Beaty is in the Montana Army National Guard and was named the 2025 United States Army Cadet Command Officer Instructor of the ...

The debate on the House floor over the proposed "Defend the Guard Act" veered between solemn criticisms to blistering ...

On Friday, roughly 100 veterans gathered outside the state Capitol in part to protest any job cuts at the Department of ...

A hotly debated and highly controversial bill known as the 'Defend the Guard Act' has been killed on the House floor.

The Montana National Guard has implemented a civilian ... The Air Guard has well over 95% of positions filled, and the Army Guard also has a very high fill rate,” he said.

Representative George Nikolakakos, R-Great Falls, who was active duty in the Air Force before a seven-year stint in the ...

House Bill 404, the Defend the Guard Act, ensures Montana’s National Guard cannot be deployed to combat without a formal war declaration from Congress. Some of our state legislators opposed it ...

A bill to block Montana’s National Guard from being deployed into combat ... David Bedey, a Hamilton Republican and retired U.S. Army colonel. "This bill is a sign of weakness." ...

However, he stressed that the Montana National Guard remains well-staffed and ready to respond to emergencies. “We’ve been ...