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Military Times Ranks Top Cybersecurity Programs

When Ben McInnis got out of the Marine Corps four years ago, he was looking for a career with job security, opportunities for growth and better pay than the $10 per hour he made washing cars. Then came news about the infamous Target data breach affecting millions of customers in 2013 and, a year later, […]

Public Demands Firing of Teacher for Anti-Military Rant

Military veterans, parents and students are demanding that a California high school teacher be fired after he told students that the U.S. Armed Forces are for the “lowest of the low.” Hundreds of people packed a school board meeting in Pico Rivera, a suburb of Los Angeles, on Tuesday night to call for the immediate […]

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Air Forces Cuts Back on Transition Rules

Air Force Reservists will find it a little easier to meet some of their training requirements after the deployment. New Air Force policy cuts some transition assistance program (TAP) requirements for airmen in the Reserves. Reservists who were on orders for 180 days or more are required to go through TAP before being released into […]

ROTC Woman Earns Submarine Officer Post

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Misha Chalkley doesn’t think about the fact that when she graduates from Jacksonville University in April she will be the first woman from the school’s Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps to earn a post as a submarine warfare officer. She thinks about her future and the people she will lead within the […]

Educators Tour Gives Them a Look at Army

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — After Randi Hunewill participated in her first Army-sponsored tour several years ago, the Nevada Department of Education (NDE) official, who admits to knowing little about the military beforehand, now unabashedly declares she “drank the Kool-Aid.” Not only did she drink, but Hunewill helps other educators get a […]

Transition Advocate Helps Soldiers Get Financially Fit

Deployments, separation anxiety and credit card debt, are among the many challenges military families may face at some point during their careers. Its challenges like these that retired U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Dawsey says he faced during his 25 years of service in the military. Read More

Report: Millions Live in Higher Education “Deserts”

Despite the indelible image of some fresh-faced 18-year-old heading out of state for college, the truth is nearly 40 percent of students attend a school less than 50 miles from home. For students who work full time or have children — a growing segment of the college population — proximity to a physical campus or […]

82nd Airborne Increases Transition Efforts

FORT BRAGG, NC — The 82nd Airborne Division hosted its third, “Paratroopers For Life,” forum inside the Division headquarters at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 25, 2018. The Division, America’s Guard of Honor, launched the PFLF in December 2016 to assist Paratroopers that are separating from the U.S. Army with easier transitions to civilian life. Read […]

California Online College Targets Working Adults

To open up access to higher education for more people, the California Community College system and Governor Jerry Brown are looking to launch an online-only community college. The college would be designed to serve working adults who want to upgrade their skill set or complete a post-secondary program but for whom personal responsibilities or distance […]

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Military “Myths” Hinder Recruitment

Seventeen years of war, TV spots depicting the struggles of wounded warriors, and curbs on military advertising budgets have left the armed forces with an image problem that could take years to repair, said a senior Defense official. Unsettling myths about the military are rising among recruit-age youth and “influencers” — parents, teachers, clergy and […]

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Deputies Protect Teacher After Anti-Military Rant

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies are monitoring for threats against a Pico Rivera teacher who made disparaging remarks against the military and the student who secretly recorded him — both online and in their neighborhoods. “There has been a firestorm described as mean comments. No threats of bodily injury at this point,” Capt. Patrick Valdez […]

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D.O.E. Eyes Major Cuts in Loan Forgiveness

WASHINGTON — The Education Department’s plan to provide only partial relief to some students defrauded by for-profit colleges could reduce overall payments by about 60 percent, according to a preliminary analysis obtained by The Associated Press. The agency announced in December that it was discontinuing the Obama administration’s practice of fully wiping out the loans […]

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