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Lawyers: Discharged South Korean Army Specialist Granted US Citizenship

LOS ANGELES —A South Korean-born U.S. Army specialist who sued after the military moved to discharge her has been granted citizenship, her attorneys said Friday. Yea Ji Sea, 29, had filed a lawsuit last month demanding a response to her citizenship application. She came to the country as a child on a visitor visa and […]

August 21, 2018

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DOD Exempts Wounded from Separation Policy

Servicemembers wounded in combat will now be exempt from the new Department of Defense policy to be deployable in 12 months or face separation from the military. According to DOD Instruction 1332.45 (Retention Determinations for Non-Deployable Servicemembers), those servicemembers whose injuries were the result of hostile action, meet the criteria for awarding of the Purple […]

August 17, 2018

Feds Probe Dismissal of Disabled Student Veteran

The federal government is investigating the Medical University of South Carolina for an alleged civil rights violation after a veteran and former nursing school student reported she was expelled because administrators discriminated against her based on a disability. Nicola Fiem, 31, of North Charleston, filed her complaint with the U.S. Department of Education last year. […]

August 17, 2018

Warrior-Scholar Project Introduces Service Members, Vets to Top Universities

It’s 6 p.m. and three women are huddled around an outdoor table, binders out, ready to study. This week, Vaquita Barnes has been up till 2 a.m. finishing her homework, but thanks to a system she’s devised with Artra Rice-Nelson and K’Loni Luttrell, they might get to bed by midnight. Read More

August 17, 2018

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Vets Split Over Benefits Transfer Rules

Two of the nation’s largest veteran service organizations hold opposing views on the Defense Department’s plan to tighten rules next year on the transfer of Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits to service members’ spouses and children. Defense officials have said that, starting in July 2019, eligibility to transfer GI Bill benefits to family will be […]

August 14, 2018

Veterans Groups Express Concerns over Borrower Defense Plan

VETERANS GROUPS CONCERNED WITH DEVOS ‘BORROWER DEFENSE’ PLAN: Groups representing veterans and military servicemembers say they’re alarmed by a Trump administration plan that would require defrauded students to default on their loans before they’re eligible to apply for debt relief. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ proposal to rewrite the Obama-era “borrower defense to repayment” regulations says […]

August 14, 2018

Trump’s Non-Military Troika Ruling VA

Last February, shortly after Peter O’Rourke became chief of staff for the Department of Veterans Affairs, he received an email from Bruce Moskowitz with his input on a new mental health initiative for the VA. “Received,” O’Rourke replied. “I will begin a project plan and develop a timeline for action.” O’Rourke treated the email as […]

August 14, 2018

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Grand Valley State Expanding On-Site Education for Veterans

ALLENDALE, MI – Grand Valley State University is recruiting West Michigan businesses to help grow a free program to assist veterans in developing academic skills for acceptance and success in a degree or certificate program. Last fall, GVSU received a $1.3 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide West Michigan veterans […]

August 10, 2018

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Feds Raid Dog-Handling School for Veterans

SAN ANTONIO — Federal authorities have raided a San Antonio school that trains veterans on dog-handling. Councilman Manny Pelaez tells the San Antonio Express-News that the Wednesday raid of Universal K9 was part of “an ongoing FBI investigation into fraud allegations of a business operator.” Pelaez later said the IRS and FBI shut down an […]

August 10, 2018

Why Some Veterans Feel Alienated on Campus

Some veterans say they find campus alienating, don’t feel they belong and fail to disclose their military status when they enrol, according to one of the first snapshots of Australian veterans’ experience of university. While most veterans we surveyed were satisfied with their university experience, our research highlights what universities need to do to better, […]

August 10, 2018

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NC Unveils Resource Guide for Veterans

The North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs has released its annual resource guide. The guide provides a one-stop-shop for information on employment services, health care, VA benefits and education. It also supplies information on help for veteran entrepreneurs, women’s services and assistance for active-duty military personnel. The secretary of the North Carolina Department […]

August 9, 2018

Take Advantage of GI Bill Changes

Although the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act was signed into law by President Donald Trump on Aug. 16, 2017, there are still major changes to come. The act, also known as the Forever GI Bill, is a step in the right direction by allowing those veterans who served honorably to continue pursuing their […]

August 9, 2018

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Minnesota Officials Help Veterans Find Purposeful Jobs

They dashed across geometric-pattern carpet from booth to booth, in dress shoes and worn sneakers. Handshakes turned to polite conversations peppered with questions about company structure and advancement opportunities. While the gathering resembled a typical job fair, this one had a twist. “I’m looking for something permanent,” said Rhit Paul, a 48-year-old Marine Corps veteran […]

August 7, 2018

Picture of Health: Seeking Military Women, Veterans

A state health education program is seeking women on active military duty and female veterans to share their health-related stories and images from active duty to further the studies of health care professionals and advance care for veteran women of the region and state. The stories and images will be compiled into posters to be […]

August 3, 2018

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V.A. and PsychArmor Offer Online Suicide Prevention Training

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in collaboration with PsychArmor Institute, a national nonprofit that provides online education and support to Americans who work with, live with or care for military service members, veterans and their families, recently launched an online suicide-prevention training video, titled – one who interacts with veterans to demonstrate care, […]

August 3, 2018

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What You Should Know about Optional Transition Assistance

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 […]

August 3, 2018

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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, […]

August 2, 2018

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Disabled Vets May Be Eligible for Student Loan Write-Off

The Departments of Education and Veterans Affairs (VA) have teamed up to notify veterans with severe disabilities that they may be eligible to have their federal student loans discharged tax-free. If you have a permanent and total disability from the VA or DOD, or are considered unemployable by the VA due to your service-connected disability, you may qualify […]

July 26, 2018

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