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Benefits of Service: Acquiring Credits

JULY 24, 2018, Shaw Air Force Base, SC – Airmen attempting to acquire credits can receive them through the support of tuition assistance, college credits gained from military training and military scholarships. “Education benefits are huge,” said Senior Airman Christopher Corbin, 50th Attack Squadron intelligence analyst. “I did college before the Air Force on my […]

August 3, 2018

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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 […]

August 3, 2018

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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 […]

August 2, 2018

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 […]

August 2, 2018

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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 […]

August 2, 2018

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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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 […]

August 2, 2018

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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 […]

August 2, 2018

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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 […]

August 2, 2018

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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 […]

July 31, 2018

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Navy Tuition-Assistance Policy Gets Updates

Policy changes to the Department of Defense Tuition Assistance program were announced to expand the professional development opportunities and enhance degree completion of Sailors. The changes in NAVADMIN 127-18, released May 22, present higher education options to lead to more capable and engaged Sailors. “This gives Sailors more opportunities to take classes,” said Personnel Specialist […]

July 31, 2018

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Moody Airmen Go the Distance at CLEP-a-Thon

More than 200 Airmen participated in a free marathon-themed testing event at the annual CLEP-A-Thon, July 23-26, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., where they pursued their higher educational and self-improvement goals. Airmen took as many Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) and College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams as they could during […]

July 31, 2018

House Approves Plan of Economic Opportunity Branch

WASHINGTON — House lawmakers on Monday advanced plans to create a new branch of Veterans Affairs operations focused on economic opportunity, a move that advocates say could better highlight employment and education programs at the department. Veterans advocates have pushed for the new economic opportunity administration in recent months amid concerns that the benefits administration […]

July 31, 2018

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New V.A. Chief Plans to Shake Up Staff

In one of his first acts as President Trump’s Veterans Affairs secretary, Robert Wilkie intends to reassign several high-ranking political appointees at the center of the agency’s ongoing morale crisis and staffing exodus, according to three people familiar with his plans. Wilkie, who will be sworn in Monday, wants to form his own leadership team, […]

July 31, 2018

Lawmakers Demand DOD Drop Limits on GI Bill Transfers

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of 83 House lawmakers are blasting a Defense Department plan to change rules on troops transferring their GI Bill benefits to dependents, calling it unfair and devastating for military morale. “Once a service member meets the requirements for transferring Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to an eligible family member, we must […]

July 31, 2018

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Albany Hosts Military Child Education Summit

MCLB-ALBANY — Officials representing numerous schools gathered for Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany’s Military Child Educational Summit on Tuesday afternoon. The military base partnered with the Marine Corps Community Service’s School Liaison and Exceptional Child Educational Summit to host the event, which aimed to inform parents stationed at the base about what schooling options are available […]

July 27, 2018

Fiske: 20 Best-Value Colleges

A college degree is an investment that will last a lifetime and one of the most reliable ways to increase your lifetime earnings. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Americans with a bachelor’s degree have median weekly earnings of $1,173, compared to just $712 a week for those who have a high school diploma. […]

July 27, 2018

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Penn Engineering School Adds Online Master’s

The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science today announced its first completely online master’s degree, a Master of Computer and Information Technology. MCIT Online is designed to be affordable, at one-third the cost of an on-campus degree, and open to students with no previous background in computer science. Offered exclusively on Coursera, […]

July 27, 2018