Walter HudsonOther NewsNew Legislation Provides Benefits for Military Veterans in New JerseyVeterans and service members in New Jersey will now have greater access to education after Gov. Phil Murphy signed a series of bills last week. The package also expands access to the disabled veterans’ property tax exemption, and establishes an annual grant program within the Troops to College Program to recognize institutions of higher education […]August 1, 2021Other NewsMilitary Shipbuilding Company to Participate in Program to Increase DEI EffortsHuntington Ingalls Industries, America’s largest military shipbuilding company, recently announced that The Apprentice School at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division is participating in a four-year effort to increase equity, diversity, and inclusion in registered apprenticeship programs. As part of the recently announced $13 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Labor, The Apprentice […]August 1, 2021Other NewsUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville and University of Kentucky Announce Partnership with U.S. ArmyThe University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the University of Kentucky, and the U.S. Army have announced a new five-year, $50 million advanced manufacturing project aimed at developing the next generation of military equipment. The project will focus on improving materials and manufacturing methods that could significantly advance capabilities of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, […]August 1, 2021Other NewsWashington Native Selected First Captain at West PointCadet Holland Pratt of Liberty Lake, Wash., has been selected First Captain of the U.S. Military Academy’s Corps of Cadets for the 2021-2022 academic year, achieving the highest position in the cadet chain of command. She will assume her duties on Aug. 15. Most recently, Pratt, a military history major and Arabic minor, led approximately […]August 1, 2021Other NewsFormer NCAA Administrator Named Deputy Secretary of Veterans AffairsA former athletic administrator who also is a veteran in the Army, reported to his post last week as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Donald Remy, previously served as the chief legal officer for the National Collegiate Athletic Administration (NCAA). In that role, he shaped NCAA policy on a number of issues ranging from academics, […]July 23, 2021Other NewsBlack Female WWII Unit Hopes to Receive Congressional HonorMaj. Fannie Griffin McClendon and her Army colleagues never dwelled on being the only Black battalion of women to serve in Europe during World War II. They had a job to do. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was credited with solving a growing mail crisis during its stint in England and, upon their return, […]July 16, 2021Other NewsMississippi Marker Honors Black Men Killed by KKK During Civil Rights MovementA new state historical marker honoring two young Black men who were kidnapped and killed by Ku Klux Klansmen 57 years ago was erected in a small Mississippi town last week. In July 1964, investigators found the remains of college student Charles Eddie Moore and lumber mill worker Henry Hezekiah Dee in a backwater of […]July 16, 2021AcademicsLegislators Push for TRIO Program Funding to Assist First-Generation, Low-Income, Veteran StudentsU.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Jon Tester (D-MT) led a bipartisan group of 56 Senators in pushing for continued funding for Federal TRIO Programs in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill. TRIO programs help to ensure that underserved students have equal access to […]July 16, 2021VeteransU.S. Senator Focuses on Workforce Training and Efforts to Help Military VeteransU.S. Senator Roy Blunt, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor/HHS), questioned Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh about the department’s FY2022 budget. In his opening remarks, Blunt underscored the challenges small businesses are facing due to federal unemployment insurance policies and outlined […]July 16, 2021VeteransMerle Smith, 1st Black graduate of Coast Guard Academy, DiesMerle Smith Jr., the first Black cadet to graduate from the Coast Guard Academy, has died. He was 76. Smith died last month of complications from Parkinson’s disease and COVID-19, according to his wife, Lynda Smith. Smith commanded a cutter in Vietnam, taught law classes at the academy in New London and retired from active-duty […]July 9, 2021Page 1 of 3Next Page
