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Bad News for Immigrants Recruited to Military

The federal agency in charge of processing citizenship has shuttered all of its offices at US Army basic training locations, putting up another roadblock for immigrant recruits who were promised a fast track to citizenship in return for their service. It’s the strongest indication to date that the Trump administration may be planning to shelve […]

Immigrants in the Military

BMW Starts Camp Training Program for Transitioning Marines

What does the German automaker BMW have to do with military training? Lots, it turns out. The Germany auto company is starting a training program at Camp Pendleton for Marines getting ready to transition out. Essentially, they learn how to make quick hardware and software fixes on the shop floor. The programs only produce a few dozen […]

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Female Marines First to Train for Combat

SAN DIEGO (KSWB) – Female Marines arrived Tuesday at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to begin the first phase of a combat training course that, on the West Coast, was previously open only to males. It was the first time ever female students had checked in to Marine Combat Training at the School of Infantry […]

Report: 70% of Youth Ineligible, Unfit for U.S. Military

Of the 34 million youth aged 17 to 24 in the United States, only 29 percent could actually serve, according to a report from The Heritage Foundation. As the military relies on volunteers to fill ranks each year, it’s a crisis authors Thomas Spoehr and Bridget Handy say is not in the future; it’s here […]

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Civilian Arms Race

The Second Amendment is a remarkable piece of the Constitution. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” it reads. Set aside for the moment questions about its practical interpretations today and its usefulness as a […]

Civilian Arms Race

Action Needed to Address Gaps in Physician Specialties

The Department of Defense (DOD) has experienced gaps between its physician authorizations (i.e., funded positions) and end strengths (i.e., number of physicians). Its overall approach to address these gaps focuses on the individual service components relying on the scholarship program, University, and other programs to recruit and retain physicians. However, this approach does not include […]

Military Physician

Teachers Go to Boot Camp to Learn About Marines

A group of educators from the Twin Cities and surrounding states stepped off a bus at the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot in San Diego and tried to keep up as a drill instructor barked orders. They stood on the infamous yellow footprints — the footprints that every Marine stands on when he or she first […]

Western Governors Growing Despite Dispute

Last September, Western Governors University was told that it may owe up to $712 million to the federal government. The fine was recommended after an auditor’s report concluded the school was offering what amount to “correspondence courses” rather than courses that meet all the specific criteria needed to qualify for financial aid eligibility under Title IV of […]

Western Governors University

Competency-Based Learning Has Precedence

The notion of competency-based learning is nothing new. It has been adopted by several online colleges, charter schools, districts and for-profit educators. As a measure of how mainstream the concept is, even some states have implemented competency-based learning standards for their high school students. In 2010, Michigan passed seat-time waiver legislation, allowing districts that would […]

Competency Based Learning

Combat to Classroom: Navigating the Transition

Since the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions in 2003, more than 500,000 service members have entered into post-secondary education. While the military offers financial support to veterans transitioning from combat to classroom, it doesn’t address one recurring issue that student vets face: Self-esteem while in the classroom. “I did feel a bit nervous competing with people […]

Military Transition

TV Ad Aims to Pressure Trump on Transgender Military Service

WASHINGTON — Activist groups are turning to television ads — including on President Donald Trump’s go-to station, Fox News — to pressure the White House into allowing transgender people to keep serving in the military. Trump has vowed to ban transgender troops from serving. He’ll be able to see the 30-second commercial as of Friday, […]

Transgender Military Members

Free Tuition Lures Tennessee Guard Members

The Tennessee STRONG (Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen) Act, which went into effect in in the summer of 2017, reimburses 100 percent of tuition for Tennessee National Guardsmen working towards a first time associate or bachelor’s degree, and has caused quite a buzz amongst the state’s service members. Read More

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