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NGAUS Applauds Introduction of National Guard Promotion Accountability Act


WASHINGTON, May 8, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Guard officers may no longer have to wait 250 days or more for federal recognition of their promotions thanks to bipartisan bills introduced in Congress today.

The National Guard Promotion Accountability Act, which has the full support of NGAUS, would also provide Guard officers with back pay to the date of their state promotions once their boost in rank is recognized by their service, the Army or the Air Force.

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., introduced the legislation in the Senate. Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Miss., and Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., are sponsoring the House version.

By law, the services must review and formally "recognize" state promotions of Guard officers. But the redundant, largely paper-and-pen process has been slowed in recent years by deeper background checks.

A NGAUS survey late last year found that 51 percent of Army National Guard officers waited 196 days or more for their "fedrec." Current policy is to publish lists, called scrolls, within no more than 195 days of receipt.

And recent Pentagon data indicates that there are 7,000 Guard officers now awaiting federal recognition with an average wait time of 285 days. The data also show that the fastest a promotion list, called a scroll, has been approved this year is 245 days.

Meanwhile, many of these officers already have the responsibilities of someone one rank higher, which can be challenging while wearing the lesser rank.      

"National Guard officers are 21st-century combat leaders saddled with a 20th-century promotion process," said retired Brig. Gen. Roy Robinson, the president of the National Guard Association of the United States. "The agonizingly long wait times hurt morale and contribute to some leaving the force.

"This legislation should help reform the process," he added. "Guard officers nationwide greatly appreciate the sponsors' recognizing the problem and offering some common-sense changes."

The National Guard Promotion Accountability Act would:

Army Secretary Mark Esper is on record saying the fedrec process or Guard officer promotions needs fixing.

"The numbers are too long and unacceptable, and, frankly, in my time in the Guard, I had a similar action happen to me," he told the Senate Armed Services Committee in questioning from Warren last month.

About NGAUS: The association includes nearly 45,000 current or former Guard officers. It was created in 1878 to provide unified National Guard representation in Washington. In their first productive meeting after Reconstruction, militia officers from the North and South formed the association with the goal of obtaining better equipment and training by educating Congress on Guard requirements. Today, 140 years later, NGAUS has the same mission.

SOURCE National Guard Association of the U.S.


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