US-Mexico border security is stretching troops thin, placing demands 'not related to their military mission set,' National Guard chief says

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Border patrol officers pull barbed wires over a fence on the US-Mexican border.
Border patrol officers pull barbed wires over a fence on the US-Mexican border.

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Ukraine's Azov Brigade, a unit with a controversial past, can now use American weapons to fight the Russians

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Azov Battalion Ukraine
New volunteers of self-defence battalion "Azov" take an oath of allegiance to the country during a ceremony before leaving for regions of eastern Ukraine in Kiev, June 23, 2014.

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Air National Guard leaders say proposal to move units to Space Force poses 'existential threat' to US national security

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A soldier in uniform displays US Space Force tapes and service branch patch
Staff Sgt. David Diehl II displays his new United States Space Force tapes and service branch patch at Dover Air Force Base.

US Air Force photo by Mauricio Campino

Army National Guard hasn't paid out enlistment bonuses to thousands of soldiers, alarming House lawmakers

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Gen. Daniel Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau
Gen. Daniel Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing.

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A Massachusetts high school wants to call in the National Guard to help quell a 'disturbing increase' in violent fights, drug abuse, and truancy

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Massachusetts National Guard stand watch during a Black Lives Matter rally.
Massachusetts National Guard stand watch during a Black Lives Matter rally.

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