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U.S. Air Force Creates Two Teams to Address Issues Among LGBTQA and Native American Servicemembers

The U.S. Air Force has created two teams to address issues affecting airmen and Space Force Guardians in the LGBTQA or Native American communities, Military.com reported. On April 26, the service announced the creation of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Initiative Team (LIT) and the Indigenous Nations Equality Team (INET) to better examine […]

May 6, 2021

MacDill Air Force Base Employs AIM High Recruitment Program to Boost Representation in Military

MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa is seeking to boost representation in the U.S. Military’s highest ranks, WFLA reported. To that end, the Air Force’s AIM High program is looking to inspire and recruit youngsters to increase representation and diversity in the military by giving high school students a seat in the cockpit of aircraft. […]

May 6, 2021

MacDill Air Force Base

VMI Board Votes to Remove Stonewall Jackson’s Name from Quote in Barracks

The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) Board of Visitors has voted to remove Stonewall Jackson’s name as the author of a quote mounted in the student barracks and engraved on class rings, Black Enterprise reported. The board voted to remove Jackson’s name from Memorial Hall and from the front of the old barracks on campus. The […]

May 6, 2021

VMI Stonewall Jackson Statue

1st Lt. Maria Eggers Becomes First Woman and First Latina from 3rd Cavalry Regiment to Earn Expert Infantry Badge

1st Lt. Maria Eggers, 24, has become the first woman and the first Latina from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment to earn the Expert Infantry Badge (EIB), qualifying at the highest level — True Blue, NBC News reported. Eggers earned the EIB in April by finishing a five-day test that measures physical fitness and ability to perform in various […]

May 6, 2021

1st Lt. Maria Eggers

Companies Getting Cybersecurity Talent from Other Areas, Including the Military and Law Enforcement

Cybersecurity recruiters should take a balanced approach to IT talent and seek diverse perspectives, according to a study by cybersecurity association (ISC)², ITPro reported. (ISC)² interviewed 2,034 cybersecurity professionals and job seekers in the U.S. and Canada for the 2021 Cybersecurity Career Pursuers Study. Only 51% of cybersecurity professionals have degrees in computer and information services. Only […]

April 29, 2021

Apollo 11 NASA Astronaut Michael Collins Dies at 90

Michael Collins, the NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, has died at age 90 after battling cancer, CNN reported. His family shared the news Wednesday. “We regret to share that our beloved father and grandfather passed away today, after a valiant battle with cancer,” the […]

April 29, 2021

Michael Collins

Commonwealth War Graves Commission and UK Authorities Apologize for Not Properly Honoring WWI Military Personnel

British authorities apologized Thursday after an investigation found that at least 161,000 – possibly ranging up to 350,000 – mostly African and Indian military service personnel who died during World War I weren’t properly honored due to “pervasive racism,” The Associated Press reported. Those service members were either not commemorated by name or were not […]

April 29, 2021

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Former Black VMI Students Describe Racism at the School

More than a dozen Black men who attended Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in the mid-1970s to early 1980s described pervasive and pernicious racism at the school, The Washington Post reported. Many of them said they are proud of their education at VMI and some do not believe the scrutiny of the school is warranted. Some […]

April 29, 2021

Gov. Ralph Northam

West Point Students Expelled or Forced to Repeat Following Cheating Scandal

Eight West Point students were expelled and more than 50 others must repeat a year after a cheating scandal, Voice of America reported. The U.S. Military Academy West Point will also end its willful admission process that lets cadets who admit to violating the honor code escape expulsion. 55 cadets in this matter used the […]

April 22, 2021

U.S. Military Academy West Point

Former Captain Plans Walk to Raise Awareness about Veteran Suicide

Former Capt. Greg C. Washington will be walking almost 1,800 miles across 11 states to raise awareness about veteran suicide and pay respect to his two best friends killed in combat, Army News Service reported. During “A Walk to Honor,” Washington will start in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, at the end of April and stop in […]

April 22, 2021

Former Capt. Greg C. Washington

Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins to Become VMI’s First Black Superintendent

Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins has been chosen as Virginia Military Institute’s first Black superintendent amid allegations of racism at VMI and the school’s historic ties to the Confederacy, The Roanoke Times reported. Wins – a 1985 VMI alum – retired from the U.S. Army in 2019 after 34 years. He was appointed as VMI […]

April 22, 2021

Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins

Air Force to Finish Second Survey on Disparities

The U.S. Air Force will complete its second survey on disparities within its ranks in the coming few weeks, Military.com reported. The survey began earlier in April as part of an Inspector General Independent Disparity Review. The review – covering Air Force and Space Force – focuses on racial disparities in the administration of military […]

April 22, 2021

Florida Bill Would Allow Veterans, Military and National Guard Free Classes

A bill in the Florida legislature would allow veterans, servicemembers and National Guard members to take one free class online each academic year, News 4 Jax reported. SB 1672, “State University Free Seat Program,” is currently in the Appropriations Committee. “While the bulk of the bill focuses on the military, students who haven’t been enrolled […]

April 15, 2021

Florida State Capitol

Albany State University to Waive Fees for Those Enlisted

Albany State University (ASU) will be waiving fees for those enlisted, WALB reported. Alex Bynum, the ASU director of military and adult education, said this will affect the number of degrees going to military students. “Any financial barrier that you can remove from a student will help with matriculation. This is something we can do […]

April 15, 2021

Albany State University

Virginia State University President Speaks About Violent Traffic Stop of Alum Lt. Caron Nazario

Virginia State University (VSU) President has spoken up about the traffic stop of 2016 VSU alum Lt. Caron Nazario in Windsor, Virginia, 8 News reported. A video showed Nazario being stopped by two officers, then having guns pulled on him, being pepper sprayed and being thrown to the ground. “Whether he was wearing a military […]

April 15, 2021

Virginia State University (VSU)

Brigadier Gen. Kerry L. Muehlenbeck Appointed First Woman to Command Arizona National Guard

Brigadier Gen. Kerry L. Muehlenbeck has been appointed adjutant general and director of the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA), AZ Family.com reported. Muehlenbeck’s appointment – by Gov. Doug Ducey – makes her the first woman to command the Arizona National Guard. Muehlenbeck is department chair of Mesa Community College’s Administration of Justice […]

April 15, 2021

Brigadier General Kerry L. Muehlenbeck

The Citadel Takes Part in Three-Day Cybersecurity Competition With Other Military Colleges and Service Academies

For the first time, The Citadel is taking part in a three-day cybersecurity competition April 8 hosted by the National Security Agency (NSA), The Post and Courier reported. The competition, the NSA’s National Cyber Exercise, has U.S. military colleges and service academies compete against each other in cybersecurity simulations. “It involves exercises on forensics, cyber […]

April 9, 2021

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Jill Biden Announces Future for Military Family Support Program

First Lady Jill Biden has announced what’s next for Joining Forces, a military family support program started in 2011 by her and then-first lady Michelle Obama, NBC 15 News reported. Her relaunch of Joining Forces will focus on employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for military families, education for the children of enlisted parents and veterans, and the overall […]

April 8, 2021