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Academics

Plan to Reduce Ranks of Military Doctors Concerns Head of Uniformed Services Medical School

Like many military physician colleagues, Dr. Richard W. Thomas, a retired Army major general, ear-nose-throat surgeon and current president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), is worried about tentative Defense Department plans to eliminate more than 17,000 uniformed medical billets across the military health system starting in October 2020. Thomas is […]

Academics

In Effort to Curb Hazing, New Citadel President Changes ‘Fourth-Class’ Discipline System

Change doesn’t always come easily at The Citadel, but a newly installed president has announced a policy he hopes will curb hazing and improve leadership training at the public military college. Retired Gen. Glenn Walters announced this month that starting in the 2020-21 school year The Citadel will assign all rising sophomores to a different […]

Veterans

UAFS Program Focuses on Recruiting Active Military, Veterans

New recruitment programs at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith were a major focus of the university’s Board of Visitors meeting Wednesday. UAFS Interim Chancellor Edward Serna said the university is launching a campaign to recruit active military and veterans. The primary goals of this campaign are to increase enrollment in three programs: Bachelor […]

Academics

Embattled ex-Solicitor Johnson Resigns Officer’s Job in SC Air National Guard

Former 5th Circuit Solicitor Dan Johnson, facing state and federal charges of public corruption, has resigned his part-time position as a major in the Judge Advocate General’s office of the S.C. Air National Guard. “He is no longer in the military. He has resigned, and he is not currently serving in the S.C. Air National Guard,” a […]

Policy

Senate Panel Tackles Proposed Revival of ROTC

Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian is seeking a unified mechanism from the Department of Defense (DND) and Department of Education (DepEd) to address the possible cases of hazing, abuse, and corruption with the proposed revival of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in the education system. The Senate committee on education, arts and culture on Wednesday […]

Academics

Air Force Adds Georgia Military College as Prep School

The United States Air Force Academy has selected Georgia Military College as an affiliated prep school for students deserving to earn an appointment to the Academy. Currently, GMC is an affiliated prep for the United States Military Academy. Read More

Policy

Where the 2020 Candidates Stand on Student Debt And College Affordability

When Barack Obama ran for president for the last time in 2012, sweeping reform of our college financing system wasn’t even on his agenda, let alone that of his Republican opponent Mitt Romney. Fast forward just seven years and in the first few months of the primary contest for the Democratic nomination, candidates have started […]

Veterans

Oversight Crucial as VA Rolls Out Major Reforms

Those looking for an example of how Washington can find common ground should look no further than the important work Congress has done and continues to do for veterans. The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s hearing room is traditionally one of the most bipartisan places in Washington. It is also one of the busiest. Read More

Veterans

Colleges Work to Do More For Veterans On Campus

Veterans who go to college face a host of challenges, including professors who aren’t familiar with military culture and administrators who don’t appreciate the difficulties of returning to civilian life, career and education officials said at a symposium Friday.

Policy

Opinion: Betsy DeVos vs. Student Veterans

As the political makeup of the 116th Congress begins to congeal, the question of what, if anything, this divided government can do together looms. Although there is faint hope of cooperation on most issues, if there is something that could unite President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Mitch McConnell, it should be their promises […]

Academics

Some Students, Faculty Remain Uneasy About CMU’s Army AI Task Force

Carnegie Mellon University is at the heart of some breakthrough technologies — from shaping the first artificial intelligence program to trailblazing the study and creation of the autonomous vehicles we see zipping around Pittsburgh’s streets today. It has also revolutionized technology for war. Read More

Policy

Stabenow Introduces Act to Stop Trump From Taking Military Funds For Border Wall

On Feb. 5, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, sponsored legislation to protect funding for the Great Lakes that she claims would be siphoned off by President Trump to build a physical wall along the southern border. The bill was a preemptive response to a declaration of a national emergency President Trump announced on Friday after failing to corral Congress into […]

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