in their respective occupation and at their current rank


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Force Management:

w Authorizing Adjutants General to retain a technician officer up to age 60 for the needs of the service

w Authorizing the following force management tools for future end strength reductions that could impact the Guard and Re-serve:

• TemporaryEarlyRetirementAuthority(TERA)

• 15yearmilitaryretirementfortraditionGuardsmenandstartpension pay at age 55

• One-yeartime-in-grade(TIG)retirementwaiversforselectsenior enlisted and officers

• TRICAREReserveSelectandTRICAREDentalofferedforupto 6 months after discharge from military service due to a draw down

• InvoluntarySeparationPayforpersonnelseparatedduetounit manpower reduction or closure (Traditional, AGR, Techni-cian)

• Eligibilityfortechnicianretirementwith20yearscivilservice/any age to immediately draw civil service retirement (instead of 20 years and age 50) AND immediate eligibility for the FERSannuitysupplement(insteadof25/50)(discontinuedservice)

• GrayArearetiree(age55insteadof60)eligibilityfor:TRI-CARE for Life, Space Available travel, retired pay

• FundPermanentChangeofStationmovesformandatorytransfers to another installation for traditional guardsmen and technicians

• AnauthoritythatallowsNationalGuard&Reservetopre-cisely target specific Lieutenants Colonels (O-5) and Colonels (O-6) with between 20 -29 years of service in certain special-ties and warfare areas to separate and retire voluntarily

w Allowing full-time National Guard employees to be eligible for all


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general officer billets without requiring them to surrender tech-nician or AGR status, or requiring the position to count against active component end-strength

w Authorization for up to five general officers positions at the National Guard Bureau (five Joint), and for each of the subordi-nate directorates (five Army and five Air) from internal National Guard Bureau authorized totals; these officers would count toward the total authorized general officers of the National Guard, and serve in AGR status, but not count toward the active component general officer or state authorizations

w Adding fifteen additional general officers billets for the Army and Air National Guard

w Amending USC Title 10 to provide that an officer of the Army or Air Force on the Active Duty list may not be promoted to brigadier general unless the officer has had a duty assignment of at least one year

w Directing the National Guard Bureau (NGB) to establish policy directing that any Colonel assuming responsibilities at the NGB must have performed duties at the squadron or company Com-mand level, within one of the states or territories for at least two years, or have been a NG member within a state or territory for at least five years

w Removing the 30-day limitation on Reservists performing annu-al training days to provide Commanders flexibility in supporting training and operational support missions in the face of limited resources and an improved method of funding ANG operational and training requirements is established

w Raising the congressionally established ceiling on non-dual sta-tus (NDS) personnel to 5% of the total National Guard full-time, technician, and AGR requirement

w Expanding the combat disability exception to the non-dual status cap to include all returning federal technician Soldiers and Airmen with disabling injuries in the permanent long term Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) roll

w Funding 100% of the required full-time manning requirements for the National Guard


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w Enacting legislation that would allow active component officers togaincreditasperGoldwater/NicholsActthroughanassign-ment to the National Guard or Reserves

w Obtaining Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology (JSLIST) and Joint Protective Aircrew Ensemble (JPACE) chem-ical and biological individual protective suits to ensure all units have the ability to train regularly with this essential operational equipment; to provide the requisite numbers of protective suits per Soldier; and to ensure storage at home station of all the equipment needed to permit immediate and effective deploy-ment in response to a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) attack

w Consistent funding with annual increases to maintain the cur-rent readiness level of the Selective Service System

w Allowing the Title 32 Unit Vacancy Promotion Federal Recogni-tion Board to be considered an adequate substitute for the Title 10 Department of the Army mandatory APL Board first look requirement

w Opposing any reduction in National Guard end strength and sup-port the expansion of National Guard and the development of an optimal and cost-effective force to meet the threats of the future

w Removing in its entirety subsection i, Title 10 USC Section 14301


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Personnel Pay and Member Benefits:

w Revising USC Title 5 to allow military service performed under USC Title 32 to be treated equally with that performed under USC Title 10 for the purpose of obtaining credit for that service under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS)

w Authorizing adjutants general to extend technician officers beyond their Mandatory Removal Date and Mandatory Separa-tionDate(MRD/MSD)toage57oruntileligibleforanimmedi-ate unreduced civil service annuity, or an immediate full basic supplement annuity, whichever is earliest

w Allowing for immediate application of a cost-of-living-allowance indexing for FERS annuitants who are forced to retire before age 62 due to the loss of military affiliation

w Amending the Selected Reserve Incentive Program (SRIP) regulatory guidance to allow newly commissioned and warrant officers to retain their enlisted SRIP eligibility for the remainder of their prior enlisted term

w Amending USC Title 5 8412(d)-(e) to include Military Techni-cians in the listed public safety employees exempted group which currently includes law enforcement, Capitol or Supreme Court Police, fire fighters, nuclear materials courier customs border protection officers, and air traffic controllers

w Providing parity of compensation for special skills and qualifica-tions consistent with active component special pay, compensa-tion, and benefits

w Allowing all dual status military technicians to receive enlist-ment/reenlistmentbonuses,andstudentloanrepayments

w Matching pay increases for Active Duty pay and retired pay for cost of living adjustments

w Making all non-reimbursed expenses fully deductible from An-nual Gross Income (AGI)

w Honoring all existing enlistment contracts as presently written with full retroactive payments of accrued interest to all Soldiers


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and Airmen who have already been denied their full lawful pay-ments as promised in their existing contracts

w Allowing a current member of the Army National Guard who served on a deployment outside of the established deployment rotation policy either one day of administrative absence or pay-ment not to exceed the base pay

w Amending the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code to grant a deduction for round trip travel expenses over a body of water, if such travel requires a commercial method of transportation, other than ground transportation, for members of the National Guard or Reserve to attend in Active Duty training

w Correcting a discrepancy between USC Title 10 and Title 32 to allow Title 32 Active Duty Service Members the ability to elect their Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rate for either their duty station or their home of record without the currently re-quired waiver process for Title 32 Active Duty Service Members

w Amending USC Title 37 Section 204 to provide that any mem-ber of the National Guard who is called into active federal service for a period of 30 days or less is entitled to basic pay from the date when the member verifiably commences duty

w Establishing parity in the survivor benefit program for the sur-viving spouses and children of casualties incurred during Inactive Duty Training Army and Air National Guard

w Changing the current policy regarding cost-of-living adjustments for military technician so they are the same as other “special groups”

w Amending the law and DoD financial management regulations to terminate the recoupment of enlistment, reenlistment or affilia-tion bonuses for dual-status technicians in the National Guard

w Passing legislation to protect veterans from foreclosures for a period of one year and 90 days (15 months) after leaving active service

w Providing eligibility for both Army and Air National Guard mem-bers involuntarily released from full-time National Guard duty tours to receive Transition Assistance for Military Personnel


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(TAMP) benefits

w Enhancing the command climate with tools Adjutants General and unit leadership could use to balance military duty, family life, and career stability

w Ensuring payment of Basic Housing Allowance (BAH) and Basic Allowance for Substance (BAS) for each day the individual would have qualified for a day of administrative absence; with retirement points awarded based on the entitled number of Post-Deployment/MobilizationRespiteAbsence(PDMRA)days

w Requiring the DoD to pay the PDMRA benefit paid to the deceased Soldier’s primary beneficiary listed on that Soldier’s DD 93 (Record of Emergency Data) for a service member who has died since serving on a deployment outside of the established deployment rotation policy

w Establishing full space available travel eligibility unmarried sur-viving spouses of national Guard retirees

w Allowing payment of Concurrent Receipt of Disability Pay (CRDP) and Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC) to career status reserve component members who are 100% disabled to include the 100% Individual Unemployables (IU)

w InstitutingafundingmandatetoallowpriorityuseofQualifiedMilitaryBuglersinaRetiredStatus(QMBIRS)atfuneralhonorswhen an Active Duty or reserve bugler is not available

w Amending Section 1491 (b) (2) of Title 10 USC to set priority standardsfortheuseofQualifiedMilitaryBuglersinRetiredStatus(QMBIRS)wheneveravailablepriortousinganyrecord-ing to sound “Taps”

w Requiring at least two members of the funeral honors detail for a veteran’s funeral to be members of the armed forces (other than members in a retired status), with at least one of them a member of the armed force of which the deceased veteran was a member; the remainder of the detail may consist of members of the armed force (including members in a retired status), or members of veterans organizations or other or organiza-tions approved for purposes of this section under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense; assuring that military


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buglers (including members in a retired status) are preferred for the playing of “Taps”

w ClarifyingtheuseofQMBIRSandtheuniformrequirementsinUSC Title 10, Section 1491 (b)(2) and (c)

w RequestingNationalGuardBureausolicitthoseQMBIRSmem-bers available for military funeral honors duty to capitalize on this valuable source of military buglers

w Awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to members of the 200th and 515th Coast Artillery Regiments (New Mexico National Guard) who served in the Philippine Islands in defense of Bataan, Corregidor and Luzon between December 7, 1941 and April 9, 1942

w Fully funding a bonus program for the retention of warrant of-ficers in critically short specialties

w Ensuring equal benefits and rights are provided to same sex spouses that are in parallel to opposite sex spouses

Educational, Financial, and Employment Rights:

w Reinforcing favorable reenlistment decisions of those returning from deployment who need to find a new career with a Guard-friendly employer

w Recruiting new Guard members as they leave Active Duty


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military service by providing personalized civilian job assistance

w Expanding the base of Guard-friendly employers as part of an effort to surround Guard members with community support that benefits homeland security and disaster preparedness

w Amending the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to man-date both the refund of college tuition payments for members who cannot complete a school term due to military service, and the protection of academic standing of service members deployed on Active Duty

w Requesting Congressional review of the SCRA, and any other applicable law such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), to expand relief for involuntarily mobilized members of the reserve components; and to provide specifically that no adverse judicial or administrative action may be taken that affects a reservist’s credit history from the date of mobilization until 180 days after being discharged from Active Duty

w Strengthening the reemployment rights of members under the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

w Establishing parity with the active forces in the administration, rates and eligibility standards for Montgomery G.I. Bill benefits

w Amending USC Title 38 to allow additional education benefits to allPost9/11veteranswhowouldhaveotherwisebeenqualifiedfor educational benefits had their benefits not previously been exhausted

w AmendingthelanguageinthenewPost9/11G.I.Billtoallowfor the portability of any unused benefit to immediate family members of an eligible service member, living or deceased

w Holding the G.I. Bill education benefits of a deceased member in trust for any minor dependent of the service member, until the minor dependent reaches the age of 18, when the benefit should enter the 15 year use window, not the age 26 restriction currently in the legislation

w Providing that the education benefits be seen as an “account” for the family, and to be used by any and all family members


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subject to the stressors of the military lifestyle

w Paying the education benefit account in its entirety upon the death of the service member when the death occurs as a result of an act of war or terrorism

w Capping the education benefit only by a dollar figure, not the number of beneficiaries

w Allowing minor children of service members the same 15 year period in which to utilize the benefit upon reaching the age of 18

w Eliminating the disparity between USC Title 10 and Title 32 educationbenefitsunderthePost9/11G.I.Billbyextendingfullbenefits under the law to include Title 32 AGR service members

w Including all full-time USC Title 32 Active Duty service in the calculationofbenefitsunderthePost9/11G.I.Bill

w Providing a full four-year college education to members of the National Guard who have been discharged because of a service-connected disability arising from USC Title 32 Active Duty service

w Providing tax credits to employers of National Guard members, and to self-employed members of the National Guard

w Providing local and specialized job placement assistance to Guard members and their families

w Amending USC Title 10, 16163(a)2 to include retention of Chapter 1607 entitlements for those service members who complete their service contract in both the Individual Ready Re-serve (IRR) and Inactive National Guard (ING) (6 years selected reserve, 2 years IRR or ING) under honorable conditions

w Passing statutory changes to USC Title 10 that permits oth-erwise eligible recipients of dedicated ARNG Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) scholarships to receive benefits under the Montgomery G.I. Bill for Selective Reserve

w Mandating that Soldiers receive one day’s pay as compensation for every eight hours of completed distance learning course-workthatisrequiredforMilitaryOccupationalSkillQualifica-


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tion(MOSQ),structuredself-developmentorOfficer/WarrantOfficer/Non-commissionedOfficereducationsystem

w Ensuring that the Army budget provides full funding to compen-sate Soldiers for completion of distance learning requirements

w AmendingthelanguageinthePost9/11G.I.Billtoeliminatetheservice obligation after an election to transfer the benefit to a dependent

w AmendingthePost9/11G.I.Billtoincludethespouseofservicemembers who die in the line of duty after September 10, 2001 as “covered individuals” and entitled to educational assistance under this chapter

w Requesting that an amendment to the uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 to cover full-time National Guard duty (other than for training) under USC Title 32, Section 502(f) in support of a critical or opera-tional mission of the uniformed services, as determined by the Secretary concerned

w Waiving Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) loan repayment penalties due to servicemembers disability

w Supporting the creation of active, direct placement employment programs like California’s Work for Warrior employment initia-tive pilot program

Family and Community Benefits:

w Providing adequate funding of the Family Support Group Youth Camps for Air National Guard families, fund the program at 2013 levels, and require it to remain under the purview of the DoD

w Establishing the State Partnership Program (SPP) funding to the levels and projections for the fiscal year 2014 (FY14) President’s Budget to stabilize SPP program funding. Support codifying the National Guard capitol State Partnership Program regarding funding sources to allow the international goodwill and partnerships created by this program to continue to flourish


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Retirement:

w Eliminating the requirement for the aggregate 90 days of service to fall within a single fiscal year in order to qualify for reducing the age of retirement receipt; this legislation should be retroactive from the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2008

w Reducing the age at which a retired member of the reserve component is eligible to receive military retirement pay by one year for every two years served after 20 good years of service

w Reducing the age at which a member of the reserve component is eligible to receive military retirement pay by one day from age 60 for every day the individual serves on Active Duty status, either USC Title 10 or Title 32 during their military career

w Providing concurrent receipt of longevity military retirement pay and disability compensation, without regard to a specific dis-ability rating threshold by the VA

w Changing Social Security regulations to allow retired personnel an opportunity to fill vacated positions of National Guard and Reserve members during deployments, while not penalizing their social security benefits

w Providing eligibility for retired National Guard members to receive federal retired annual payment for residency in state veterans’ homes, and limit their required payment to no more


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than 50% of the allowed VA rates

w Revising the annual point limitation on the number of Inactive Duty points creditable toward reserve component retirement so thatitissubjectonlytoacapof365/366onallannualpointsearned for reserve retirement

w Amending USC Titles 10 and Title 14 to provide for an increase in military retired pay for officers credited with extraordinary heroism on the same basis applied to enlisted members

w Allowing National Guard members activated by the Governor for a State Active Duty (SAD) mission (not to include training) where they are protecting citizens and their property to accumu-late federal retirement credit

w Allowing retirement credit to be given for unused sick leave

w Implementing Air National Guard funding specifically for Child and Youth programs similar to the Army National Guard pro-grams

w Providing grant funding or community alliances such as founda-tions whereby a Memorandum of Agreement is established to provide support of Air National Guard dependent children

w Developing and implementing a method for identifying and registering National Guardsmen who are not serving under the authority of USC Title 10 and Title 32

w Requiring National Guardsmen not serving under authority USC Title 10 or Title 32 to register in the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) and allowing family programs and command-ers to better assist EFMP families to assist with recruiting, retention, readiness , and overall emotional and social well being of EFMP families

w Defining as “veterans,” traditional National Guard soldiers and airmen who have served honorably in the National Guard to qualify for receipt of retired pay and benefits consistent with service members who have served 180 days or more on federal Active Duty

w Allowing for a seamless transition from the DoD to the VA


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w Providing equal burial rights and veteran status for National Guard and Reserve members who have successfully completed their military service obligation

w Increasing burial plot allowance to $1,000

Safety and Sanitation:

w High volume, low speed fans, with a minimum 15 year warranty, to provide long-term reduction in heating, ventilation, air condi-tioning expenditures; improve air quality; and increase personal comfort and efficiency for the National Guard nationwide

w Mini-max cleaners and waste management systems

w Field sanitation kits used by force health protection and preven-tative medicine personnel

MEDICAL TASK FORCE


w Providing coverage for all members of the National Guard under TRICARE Prime, to include all medical and dental procedures necessary to bring the member into medical compliance for deployment

w Establishing DoD-funded scholarship programs to recruit health care professionals to enter the Reserve components that would include but not be limited to needed medical specialists, nurses and physician assistants

w Digitizing records to ensure medical information management systems are compatible among the active and reserve compo-nents, and VA and civilian health care providers to facilitate the full exchange of health-related medical information as the ser-vice member transitions through active service to either retired or civilian status

w Providing medical and dental screening and care for members of the National Guard in advance of mobilization at no charge

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employer provided coverage, and for those who are unemployed

w Mandating annual medical and dental screening of all members, with correction of screened medical and dental deficiencies at government expense to support full-time readiness

w Providing transitional health care benefits for National Guard members in support of contingency operations that are 180 days or longer to facilitate correction of screened medical and dental deficiencies at government expense and enhance full-time readiness

w Requiring the VA, in collaboration with local behavioral health service providers, veterans and their families, to develop a “needs analysis” to determine the current requirement for mental health resources to adequately support all reserve component service members returning from deployment

w Providing adequate community based mental health care for RC veterans

w Formalizing a military institution of behavioral and mental health services in the National Guard, and specifically in the state’s Joint Force Headquarters

w Studying ways to provide reserve component members with access to mental health alternatives other than existing non-confidential military sources

w Extending protection under the USERRA to encompass treat-ment of service-connected disabilities at the Department of Veteran Affairs health care facilities or other private health care facilities

w Reviewing and updating TRICARE benefits for behavioral and mental health services coverage for service members and their families

w Extending the time indefinitely for service members to make medical claims for such injuries such as Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression or any otherphysiological,psychologicaland/orbehavioraldiagnosis

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self-contained wireless capability that will allow access and integration compatibility between the National Guard, DoD, VA and civilian heath care providers to ensure continuity of care

w Establishing a medical information management system that can be used for managing medical information of deployed National Guard and Reserve Soldiers, mass casualties, and day-to-day clinic operations, with funds made available in the Army budget for the Army National Guard

w Authorizing a pre-federal income tax deduction for TRICARE and State Sponsored Life Insurance (SSLI) premiums

w Expanding existing healthcare coverage for families with autistic dependents and ensure equal coverage under TRICARE and TRICARE Reserve Select

w Adding the language to USC Title 10, Section 1074(d)(1)(B) as follows: “if the needed information is not available to enter the member into the orders system, the member’s commander will generatealetterstatinghe/shewillbeservinganeligibleActiveDuty tour and submit to the appropriate department to manu-ally enter into Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) the needed data so the individual will get the entitle-ment. If unable to input the needed data, DoD shall reimburse the member TRICARE equivalent entitlements they expended during the eligibility period prior to the effective order date”

w Providing both Army and Air National Guard members invol-untarily released from delayed-effective-date orders who are eligible for Early TRICARE, eligibility to receive Transition As-sistance for Military Personnel (TAMP) benefits

w Updating USERRA to allow persons to be reinstated in their employer-sponsored health plan once released from early TRI-CARE

w Eliminating the prohibition on eligibility for enrollment into TRICARE Reserve Select for those employees eligible to enroll in a health benefits plan under USC Title 5, Chapter 89

w Requiring that the Army National Guard in each state and terri-tory receive authorizations for Directors of Psychological Health based on personnel numbers with location determined by state


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w Amending USC Title 10, Section 1097c to allow employers to offer incentives for National Guardsmen to enroll in TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS), decline employee-sponsored health plans, and make the TRS premiums pre-tax dollars payable by the employer

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ARMY AVIATION TASK FORCE

The National Guard Association of the United States’ Army Avia-tion Task Force priorities:

w UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, recapitalization under the UH-60 A-L upgrade program until modernization is completed, and support for the UH-60L Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) improved cockpit initiative

w Procurement of a Fixed Wing aircraft to replace the aging C-12 and C-26 aircraft with the selected Future Utility Aircraft (FUA) with consideration of a single-engine aircraft

w AH-64D Apache Block II for all National Guard Attack Systems and modernization of Attack Systems with AH-64E

The National Guard Association of the United States also supports the following:

w Digital Reprogrammable Civil Support Communications Radios Systems as well as internal passenger-to- passenger and pas-senger-to-crew communications capability for all ARNG aircraft, including operations and maintenance sustainment funding

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w ProcurementofRescueHoistSystemsforUH/HH60LandMmodels, CH-47 D and F models and the LUH-72A Helicopters

w Continued procurement of CH-47F Helicopters

w Continue to support LUH-72A Lakotas to complete fielding to replace legacy aircraft, and meet emrging Homeland Defense &DomesticResponserequirements,andfillARNGAviationmodernization gaps

w Crashworthy, ballistically-tolerant auxiliary fuel systems through-out the ARNG aviation fleet

w Advanced cargo handling system requirement for the CH-47

w Aviation Crew Trainer for the H-60 and CH-47 aircraft Manned Portable Air Defense Systems Training

w Removable Medical Evacuation Systems for ARNG’s rotary wing aircraft

w Standardized seat configuration in the ARNG rotary wing fleet

w Transportable UH-72 Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) Synthetic Flight Training Simulator (SFTS) for all ARNG aviation security and support battalions, including additional SFTSs at the East and West Army Aviation training sites

w Keep current manning levels of utility fixed wing force structure during Modified Table of Organizational Equipment (MTOE) conversion to not allow a reduction of pilots less than the cur-rent number of six. Support cargo force structure and equip-ment to include the C-23

w Multiple Compact Aircraft Support Cart and Compact Aircraft Support Cart-H units and the integrated logistical support pack

w AN/ARC-231CommunicationsSystemforArmyNationalGuardAviation units

w H-60 Mobile Aircrew Restraint System (MARS) for the ARNG H-60

w H-60 Network Integration Targeting for Responsive Ops (NITRO)


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w H-60 Real Time Information in the Cockpit (RTIC)

w ModernizationofRQ-7BShadowUnmannedAerialSystems

w Full Spectrum Combat Aviation Brigade

w Controlled Humidity Protection for all Army National Guard air and ground systems

COMBAT VEHICLE TASK FORCE

The National Guard Association of the United States’ Combat Vehicle Task Force priorities:

w Recapitalize 100% of the M1 Abrams tanks required in the ARNG Heavy Mounted Maneuver forces to the M1A2 SEP level of modernization

w Recapitalize100%oftheM2/3/7BradleyFightingVehiclesrequired to the M2A3 or M2A2 ODS-SA with Commanders Independent Viewer (CIV) and if CIV is not readily available, we urge a modification of the contract to make the vehicle ready to accept the CIV as a future modification


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w Provide adequate training devices for precision gunnery training (one per company) for all armor and mechanized infantry com-panies in the ARNG


w Organize an additional two Stryker Brigade Combat Teams in the ARNG by converting existing BCTs, MEBs or BSFBs to the SBCT structure. Use the two sets of SBCT equipment that are now currently in Afghanistan to equip these two new brigades. The Army currently has nine SBCTs in the total force and equip-ment for eleven of them

w Recapitalize of 100% of the required M88 Recovery Vehicles to the M88A2 Hercules level of modernization

w The continued modernization of the ARNG combat vehicle fleet by requiring all Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) to be placed in the vehicles assigned to ARNG Heavy Mounted Maneuver fleet

w Replace all M113 family of vehicles with the replacement armored vehicle (AMPV) when fielded; in the interim, upgrade all M113’s to M113A3

w Field 100% of the requirements of all combat vehicles to ARNG Heavy Mounted Maneuver force

w Issue all combat vehicles directly to the owning units first, allow-ing Soldiers the ability to train on the equipment they will go to war with. APS and training sets must be the second priority for fill

w Lightweight blast mitigation material for Combat Vehicles

w Modernize the ARNG Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCT) concurrent with the active component to include procurement of the Ground Soldier System (GSS), Army Brigade Combat Team Modernization systems and technology, Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS), and Javelin Systems

w High density storage cabinets for each Brigade Combat Team and Stryker Brigade Combat Team in the ARNG


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w Javelin Block I conversion for all ARNG units

C4I TASK FORCE

The National Guard Association of the United States’ C4I Task Force priorities:

w Increasing the network infrastructure capability at the Readiness CentersandtheJFHQswhereGuardNetroutestoNationalGuard Bureau (NGB), including the number of kiosks in Readi-nessCenters,andprovideformaintenance/upkeep

w Laptop computers and docking stations for leaders from the State/TerritoryJFHQ,throughthedivision,brigadeandbattaliondown to the company level

w Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T)


w Enterprisesolutions,suchasUnifiedCommunications/MobileVoIP, through the National Guard Bureau (NGB) that can be delivered to the 54 states and territories to improve communi-cationsbetweentheARNGfull-timeforce(AGR&Technicians)and part-time senior leaders through improved technology

w Reviewing, validating and integrating Standard Information Technology package into Military Table of Equipping (MTOE) documentation

w Construction, start-up and manning operations of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs) for every state and territory

w Eight ARNG Space Support Team (ARSST) equipment sets and one Commercial Exploitation Team (CET) equipment set; this equipment is highly specialized hardware and software, identi-cal to the ARSST and CET equipment sets found in the active component’s 1st Space Battalion

w ProcuringAN/VRC-110SingleChannelGroundandAirborneRadioSystem (SINCGARS) dual-use system equipment sets for fielding todivisional/separateBrigadeCombatTeamorganizations


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w Accelerating modernization of all Army National Guard Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio (SINCGARS) to current radio models

w Best practical service and hardware solution that affords all drill status soldiers at all operating locations ample access to online resources

FIRE SUPPORT/AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY TASK FORCE

TheNationalGuardAssociationoftheUnitedStates’FireSupport/Air Defense Artillery Task Force priorities:

w Paladin Integrated Management (PIM)

w I-SentinelRADAR(AN/TPQ-64)

w Avenger Sustainment


w CounterBatteryTargetAcquisitionRadars(Q-53andLCMRQ-50)

w M777A2 Lightweight 155mm Howitzer

w Lightweight Laser Designator Range Finder (LLDR 2H)

w Lightweight Precision Handheld Target Location and Validation System(s)

w Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T)

w M119A3 Digitization

w Bradley Fire Support Team (BFIST) modernization to accommo-date Fire Support Sensor System (FS3) capability

w Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 (Mobile Missile Launcher)

w Multiple Launcher Rocket System (MLRS) Improved Armored Cab


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w Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS)

w Vehicle Agnostic Sensor

COMBAT SUPPORT/COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT TASK FORCE

The National Guard Association of the United States’ Combat Sup-port/CombatServiceSupportTaskForcepriorities:

w High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV)

w Redirect all funding for M939 fleet upgrades to new productions of Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTVs)

w Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV), Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT), Palletized Load System (PLS) trucks and trailers, Enhanced Container Handling Unit (ECHU), and modernize Heavy Equipment Transport System (HETS)

w Medical Equipment Sets Ground Ambulance fielding to the ARNG medical formations

w Army Battle Command Systems (ABCS)

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• TacticalOperationCenters(TOCs)

- Trailer Mounted Support Systems (TMSS)

• ForceXXIBattleCommand,BrigadeandBelow(FBCB2)BlueForce Tracking


w Improved Outer Tactical Vest (IOTV) body armor with Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert (ESAPI) plates

w Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD)

w Joint Services Transportable Decontamination System – Small Scale (JSTDS-SS)

w Chemical Biological Protected Shelter (CBPS)

w Truck Lift: Fork Variable Reach (ATLAS)

w Weaponsstoragesolutionsdesignedtohold/storeaminimumof 40-45 shoulder-held as well as crew-served and 9mm weap-ons; capable of storing a full brigade’s compliment of weapons while meeting Army Regulation 190-11 weapons storage requirements, and is fully deployable in Army standard shipping containers

w Installation of Driver’s Vision Enhancer (DVE) on the ARNG tactical wheeled vehicle truck fleet

w Current and future combat optical sight requirements for weapons utilizing 5.56, 7.62 and 50 cal ammunition, including close-to-long range

w Man-portable thermal binocular systems for the ARNG in the-ater operations

w Blast tolerant fuel containment fuel systems on all ground combat and tactical vehicles including but not limited to Bradley Fighting Vehicles, Stryker, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles, High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV), Heavy


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Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT, Palletized Load Sys-tem (PLS) Trucks, Line Haul Tractors and Dump Trucks (M915 Family of Vehicles), Armored Security Vehicles (ASV) and future wheeled vehicles including Joint Light Tactical Vehicle

w M872 series tactical semi-trailer fielding initiatives

w All flame resistant inventory of utility uniforms

w Multi-Temperature Refrigerated Container System (MTRCS)

w Engagement Skills Trainer (EST) 2000

w Additional funding for All Terrain Ultra Light Tactical Vehicles (AT ULTVs) consisting of All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) and Utility Vehicles to be distributed to every state and territory for their state and homeland security missions and training activities

w Mobile, programmable and wireless target system to support home station training, individual and collective training scenarios

w Retrofitting existing live fire shoot houses with Combat Training Simulation System

w Initiating and sustaining proficiency Escalation of Force (EOF) training in the use of the NG NLW capability sets relative to the Title10/Title32missionset

w Refrigeration and freezer combination trailer mounted unit that can towed behind a HMMWV or larger vehicle

w Economical new site adjustment tool for M16 family of rifles to secure the screw on front sire and allow soldiers to ensure proper site adjustment

w Infrared detection system for National Guard units and integrat-ing timely azimuth and elevation information to vector in on a threat in less than a second as well as monitors in all directions (360 degrees) and can handle a large number of multiple target per second into CROWS counter-fire system

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w Systems for Army National Guard tactical wheeled and track fleet vehicles and the possibility of a buyback program

w Simulated targets for qualifying on Military Courses of Fire, spe-cificallytheArmyAlternateQualificationsCoursefortheM16/M4 weapons systems

w ForeignWeaponsTrainingKitforeachstate&territoryalongwith a Mobile Training Team to teach a Master Gunner Course for each recipient upon delivery of the kits

w Requiring the Army Material Command (AMC) to provide the National Guard the opportunity to assume all work, within ca-pabilities, prior to announcement of RFP or release of additional task orders on existing contracts to the private sector as sup-ported by DODI 4000.19, section 4.1

w Request the Government Accounting Office (GAO) perform an expedited study that compares the costs, performance and quality of service of the National Guard, National Maintenance Program with the alternatives within AMC and addresses both directandindirectcostsandbenefitsattributed/affordedbytheprogram (i.e. existing infrastructure, training, and recruiting and retention benefits to the service members)

w Continue to procure, field and update ARNG training infrastruc-ture while NGB closely monitors, tracks, and records the fielding of Army POR Training Simulators and Simulations to the Army National Guard and recommend that the U.S. Army TRADOC implement a training strategy that is commensurate with and that supports both the Active Army and National Guard training technologies

w Urge Department of the Army to complete testing and validate the Mk281 Mod 0 and Mod 1 high velocity training round for National Guard units equipped with Mk19

w Modernize Family Medium Truck Vehicles drivers training to align with Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and establish funding to update, procure, and field newly revised economical training program to Reintegration Program

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not limited to Combat Vehicles, Tactical Wheeled Vehicles, Field and Air Defense Artillery Systems, Aviation, Engineering and all other relevant ARNG equipment

w Relocatable Arms Vaults

w Modular armor systems

w Modular Live Fire Ranges with Seamless Virtual Target Displays

ENGINEER TASK FORCE

The National Guard Association of the United States’ Engineer Task Force priorities:

w Water Well Drill Rig

w Portable Concrete Mixer

w 20-Ton Dump Truck (FMTV)


w 350 Cubic Feet Per Minute (CFM) Compressor

w Upgrade Bradley Engineer vehicles with comparable level of digitization of their BCT fleet


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Future of the Air National Guard (ANG)

The National Guard Association of the United States supports:

w Recognizing the militia-based concept which connects the Air Force to local communities and provides agile and quick re-sponse to dispersed threats; retaining ANG flying missions while supporting the Air Expeditionary Force

w Recognizing that the cost efficiencies, capabilities and commu-nity support generated by ANG units at the state level should be included as an integral part of the Future Total Force

w Maintaining a baseline force for civil support, Defense Support of Civil Authorities, and homeland defense, including civil engineer-ing, medical, security forces, logistics, mobility airlift, and air sovereignty

w A continuing dialogue involving the United States Air Force, the National Guard Bureau, the ANG, NGAUS and the adjutants general to effectively plan for evolving threats and new missions

w RevisingtheANGroleintheQuadrennialDefenseReview,Total

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Force and threat analysis are necessary

w Ensuring that the ANG is a full partner, working with the active force to develop new and emerging mission areas

w Ensuring that the ANG is properly represented in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Department of the Air Force corporate decision-making processes, particularly in the studies and actions that directly impact ANG missions, resourcing, and funding

w Achieving concurrent and balanced fielding of new capabili-ties and weapons systems for Active Duty, ANG and Air Force Reserve

COMBAT AIR FORCES TASK FORCE

The National Guard Association of the United States’ Top Combat Air Forces priorities:

w A-10: Fully Integrated Communications Suite upgrade

w F-15: Airborne Electronically Scanned Array Radar (AESA)

w F-16:Block30/32/40/42AdvancedIdentificationFriend/Foe

w F-16:Day/NightCompatibleHelmetMountedIntegratedTarget-ing

w F-16: Additional High Resolution Display – Center Display Unit


A-10

w TF-34 engine enhancement program

w Improved adversary Positive Identification through high resolu-tion display

w Additional funding for ALR-69A Digital Channelized Radar Warning Receiver


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w Fully Integrated Communications Suite upgrade

w Increase capability to operate in CDO environments (DRFM pods, new INS gyro, data link capability and austere airfield capabilitiestoincludeovert/covertlandinglight,CFT,OBOGS,parking brake and Smart TER)

w Upgrades to A-10 cockpit with a Center Display Unit and digital engine instrument display unit

F-15

w Airborne Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar

w Infrared Search-and-Track System

w Modernized Self-Protection Suite

w Cockpit Display Upgrades

w Updated Non-Cooperative Target Identification Capability

w Common Baseline Configuration


F-16

w Fully integrated Sensor Enhancements to include: Active Elec-tronicallyScannedArrayRadar;Block30/32/40/42AdvancedIdentificationFriend/Foe;InfraredSearch-and-TrackPod

w Integrated Electronic Warfare Suite

w Secure Line-of-Sight and Beyond Line-of-Sight with 3D Audio Communication

w Advanced Targeting Pod Upgrades and Procurement

w Day/NightCompatibleHelmetMountedIntegratedTargeting

w Additional High Resolution Display – Center Display Unit


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w Missile Warning Systems


F-22 Raptor

w Introduction of the F-22 Raptor into the ANG Aerospace Control Alert mission

w Additional ANG wings selected for the F-22 mission to become active associate wings through the Total Force Integration process

w Sufficient full-time and traditional manpower to support, main-tain and employ capabilities

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

w Accelerate procurement and high rate production of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to overcome the aging ANG fighter fleet and the upcoming fighter bathtub, thus ensuring continued capability for homeland defense per Government Accounting Office recommendation and support of the Combatant Com-mands

w Funding to procure and field the F-35 JSF directly to the ANG, concurrent and balanced to active duty fielding of this weapon system at a ratio of two active component combat coded air-craft to one ANG combat coded aircraft (one out of every three F-35 will go to the ANG)

Search and Rescue Mission

w Full funding of validated positions, allowing ANG rescue wings to effectively fulfill their federal and state missions

w Aircraft Modernization Program or similar capability to meet CNS/ATMrequirementforANGHC/MC-130aircraft

w HC-130J funded to procure and field the support equipment di-rectly to the ANG, concurrent and balanced to active duty field-ing, and in sufficient numbers to provide two Unit Type Codes of this weapon system to each ANG Rescue Wing while encourag-


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ing the active component to support Total Force Integration by creating active associate units at ANG bases

w HH-60 recapitalization plus support equipment funded to procure and field directly to the ANG, concurrent and balanced to active duty fielding, and in sufficient numbers to provide two Unit Type Codes of this weapon system to each ANG Rescue Wing while encouraging the active component to support Total Force Integration by creating active associate units at ANG bases

w Guardian Angel active associate units concurrent and balanced to their respective units at ANG bases

w Advance situational awareness and data-link capability for HH-60 and HC-130

w ProvideadditionalfundingforHC/MC-130P/NRTICProgramintheANGHC/MC-130P/Naircraft

Flight Simulators

w High Fidelity Fighter Simulators as well as upgrade and sustain-ment funding for existing Regional Mission Training Centers Dis-tributed Training Operations Center and ANG Training Systems Program Office

w Acquisition of five additional A-10C Full Mission Trainers for a minimum requirement of two A-10C simulators at every A-10C location


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w Acquisition of eight additional F-16C FMTs for RMTCs at two additional ANG F-16 locations to complement the existing RMTC at Burlington, VT

w Upgrades to west coast RMTC (Klamath Falls, OR) and east coast RMTC (Langley AFB, VA) at current locations.

w Support Headquarters Air Force and Air Combat Command acquisition of four F-22A FMTs for the Hawaii ANG

w Support Headquarters Air Force and Air Combat Command acquisition of two home station F-35 high fidelity simulators per ANG F-35 squadron

w Continue to develop an HH-60G simulator for three ANG rescue wings

Aircraft for Homeland Defense

w Procurement of a low-cost, hybrid aircraft capable of servicing homeland defense missions requiring manned ISR support as well as tactical missions and providing support in the irregular warfare environment

w Building partnership capacity in allied foreign air forces with tactics, techniques and procedural training in a U.S. built low-cost aircraft in a U.S. built low-cost

w Development and refinement of the concept of operations for low-cost, hybrid ISR aircraft in combination with ongoing COCOM experimentation

Additional Combat Air Forces Issues

w. Upgrade the ANG RC-26B fleet to meet current and future counterdrug, defense, and homeland security operations require-ments to include Block 30 upgrade incorporating communica-tions, avionics, and mission systems modifications

w. The ANG is our nation’s most cost effective fighter force; the ANG fighter legacy aircraft such as the A-10, F-15, F-16 maintain combat-ready status for approximately one third of the cost of an equivalent active component unit (AC); typical ANG base sustainment costs are one third to one fourth the cost of an


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AC base; as defense acquisition costs grow, utilizing traditional Guard forces at affordable ANG locations provides an alternative to larger and more expensive full-time AC fighter force

w. Leveraging the cost effective ANG principles by increasing reserve component manning, maintaining a larger fighter aircraft fleet and more experienced airmen by partnering the USAF with the ANG as active associates to better accommodate the Air Expeditionary Force requirements

COMBAT SUPPORT TASK FORCE

The National Guard Association of the United States’ Top Combat Support priorities

w Procuring a Ground Based and Airborne Sense and Avoid capa-bility to allow for ANG remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) to operate in the National Airspace System (NAS) with no restrictions

w ModernizingMQ-1andMQ-9groundcontrolstationequipmentand Squadron Operations Centers for ANG units transitioning to orcurrentlyoperatingtheMQ-1/MQ-9RPAsystems–toincludecritical equipment in order to fly in the NAS such as a Flight Management System

w Air and Space Operations Center: Recurring Event-11 Upgrade

w Air and Space Operations Center: Joint Range Extension with Joint Distributed Operational Training System

w DCGS: Multi-Intelligence Analysis and Archive System equip-mentandallassociatedhardware/softwareinordertoachieveoperational parity with AD DCGS


E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Aircraft

w Non-cooperative Target Combat Identification

w Software Interoperability with Theater Air Control System As-sets


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w Multi-AgencyCommunicationsCapabilitytoprovideC2&ISRdata

w Avionics Diminishing Manufacturing Source

w Primary Mission Equipment Upgrade

w Aircraft Performance Upgrade

w Intelligence Broadcast Service (IBS) Upgrade

MQ-1/MQ-9 Predator

w Procuring a Ground Based and Airborne Sense and Avoid capa-bility to allow for ANG remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) to operate in the National Airspace System with no restrictions

w ModernizingMQ-1andMQ-9groundcontrolstationequipmentand Squadron Operations Centers for ANG units transitioning to orcurrentlyoperatingtheMQ-1/MQ-9RPAsystems–toincludecritical equipment in order to fly in the NAS such as a Flight Management System

w Procuring an unclassified version of the Squadron Operations Centers for the command and control of Launch and Recovery ElementseachMQ-1/MQ-9unitinordertoexecutedomesticoperations to include Defense Support of Civil Authority, Civil Support, Law Enforcement, or Continuation Training

w Procuring equipment and military construction funds for all newly designated ANG RPA units in order to expedite unit conversions, and provide vital Full Motion Video to all combatant commanders and incident commanders in a timely manner

w RecapitalizetheMQ-1toMQ-9orcurrentsupportedAirForceRPA platform

w Establishing test and evaluation capability for RPA and RPA Squadron Operations Centers testing and training

Theater Air Control Systems/NORAD Air Defense Sectors

w Production funding for a deployable Battle Control System


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w Analysis of alternatives to continue the path of quickly provid-ing a much needed upgrade, and accelerate production funding for a Mobile Battle Control System, and worldwide Theater Air Control System

Distributed Common Ground Systems

w Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) within other ANG units

w Multi-Intelligence Analysis and Archive System equipment and allassociatedhardware/softwareinordertoachieveoperationalparity with AD DCGS

w Acquisition of equipment to enable DGS units to conduct un-classified Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination in support of domestic operations

w Manpower authorizations necessary to meet validated wartime requirements at specified ANG intelligence squadrons

Air and Space Operations Center (AOC)

w Trusted Thin Client Program

w ACOMSMissionQualificationTraininglabs

w Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System


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w Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance platform

w Distributed Mission Operations training equipment at DTOC’s

w Modification of Individual Ready Reserve officer promotion procedures so that non-participating IRR members do not meet promotion boards

w Joint Range Extension with Joint Distributed Operational Train-ing System in order to meet Air Combat Command-mandated Interface Control Team Training Task Lists in garrison

w Multi Source Correlator Trackers

w Two additional Targeting Application Workstation Systems and two 14.5 terabyte servers on Secure Internet Protocol Network for ANG AOC

w AOC Geographic Information Systems technology

w Core Radio Package System

w Recurring Event (RE)-11 Upgrade

w Cross Domain Solution with a Trusted Gateway System

Additional Combat Support Issues

w Deployment of the next generation of Air Combat Training Sys-tems for ANG Combat Readiness Training Centers in support of Total Force units that utilize their facilities for daily training, deployed operations and training exercises

w Man-Portable Aircraft Survivability Trainer System to Smokey Hill ANG Weapons Range

w Mobile Radar Approach Control for ANG units

w Remote Operations Vide Enhanced Receiver systems for the ANG to perform missions in support of combat, homeland secu-rity and other domestic missions

w Full funding for an initial three shipsets of the roll-on Special Air-borneMissionInstallationandResponseHomelandDefense/Civil


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Support-like capability Airborne Command and Control Communi-cations, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems, fully funding for an initial three roll-on Airborne multi-station command crew shelters, full funding for two years of implementation, training, CONOPS development and support

w Replace the ANG Combat Communications TRC-170 troposcat-ter systems with next generation troposcatter systems

w Second E-8C Mission Crew Trainer with Distributed Mission Operations capability

MOBILITY AIR FORCES TASK FORCE

The National Guard Association of the United States’ Top Mobility Air Forces priorities:

w C-130: Propulsion Upgrades to include: NP 2000, EPCS, In-Flight balancing, T-56 upgrade to 3.5 engine

w C-130:CNS/ATMUpgrades

w C-130: Recapitalization with J models

w KC-135:Externalovert/covertlighting

w C-17: Extended Range Fuel Tanks

w IRCMdefensivesystemsforC-17&KC-135aircraft

w TacticalDataLink&SituationalawarenesssystemsforC-17&KC -135 aircraft


C-130

w NP2000 propeller and in-flight balancing systems to equip vari-ants of the C-130

w T-56 Series 3.5 engine upgrade kits

w Additional simulators to be based at C-130 ANG Mobility Air


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Forces wings

w Funding to complete the instillation of Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) self-protection system for ANG C/EC/LC/HC/MC-130HfleetandupgradeexistingsystemstoBlock 30 standard

w Airborne wide-band satellite connectivity for the entire com-mando solo EC-130 fleet and the remainder of the C-130J fleet

w Aircrew-training device for the EC-130J mission systems

w Synthetic Aperture Radar System for LC-130 aircraft

w Electronic information systems

w Engine instrument display system upgrades

w Avionic Modernization Program or similar capability to meet CNS/ATM,netcentricoperationsandthewarfighters’require-ments

w EC-130J aircraft modification for the commando solo mission, including procurement of modular mission equipment systems

w Equipment for LC-130 rocket assisted takeoff

w BatteryControlElectronicModuleforC/EC/HC/LC-130

w System that meets Crevasse Detection Radar requirements

w ALR-69A Digital Channelized Radar Warning Receiver

w Advance situational awareness and data-link capability C, EC, HC, MC-130

w Additional funding to procure aircrew situational awareness

KC-135

w Advanced infrared counter measures defensive systems

w Tactical data link and situational awareness cockpit display


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w Fuel tank fire explosion protection

w Aircraft ground cooling capability

w Externalovert/covertlighting

w Boom operator simulation systems

w Improved cargo compartment lighting

w Stanchion litter system emergency kits to support the aero-medical evacuation mission

w KC-135 Night Vision Imaging System Compatible Lighting

w Multi-Point Refueling System Pods

w Provide additional funding for KC-135 RTIC

w Auto Throttles Modifications to the KC-135R fleet

w Block 45 upgrade service life extension for entire KC-135R fleet

KC-46

w Modern air refueling replacement aircraft for the KC-135 (KC-46), distributed and fielded concurrently and balanced with the active component, at a ratio of one active component aircraft to one ANG aircraft


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w Replacement of KC-135 fleet with the KC-46

C-17 Globemaster III

w Additional C-17 procurement while production capability still exists to fill any shortfalls in our military’s strategic and tactical airlift capabilities to include recapitalizing some C-130 units with C-17s

w Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) Self-Protection Suite

w Full funding for the Patient Support Pallet- Large (PSP-L) to the support aero-medical evacuation mission

w Additional simulators to be based at C-17 ANG Mobility Air Forces wings

w Continue C-17 production to meet active duty Guard and Re-serve requirements as well as international airlift needs

w Advanced situational awareness and data-link capability until complete

w Facilitate the transfer of C-17 aircraft with the extended range fuel tanks to ANG units at a rate concurrent and balanced with Active duty

w Additional funding for RTIC

Operational Support Aircraft

w Procurement of cost-efficient, state-of-the-art medium-to-large size business aircraft for the ANG to accommodate Congres-sional, White House Military Office and NGB airlift mission requests

w Sufficient full-time and traditional manpower to support, main-tain and employ each aircraft; manpower levels will be deter-mined by a viable and recognized study methodology

Intra-Theater Airlift Aircraft

w Procurement of C-130J and support equipment to modernize agingC-130E/Hunitstomeetfuturecombat,homelandsecu-rity/homelanddefense,anddisasterreliefrequirements


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w Modern intra-theater airlift aircraft distributed and fielded con-current and balanced with the active component; assignment of these aircraft will ensure the ANG will remain modern, ready, reliable and relevant to participate more effectively in the Total Force

Flight Simulators for Training

w New flight simulator technology to be used by ANG Mobility Air Force wings

w Additional simulators to be based at ANG Mobility Air Force wings

w Visual Threat Recognition and Avoidance Trainer

Aerial Fire Fighting Capability

w Development of additional fire fighting systems by the Interior Department and the Forest Service

w Development and procurement of a new system to disperse fire retardant and airdrop capability generic to all C-130 units.

MISSION SUPPORT TASK FORCE

The National Guard Association of the United States’ Top Mission Support priorities

w Replacement of aircraft rescue and fire-fighting equipment for ANG disaster response

w Controlled Humidity Protection


Security Forces

w Sufficient ANG security personnel to support security measures as directed by Chief of Staff Air Force

w Fully Fund the Security Cooperative Agreement program


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w Acquire additional modular live fire ranges with seamless virtual target display

Additional Mission Support Issues

w Replacement of aircraft rescue and fire-fighting equipment for ANG disaster response

w Full staffing and funding (100%) of the continental United States air defense sector’s unit manning document require-ments to meet the President’s #1 priority of defending the homeland

w Purchase latest technologies in data acquisition segment imagery and more deployable systems to keep pace with latest technology

w Increased ANG Special Tactics Human Performance Program capacity and capability commensurate with its Active Compo-nent counterparts

w Increase ANG Special Tactics capacity and infrastructure sup-porting battlefield airmen

LOGISTICS AND MAINTENANCE

w Recognizing that ANG maintenance is a core competency of the Air Force and should be structured and funded accordingly to support the inherently increased workload associated with aging airframes and aircraft modifications

w Issue appropriate test equipment to enable 3-level maintenance to adequately maintain ANG aircraft

w Acquiring satellite communications field equipment to test, troubleshoot, maintain, and sustain ARC-210 radio systems and other similar equipment supporting fighter aircraft and domestic operations

w Securing funds to refurbish aerial lift trucks used to load external stores and munitions on aircraft with the goal of reducing harmful emissions to personnel when used indoors and on the flightline


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w Leveraging potential capability and existing expertise in the ANG when expanding Repair Network Integration initiatives

w Modernizing leak detection capability for pressurized systems on combat aircraft to reduce time-consuming methods to analyze root cause and verify correct operations using ultrasonic tech-nology

w Procuring of a Common Armament Tester to replace unsup-portable legacy systems with expansion capability to test and troubleshoot future munitions and 5th generation fighters

w Procure Common Optical Emitter Test Systems Electronic War-fare Ultra-Violet and Infrared Laser Electo-Optical ground tester systems for entire ANG C-130 fleet

w Provide and authorize the state-of-the-art tow vehicle replace-ment capability that relies on advanced technologies


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w FOD-control tool program for all aircraft maintenance organiza-tions in the United States Air Force

w Incorporate Controlled Humidity Protection utilizing the Environ-ment Stabilization System in the maintenance and sustainment plan for all ANG flying units, Combat Communications Squad-rons, and Tactical Air Control Squadrons


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