National Guard Association of North Dakota
We are a professional association of Soldiers and Airmen of the North Dakota Army and Air National Guard (current and retired). We are your friends and neighbors serving North Dakota and the United States of America.
Our purpose: To educate, advocate and promote the well being of our state and nation. Now and forever – We are the Guard!
2024 Annual Membership Drive
2024 Membership Drive – January through June 2024.
Renew your membership or join our member-based organization made up of active and retired Army and Air National Guard Members.
Scholarships
The Van Hipp Heroes Scholarship Fund
Van Hipp will donate 100% of his proceeds from his book, The New Terrorism: How to Fight it and Defeat It to The Van Hipp Heroes Scholarship Fund, which will award scholarships to Guard service members wounded in action in the War on Terror. To read more about our generous patron, Van Hipp, visit his biography page at www.thenewterrorism.com/about/
The deadline to apply is July 1, 2024.
USAA Guardian Scholarship
Since September 11, 2001, over 800 Guard members have made the ultimate sacrifice in support of the Global War on Terrorism. These heroes left behind more than 1,000 children. Established in 2011 and underwritten by the United Services Automobile Association (USAA), the USAA Guardian Scholarship Fund provides college scholarships to the children of National Guardsmen who have been lost in service to our nation since 9/11.
The deadline to apply is June 30th, 2024.
AFBA/NGAUS Active Life Member Scholarship
Scholarship for NGAUS active life and digital life members and their family members
The AFBA NGAUS Active Life Member Scholarship awards two $5,000 scholarships every July to Active Life members of NGAUS or dependents of Active Life members seeking an undergraduate, graduate or post-graduate degree. The applicant must be a full-time student.
The application period is now open from March 1 to May 31
NGAUS-CSU Scholarship
Scholarship for NGAUS active annual or active life members
NGAUS has teamed with Columbia Southern University in Orange Beach, Alabama, to provide a new scholarship worth up to $32,700 for the association’s active annual members.
The NGAUS-CSU Scholarship will be awarded every year to a current active annual or active life member of the association. The recipient may also transfer the scholarship to their spouse or another family member.
The application period is open from February 1 to July 1.
Team North Dakota represents at the 145th NGAUS General Conference
Team North Dakota represents at the 145th NGAUS General Conference & Exhibition held August 18-21 in Reno, Nevada. We’re looking forward to bringing another great group of friends to the 146th NGAUS Conference, which promises to be one of the best in years. The Michigan National Guard will host the 54 States & Territories in Detroit from August 23-26, 2024.
NGAND reaches 100% Membership Status for 2024
The National Guard Association of North Dakota reaches 100% Membership Status for 2024! Thank you for your continued support. The 2025 Membership Drive will start on January 1, 2025.
SUPPORT YOUR SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN WITH AN ANNUAL OR LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP
Your professional association draws its strength from a united membership. As a joint voice to the North Dakota legislative delegation in the US Congress; NGAND is best positioned to advocate for improved Guard member benefits. Annual and Life memberships are available to all active, separated and retired commissioned and warrant officers of the National Guard.
Become a Member ↗
Renew your membership or join our member based organization made up of active and retired Army and Air National Guard members.
Corporate Partnerships ↗
Partner with the NGAND to support our soldiers and airmen and help maintain the security of our state. We invite any company, firm, organization or corporation to apply for membership in our Roughrider Society.
NGAND/NGAUS Money 101 ↗
What happens to the money after you pay your dues?
2024 Corporate Sponsors
The NGAND/NDNGEA wish to say “Thank You” to our 2024 Conference Sponsors and Roughrider Association Members.
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Join our Roughrider Society
We invite any company, firm, organization or corporation to apply for membership in our Roughrider Society. The Roughrider Society is designed to sustain and develop partnerships with our defense contracting community and North Dakota-based companies within our Guard communities. Your support enables us to pursue legislative priorities both national and state that provide our membership with the training and equipment required to successfully complete our missions, and equitable pay and benefits to attract the best Guardsmen we can.