Task Forces Transforming Resolutions into Reality

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Task Forces Transforming Resolutions into
Reality
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Resolutions

• Resolutions
• NGAUS resolutions are the driving force behind
  our associations legislative agenda and focus on
  any issue of importance to our members.
• Resolutions are categorized as either Joint,
  Army or Air
• Resolutions adopted at the NGAUS general
  conference are taken to Congress in the following
  year by our legislative staff.

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Task Force Purpose

• Task forces work closely with the NGAUS
  legislative staff throughout the resolutions
  cycle.
• NGAUS task forces are special committees
  appointed by the NGAUS chairman of the board,
  with concurrence of the board of directors.

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Task Force Objective

• Provide long-range and strategic direction to the
  NGAUS in designated functional areas related to
  National Guard readiness, modernization, force
  structure and other matters of importance to the
  NGAUS membership
• Task Forces provide subject matter expertise on
  issues related to the Army and Air National
  Guard.
• Prepare draft resolutions for distribution to the
  states

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Task Force Objective

• Consolidate comment on resolutions received
  from states prior to NGAUS general conference
• Advise the general conference on resolutions
• Prioritize resolutions adopted at NGAUS
  conference
• Coordinate fact sheet development with Industry
  NGB

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Categories and types of Task Force

• Task forces are grouped into three separate
  areas
• Joint, Army and Air.
• Within these three areas are more specified task
  forces.
• Joint Task Forces
• Personnel and Benefits
• Medical
• Homeland Defense

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• Army Task Forces
• Army Aviation
• Combat Vehicle
• Command, Control, Communication, Computers, and
  Intelligence (C4I)
• Fire Support
• Combat Support/ Combat Service Support
• Engineer
• Air Task Forces
• Combat Air Forces
• Mobility Air Forces
• Combat Support
• Mission Support

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Task Forces Organization
NGAUS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Maj Gen Tod Bunting
(KS)
NGAUS PRESIDENT Brig Gen (Ret) Stephen Koper
NGAUS VC - ARMY MG Jessica Wright (PA)
NGAUS VC - AIR Maj Gen Cynthia Kirkland (NV)
AVIATION COL Larie Wilson Acting (PA)
FIRE SUPPORT MG Robert Bray (RI)
COMBAT VEHICLE MG (Ret) Wesley Craig (PA)
COMBAT AIR FORCES Brig Gen Pete Pawling (HI)
MOBILITY AIR FORCES Brig Gen William Reddel (NH)
COMBAT SUPPORT Col Ed Hull (PA)
MISSION SUPPORT Lt Col Rich Oxner (AR)
C4I BG Henry McCann (DE)
CS/CSS BG M. Washburn (IN)
ENGINEER MG King Sidwell (MO)
PERSONNEL/BENEFITS COL Steve Joyce (GA)
MEDICAL Col Peter Bickel (OH)
HOMELAND SECURITY MG (Ret) Harry Sykora (SD)
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Task Force Composition

• Chairman
• Vice chair
• Members
• (Representatives from the six NGAUS regions)
• Advisors from the National Guard Bureau
• Industry members by invitation of Chairman

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Task Force Composition

• MAF Task Force
• Chairman
• Vice chair
• Members
• Weapon System Council Chairs
• (Representatives from the six NGAUS regions)
• Advisors from the National Guard Bureau
• NGB A5 and A8
• Industry members by invitation of Chairman

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MAF Task Force

• Represents MAF weapon systems
• C-5A
• C-17
• C-21
• C-38
• C-40C
• C-130
• E-8
• KC-135
• RC-26B

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Task Force Meetings

• It is recommended that task forces meet as
  necessary. However, a minimum of two meetings per
  year are requested in order to facilitate NGAUS
  business in a timely manner.
• MAF meets approximately once a quarter

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Joint Priorities

• Revise Personnel Management Policies to
• Raise congressional ceiling on non-dual status
  personnel
• Allow Title 32 AGR personnel to perform state
  emergency missions
• Reduce the age to receive Reserve Retirement Pay
  by one year for every two years served after
  twenty good years
• Authorize Grey Area retirees access to TRICARE
  benefits
• Expand Wounded Warriors support programs
• Strengthen the Counter drug Program
• Improve Medical and Dental Readiness by
• Providing all members of the National Guard with
  coverage under TRICARE Prime to include all
  medical and dental procedures necessary to bring
  the member into medical compliance for deployment
• Offer all members an Annual Dental Exam (ADE) at
  no cost, or supply stipends for dental insurance
  and reimburse out-of-pocket expenses
• To improve the delivery of mental health, require
  the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a
  needs analysis to determine mental health
  resources to support RC members and adequate
  community based mental health care

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Air Priorities

• Strategic
• Maintaining the Future Fighter Force structure in
  the Air National Guard
• Funding the Air National Guard as part of the
  regular Presidents Budget with a separate line
• Full-time ANG manpower at the Joint Operations
  Centers (JOC) and Joint Force Headquarters
  (JFHQ) 
• Modernization
• Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems
• Aircraft Defensive Systems
• Active Electronic Scanned Array (AESA) Radars
• Data Links
• Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS)/Secure Line of Sight
  (SLOS)

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Army Priorities

• Full-Time manning (AGR and Technician) 100 of
  requirement reassessment of requirement
• Incentive Pays Aviation Career Incentive Pay
  (ACIP) and others
• Engineer Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck
  (HEMTT) Light Equipment Transporter (LET)
  Backhoe Loader
• C4I War fighter Information Network Tactical
  (WIN-T) Homeland Security Package, Joint
  Incident Site Communications System (JISCC) Full
  Motion Video (FMV) Downlink
• Fire Support Air Defense Counter Battery
  Target Acquisition Radars (EQ36 and LCMRv3)
  Surface Launched Advance Surface-to-Air Missile
  System (SLAMRAAM)
• Aviation CH-47F UH-72A
• Combat Support Combat Service Support High
  Mobility Multi Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), Family
  of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV)
• Combat Vehicle M1 Abrams Tanks M2 Bradley
  Fighting Vehicles
• Future Combat Systems (FCS) Spin-out systems
  starting in FY2010