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Abbie Shull: Bill in Washington state House would eliminate retirement age for State Guard News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2/8/2021 Abbie Shull, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Feb. 8—Members of the Washington State Guard could soon serve with no limit on the age of enlistment and no retirement age if a bill up for consideration in the state Legislature is passed into law. Currently, state guardsmen can serve until age 64 but can serve until age 68 on a year-to-year basis. This...

The head of the Tennessee State Guard is turning over command and retiring from the state Military Department.

Posted February 5th, 2021 for Tennessee Government Friday, February 05, 2021 04:11pm NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After nearly 37 years of service, Brig. Gen. (Tenn.) Lyndon Craig Johnson, a Manchester resident, is retiring from the Tennessee Military Department on Feb. 6. Johnson, the current commander of the Tennessee State Guard, will relinquish command of the State Guard to Brig. Gen. (Tenn.) Juan R. Santiago from Memphis, during a ceremony held at the Tennessee National Guard’s Joi...

After nearly 37 years of service, Brig. Gen. (Tenn.) Lyndon Craig Johnson, a Manchester resident, is retiring from the Tennessee Military Department on Feb. 6. Johnson, the current commander of the Tennessee State Guard, will relinquish command of the State Guard to Brig. Gen. (Tenn.) Juan R. Santiago from Memphis, during a ceremony held at the Tennessee National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters in Nashville.   “Johnson has done a fantastic job for more than four-and-a-half year...

‘Calvin Coolidge believed the least government was the best government; he aspired to become the least president the country had ever had; he attained that desire’ (Irving Stone). The man who achieved this back-handed compliment took over as president on the death of Warren Harding, in 1923. He served one term in his own right from 1924 to 1928, and departed the stage before the Wall Street Crash of October 1929 and concomitant depression. Coolidge was entitled to stand for a second term of...

DHEC creating new phone line to handle only vaccine-related calls in S.C. (Source: WAVE 3 News) By Kristin Nelson | January 20, 2021 at 9:21 PM EST - Updated January 21 at 7:11 AM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) – The Department of Health and Environmental Control said it will soon be easier to get vaccine appointment help in South Carolina. Interim Public Health Director Dr. Brannon Traxler announced on Wednesday that the health agency is creating a new public call center, where the only goal i...

Two Army National Guard members have been removed from the inauguration security mission after vetting found they had ties to far-right fringe groups, a U.S. official told ABC News Tuesday.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott says hes offended by the measures being taken by the FBI and Department of Defense ahead of Wednesdays Presidential Inauguration to vet the Texas National Guard. Due to the need to have increased security at this years inauguration (granted, there is a lot of security at any presidential inauguration), officials are subjecting the D.C. National Guard and troops from other states across the country. Officials in Washington D.C. say that the extra vetting is being done�...

12 National Guard members with ties to extremist groups now pulled from inauguration duty CNN National Guard troops deploy to the U.S. Capitol. WASHINGTON, DC -- A total of a dozen Army National Guard members have now been removed from the inauguration security mission after vetting found they had ties to far-right fringe groups, a U.S. official told ABC News Tuesday. “We don’t allow extremism of any type in our organization,” said Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau....

S.C. National, State Guard members help DHEC by answering COVID-19 vaccine calls SCEMD helping field COVID-19 vaccine calls (Source: Twitter: @SCEMD) By Madison Martin | January 19, 2021 at 4:51 PM EST - Updated January 19 at 9:18 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) - If you’re calling South Carolina’s hotline for help with making a COVID-19 vaccine appointment, an S.C. National or State Guard member just might be on the other side. On Tuesday, the South Carolina Emergency Management Depa...