The President’s order activated the National Guard into federal deployment to help with the Coronavirus fight.
Senators from New Hampshire, Connecticut, West Virginia and Illinois sought an extension though the fall” The “War Time President” issued an order ending the National Guard deployment on June 24, 2020.
This termination date is one day short of thousands of National Guard members qualifying for education and retirement benefits.
“The 45,000-member National Guard Association and some state officials suspect the Trump administration timed its orders to limit the deployments to 89 days – one day short of the number that would qualify the earliest participates for certain education and retirement benefits”.
Ninety days of federal deployment would qualify National Guard members to “move up retirement by three months and it grant 40 percent off tuition at public college or university.
