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Some Guard Members Less Likely to Get COVID-19 Vaccination Than Active Troops A U.S. Army soldier receives his first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at Fort Knox, Kentucky Jan. 13, 2021. (U.S. Army/Spc. Owen Thez) 5 Mar 2021 A snapshot of National Guard troops serving on the front lines of the COVID-19 response shows that citizen soldiers may be even more reluctant than active troops to take the voluntary vaccine. Roughly one-third of active-duty troops who have been offered the vaccine have refused to take the shot. But low acceptance rates from Guard members in two states show that the...

Key Lawmakers Question Justification for Keeping Troops at Capitol Through Spring National Guard keep watch on the Capitol, Thursday, March 4, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) 5 Mar 2021 Some lawmakers are growing irritated at the prolonged National Guarddeployment at the U.S. Capitol and the lack of information on specific threats troops are hypothetically there to combat. The U.S. Capitol Police on Thursday asked the Defense Department to keep thousands of troops in D.C. for up to two more months. The Guard was supposed to start withdrawing from the city on M...

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Air Force Delays PT Test Again But Adds a New Scoring System Air Commandos perform the cardiovascular portion of the Air Force Fitness Assessment at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 27, 2018. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Ronald Feliciano Rivera) 5 Mar 2021 The U.S. Air Force just postponed its physical fitness assessment for the fourth time in about a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The service announced Thursday that PT tests will resume July 1. When they do, airmen and Space Force Guardians will be graded using a new scoring system, according to a news release. "As testing resumes, scores...