Wait For Commission Before Cutting Guard, Gen. Grass Tells SAC-D

Wait For Commission Before Cutting Guard, Gen. Grass Tells SAC-D
Wait For Commission Before Cutting Guard, Gen. Grass Tells SAC-D

CAPITOL HILL: It’s not every day you hear a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff asking Congress to undo part of the administration’s budget proposal. But National Guard Bureau director Gen. Frank Grass is in a unique position, the only chief caught between the Pentagon and the states. So this morning, Gen. Grass explicitly…

State Guard Generals Take Fight To Senate, Push Freeze To Planned Cuts

State Guard Generals Take Fight To Senate, Push Freeze To Planned Cuts
State Guard Generals Take Fight To Senate, Push Freeze To Planned Cuts

[UPDATED with Army & Senate responses] WASHINGTON: After convening in Washington for briefings on the Army budget and how to implement it, the state-level commanders of the National Guard have instead launched a new offensive against the Army plan to cut their forces, flooding Capitol Hill with letters and PowerPoint slides (embedded below). Their immediate goal:…

SASC Sends CSAF Nomination & More To Senate Floor

SASC sent full Senate nomination of Gen. Mark Welsh for CSAF http://aol.it/OcwsYw; also LTG John Kelly for SOUTHCOM, LTG Frank Grass for NGB Sydney%20Freedberg