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Spouse Jobs Help Coming in Defense Bill

When lawmakers this month struck a deal over the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), they all but gave the final OK to a series of proposals for military families that we’ve been talking about for a few months. Once the bill gets the president’s signature, the whole thing will be signed, sealed and delivered […]

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Cheating Online?

More university students are choosing to study online rather than face-to-face, prompting concerns about academic integrity. If you’re tempted to cheat in face-to-face courses, even during exams, how much easier would it be to pass off work that isn’t your own when you’re online? But research by us and others shows how university courses are […]

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ROTC Cadets Found After Getting Lost in Hawaiian Jungle

HONOLULU — Two visiting Army ROTC cadets were rescued after spending the night lost in a jungle warfare course in Wahiawa. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the Army’s 25th Infantry Division spokesman, Lt. Col. Curt Kellogg, says the two college students became lost while participating Saturday in land navigation training in Schofield Barracks East Range. The […]

Programs Help Educate Some Dependents

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program offers education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of veterans who are permanently and totally disabled due to a service-related condition or dependents of veterans who died while on active duty or as a result of a service-related condition. Surviving spouses and children […]

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Army and MIT Team Up for Innovative Technology

ADELPHI, MD. — New 3-D printed robotic structures can squeeze in tight spaces like a crack in the wall of a cave, jump over trip wire or crawl under a vehicle — all complex Army-relevant functions impossible for humans to perform safely. Investigators at the Army’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, located at MIT, have developed […]

Study: Companies Don’t Know Veterans

More than half of veterans struggle to find work in their desired fields after leaving the military because civilian employers want experienced and educated candidates ― and often don’t realize veterans qualify, a new survey finds. Only 17 percent of employers say veterans are viewed as strategic assets in the workplace, according to the survey, […]

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How Online Learning Will Change Education

Digital learning is, in many ways, already making inroads into our education system. The internet, and everything surrounding it, has changed the way in which we can carry out research and writing. This trend seems set to continue, and with our technology continually advancing, it will most likely expand in the coming years. How this […]

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Flight School on the GI Bill? House Would Cap Tuition

The House of Representatives voted this week to cap the amount of tuition covered by the Post-9/11 GI Bill for veterans enrolled in public flight schools, among other changes. Currently, these programs at public schools are covered at the in-state tuition rate, the same as any other degree program at the schools. But advocates of […]

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Obama, Biden Meet at Bakery That Helps Military Families

Former United States president Barack Obama reunited with his vice president and dear friend Joe Biden over lunch at the Dog Tag Bakery in Georgetown, Washington D.C., where they showed support for veterans and military families and military caregivers. The bakery, a non-profit that provides work experience and education for veterans and military families through […]

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Tracks for Transition

The mandatory portion of the military’s Transition Assistance Program includes pre-separation counseling, the main three parts in the TAP curriculum, and the Capstone at the end. In addition to the required aspects, there is a non-mandatory part of TAP which mainly consists of optional “tracks” that service members can take as an extended part of […]

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Ex-V.A. Worker Convicted of Defrauding Veteran

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — A federal jury has convicted an ex-U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs worker of defrauding a disabled and incompetent veteran of $680,000-plus. U.S. Attorney Doug Overbey’s office says 44-year-old Jonesborough resident Kenneth Richard Devore was convicted last week of wire fraud, mail fraud, financial conflict of interest, stealing public money and false statements. […]

Navy’s First Female Admiral Dies at 98

When Alene B. Duerk enlisted in the Navy Nurse Corps, leaving her nursing job at a Toledo department store at the height of World War II, she envisioned a few months’ service to her country followed by a swift return to civilian life. Yet after treating scores of wounded sailors and prisoners of war, working […]

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