The Justice Department’s Aug. 10 memo saying the Pentagon could close or realign National Guard units without the consent of state governors was greeted with the derision that had been widely predicted. Maj. Gen Frank Vavala, Delaware’s Adjutant General, told Congress Daily’s Megan Scully that, in effect, he will ignore it and continue to press the Guard’s case with the BRAC commission. He surely speaks for many others.
Unit commanders are being told to separate service members who can’t shave their cheeks and chin for medical reasons for more than a year, according to new guidance from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
