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Sgt. Maj. Doug H. Garloch is surprised by his daughter, Stephanie Young, and her husband Derick, after his graduation in 2008/ Ohio National Guard Public Affairs.

12+ scholarships for members of National Guard, reserves

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 ...

Army Sgt. Rebecca Landry and Spc. Asia Jones highlight the importance of suicide prevention and awareness at Camp Taji, Iraq, in 2019. Photo by Sgt. Roger Jackson.

Guard initiatives provide leaders with more tools for suicide prevention

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 reads to his two sons near their home in New Jersey. All photos by John DeFiora Photography.

Reading unites families beyond deployment

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 ...

Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen. Maryland National Guard photo by Spc. Jiapanda Lebble.

The secret weapon of Army modernization

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 ...

How-to tell if a college is a military-friendly school

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 ...

The Forever G.I. Bill: For More Than Just College

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 ...

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