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Mississippi National Guard seeks recruitment incentives, armory repairs in $22M budget ask
Summary
The Mississippi Military Department presented a budget request that includes funding for armory maintenance, a youth challenge facility, a state active duty reserve, and proposed recruitment and retention incentives—the "Strong Act"—centered on TRICARE coverage, a car tag credit and an expanded state tax exclusion.
General Ginn, speaking for the Mississippi Military Department, told the Appropriations Subcommittee the department's general-purpose state budget request totals roughly $10.3 million for operations and that the department's full package (including other lines and requests) would bring the total to roughly $22.1 million in state asks. Ginn described the department's federal funding for 2025 at roughly $636 million.
Ginn detailed several line items the department requested in the state budget: a support line of about $7.1 million, $2.4 million for the Youth Challenge Program, $775,000 for the Armed Forces Museum, $6 million for maintenance and repair of readiness centers (armories), and $500,000 suggested for a state active duty fund intended to let the department pre-position equipment and…
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