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VA still paying millions in GI Bill tuition to ineligible for-profit schools: Watchdog

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued the latest in a series of five audits charging that the Department of Veterans Affairs’ oversight failures could potentially lead to $2.3 billion in GI Bill money going to ineligible for-profit schools over the next five years. The latest OIG report released Monday focused on poor […]

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Veteran of FBI, TSA trying to turn around Anderson University

Running a university is by no means easy, but it sounds like a cakewalk compared with John Pistole’s previous gig. Before becoming president of Anderson University in 2015, Pistole worked for the FBI for 23 years, earning the distinction of being its longest-serving deputy director. He then spent four years as the longest-serving post-9/11 head […]

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Community college program gives military students credit for their service

Before Central Virginia Community College classes were set to start this fall Marine Zachary Farrell stopped by the school’s Veterans Resource Center to go over his military transcript. The move, which introduced him to the Credits2Careers program and saved him from taking an unnecessary class, is one CVCC is hopes it can get more veterans […]

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Another for-profit college chain, popular with GI Bill users, closes suddenly

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One of the nation’s largest for-profit college chains announced Wednesday that it was abruptly closing in dozens of locations nationwide, after its accrediting agency suspended approval. Birmingham, Alabama-based Education Corp. of America said it was closing schools operating as Virginia College, Brightwood College, Brightwood Career Institute, Ecotech Institute and Golf Academy […]

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Mental health help becoming less of a stigma in military

MONDAY, Dec. 3, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Active-duty members of the U.S. military are much more open to the idea of mental health counseling than veterans, a new survey finds. “There has been a fundamental shift in the military regarding attitudes on mental health, and we have seen real progress in reducing the stigmas associated […]

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NewDay USA to announce new Georgia Military College Preparatory School scholarship

MILLEDGEVILLE — NewDay USA is expected to announce next week that scholarships will be made available to children of deployed Georgia National Guard soldiers to attend Georgia Military College Preparatory School. On Monday, NewDay USA, accompanied by Brig. Gen. Randall Simmons, commanding general of the Georgia Army National Guard, will make an announcement for the […]

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The US military wants to hunt enemy subs with genetically-engineered sea life

The US military is supporting research focused on genetically-engineering marine life for the purpose of tracking enemy submarines. Research supported by the Naval Research Laboratory indicates that the genetic makeup of a relatively common sea organism could be modified to react in a detectable way to certain non-natural substances, such as metal or fuel, left […]

Lawsuit: Military academy failed to protect cadet from abuse

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A former student at an all-boys military college prep academy in Georgia has sued the school, saying leaders failed to protect him from hazing and sexual assault. A copy of the lawsuit shared with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says the cadet was hazed, abused and raped at Riverside Military Academy when he was […]

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NewDay USA to announce new Georgia Military College Preparatory School scholarship

MILLEDGEVILLE — NewDay USA is expected to announce next week that scholarships will be made available to children of deployed Georgia National Guard soldiers to attend Georgia Military College Preparatory School. On Monday, NewDay USA, accompanied by Brig. Gen. Randall Simmons, commanding general of the Georgia Army National Guard, will make an announcement for the […]

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College’s veteran program awarded grant funding

College of the Canyons has been awarded $200,000 in grant funding, which will assist COC in its commitment to helping veterans, active duty members and dependents achieve their academic goals. “The funding will be used to establish new and enhanced services for veterans and dependents of veterans,” said Renard Thomas, Director of Veterans Resource Center […]

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$4-million veteran center at Penn State is coming soon. How you can donate to the project

Penn State’s veterans and service members will soon have a new space devoted to them and their needs on the University Park campus. The west wing of the first floor of Ritenour Building — about 6,300 square feet of space — will be repurposed and renovated into a new Student Veteran Center. That work is […]

Pentagon IDs remains of Tuskegee Airman killed in WWII

ALBANY, N.Y. — The remains of a New York pilot killed during World War II are the first of the 27 Tuskegee Airmen listed as missing in action to be identified, the Pentagon announced Thursday. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the agency charged with recovering and identifying the nation’s war dead, said the remains accounted […]

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