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Project Expects Layoffs as Part of Restructuring

The new chief executive of the Wounded Warrior Project, one of the nation’s largest veterans charities, said he anticipates laying off an undisclosed number of employees and cutting the amount of financing it provides smaller veterans groups amid a restructuring that follows scrutiny of the nonprofit organization’s spending. Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Linnington, who […]

Wounded Warriors Visit Exotic Zoo

GREENWOOD, La., Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — During a recent Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) program gathering at Gators and Friends Alligator Park and Exotic Zoo, injured veterans and their family members experienced the wonders of Louisiana wildlife along with the camaraderie of socializing with their service brothers and sisters. Read More

Idaho Veteran Loves Research at VA

At 19 years of age, Alabama native Pamela Dockstader ’16 signed up for the United States Army. Over the course of six years repairing armament on M1 Abrams and M2 Bradley tanks and serving two tours in Afghanistan, Dockstader fell in love with the military. And while transitioning to civilian life and attending The College […]

APP Aims to Help Military in Transition

MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Military.com launched a free mobile app today that assists military members through their transition out of military service and prepares them for civilian life. Transition by Military.com is sponsored by Citi, and is free on Google Play and the Apple App Store (iTunes). The app provides a personalized […]

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Conn. Community Colleges Targeting Veterans For Advanced Manufacturing

Scott Jackson, the commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Labor, said Monday that his department is using its database to find unemployed and underemployed veterans for advanced manufacturing programs. “Veterans emerged as a group that we could really reach out to in a very targeted way and they are folks that we need to reach […]

Military Should Empower Vets to be Entrepreneurs

By Douglas B. McCormick and J. Michael Haynie | Defense Secretary Ash Carter made waves last month when he announced two new proposals that will dramatically increase the Department of Defense’s flexibility in shaping the structure of our military. If approved, the proposals would allow more civilian workers in high-demands fields to enter the military […]

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Student Loan Relief Benefits Veterans

This year, July is Military Consumer Protection month, an awareness campaign to promote good financial education resources for service members and veterans alike, as well as to help guard them against fraud and abuse. First initiated in 2013 by the Federal Trade Commission as Military Consumer Protection Day, this has since developed into a year-round […]

Offering Veterans a Chance to STEP Up

SAN DIEGO – Support the Enlisted Project (STEP), a San Diego-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit announces its Second Annual Cammies to College which is a major college expo and education street fair for the benefit of active duty military, veterans and their family members interested in gaining information regarding higher education options in Southern California. The event […]

Cornell Warrior-Scholar Project Welcomes Veterans

For some military veterans, the first day of school at a new college or university is as challenging as a deployment to a foreign country. Immersion in a new culture and reintroduction to a demanding academic environment can make the transition from military to higher education difficult. To ease the transition, the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) […]

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Veteran training center opens its doors

By Claire Davis, WMAZ | Transitioning from military life to civilian life doesn’t always come easy for men and women who serve our country, but in Warner Robins, one organization hopes to make that process a little easier. It’s called the Veteran Education Career Transition Resource Center, or VECTR. Claire Davis sat down with one […]

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USC Boot Camp Eases Transition for Veterans

By Rosanna Xia | Charena Lafayette served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 13 years, but no amount of military training prepared her for the challenge of completing a rigorous four-year college program. How do you analyze an author’s underlying message or frame a thesis in an academic paper? What exactly are you supposed to […]

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GI Bill funds still flow to troubled for-profit colleges

By Kimberly Hefling | The Obama administration’s crackdown on for-profit colleges has escaped the notice of one federal agency with an already poor management record: The Veterans Affairs Department takes little or no action when these colleges are punished by federal and state regulators for serious misdeeds, allowing them to continue reeling in millions in […]

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