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Policy

Don’t let space become the next military battleground

President Donald Trump’s recent proposal for a military-oriented Space Force has renewed a debate that occurred at the outset of American space exploration 60 years ago: Should issues associated with exploring the heavens be controlled by the military or by a civilian organization? In 1958, embarrassed by the Soviet Union’s triumphant launch of Sputnik, President […]

Academics

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 […]

Veterans

Thousands of Tennessee veterans haven’t received GI Bill benefits for months. Here’s why.

Staff Sgt. Robert Baker was so stressed about money that he made a “spur of the moment decision” and dropped out of all his classes. It was already October and he hadn’t received his GI Bill benefits for the start of his fall semester at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville. The 30-year-old communications major […]

Academics

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 […]

Other News

Schriever senior enlisted leader died while hiking Colorado peak

A senior master sergeant with the National Space Defense Center at Schriever Air Force Base east of Colorado Springs died while hiking a peak in Park County, the military said Saturday. Harold Mosley II was rock climbing Friday on Badger Mountain, an 11,295-foot peak northwest of Lake George when he died after falling an unspecified […]

Academics

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 […]

Academics

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 […]

Funding

Local businessman creates scholarship for veterans at South Plains College

There is one subject that all Americans agree without argument – the love and support of the United States military and its servicemen and women. If not for their bravery and sacrifice, life in this country would be chaos. Local businessman Bill Cohen, owner/operator of McDonald’s of Levelland, has made it possible to honor servicemen […]

Academics

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 […]

Veterans

Saint Joseph’s College remembers veteran chaplain, Father Clement Falter

Saint Joseph’s College posted the following message online on Monday, Nov. 12, for Veterans Day, “in memory of all our veterans today:” In honor of all those who have served in support of our Country on this day of remembrance, Saint Joseph’s College would like to share the story of one of our fallen and […]

Veterans

Program aims to help veterans find work in tech fields

CHICAGO — Growing up in Chicago, a smart kid who studied only enough in school to get by, Frederick Davis turned to the military — the Navy, in fact — to “get me on track” in life. As it turned out, despite thinking of himself as “mechanically inclined,” Davis possessed a technical aptitude which moved […]

Academics

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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