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Council Seeks Resignation of Teacher Over Anti-Military Rant

PICO RIVERA, Calif. — City Council members in a Los Angeles suburb passed a resolution February 13 condemning and asking for the resignation of one of their colleagues who in his work as a school teacher called members of the U.S. military “the lowest of our low.” “God bless America!” one Pico Rivera councilman shouted […]

Test Center Engineers Like Fellowship Experience

The Redstone Test Center has hosted the current fellows in the Defense Acquisition University Senior Service College Fellowship program. Among this session’s fellows are two RTC teammates, both chief engineers at the center in their respective directorates. The center had the chance to “debrief” the two fellows on their experience of going through this prestigious […]

Prosper Act Would Increase Federal Education Spending

Late last year, House Republicans proposed a major reform of the federal government’s student aid programs for higher education. The Congressional Budget Office recently released its official score of the bill, which is dubbed the Prosper Act. Republicans have latched onto the score to defend the bill as an act of fiscal responsibility, while Democrats […]

ABA Proposes Looser Rule on Online Credits

The American Bar Association has proposed loosening its rules on online education. In an announcement posted Monday, they stated, “The Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, the American Bar Association’s accreditor of law schools, is proposing a new rule for distance education that would nearly double the number of […]

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Graduate Student Prepares for Emergency Management Career

When Kyle Grant retired from the military in 2014, he was more motivated than ever to complete his education. He immediately started taking classes at Kingsborough College, where he completed his associate degree, and then transferred to John Jay for his bachelor’s in Security Management. After earning his BS in the spring, he is now […]

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Trump Would Ax All Funds for D.C. College Students

President Trump’s proposed budget would remove all federal funding for a program that helps D.C. residents cover the cost of college. The budget would cut out funding entirely for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant over “a lack of a clear federal role for supporting the cost of higher education specifically for District residents,” The Washington […]

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Budget Proposes Deep Cuts in Student Aid

The Trump administration is seeking to slash nearly $4 billion in annual funding for student aid programs, but the two-year budget deal signed into law last week complicates that proposal. President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released a fiscal 2019 budget Monday that rehashes many of the proposals floated by the White House […]

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Bill Aims to Smooth Transition to Civilian Life

U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) has put forth a bipartisan measure to better help separating active-duty military personnel get back into the swing of civilian life and work. Rep. Curbelo on Feb. 6 introduced the Better Access to Technical Training, Learning, and Entrepreneurship for Servicemembers Act, or the BATTLE for Servicemembers Act, H.R. 4954, along […]

Transition Director Meets with Stakeholders in Hawaii

Soldiers attending an employment readiness workshop for retirees at the Soldier for Life-Transition Assistance Program Center, here, got an unexpected opportunity to exchange ideas with an influential member of the program on Feb 1. Retired Col. Walter M. Herd, Army Transition Division director at the Human Resources Command Center of Excellence, oversees SFL-TAP and led […]

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Air Force Rolls Out Physical Training Standards for Some Fields

Air liaison officers and tactical air control party operators will soon see new career field-specific physical testing as the Air Force expands physical training beyond the standard PT test, officials announced Wednesday. It marks the first time specific career fields will have “occupationally specific and operationally relevant standards, as well as a second fitness assessment,” […]

Marine Corps Drops Obstacle for Infantry Women

With no notice and little formal explanation, the Marine Corps altered one of its notoriously grueling rites of passage late last year, changing the combat endurance test on the first day of its Infantry Officer Course from a pass/fail requirement to an unscored exercise. Officials with Marine Corps Training and Education Command confirmed to Military.com […]

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Spouses Find Job Barriers as They Trail Service Members

Lakesha Cole has been through six deployments and five base transfers as a spouse of a Marine. Each move has represented an exhausting, if familiar routine: There’s the task of packing and unpacking an entire home. Of enrolling three children under the age of 13 in new schools, and tracking down available child care. Of […]

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