Reserve & National Guard Magazine

29/07/2025

By regulation, part-time service members must have at least six months of time in service before requesting to enlist in active duty.

During the transition from reserves to active duty, service members in pay grades E-1 through E-4 have the flexibility to choose a new MOS.

25/07/2025

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23/07/2025

Buffered by two oceans and friendly nations to the north and south, the U.S. is a daunting challenge for those who would bring hostility to its shores. But for cyber aggressors, the unseen, digital walls that protect America are less impenetrable.

“Attackers just need to find one way in,” said Nick Lindhag, chief information security officer for the City of Fargo. “On the defenders’ side, you have to look at every possibility.”

Hundreds of digital defenders gathered for Cyber Shield 2025, the military’s longest running and largest unclassified cyber exercise.

20/07/2025

The military recently shifted focus from counterinsurgency fighting to near-peer or peer-to-peer warfare. Some National Guard units are better prepared for conflict in the Indo-Pacific region of the world due to State Partnership Program training.

For guardsmen supporting the INDOPACOM mission, annual training can include National Guard State Partnership Program-related training.

15/07/2025

🚨Have you read the Army's updated facial hair policy🚨

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The U.S. Army is updating its facial hair grooming policy in an Army Directive that resulted from a force-wide review of military standards. The update reinforces the Army’s long-standing policy that

15/07/2025

Rescue operations conducted by the Texas Army and Air National Guard resulted in the successful recovery of at least 525 people from floodwaters in Central Texas as of Sunday. More from National Guard Association of the United States - NGAUS: https://www.ngaus.org/newsroom/texas-guardsmen-rescue-over-520-flood-victims

09/07/2025

Emily’s father, National Guard Sgt. Juan Carlos Baldeosingh, was killed in action during Operation Iraqi Freedom when she was just 2 years old. She said it has always been her goal to make her dad proud and she feels like earning the Operation Homefront award helps her achieve that.

Congrats, Emily!

Emily Baldeosingh is the Military Child of the Year for the National Guard. Her father was killed in action when she was just 2 years old.

08/07/2025

15 companies out of 1,626 nominations received the award. Did your civilian employer make the cut?

This Just In: SECDEF Announces Recipients of the ESGR 2025 Freedom Awards. A big well-earned congrats to these 15 organizations. https://www.esgr.mil/News-Events/Press-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/10734/ESGR-Announces-2025-Secretary-of-Defense-Freedom-Award-Recipients

07/07/2025

“At the political level, it got ugly for the National Guardsmen,” an officer speaking on condition of anonymity told Reserve & National Guard Magazine. “There’s a lot of pettiness between the California Military Department and the active-duty component. The California Guard basically signaled to the subordinate units that, 'hey, because you’re on Title 10, you’re cut off from us, you’re on your own.'”

California's governor announced members of Task Force Rattlesnake are being rerouted back to the state's wildfire response.

02/07/2025

What an awesome story out of the 175th Wing! Way to be the good in the world. https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article-View/Article/4233314/maryland-air-guard-provides-pilot-experience-for-children-fighting-cancer/

30/06/2025

Tip #1: Make sure you can lead yourself

What would you add to Master Sgt. Stan Grandt's list?

Master Sgt. Stan Grandt will retire in 2026, but before he does, he has some leadership tips for the military’s next generation of leaders.

27/06/2025

"The concept of summertime AT is a thing of the past."

For guardsmen supporting the INDOPACOM mission, annual training can include National Guard State Partnership Program-related training.