One Army, One Voice, One Community is not just a slogan for your Northern New York-Fort Drum Chapter of AUSA. The U.S. Army is the decisive component of America’s national security and a critical part of the Joint team.
Soldiers, Active, Guard and Reserve Components are the heart of the Army and the foundation of its combat power.

Army National Guard

In the Northern New York-Fort Drum AUSA footprint we have . . . Guard soldiers presently deployed.

AUSA Continues to Speak Out On Issues Important to You!
WE THEREFORE RESOLVE to urge the Administration and Congress to:

• Support full commissary and Army and Air Force Exchange Services (AAFES) access for military members at Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) sites.
• Encourage states to fully support the provisions of the Service members Civil Relief Act (SCRA) that protect activated Service members.
• Encourage states to waive professional licensing application fees for professionally licensed military spouses relocating from another state.
• Establish full parity in retirement and VA benefits between duty performed under Title 10 and Title 32, by allowing military service under Title 32 to be creditable for the same purposes as military service under Title 10.
• Enact legislation to create parity between federal Title 10 and state-funded Title 32 Montgomery GI Bill education benefits for Active Guard Reserve (AGR) Soldiers.
• Support initiatives to protect and enhance the exchange benefit, including military exchange shared-services initiatives that will result in benefit enhancements and cost savings for beneficiaries while ensuring that there is no reduction in Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) funds provided to services and that any changes are transparent to the customer.

Provide NNY-Fort Drum Chapter AUSA’s Guard/Reserve Scholarship. Click Here for more information
Recognize NNY-Fort Drum Chapter AUSA’s Guard/Reserve/NCO Soldier of the Year. Click Here for more information

Click here to see what AUSA has done to support Army National Guard Soldiers.

Let Your Voice Be Heard…Join AUSA Today!

One Army, One Voice, One Community is not just a slogan for your Northern New York-Fort Drum Chapter of AUSA. The U.S. Army is the decisive component of America’s national security and a critical part of the Joint team.
Soldiers, Active, Guard and Reserve Components are the heart of the Army and the foundation of its combat power. 

Army Reserve

• Fully fund programs, facilities, schools and housing necessary to maintain the quality of life at installations that gain Soldiers and Family members due to Realignment, prior to re-stationing.
• Fund Family support and benefit programs to meet the needs of Reserve Component deployments.
• Enact legislation to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), as well as agreements with States and Territories for federally reimbursed grants and agreements to provide goals and set asides for businesses that employ Reserve Component Soldiers.
• Increase special pay and bonus programs to recruit and retain Reserve Component Soldiers with critical skills, such as health care professionals, commensurate with their AC counterparts.
• Enact legislation to give Reserve Component Soldiers and their Families compensation and benefits, while on active duty status, equal to AC Soldiers.
• Enact legislation to fund Reserve Component Soldier travels expenses to and from their unit of duty assignment for inactive duty training (IDT).
• Establish full parity in retirement and VA benefits between duty performed under Title 10 and Title 32, by allowing military service under Title 32 to be creditable for the same purposes as military service under Title 10
• Enact legislation to fund the development and implementation of a single pay system for AC and Reserve Component Soldiers
• Authorize tax credits for employers of mobilized Reserve Component Soldiers

Provide NNY-Fort Drum Chapter AUSA’s Guard/Reserve Scholarship. Click Here for more information
Recognize NNY-Fort Drum Chapter AUSA’s Guard/Reserve/NCO Soldier of the Year. Click Here for more information

Click here to see what AUSA has done to support Army National Guard Soldiers.

Let Your Voice Be Heard…Join AUSA Today

ROTC Cadets

It’s How Students Become Leaders 
Army ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) is one of the best leadership courses in the country and can be a part of your college curriculum. Being a student in the Stalwart Battalion and learning to become a leader will make your college experience even richer-and prepare you for the future as an Army Officer and beyond. Army ROTC is responsible for the commissioning of 75% if America’s Army Officers. ROTC is a 2-4 year elective where leadership is the curriculum.
 Take ROTC and you’re on your way to becoming an Officer, a leader in the US Army.

Let AUSA:

• Be your professional organization,
• Provide professional development materials.

The chapter is very active with the Syracuse University and Clarkson University ROTC programs.

Let Your Voice Be Heard…Join AUSA Today!