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Assistant Vice President for Guard Affairs - CW5 Howard (Gene) Touchstone, ARNG  

Assistant Vice President for Reserve Affairs - CW2 Virginia Oscovitch, USAR

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MILPER MESSAGE NUMBER 12-018 AMENDMENT TO MILPER MESSAGE 12-009, FY12, RESERVE COMPONENT CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER FIVE COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES PROMOTION SELECTION BOARDS, ISSUED: Subject selection board competitive categories have been changed to reflect the removal of the following MOSs from board consideration: AGR (913A, 914A, 915A, and 919A) and Non-AGR (913A, 914A, 915A, 919A). 1/31/12

 

FY12, RESERVE COMPONENT CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER THREE AND CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER FOUR  COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES, PROMOTION SELECTION BOARDS - see MILPER Message 12-010. 1/19/12

 

FY12, RESERVE COMPONENT CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER FIVE COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES, PROMOTION SELECTION BOARDS - see MILPER Message 12-009. 1/19/12

 

Senior Leaders are Saying - Our Guard and Reserve Soldiers sacrifice so much for our country and they are an indispensable part of the Army team ... I know that after a long deployment these Soldiers just want to get home as soon as possible. However, it must be balanced with a complete and thorough demobilization process. - Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odiernos instructions concerning reserve-component Soldiers who will be demobilizing at installations in the United States over the holidays. See also Demobilizing Reserve Soldiers to get holiday passes.. 12/20/11

 

New Army Guard Director at the National Guard Bureau - On November 29, 2011, Maj. Gen. William Ingram received his third star and formally assumed the duties of the director of the Army National Guard in the National Guard Bureau during a ceremony Monday at the Pentagon. Ingram is the Army Guard’s 20th director and the component’s first “official” director since April 2009. Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter has served as the acting director since Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn retired more than two years ago. Carpenter is now retiring. 12/1/11

 

 

Guard, Reserve Members Can Nominate Best Employers - A Defense Department agency has opened its annual selection process for the nation's employers that are the most supportive of employees who serve in the National Guard and reserves. Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, or ESGR, is accepting nominations for the 2012 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the department's highest award for civilian employers supporting Guard and reserve members. (See more) 11/10/11

 

Guard and Reserve Congressional Caucus Launches New Website - the Caucus, formed in 1996, has been instrumental in ensuring that our National Guard and Reserve components are adequately resourced to carry out their missions overseas, defend the homeland and provide crucial support to our nation’s citizens during natural disasters and national emergencies. The Caucus is genuinely interested in the future of the National Guard and Reserve components as a part of the Total Force Integration policy and the National Security Strategy, especially given their critical role in the Global War on Terrorism. In addition, they are interested in the improvement of employment and education opportunities for National Guard and Reserve personnel returning from overseas deployments. View the website at http://ngrcc-hunter.house.gov. 11/1/11

 

Interested RC Soldiers can View Active Duty Opportunities at Personnel Force Innovation (PFI) site.  Personnel Force Innovation (PFI) is a DoD program that matches guard and reserve members with DoD agencies for tours of active duty from 1 to 3 years. Most of these tours are stateside, and guard and reserve members can apply for a specific tour from a list of over 150 open positions on the PFI website at http://pfi.dod.mil.  Positions available are in administration, operations, budget/finance, engineering, IT, and others. What’s unique about this program is that service members could qualify for a tour based on any combination of military and civilian skills--not only military skills. Included in active duty tours through PFI are: -- Title 10 ADOS order with active duty pay, benefits, experience -- Earn additional guard/reserve retirement points and retirement age reduction -- Post 9/11 GI Bill eligibility -- Potential for "follow-on" federal civilian positions with defense agencies More information is available at http://pfi.dod.mil.  11/1/11

 

Help us find our Lost Members - we do not have a current mailing address for many members. They are not receiving their NEWSLINER. If you know anyone on the list, please ask them to contact us - see listing.

 

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