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Financial Support from the NGASC
The NGASC Executive Council and staff would like to extend our gratitude to all military members, especially those in the SC Air and Army National Guard, for helping to protect us and the freedom we so deeply cherish. We remember September 11th.
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NGASC CONFERENCE DATE 12-14 MARCH 2010 (HILTON HEAD ISLAND)
100% Funding for College in SC!
IMPORTANT NEWS
Your National Guard Association is still at work, and your drill pay is still state-tax exempt. However, there was a change effective 1 April 2009, and this is the information that was passed along by DFAS:
Effective 1 April 2009, South Carolina state taxes will be deducted from all National Guard payroll checks. In the past, traditional M-day soldiers and airmen were exempt from this deduction ever being withheld in their payments. Due to the number of soldiers and airmen performing more than the traditional 48 drills and 15 days of annual training, it created a burden on the year-end filing, both in the military pay system and with the soldier or airman. The programmers at DFAS felt it necessary to allow the system to withhold state taxes. Be sure to remind your soldiers and airmen that they are still tax exempt for 48 drills and 15 days of annual training per year. It is important that all units verify the tax status for each soldier or airman beginning in April so that there are no major issues at the end of the year.
WHAT HAS NGASC/EANGUS/NGAUS DONE FOR ME LATELY?
The President requested a 3.4% pay raise. Your associations, along with the Military Coalition, lobbied for and got a 3.9% increase. That .5% difference represents the following:
AGRS
MilTechs
Lower TRICARE Reserve Select Fees
New MGIB benefits for those who served 90-day tours of Active Duty
More AGR positions - 2,133 More MilTech positions - 1,177
These are just a few issues that we worked on your behalf in 2008.
Mission
Vision
NGASC Annual Conference Dates
National Guard Bureau Joint
Information Technology Conference 2009
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ADJUTANT GENERAL
132 PICKENS Street Columbia, SC 29205
Phone: 803-254-8456
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STATE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
SGM James E. "Eddie" Jackson
STATE ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Jim Hartley
National Guard Association of SC
Interim Executive Director
803-254-8456 (W)
803-261-1744 (C)
This site last updated on 14 December 2009 01:27 PM.