by Defend the Guard | Apr 8, 2021
On March 29, 2021, the Texas House Committee on Defense & Veterans’ Affairs heard testimony regarding H.B. #2701, the “Defend the Guard Act.” Ten individuals spoke to the committee in person and remotely, including the bill’s sponsor Bryan...
by Defend the Guard | Apr 6, 2021
Nearly 630 Iowa soldiers who have been deployed to the Middle East for the past 10 months are returning home. The soldiers returning to Iowa include a group of about 110 men and women from Davenport, 130 from both Cedar Rapids and Dubuque, and 250 from Waterloo. The...
by Defend the Guard | Mar 30, 2021
Legislation that would require Congress to declare war before the Texas National Guard would be sent into active combat status is moving through the legislative process. House Bill 2701, by State Rep. Bryan Slaton (R–Royse City), was heard on Monday before...
by Defend the Guard | Mar 24, 2021
One of America’s most decorated veterans, a West Virginia resident, says he is getting impatient that the Defend the Guard Act isn’t getting consideration in the state Legislature. “I’d like to see the thing voted in,” said Brig. Gen. John “Doc” Bahnsen, a...
by Defend the Guard | Mar 18, 2021
For the third year in a row. Delegate Patrick McGeehan (R-Hancock) failed in his effort to bring his Defend the Guard Act to a floor vote. The bill, numbered 2138 this year, would prohibit the West Virginia National Guard and its members from being deployed to combat...
