Budget for 2010 to help Guard equip, modernize: "Increased funding in the fiscal 2010 budget will allow the National Guard to modernize and equip its forces for state and federal missions, Guard officials announced Monday.
'This robust funding will constitute a significant strengthening of the Guard's equipment fill and modernization efforts,' according to a legislative report by the National Guard Bureau.
The Defense Appropriations Act's provisions include $710 million in additional equipment funding - $575 million for the Army Guard and $135 million for the Air Guard."
