Veterans: Page 19

Olympic College Students Feel Delay in GI Bill Payments

Student veterans across the country have been left in the lurch as the Department of Veterans Affairs works to sift through a backlog of GI Bill payments, including a number of students at Olympic College who are still waiting for their benefits payout a month after the start of the new school year. Sean Delaire, a full-time student studying […]

Record Number of Female Combat Vets Running for Congress

WASHINGTON — A record number of female combat veterans are on the ballot in congressional races this fall, a test of whether women can repeat the success American men have long enjoyed of by turning military experience into political careers. The nine candidates have the potential to more than double the number of female combat […]

Veterans Compete in Annual Detroit Free Press/Chemical Bank Marathon

DETROIT – Every year veterans and wounded warriors from around the country come to Detroit to take part in the annual Detroit Free Press/Chemical Bank Marathon. Most use handcycles because they have lost limbs while fighting in combat. Some participate in wheelchairs and others are vision impaired. Many are being treated at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington and are a […]

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Not Many Troops are Opting into New Blended Retirement System

With less than three months to go before the year-end deadline, only one in six service members who are eligible to make the choice to opt in to the new military retirement system have done so, falling far short of prior expectations and raising questions about why the response has been so low. About 1.6 […]

Air Force Academy Grad, Vet Named Teacher or the Year

With science being the lead dancer in the marriage of technology, engineering and math through the popular STEM movement, the discipline has never been as cool as now. But to Dan Ganoza, science has always held the top-dog spot in education. “You can pretty much apply science to every aspect of your life,” said Ganoza, […]

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Students Plant, Sell Deer Corn to Benefit Wounded Warriors

CLEMSON — Freedom is earned by those who aren’t afraid to give a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Some Clemson students are giving a little of their own sweat to help repay America’s veterans. Michael Kule from Aiken, Jamie Lanham from Eastover and Fil Mabry and Joey McCorkle from Columbia are senior agricultural mechanization […]

Polk State a Pathway for Mom Who is Vet, Student

Brittiny Pearn always knew she wanted to be a teacher, and she is well on her way to being the next leader of a Polk County classroom. She was the first Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education student to pass all three Florida Teacher Certifications and is the student representative on the Polk State Bachelor […]

Helping Veterans

Increasingly more Americans, upon recognizing a military veteran, are likely to approach him or her and say, “Thank you for your service.” While that is commendable and can be touching, it is not enough just to thank individuals for having been willing to sacrifice their lives for their country and our precious freedoms. We must […]

St. Louis Hot Bed for Degree-Seeking Women Vets

Women make up 14 percent of the U.S. military as well as a full quarter of the veterans who are pursuing a college education upon returning home from service. In the St. Louis area alone, evidence of their significant presence isn’t hard to come by. On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talked […]

Military Vet is Career Counselor for Soldiers

“Even at basic training all the Soldiers called me grandma and now I’m still grandma to Soldiers, but just in a different way,” said Daisy Johnson, senior career counselor at the Pfc. Milton A. Lee Soldier for Life-Transition Assistance Program center. Johnson earned the nickname because she joined the military at 25 years old after […]

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Texas Tech Offers Resources for Active Military, Veteran Students

After time overseas, many veterans have trouble adapting to their lives of school and work. Although, continuing their education at Texas Tech is an endeavor they will not face alone. On campus, there are a variety of resources dedicated to assisting veterans with their college goals. The Tech Military and Veterans Programs is a department […]

V.A. Explains the Wait for GI Bill Money

The average student veteran using the Post-9/11 GI Bill this fall has had to wait more than 3 weeks for their housing benefits to come through. The Veterans Affairs Department alerted students to the higher-than-normal wait times in an email this week, noting that average processing times are currently around 23 days for continuing GI […]

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