by Melani Harig | May 31, 2026 | Advocacy, News and Views
ROA applauds the House passage of the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026 (H.R. 6047), a comprehensive veterans benefits package that includes the Home Affordability for Guard and Reserve Act as Section 5. The home loan provision...
by Melani Harig | May 31, 2026 | Advocacy, News and Views
ROA last week welcomed the introduction of the Prohibit Deactivation of the ECABs Act of 2026, bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Jeff Crank (R-CO), and Derek Tran (D-CA) that would limit the use of funds to deactivate the U.S. Army...
by Melani Harig | May 31, 2026 | Advocacy, News and Views
ROA welcomed the release last week of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman’s mark of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (FY 2027 NDAA), which includes several ROA legislative priorities for the Reserve Components. The full...
by Melani Harig | May 31, 2026 | Advocacy, News and Views
On May 19, 2026, ROA urged the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel to exercise oversight of preparations to implement Section 623 of the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act and to include the Reserve Forces Travel Fairness Act (H.R. 7593) in its...
by Melani Harig | May 3, 2026 | News and Views
By Maj. Gen. John B. Hashem, USA (Ret.), ROA CEO/Executive Director The first American deaths in the current conflict with Iran did not come from the active-duty force. They came from the Reserve Components. During Operation Epic Fury, U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers...
