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How to give military kids a fighting chance at a good education

Students who come from military families experience unique challenges throughout their educational career. These children will transfer an average of six to nine times from the time they start kindergarten until they graduate high school. The frequent moves and the added stress of having a parent deployed to a war zone can be very disruptive […]

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For-Profit Berkeley College Faces Civil Charges

WHITE PLAINS – A for-profit college with a downtown city campus is facing civil charges for predatory student recruitment and financial aid practices alleged in a lawsuit filed by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs this month. The department accused the school of luring students — in particular low-income and first-generation college students — to enroll with promises […]

Cadet Found Guilty of Rape of Unconscious Woman

WEST CHESTER — The arc of the life of two promising college students whose paths crossed on St. Patrick’s Day two years ago is a study in tragedy, said those who were involved in the criminal trial that resulted in guilty verdicts on rape charges over a four-day period this week. A Chester County Common Pleas […]

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Army Expelled 500 Immigrant Recruits in a Year

Over the course of 12 months, the U.S. Army discharged more than 500 immigrant enlistees who were recruited across the globe for their language or medical skills and promised a fast track to citizenship in exchange for their service, The Associated Press has found. The decade-old Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest recruiting program […]

Congressman Backs Reforms for Transition Program

Last week, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., announced he was backing a proposal to reform the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) for members of the Armed Forces looking to move into the civilian workforce. Curbelo announced that he signing up as a cosponsor of U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen’s, D-Nev., to “The IMPROVE Transition for Servicemembers Act.” […]

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Students Struggle as Glitch Holds Up GI Bill Payments

If Jane Wiley and her husband, Ryan Wiley, both discharged from the Marines, don’t receive the housing allowance they get through the GI Bill by Nov. 1, she expects that they will run out of money for food and rent. They will also have to stop attending school if they can’t afford child care for […]

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Marine Corps Sets Goal to Scrub Gender Bias from Documents

The most male-dominated military service in the Department of Defense has embarked on an ambitious initiative to strip unnecessary masculine pronouns and other indicators of gender bias out of its foundational publications within the next 24 months. The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Glenn Walters, told members of the Defense Advisory Committee on […]

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House Panel Probes Problems with GI Bill Claims

POST-9/11 GI BILL PROCESSING PROBLEMS MOUNT: House Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) says he’s hearing reports that some Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients’ monthly housing payments are being lost or delayed because of an IT-related processing issue. Read more

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Transition Officer Selected for DOD Leadership Program

Miliani Jiménez, Ph.D., Research Psychologist, Transition to Veterans Program Office (TVPO), has been selected as a participant for the class of 2019 Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP). ELDP supports the Department of Defense (DoD) civilian leader development continuum at the “lead people” level, and is designed to equip participants with the warfighter perspective. Jiménez designs, […]

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Immigration Policies Stall Pentagon’s Plan for Recruits

WASHINGTON — Stricter Trump administration immigration policies have stymied Pentagon plans to restart a program that allowed thousands of people with critical medical or Asian and African language skills to join the military and become American citizens, according to several U.S. officials. The decade-old program has been on hold since 2016 amid concerns that immigrant […]

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Mattis: Jury Is Out on Success of Women in Combat

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is offering a dim view of females serving in infantry jobs, telling Virginia Military Institute students that the jury is out on whether women can succeed in combat. Mattis says there are too few women in the infantry ranks to provide enough data on how it’s going. He says […]

Army Misses Recruiting Goal First Time Since 2005

WASHINGTON – The Army fell short of its recruiting goal for 2018, missing its mark for the first time since 2005 as it looks to grow its force strength in the face of growing threats from competing world powers such as Russia and China. The Army has launched a large-scale review of its recruiting practices, […]

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