Veterans Day 2021 discounts
Several businesses and organizations will offer Veterans Day discounts, free meals and other programs this November.
Several businesses and organizations will offer Veterans Day discounts, free meals and other programs this November.
Brian Calcagno, a retired California Army National Guard pilot, found a new purpose with Team Rubicon.
The organization is a grassroots network made up of veterans, military members, and spouses who farm and operate agribusinesses.
Completing an education is hard enough without having to stress about how to pay for it. If you have a military affiliation and are thinking about college (or are already working on a degree), you’re in luck. Organizations have stepped up to offer education assistance to offset the cost of tuition and fees. Yes, that’s right. There are programs — scholarships, loans, and grants ...
Veteran's Writing Project hosts workshops around the country on everything from creative writing to advanced craft workshops.
The National Guard is expanding suicide prevention efforts to help units identify risk factors and implement intervention techniques. According to the latest “Department of Defense Annual Suicide Report” released in September 2019, while suicides among the active component have been steadily on the rise over the five years between 2013 and 2018, suicide rates among members of reserve component have remained steady and on ...
Army Reserve Maj. Kevin Wood’s military commitments often take him away from home, but not always for deployment. Rather, he flies aircraft for his fixed-wing battalion with members located in four non-bordering states. This means he is regularly missing his sons’ bedtime routine, the time when he reads books aloud to them before saying goodnight. Disruptions to daily routines are difficult for military families ...
With General Orders 2018-10, then-Secretary of the Army, Dr. Mark Esper, created the Army Futures Command — a command designated with the overall responsibility to lead the Army’s future force modernization enterprise. Under that order, Esper charged AFC to gauge emerging threats, assess new technologies, and develop the future operational environment to deliver concepts, requirements, and force designs that will drive modernization solutions. Driven ...
The term military-friendly is the newest buzzword attached to marketing campaigns focused on attracting service members, veterans, and their families. But, how can student veterans decipher between a catchphrase and an institution that is truly pro-military? Experts say research, research, research. Military education benefits make veterans an attractive demographic for post-secondary institutions. The challenge becomes navigating through hundreds of school options to find a ...
by R. Brian Williams Non-Traditional Ways to Use the Forever G.I. Bill for Members of the Military and their Families. The Forever G.I. Bill, signed into law this year, expands the benefit and opens up additional ways to use it for non-traditional education options. From allowing more ways to qualify for education benefits to being able to use those benefits for more than just ...