Trump plans halt to National Guard deployments before retirement benefits kick in: report

The more than 40,000 National Guard members deployed to states to help in coronavirus relief may end up one day short of qualifying for federal benefits under the Post-9/11 GI bill once President Trump’s executive order deploying them expires on June 24.A FEMA official said in an interagency call on May 12 obtained by Politico the guardsmen will face a “hard stop” on June 24 to prevent them from reaching the 90 days of duty credit needed to…