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

The Montana National Guard has implemented a civilian employee hiring freeze in response to a directive from the Office of ...

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

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

The Montana Army National Guard brandished its newest armory Saturday, a sprawling, $34 million state-of-the-art “Silver Bow Readiness Center” that’s serving as a training base for more than ...

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." ...

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.