News & Updates

FEMA Funeral Assistance

FEMA to Help Pay Funeral Costs for COVID-19-related Deaths In early April, FEMA will begin providing financial assistance for funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020 for deaths related to coronavirus (COVID-19) to help ease some of the financial stress and...

Recommended Changes for 2021 Officer Elections

UPDATE: RESULTS OF COMMENT PERIOD Feedback was requested from the 623 paid and complementary Association members. There were 67 members who responded to the poll (10.8%) and no public or private comments received. Members were asked to share their agreement with the...

NGAUS Call for Nominations

NGAUS 2021 Awards—Call for Nominations! The NGAUS Awards Program recognizes outstanding National Guard men and women, as well as individuals and organizations outside of the Guard, who have made significant efforts to help advance NGAUS and its mission. You play an...

MA COVID-19 Response Bonus

Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacts a $500 bonus for Guard members activated in response to the COVID-19 State of Emergency. The Commonwealth recently unveiled a bonus for Massachusetts National Guard members activated in direct response to the state of emergency...

Website Gets New Look for a New Era

Website redesign combines updated branding with a vision for the future After months of hard work, the Association's Executive Committee relaunched ngama.org on October 27, 2020 with an all new user experience. Not only did the site receive a much needed facelift, but...

Link up with NGAMA via LinkedIn

Introducing more ways to engage with your Association and connect with peers Now it's easier than ever to get the news, updates and other information about the important work NGAMA is doing. The Association's LinkedIn page launched on October 17, 2020 to provide you...

NGAMA Hires New Executive Director

Current National Guard member and local lobbyist chosen as newest Executive Director The Executive Committee of the National Guard Association of Massachusetts (NGAMA) recently voted to hire Matthew McKenna of Tenax Strategies as their new Executive Director. Matthew...

New NGAUS / NGAMA Dues Rates

During the 2019 Conference in Denver NGAUS members overwhelmingly voted to streamline the Active Annual dues structure. In the past, dues were based on officer pay grades, resulting in 15 separate levels. The current change reduces these to the three categories listed...

The accurate history of environmental conservation at JBCC

[In response to “Opinion/Your Turn: Support EPA in fight against JBCC machine gun range proposal” by Mark Forest and Eric Turkington, Cape Cod...

FEMA Funeral Assistance

FEMA to Help Pay Funeral Costs for COVID-19-related Deaths In early April, FEMA will begin providing financial assistance for funeral expenses...

Recommended Changes for 2021 Officer Elections

UPDATE: RESULTS OF COMMENT PERIOD Feedback was requested from the 623 paid and complementary Association members. There were 67 members who...

NGAUS Call for Nominations

NGAUS 2021 Awards—Call for Nominations! The NGAUS Awards Program recognizes outstanding National Guard men and women, as well as individuals and...

MA COVID-19 Response Bonus

Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacts a $500 bonus for Guard members activated in response to the COVID-19 State of Emergency. The Commonwealth...