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Section: Other News
Policy
Montgomery and Dependent GI Bill Payments Are About to Increase
If you are one of the few remaining veterans who isn’t using the Post-9/11 GI Bill, you’ll be seeing an increase in your monthly payments beginning October 1. The fiscal year 2020 monthly GI Bill payment rates will rise an average of 2.8% over last year’s rates. The annual cost-of-living allowance is being rolled out […]
September 13, 2019
Other News
School Construction Among Projects Being Cut to Pay for Trump’s Border Wall
Washington — To build parts of President Trump’s long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the administration is planning on diverting billions of dollars in military funds originally allocated to build, maintain and renovate shooting ranges, roads, missile launch pads, hangars and even schools for children at military bases and facilities in the U.S. and abroad. […]
September 6, 2019
Veterans
Veterans are Among the ‘Hard-to-Count’ Groups in Each Census and the Wisconsin Veterans Chamber is Trying to Change That
The Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce is organizing an effort to count veterans and military members and their families in the 2020 census. Veterans are among the “hard-to-count” groups for the once-a-decade U.S. Census. It’s important to count veterans so programs ranging from VA home loans and G.I. Bill educational benefits to job training and […]
September 6, 2019
Academics
Program Helps Prepare and Educate Veterans for Self-Employment
As a way to provide veterans, active military members and their spouses with resources, support and workforce training, Hillsborough Community College (HCC) has established an entrepreneurship program. In partnership with Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), Hillsborough Community College launched the program Startup Training Resources to Inspire Veteran Entrepreneurship (STRIVE). HCC is […]
September 6, 2019
Academics
National Program Introduces College to Service Members
To help military service members prepare for the transition into college, Cornell University recently hosted a weeklong academic boot camp as part of a nationwide initiative. The program, Warrior-Scholars Project (WSP), offers free college preparatory classes to current and retired enlisted service members. It gives military members the opportunity to gain some college experience, skills […]
September 6, 2019
Other News
GMC Corps of Cadets Helping Mold Students for the Future
Going on 140 years now, Milledgeville has served as a temporary home for a special segment of college students. While Georgia Military College students are not mandated to participate in the school’s military aspect, grooming cadets is a big part of the institution’s mission. GMC’s Corps of Cadets was established the same time as the […]
August 23, 2019
Other News
Hiring Our Heroes Announces Military Spouse Fellowship Program in San Antonio
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chamber Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes is tackling military spouse unemployment one innovative initiative at a time. This week, it announced it has launched a Military Spouse Fellowship Program (MSFP) in San Antonio, in collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton, a management and consulting firm. The fellowship program will place 25 military […]
August 23, 2019
Veterans
Military Veterans Try and Overcome PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injuries Through Music
LOS ANGELES- DFD Music recently announced the release of “Hits the Collection,” Shane Foster & Christopher Davis bring together an extraordinary group of musicians to join them, something that has never been done by military veterans and industry producers. Notable collaborators and featured musicians delivering instrumental & vocal performances include Yo Gotti, Young Dolph, Boosie […]
August 23, 2019
Funding
Some Disabled Vets to Get Automatic Student Loan Debt Forgiveness
President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday signed a presidential memorandum intended to streamline the process of erasing federal student loan debt for totally and permanently disabled veterans. Through a process called Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) Discharge, veterans will now have their student loan debt discharged unless they decide to opt out of the process. […]
August 23, 2019
Other News
Canadian Military Bans Sexually Explicit, Discriminatory Tattoos
Canadian military members are being warned against getting certain tattoos, including those that could be deemed discriminatory or sexually explicit, as the armed forces tries to crack down on misconduct and intolerance in the ranks. The warning is contained in a new order issued Monday by Gen. Jonathan Vance, Canada’s chief of the defence staff, […]
August 16, 2019
Other News
Military Veterans in Demand for Careers in Construction
As the construction industry continues to struggle finding workers, they are looking to potentially untapped job markets. For example, the asphalt industry is collaborating with the Future Farmers of America program to try to make a dent in the industry’s ongoing workforce shortage with workers who have some agriculture experience. These young people are a […]
August 16, 2019
Academics
WGU North Carolina and Veterans Bridge Home Announce New Veterans Appreciation Scholarships
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ WGU North Carolina Chancellor Catherine Truitt made a special trip from Durham to Charlotte yesterday to attend Veterans Bridge Home’s monthly Uptown Lunch and make a special announcement with VBH Executive Director Blake Bourne. WGU North Carolina is partnering with VBH to offer eight Veterans Appreciation Scholarships to military […]
August 16, 2019
Other News
Military Veterans Aren’t Traditional Students, But Local Colleges Aim to Ease the Transition: ‘It Is a Culture Shock When You Get Out’
When DePaul University student Mike Baumann talks with his classmates, hearing what stresses them out, he thinks to himself, “Wait until you’re older.” Because of his age, Baumann, 32, feels out of place around other students in his undergraduate business classes. But there’s another reason his perspective differs — he’s a veteran. Read More
August 16, 2019
Other News
Coast Guard Ditches Body Weight Standards for Measurement in New Pilot Program
Coast Guard women fail weight standards far more often than men and are discharged at rates well in excess of their population in the service, service officials said Tuesday. That’s one of the main reasons behind a new one-year pilot program that will assess fitness based on abdominal circumference rather than a height-and-weight ratio. Announced […]
August 9, 2019
Policy
Ex-Cadet Sues Valley Forge Military Academy, Alleging Abuse
A former cadet at the Valley Forge Military Academy and College is suing the Wayne-based boarding school, alleging he was repeatedly abused and bullied as a teenager in 2016 and 2017. The lawsuit filed by a 20-year-old man, identified as “John Doe” in court filings, accuses six fellow cadets of restraining Doe and beating him with a […]
August 9, 2019
Other News
Study Identifies Several Factors Linked to Resiliency in Military Spouses
A new study indicates that a broad range of psychosocial factors are associated with the resiliency of military spouses. The research, published in the journal Military Psychology also found that resiliency was related to psychological distress, relationship functioning, sleep quality, and overall health in military spouses. “For several years, I have collaborated with staff members […]
August 9, 2019
Academics
Gwinnett Tech to Offer Four-Year Business Degree by Partnering With The Citadel
Gwinnett Technical College is one of eight Georgia two-year colleges and 27 in the southeast and midwest that will utilize a partnership with a South Carolina military college to expand its business degree offerings. Gwinnett Tech and The Citadel will make a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree available to students. Eligible students would […]
August 9, 2019
Other News
In 1969, The Military Thought It Had Eliminated Racism In Its Ranks. Then Troops Began Rioting
On a hot summer night 50 years ago, while other U.S. troops were fighting in Vietnam, dozens of Marines on Camp Lejeune, N.C. were fighting each other. The explosion of racial violence on the Marine Corps’ main East Coast infantry base left one white Marine dead and more than a dozen others injured − some […]
August 2, 2019
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