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Love of Aircraft Led to Top Secret Satellite Mission

Each year, Hal Behnke gets to share stories and reunite with a group of guys who had the challenging task of retrieving (while in midair) film canisters, about the size of a garbage can, that had been ejected from some of the earliest spy satellites. He belonged to a top secret Air Force unit in […]

April 13, 2018

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U.S. Military Suspends Parachute Training after Fall in Tokyo

Local authorities lodged a protest Wednesday with the central government and the U.S. military after a U.S. Air Force member’s parachute fell onto the grounds of a school near Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo the day before. “It could have been a life-threatening incident” and was extremely regrettable, Shin Namiki, mayor of the city […]

April 12, 2018

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National Guard Invites Educators for Black Hawk Flights

The Kansas Army National Guard invited Topeka educators and community leaders for a Black Hawk Helicopter fight over pastures, plains and sparkling Perry Lake. It isn’t a military mission, but a mission of education. “We just want to get out story out there about the Kansas Army National Guard and what we do,” said Executive […]

April 12, 2018

College Leaders Demo Online Learning at Military Conference

CCME is an active proponent for the professional development of those serving in the military education community by providing a forum for exchange of information on educational programs, strategies and innovation among its members and associated partners. The association is composed of military educators and civilian educators with a mission to promote and provide educational […]

April 12, 2018

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Military Groups Urge DeVos to Drop Voucher Plan

A coalition of more than 25 organizations representing more than 5.5 million active and former members of the U.S. military just told Congress it opposes legislation backed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that would allow military families to use public money for private-school vouchers. Read More

April 12, 2018

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U.S., U.K. Troops Join for Special War Exercises at Fort Bragg

For the past several weeks, thousands of troops have been waging an invisible war centered around Fort Bragg. And none of them have fired a shot. The warfighting exercise currently underway — the training is set to end Wednesday — involves conventional, special operations and foreign forces operating in a largely virtual environment. Read More

April 12, 2018

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Students Hike to Draw Attention to Veteran Education

Thousands of students attend the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, but only a few of them may realize hundreds of their classmates are veterans. “I had someone come up to me today and say, ‘Oh where did you get that scar on your arm?’ I said, ‘I was shot in Afghanistan.’ ‘Oh, I didn’t […]

April 12, 2018

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DOD Students Rank High on Standardized Tests

The latest national test results show that U.S. military students are right up there with academic powerhouse Massachusetts. Scores from the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress exams were released Tuesday, and the Department of Defense Education Activity held its own against the state that traditionally outperforms the nation in student assessments. In fact, DODEA […]

April 12, 2018

2,000 Back Education Savings Accounts for Military Families

More than 2,000 military veterans, spouses, and other family members have signed a letter in support of a bill creating federally funded education savings accounts for military families to provide more choices and flexibility in schooling the children of those in the armed forces. The signers “are writing to express our strong support for the […]

April 12, 2018

Admiral’s Dilemma

I’m about to suggest something that would’ve been unthinkable to me as an E-3: Put yourself in the admiral’s shoes. You’re 23 years into a terrific career as a naval physician. For 12 of that, you’ve been the president’s doctor, administering checkups to three very different POTUSes — high-stakes business, sure, but you’ve been doing […]

April 12, 2018

A Future in Coding

While stationed in Okinawa, Japan in 2008, I wouldn’t have guessed that my time in the Marine Corps would have prepared me for a future in coding. At the time, the 30 Marines in my platoon had access to just one shared computer. It served only two functions: completing online training requirements, or looking up […]

April 10, 2018

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Civil War Historian at 100: Knew Eyewitnesses

Historian Charles P. Roland is one of the most recognized authorities on the Civil War, and he may be the last who grew up hearing firsthand accounts from battlefield veterans. He also is an expert on American military history, and his lessons to students at West Point, Tulane and the University of Kentucky included his own […]

April 10, 2018

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Jobless Rate for Vets Climbs as More Enter Market

WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate for recent veterans jumped in November, but for a positive reason. Many of the veterans decided to begin actively seeking work — and if they didn’t immediately find a job, they were counted as unemployed. A growing perception that opportunities are growing to find work is an encouraging sign for […]

April 10, 2018

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Efforts Aim to Ease Burden of Military Spouses

When Corinne Walker – then Corinne Corto – moved to Wilmington to pursue her MBA, she thought she’d get her degree and move on to wherever the best employment opportunities presented themselves. Instead, the Erie, Pennsylvania, native ended up meeting her future husband, Jesse, and after studying abroad opted to stay in the Cape Fear […]

April 10, 2018

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How Veterans Are Plugging Tech Skills Gap

The tech skills shortage has got so bad that tech companies have decided to call in the troops. In March, Experis and Amazon teamed up to teach software development to military personnel and their spouses through its re:Start programme, while the non-profit TechVets launched a cyber skills training scheme for military veterans. The idea is […]

April 10, 2018

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Q&A with VA Undersecretary: Educational Opportunities

Curtis (Curt) L. Coy was appointed to be the first Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity in the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on May 9, 2011. In this role, Mr. Coy oversees all education benefits (GI Bill), vocational rehabilitation and employment for wounded warriors and disabled Veterans, loan guaranty service (VA […]

April 10, 2018

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Healthcare Careers: Another Way to Serve

When choosing to join America’s military, men and women make a purposeful choice to place themselves at risk for a high calling: service to their countrymen. It seems a logical fit, then, that many former servicemen and women seek careers in industries that also have this key element of service when they move on from […]

April 10, 2018

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For-Profit Colleges Face Declining Enrollments

WASHINGTON — The for-profit college industry is struggling under the weight of declining enrollment, stiff competition from traditional universities and an image battered by past misdeeds, even as the Trump administration tries to offer a helping hand. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has hired several industry insiders and frozen Obama-era regulations that would have increased protections […]

April 10, 2018

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