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Section: Veterans
Veterans
Stockton’s Military, Vets Service Welcomes New Students
Rodrigo Pimentel, 29, of Egg Harbor Township, may be an Army veteran, but he’s a brand new student at Stockton University, enrolling for the spring semester. “I do need some help with the integration into college,” he said. “I need somebody to hold my hand right now.” He got that help and more at the […]
January 16, 2018
Veterans
USDA Launches Program to Turn Vets into Farmers
The U.S. government wants to help military veterans become farmers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently launched a program to help America’s veterans transition from a military career to an agricultural one. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue introduced The Vets in Agriculture Initiative to connect veterans across the country with jobs in the agriculture industry. Perdue, […]
January 16, 2018
Veterans
Forever GI Bill Expands Options
When President Donald Trump signed into law the “Forever GI Bill” last year it opened up several opportunities for a segment of post 9/11 veterans to receive education benefits for life. Previously, veterans had to use their post-9/11 GI benefits within 15 years of their last 90 days of active-duty service. The passage of the […]
January 12, 2018
Veterans
Thomas Ellis: Tuskegee Airman Dead at 97
SAN ANTONIO (Tribune News Service) — Former Sgt. Maj. Thomas Ellis, one of six surviving Tuskegee Airmen in San Antonio, died Jan. 2 of a stroke in a local hospital. He was 97. A draftee, he served as a top administrator with the first all-black Army Air Forces unit and was proud of the unit’s […]
January 11, 2018
Veterans
N.H. House Passes Bill to Create Department for Military and Veterans Affairs
The New Hampshire House has passed a bill that would create a state Department of Veterans and Military Affairs. The goal of the bill is to bring all the state’s resources for veterans and military personnel under one roof. Right now veterans’ resources for education, housing and homelessness, benefits, and medical care are handled by […]
January 11, 2018
Veterans
“Call of Duty” Star Hosts Student Veterans Award Show
SAN ANTONIO — Actress Jamie Gray Hyder may be known for her work in front of the camera. But it’s what she does behind the scenes as an advocate for veterans and service members that drew her Saturday to the Student Veterans of America national conference to host the organization’s awards ceremony for a second […]
January 9, 2018
Veterans
Ex-Infantryman Finds His Calling as Teacher
PUEBLO, Colo. – It was during his days as a tenaciously effective Army drill sergeant that Karl Brandenburg first entertained the idea of moving from the barracks into the classroom. “There was something fulfilling about teaching, coaching and mentoring raw recruits into well-disciplined, highly motivated young soldiers,” said Brandenburg, who now uses those leadership and […]
January 9, 2018
Veterans
Veterans Find Release Through Writers Workshop
SALEM, Mass. — Vietnam veteran Marc Levy of Salem stood up before dozens in Abbot Hall in Marblehead, and read his essay called “The Quiet Time,” which describes the drinking of morning coffee on the battlefield in an act akin to salvation. “Tear open and pour in one or two packets of non dairy creamer. […]
January 5, 2018
Veterans
Army Veteran Who Killed Deputy Was Star Student
DENVER — He was once a standout student in law school and an Army medic who deployed to Iraq. By last weekend, he lay dead in a Colorado apartment building, killed by a SWAT team after he gunned down a 29-year-old deputy. Matthew Riehl’s six-year descent from a budding attorney to a gunman who live-streamed […]
January 5, 2018
Veterans
Group Wants Photos of Americans Killed in Vietnam
Look at a picture of Army Lt. David A. Johnson, and you’ll see the same big smile that earned him the nickname “Big Dave” among Afghan civilians. The son of an Elmhurst native, Johnson was mortally wounded in 2012 by an improvised explosive device in one of the country’s most dangerous regions. Images of Johnson, […]
January 4, 2018
Veterans
Hire-a-Vet Campaign Trains Employers
AUGUSTA—Maine’s Hire-A-Vet Campaign is offering businesses attendance at Military Culture 202, a no-cost training seminar to help employers recruit and retain veterans to their workforce. A panel of employers, including IDEXX, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems (EMHS) and the State of Maine, will also share their best practices for recruiting, hiring, and retaining veterans during the […]
January 4, 2018
Veterans
Job Centers Transforms Ex-Marine’s Life
Victorville, CA – Marine Corps veteran Gregory Lincoln was 59 when word came down that his government contract position was being eliminated. Making matters worse, a series of mix-ups caused his final paycheck to be garnished and unemployment benefits to be denied. “My family was facing our darkest moment ever and we had no hope,” […]
January 2, 2018
Veterans
Bill Would Allow More Transfers of Education Benefits
A bill introduced by U.S. Rep. John Katko and a Democratic colleague would enable more military service members to transfer Post-9/11 G.I. Bill education benefits to their spouses or children. Under the current program, military personnel with at least six years of service can transfer education benefits to immediate family if they commit to serving […]
January 2, 2018
Veterans
Medal Recipient Gets Ovation at Graduation
Kyle Carpenter says he never went a day at the University of South Carolina without a professor or fellow student thanking him for his sacrifice as a U.S. Marine. But he admits he also never encountered a moment more special than his last as a USC student, when thousands of his classmates and their families […]
December 21, 2017
Veterans
VA Admits Problems with Forever GI Bill
In Congressional hearings this week the VA has said it is facing problems implementing some parts of the Harry J Colmery GI Bill, better known as the “Forever GI Bill”. The law, signed in August removes the 15 year time limitation that newer veterans have to use their GI Bill. It also gives back GI […]
December 21, 2017
Academics
College Gets Grant to Turn Veterans into Teachers
SRU received a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to prepare military veterans for teaching positions in school districts and subjects that are needed for certified teachers. Monique Alexander, SRU assistant professor of elementary education and early childhood education, is serving as grant director and said that the grant was given on November 2017 […]
December 19, 2017
Veterans
Is the VA Doing Enough toward “Forever” G.I. Bill?
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs will hire 200 temporary workers and shell out $70 million to implement a major expansion of veterans’ education benefits — a process beset by communication and information technology challenges, veterans advocates and VA officials said Tuesday. Higher-than-anticipated costs is one of a number of problems that the agency […]
December 15, 2017
Veterans
Grant Would Help Transition to Work
Acting on behalf of the Henry County Veteran’s Assistance Commission, Dorothy Meindok has completed and submitted an application for a grant under the ServiceIllinois department of the Illinois Department of Veteran’s Affairs. That agency will screen the applications and announce what applications have been accepted in January, 2018. If that hurdle is cleared, the ServiceIllinois […]
December 14, 2017
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