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Bills Granting Priority Course Registration, College Credit to Military Members Becomes Law

TRENTON – Making the path to higher education easier for New Jersey service members and veterans, two bills sponsored by Assembly Democrats to assist with college course registration and to award credit for their learned skills were signed into law Jan. 13. According to a release, the first law (formerly bill A-790) provides both former and […]

January 24, 2020

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Operation Recognition Awards High School Diplomas to Veterans

CANTON — High school graduates across the country typically complete coursework and receive a diploma around age 18, but those who left high school in the mid-20th century to serve as members of the U.S. Armed Forces have a different story. While the Selective Service and Training Act took effect in October 1940, and thousands […]

January 10, 2020

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Army Reassures Nervous Teenagers After Draft Scam

Scammers frequently say they’re with the IRS or local police agencies, but they took a new fake identity as tensions rose with Iran this month: the Selective Service Administration. Hundreds of young people across America got the bogus text message sent to their phones telling them they’d been drafted for military service, the Army said […]

January 10, 2020

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Augusta University Incentivizes Troops to Become Teachers

AUGUSTA, GA (WRDW/WAGT) — A program at Augusta University is teaching military service members to serve in a new way. It’s called Troops to Teachers and it benefits more than just the students. Amanda Woods says she went to boot camp right after she finished high school. But after making the transition to teaching sixth […]

January 10, 2020

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A More Inclusive Military

Crowned Ms. Veteran Delmarva 2020 in September, Master Sgt. Jewell Robinson has set her eyes on a goal that goes beyond sparkles and a sash.

January 10, 2020

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Riverside Military Academy Hires Former Georgia Gwinnett College Dean

Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville announced former Georgia Gwinnett College dean Cathy Moore as the school’s the new academic dean. She recently retired from GGC where she served for 13 years as the college’s first Dean of the School of Education. She was instrumental in developing academic programs that prepared future teachers for careers in […]

January 6, 2020

Schatz Secures $1.1 Mil for New ROTC Program at UH-Mānoa

US Sen. Brian Schatz helped secure $1.1 million for a first-ever Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The funding was included in the bipartisan spending deal signed into law by the president this month. Read More

January 6, 2020

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Caldwell University Agrees to Pay More Than $4.8 Million to Resolve Allegations of Violating False Claims Act

NEWARK, N.J. – Caldwell University has agreed to pay the United States more than $4.8 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a fraudulent scheme to defraud a federal education benefit program, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. “Caldwell University tried to hoodwink the Department of Veterans Affairs and, worse, veterans themselves, by claiming to […]

January 6, 2020

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College Students Panic Over FAFSA’s Fine Print About Registering for the Draft

After a U.S. airstrike killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds military force, in Baghdad on Thursday, Iran vowed “crushing revenge” against all responsible. Now, with #NoWarinIran, #TrumpsWar and #WorldWarIII trending on Twitter, users are looking into the draft — and how the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) could play into their […]

January 6, 2020

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University of Phoenix Agrees to Cancel $141M in Student Loan Debt to Settle ‘Deceptive’ Advertising Case

(AP) – The University of Phoenix and its parent company have agreed to pay $50 million in cash and cancel $141 million in student debt to settle allegations of deceptive advertisement brought by the Federal Trade Commission. The deal, announced Tuesday, settles a dispute over an ad campaign the for-profit college unrolled in 2012 touting […]

December 15, 2019

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The Navy’s New Proposed Community College Initiative

One of the initiatives that came out of the Navy’s Education for Seapower report was increasing the emphasis across the board in the educating of sailors and Marines at all levels. In the report, it found that the best way for the Navy to prepare for a certain uncertain future is to develop the force […]

December 15, 2019

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The Pentagon Orders Operational Training Pause for All Saudi Students in the US After NAS Pensacola Shooting

The Department of Defense has ordered a pause on operational training for all Saudi military personnel training in the US as the department conducts a review in the wake of the deadly shooting last Friday at Naval Air Station Pensacola, according to a DoD memo. Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist, at the order […]

December 15, 2019

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Report Faults Coast Guard Academy for Response to Harassment, Bullying Complaints

Washington — The Coast Guard did not properly investigate complaints of harassment and bullying, and failed to hold officials accountable for carrying out deficient and incomplete investigations, two U.S. House committees have found. The 18-month investigation by the House Oversight and Reform and Homeland Security committees, in consultation with the office of U.S. Rep. Joe […]

December 15, 2019

Report Details Bullying, Harassment at Coast Guard Academy

A report released by two Congressional committees – the House Homeland Security Committee and the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee – accuses the Coast Guard Academy of overlooking bullying and harassment and retaliating against those who made complaints. In a joint hearing on Wednesday, committee members will share their findings, the product of an […]

December 11, 2019

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Children of Wartime Veterans Scramble to Repay Money After State Makes Last-Minute Cut to Scholarship

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) – Children of wartime veterans—including children whose parents have been killed or injured in combat—are scrambling to repay money and adjust budgets for the spring semester after the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs slashed a promised state-funded scholarship weeks before the semester’s end. The North Carolina Scholarship for Wartime […]

December 8, 2019

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Fort Leonard Wood Robotics University Develops New Robot to be Used by All Services

The Robotics University at Fort Leonard Wood, Training Area 211, is ready to field a new robot — the Man Transportation Robotic System Increment II (MTRS Inc II) — to be used by the Army, Air Force, Marines and Navy for multiple purposes, including explosive ordnance disposal and detection of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear […]

December 8, 2019

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University in Ohio Developing Hearing Protection for Military Dogs

CINCINNATI (AP) — Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are working on developing hearing protection for canines on the battlefield. The head of the project tells WKRC-TV in Cincinnati that the goal is to prevent short-term hearing loss in military working dogs. Read More

December 8, 2019

Pensacola NAS Shooting Victim ‘Saved Countless Lives With His Own’

Family members have identified Joshua Kaleb Watson, 23, a recent graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, as one of the victims of Friday’s shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola. “Joshua Kaleb Watson saved countless lives today with his own,” wrote his brother, Adam Watson, late Friday. “After being shot multiple times he made it outside […]

December 8, 2019