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Section: Military

A Fresh Start

I always talked about joining the Air National Guard in high school, but education was so engrained in me growing up that I didn’t think twice about college when the time came. I packed up, headed for the University of Illinois at Springfield and quickly learned that it was going to be very difficult to […]

April 6, 2018

Key Spouses Offer Support at Air Force Base

When Jennifer Brown’s family was based at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, she found a program that helps spouses connect to the base. “The commander at Minot Air Force Base took me under her wing, brought me to the meeting, and showed me what the program was all about,” Brown said. And for […]

April 6, 2018

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Kansas Governor Signs Tuition Aid Bill for National Guard

Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer says a bill he signed into law today is an investment in those who serve. At a ceremony in Topeka, Colyer signed a bill adjusting the state’s college tuition assistance program for active National Guard members. The bill is designed to allow soldiers in the Guard to earn up to 15 […]

April 6, 2018

Berkeley Offers Most Popular Data Course Online for Free

Do you need to update your skills? UC Berkeley has a deal that’s tough to beat. California’s flagship public university is taking its most popular on campus class, Foundations of Data Science, and offering it online for free. You access the class through the campus’s online education hub, edX. The Public Affairs Office says the […]

April 6, 2018

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Waco Considers Partnership to Keep Fort Hood Soldiers in Texas

The City of Waco is looking into a partnership that could keep hundreds of Army veterans leaving Fort Hood in Central Texas. The Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program eases soldiers and their families into civilian jobs. Organizers report that 900 soldiers leave Fort Hood every months and just more than half of them say […]

April 6, 2018

Fort Hood Soldiers

14 Years After Deportation, Veteran Returns to U.S.

Hector Barajas-Varela is finally coming home. 14 years after he was deported, the Mexican immigrant and U.S. Army veteran was granted U.S. Citizenship.On April 13, he’ll head to San Diego, California for a naturalization ceremony to make it official. “I look forward to opening my G.I. Bill so I can get my education,” Barajas-Varela told A […]

April 6, 2018

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Spratt Education Center Schools Military Members

Participating in passionate research projects, engaging with the newest field information available and eventually crossing a stage to accept a specialized diploma — for many around the world, including military members, college is an aspiration they hope someday to achieve. Spratt Education Center professionals assigned to the 20th Force Support Squadron want to help make this […]

April 6, 2018

Spratt Education Center Schools

Millennials, Generation Z Dominate Enlistments for Financial Prospects

Serving in the military has been changed and molded throughout the different climates of the United States. The mentality, culture and shape of the military has changed as each generation takes its turn in serving the county. Now, the younger generations are taking their turn in shaping the present and future of the United States […]

April 6, 2018

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Betraying Veterans

Whenever Donald Trump fires a member of his administration, the least likely reason is incompetence, corruption, abuse of authority or wasteful extravagance. If those were causes for dismissal in the Trump administration, nearly his entire cabinet would have been replaced by now. That tweet signaling the removal of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin — an […]

April 5, 2018

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Why No One Finishes Online Courses

In 2015, we learned that the global market for online learning reached $107-billion, a number that got the attention of thousands of educators and entrepreneurs. Just two years later, in 2017, this market has grown to reach an enormous $255-billion. This represents 238% growth—a growth rate that has some industries drooling with envy. Yet, as thousands of […]

April 5, 2018

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Foundation Aims to Provide College Aid of Fallen Militar

Founded by an Army veteran and staffed mainly by veterans and Gold Star families, Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation is on a mission to provide college educations for people who lost a parent due to military service. To accomplish that goal, the group needs money and it needs to find the people it wants to […]

April 5, 2018

Children of Fallen Patriots

Lawmakers Want Job Opportunities for Veterans

There are an estimated 331,000 veterans living in Minnesota, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and nearly 7 percent of Wilkin County’s population is veterans. Hiring veterans has become important in both the state’s private and public sectors in the last few years and officials want to continue adding veterans to the state’s economy. […]

April 5, 2018

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Husband in Murder-Suicide Case Was Retired Major, Transition Coordinator

A couple found dead in a suspected murder-suicide on Monday have been identified as a retired U.S. Army major and his Russian-born wife. Maj. Bradley Kinser, formerly a strategic intelligence research officer for U.S. Army Africa who retired in 2015, was found dead by local authorities in the bathroom of his home near Vicenza. His […]

April 5, 2018

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Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Vows to Protect Bases, Veterans

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams brought her campaign to Albany Tuesday, talking with a crowd of supporters about protecting the state’s military bases, veterans and the expansion of Medicaid. “We are pleased to roll out a military investment policy, and we have six pillars — with three key pillars — that I really emphasize,” Abrams […]

April 5, 2018

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Florida Governor Signs Bill to Keep State ‘Military Friendly’

Gov. Rick Scott came to USAA’s headquarters in Tampa Monday morning for a ceremonial signing of two laws designed to keep Florida “the nation’s most military friendly state.” Scoot signed the bills designed to reduce fees for Florida military, veterans and their families. The Don Hahnfeldt Veteran and Family Opportunity Act reduces professional licensing fees […]

April 5, 2018

Military Friendly

Using a Fake College Sting, ICE Tries to Deport Veteran

In February, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis promised that undocumented immigrants who served in the military and were honorably discharged would not be deported. “We would always stand by one of our people,” Mattis said at the time. (Not) shockingly, it looks like the Trump administration isn’t following through on that promise. On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported […]

April 5, 2018

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A No-Brainer

This week I read a rather heartbreaking article in the Guardian entitled “They called my university a Ph.D. factory – now I understand why.” (The author is, I believe, a woman with a doctorate in literature, but since she goes by “Anonymous Academic,” this is not certain.) “When I was considering whether to study for […]

April 3, 2018

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Coast Guard Schedules Public Drill Reviews

NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Coast Guard Academy has announced the dates of six regimental reviews that are open to the public. Bleachers with a view of the parade field in New London are available for viewing of the drills performed by the Corps of Cadets. The academy says the marches recognize military heritage and […]

April 3, 2018