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Section: Military
Academics
Critics Oppose Course on “Black Minds Matter”
SAN DIEGO (AP) – San Diego State University plans to offer a course called “Black Minds Matter: A Focus on Black Boys and Men in Education,” that was inspired in part by the Black Lives Matter movement. The weekly course will be open to the public for enrollment in October and will feature various speakers […]
August 31, 2017
Veterans
Veteran Wins Google Scholarship
Delaware State University student Robert Morris is one of eight college students nationwide to receive a $10,000 scholarship from Google this month. The scholarship, which is specifically for military veterans pursuing computer science degrees, will help Morris get through his senior year at DSU. Read More
August 31, 2017
Veterans
Soldiering on After Illness Derails Olympic Dreams
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Five years ago, then-Sgt. Megan Henry was in peak physical condition and had her sights set on riding her skeleton sled all the way to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Then tragedy struck. During training at Park City, Utah, Henry suddenly had great difficulty breathing. Doctors told her she […]
August 31, 2017
Policy
Court Tosses Suit Over Sexual Climate at West Point
NEW YORK — A New York federal appeals court says it’s the job of Congress and the president, not the courts, to confront claims that female cadets face a sexually oppressive culture at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Two of three judges on the Manhattan appeals panel rejected a former cadet’s effort […]
August 31, 2017
Academics
Sailors Ready to Go Back to School
Sailors gathered in USS John C. Stennis’ (CVN 74) hangar bay for a Navy College Program for Afloat College Education (NCPACE) sign-up event, Aug 22. Representatives from NCPACE were available to inform Sailors about and sign them up for NCPACE courses. “NCPACE is a program that’s been around over 30 years,” said Gilbert Williams, the […]
August 31, 2017
Academics
Law Schools Weigh Ban on Military Recruiters over Trans Policy
With President Trump directing the U.S. military to enact a prohibition on transgender military service, at least two law schools — the Vermont Law School and Mitchell Hamline School of Law — are considering whether to enact a ban on military recruiters in response, which would be similar to policies they had under “Don’t Ask, […]
August 31, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
We Can Do More
Former President Barack Obama once noted that the U.S. has the finest fighting force in the history of the world. Its average age of enlistment is under 21, and the average length of enlistment is 15 years. However, in startling contrast, the length of time the military prepares enlisted service members to reenter civilian life […]
August 29, 2017
Academics
Program Helps Officers Understand Transition
Nearly 90 command sergeants major and sergeants major across Fort Hood met Friday at the III Corps headquarters building to embark on a unusual noncommissioned officer professional development event. The senior leaders loaded up on school buses where they were taken to various training locations on post to get a better understanding of the Soldier […]
August 29, 2017
Other News
S.C. Task Forces Adopts Military Plan
A group established to advise the governor and state Legislature on military issues has narrowed its mission through creation of a strategic plan. The S.C. Military Base Task Force in July approved its first strategic plan, “South Carolina Military Base Task Force: Enhancing South Carolina’s Military Value.” “We were kind of working year to year […]
August 29, 2017
Academics
New MOOC Eases Transition to Columbia University
Veterans may be invisible on most campuses, but they are present. A recent study by the American Council on Education found that veterans account for 4% of the undergraduate population nationwide. But the transition from service to campus life is not always easy, making university studies for student veterans a challenging endeavour. On average, veterans […]
August 29, 2017
Veterans
Campus Newsletter Compares Vets to Supremacists
A flyer hung at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs by a self-described social justice group suggests veterans at four-year universities are a disruptive threat that should be banned from campus. The flyer, put up at the public university Thursday by a group calling itself the “Social Justice Collective Weekly,” argued veterans openly mock safe spaces […]
August 29, 2017
Veterans
Women to Head 2 Major Vets Groups
RENO, Nev. — Hundreds of veterans paraded through a large convention hall to Sister Sledge’s “We are Family,” arms wrapped around one another Thursday when the American Legion, a 99-year-old organization representing 2 million veterans, elected its first female national commander at the conclusion of its annual convention. Denise Rohan, an Army veteran living in […]
August 29, 2017
Policy
California Guard Members Will Keep Disputed Bonuses
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than 17,000 California National Guard soldiers won’t have to repay more than $190 million in enlistment bonuses and other payments handed out in error between 2004 and 2010, the Pentagon has determined. The decision closes several years of wrangling over whether soldiers should be forced to pay back the money after […]
August 29, 2017
Policy
Transgender Order Muddles Fate of Those on Duty
WASHINGTON — President Trump may have left open the possibility of allowing some transgender individuals already in uniform to remain in the military. Trump has directed the Pentagon to extend indefinitely a ban on transgender individuals joining the military. But he has given Defense Secretary Jim Mattis authority to decide the matter of openly transgender […]
August 29, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Learn a Language Online
My wife is one of those people who can chat away in several different languages. I can do that, too. It sounds fine to me. But no one knows what the heck I’m saying. They do with her. So when we go to Italy, Mary often strikes up conversations with people and has a great […]
August 25, 2017
Other News
A Change in New G.I. Bill Results from by Family’s Tragedy
EAGLE – A bill with a provision prompted by the passing of an Eagle High School student was signed into law by President Trump last week, turning a devastating tragedy into hope for grieving military families across the nation. The law closes a loophole in veterans’ education benefits – an oversight Rep. Raul Labrador (R […]
August 25, 2017
Other News
Presidential Scholar Will Bring Programs Home to Scott AFB
When Kathy Wever, NGA Support Team Chief at the U.S. Transportation Command, saw an article in USA Today about a new leadership program, she seized the opportunity to not only grow her leadership skills, but aid the community. The Presidential Leadership Scholars program selects people from diverse backgrounds and across the United States who desire […]
August 25, 2017
Other News
Job Skills Program for Service Members Expands
As announced Aug. 22, CompTIA, the world’s leading technology association, has joined with Microsoft Corp. on this flagship program – of which Embry-Riddle Worldwide is an academic partner – to make it easier for more than 35,000 United States service members to transition from active duty to high-paying, high-demand jobs in the civilian IT workforce. […]
August 25, 2017
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