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☆ Army National Guard hasn't paid out enlistment bonuses to thousands of soldiers, alarming House lawmakers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Steve Beynon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

House lawmakers criticized the National Guard over enlistment bonuses owed to more than 13,000 soldiers. AdvertisementA bipartisan group of House lawmakers is demanding answers from the Army National Guard on its plans to pay delinquent enlistment bonuses to the thousands of soldiers who are owed. A US soldier with the Oklahoma National Guard stands watch along a perimeter fence near the US Capitol in Washington, DC. US Army National Guard photo by Sgt. AdvertisementThe backlog was particularly inflamed by two 10-month outages of the Army National Guard Incentive Management System, or GIMS, which manages bonuses.

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☆ US Army under increasing pressure as it foots bill for Ukraine support
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Haley Britzky | Natasha Bertrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“We’re basically taking it out of hide in the Army,” a senior Army official told CNN. That includes not only the operations related to Ukraine support — training and ferrying weapons and equipment to Poland and Ukraine — but other operations for the US command throughout Europe and Africa. Those operations include training exercises for Army forces in Europe and Africa and equipment moving into the theater. Last week, the Senate voted to advance a $95.3 billion foreign aid bill, including $60 billion in support for Ukraine. So far in fiscal year 2024, the Army has spent $39.7 million on ground transportation, the first senior Army official told CNN.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Guard still has enough money on hand to complete the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets despite the U.S. running out of funds to send additional weapons and assistance to Kyiv, the head of the Guard Gen. Dan Hokanson said Thursday. President Joe Biden announced in August that the U.S. would begin training Ukrainian pilots on the F-16, as part of a multi-national effort to provide Ukraine the advanced fighter jets. Pilot training began in October at Morris Air National Guard base in Tucson, Ariz. But the pilot training has been able to continue, Hokanson said. “We do have the resources to continue the training that’s already started,” Hokanson said, and get that initial tranche completed this year.

Persons: Dan Hokanson, Joe Biden, Hokanson, “, that’s, ” Hokanson Organizations: WASHINGTON, National Guard, U.S, Guard, Morris Air National Guard, House Republicans, Air Force Locations: Kyiv, U.S, Ukraine, Tucson, Ariz, Congress, Russia, Mexico, Ukrainian

☆ Idalia to boost Florida apartment insurance costs further
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Matt Tracy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Costs have risen the most on multifamily properties such as apartments and condos, according to industry executives and data from credit ratings agency Moody's. Property insurance costs to multifamily assets in Florida have gone up anywhere from 30% to 70% in the past year, and are even higher for those with prior losses, non-renewing insurance carriers or valuation issues, she said. Nationally, CRE properties' insurance costs have grown roughly 7.6% annually on average since 2017, according to an August Moody's report. RENTS, CAP RATESRising insurance premiums on multifamily properties have contributed, among other factors, to rent increases in Florida and elsewhere, said three industry executives. Insurance costs are also forcing CRE lenders to boost due diligence on refinancing and when pricing deals on apartment blocks, executives said.

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☆ Met Museum Trains ‘Monuments Men’ to Save Ukrainian Cultural Heritage
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Zachary Small | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Twenty men and women in military fatigues huddled around a 19th-century painting of a fiery sunset at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a recent Saturday afternoon. They leaned toward the vivid picture of the Ukrainian wilderness as their tour guide spoke. The program was announced three years ago but interrupted by Covid and bureaucratic hurdles. Blake Ruehrwein, an Air Force veteran who also runs education and outreach at the Naval War College Museum in Newport, R.I., was instructing a new unit learning the ropes from some of the world’s top art experts. “Take what you learn from here and apply it,” he told the officers attending the museum workshop in early June.

Persons: ” Alison Hokanson, “, Blake Ruehrwein, ” Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 353rd Civil Affairs Command, Men, Air Force, Naval War College Museum Locations: Staten, Newport, R.I

☆ Ukraine's battlefield success surprised Russia, but US troops who trained Ukrainians saw it coming, National Guard chief says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Army National Guard Sgt. Anthony JonesUS National Guard units began rotating through Ukraine in 2015 to conduct training as part of the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Ukrainian NCOs "were able to lead from the front at the lowest level of supervision. That's where our NCOs really are effective because the things that our commanders empower them to do," Whitehead added.

☆ Florida's Fort Myers devastated by Hurricane Ian
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

One of several destroyed portions of the causeway from Fort Myers to Sanibel Island is seen in this frame grab from video shot out of a U.S. Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter as U.S. National Guard Bureau Chief General Daniel Hokanson tours...moreOne of several destroyed portions of the causeway from Fort Myers to Sanibel Island is seen in this frame grab from video shot out of a U.S. Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter as U.S. National Guard Bureau Chief General Daniel Hokanson tours the area by air after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction on Sanibel Island, Florida, October 1. REUTERS/Kevin FogartyClose

☆ FBI controlează militarii înaintea învestirii lui Biden, după informații că aceștia ar avea legătură cu asaltul Capitoliului
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-18 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

După asaltul din 6 ianuarie asupra Capitoliului, când susţinători ai preşedintelui în exerciţiu Donald Trump au invadat sediul Congresului american, în presă au apărut informaţii conform cărora unii dintre manifestanţi aveau legături cu armata. Generalul Daniel Hokanson, care conduce Biroul Gărzii Naţionale, a fost întrebat de CBS News cu privire la eventualele controale la care sunt supuşi militarii înaintea sosirii lor la Washington. „În coordonare cu Serviciul Secret şi cu FBI, toţi militarii care au sosit au fost trecuţi prin sită'', a răspuns generalul Hokanson. Aproximativ 25.000 de membri ai Gărzii Naţionale au fost desfăşuraţi în capitala federală a SUA. Într-o scrisoare adresată recent trupelor americane, şefii de stat-major au afirmat că turbulenţele din 6 ianuarie sunt ''incompatibile cu statul de drept'' şi le-au cerut soldaţilor să ''întruchipeze valorile şi idealurile naţiunii'' americane.

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