Testimony on Whether the Chief, National Guard Bureau, Should be a Member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Tapa blanda

The National Guard Bureau is a joint activity of DOD. By statute, it is the channel of communications on all matters pertaining to the National Guard, the Army National Guard of the United States, and the Air National Guard of the United States between the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force and the several States. The CNGB is a principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense through the Chairman of the JCS on matters involving non-federalized National Guard forces and on other matters as determined by the Secretary of Defense. He is also the principal adviser to the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army and to the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force on matters relating to the National Guard, the Army National Guard of the United States, and the Air National Guard of the United States.