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Veteran of FBI, TSA trying to turn around Anderson University

Running a university is by no means easy, but it sounds like a cakewalk compared with John Pistole’s previous gig. Before becoming president of Anderson University in 2015, Pistole worked for the FBI for 23 years, earning the distinction of being its longest-serving deputy director. He then spent four years as the longest-serving post-9/11 head […]

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Community college program gives military students credit for their service

Before Central Virginia Community College classes were set to start this fall Marine Zachary Farrell stopped by the school’s Veterans Resource Center to go over his military transcript. The move, which introduced him to the Credits2Careers program and saved him from taking an unnecessary class, is one CVCC is hopes it can get more veterans […]

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NewDay USA to announce new Georgia Military College Preparatory School scholarship

MILLEDGEVILLE — NewDay USA is expected to announce next week that scholarships will be made available to children of deployed Georgia National Guard soldiers to attend Georgia Military College Preparatory School. On Monday, NewDay USA, accompanied by Brig. Gen. Randall Simmons, commanding general of the Georgia Army National Guard, will make an announcement for the […]

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Lawsuit: Military academy failed to protect cadet from abuse

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A former student at an all-boys military college prep academy in Georgia has sued the school, saying leaders failed to protect him from hazing and sexual assault. A copy of the lawsuit shared with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says the cadet was hazed, abused and raped at Riverside Military Academy when he was […]

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NewDay USA to announce new Georgia Military College Preparatory School scholarship

MILLEDGEVILLE — NewDay USA is expected to announce next week that scholarships will be made available to children of deployed Georgia National Guard soldiers to attend Georgia Military College Preparatory School. On Monday, NewDay USA, accompanied by Brig. Gen. Randall Simmons, commanding general of the Georgia Army National Guard, will make an announcement for the […]

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UML, military join forces for research

LINCOLN — “The Navy is here for business.” That’s what Robert Smith, director of the U.S. Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research program, had to say Tuesday at the opening of UMass Lowell’s new Research Institute. The center will host a variety of public-private sector partnerships, including workforce development, research opportunities and more. Located just down […]

They served their country. Why aren’t elite colleges serving them better?

PRINCETON, N.J. — The ink starts at Sam Fendler’s left wrist and winds up his arm, a tableau of his life before college that begins with a block of text: “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” At the top of the […]

GMC Prep art student put a face to sacrifice, patriotism on display

The show, “Portraits of Courage: The Veterans at the Georgia War Veterans Home,” is the result of GMC senior visual art students, and a select few of gifted underclassman, conducting interviews with veterans home residents about their personal lives and military service. They took information gleaned from the veterans and used it to create portraits […]

Fort Bragg School that Trains Special Operations Troops Gets Upgrade

Maj. Gen. Kurt Sonntag has watched and listened to the construction work outside his Fort Bragg office for as long as he has been in command of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. Glancing out the window of Bryant Hall, the sight of hard hats and fluorescent vests brings a smile to […]

Cherokee NJROTC cadets learn about military life, history during trip to Charleston

ROGERSVILLE — Twenty-six Cherokee High School NJROTC students toured Charleston’s Patriots Point and The Citadel on November 16-17. The trip started with a visit to The Citadel, a four-year public military college established in 1842. Graduates of The Citadel are not required to serve in the military; however, about 35 percent of each class commission […]

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St. Bonaventure University professor has new book out on the Civil War

Chris Mackowski, a St. Bonaventure University professor and prolific Civil War author, has a new book out detailing a little-noted period in the late fall of 1863 in which an epic battle did not happen. “The Great Battle Never Fought: The Mine Run Campaign, November 26-December 2, 1863” (Savas Beatie) details maneuverings — both military […]

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ODU engineers work with Army to develop enhanced night-vision robotics

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) — The battlefields are on the other side of the world, but they may become a little safer someday because of the research happening at Old Dominion University. Engineering students are working to improve technologies for air and ground intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition under adverse battlefield conditions in day and […]

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