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Category Archives: Education
Delayed GI Bill funds leave students scrambling
The Veterans Affairs Department says it has hit a “bump in the road” in processing GI Bill benefits claims. Affected student veterans are calling it missing rent money.
Senior master sergeant selections released
The list is out: The Air Force has released the names of more than 1,700 master sergeants who have been selected for promotion to senior master sergeant. That means 13.78 percent of the 12,351 eligible master sergeants were selected for … Continue reading
Senior master sergeant selections out Thursday
The Air Force on Thursday will release the names of more than 1,700 master sergeants selected for promotion to senior master sergeant. The list will reflect a 13.78 percent select rate for the 12,351 master sergeants eligible for promotion, personnel … Continue reading
Key lawmaker condemns proposed force cuts
A key House subcommittee chairman continued railing Tuesday against the Obama administration’s proposed 2013 defense budget, this time arguing that the voluntary and involuntary separation of thousands of active-duty troops is unfair because the military is being singled out for … Continue reading
Board selects 106 O-6s for early retirement
A Selective Early Retirement Board that convened Jan. 9 selected 106 colonels to leave the service by June 1. The colonels, in the line of the Air Force, Chaplain and Medical Service Corps competitive categories had logged between 21 and … Continue reading
Half of TA money goes to for-profit schools
Nearly half of all taxpayer money spent on tuition assistance for active-duty troops goes to for-profit schools, a senator said Thursday.
Leaders: Talk of budget cuts distracting troops
Looming budget cuts are a big distraction to troops in the field, senior enlisted advisors told lawmakers in a hearing this week.
4 general officer assignments announced
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz on Friday announced four new general officer assignments: • Maj. Gen. Otis G. Mannon will become chief of staff, Headquarters U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany. Mannon is vice commander, Air Force Special … Continue reading
Bill seeks limits on for-profit schools funding
A group of lawmakers proposes to prevent any school from receiving all of its funding from federal education programs, including the GI Bill and military tuition assistance.
Veteran influx tests colleges, agencies
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — When Tiffany Kravec-Kelly wanted to reach fellow veterans on the campus of Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne, she took a page out of her psychological-operations playbook.