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Wyoming National Guard briefs committee; lawmakers ask staff to draft referral and reenlistment bonus bills
Summary
The Wyoming Military Department described force structure, deployments and a long-running recruitment slide; the committee directed staff to draft separate bills for a referral (recruiting) bonus and a retention (reenlistment) bonus after the department requested increases to reach end-strength targets.
Adjutant General (Brig. Gen.) Charles Porter and National Guard leaders briefed the committee on current force structure, deployments and a plan to restore end strength, and asked legislators to consider revising recruiting and retention incentives.
Porter said the state’s National Guard force structure stands at roughly 1,600 soldiers on the Army side and about 1,380 on the Air side, and that about 95–96% of the National Guard budget comes from federal sources. He said several units are currently deployed and that deployments and…
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