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Military Shipbuilding Company to Participate in Program to Increase DEI Efforts
Huntington 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, 2021
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville and University of Kentucky Announce Partnership with U.S. Army
The 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, 2021
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Washington Native Selected First Captain at West Point
Cadet 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, 2021
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Former NCAA Administrator Named Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
A 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, 2021
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Commandant at Army War College Reinstated, Cleared of Sexual Assault Allegations
The Army has reinstated Maj. Gen. Stephen Maranian as commandant of the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania after an investigation found no substantial evidence to bring charges against him in relation to the sexual assault allegations lodged against him in February, reports military.com. Maranian was suspended on Feb. 9 after allegations that […]
July 23, 2021
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Uniformed Services University Is Undergoing a ‘Leadership Crisis’
After the president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Science announced on July 14 that he would step down, a growing number of individuals are concerned that the interim replacement doesn’t bode well for the future of the institution, reports military.com. Former president of the school, Richard Thomas, announced in a letter that […]
July 23, 2021
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American Public University System First to Use New Army Tuition Assistance Portal
The American Public University System and its two universities, American Military University (AMU) and American Public University (APU), are using the U.S. Army’s new online portal to help soldiers receive tuition assistance. According to the American Public Education, Inc., the two universities are the first nationwide to “successfully enroll” students through the new portal, which […]
July 23, 2021
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Black Female WWII Unit Hopes to Receive Congressional Honor
Maj. 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, 2021
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Mississippi Marker Honors Black Men Killed by KKK During Civil Rights Movement
A 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, 2021
Academics
Legislators Push for TRIO Program Funding to Assist First-Generation, Low-Income, Veteran Students
U.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, 2021
Veterans
U.S. Senator Focuses on Workforce Training and Efforts to Help Military Veterans
U.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, 2021
Academics
Army Investigates School of Advanced Military Studies
The U.S. Army has launched an investigation into the culture and climate at its School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), one of four advanced schools of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Army Times reported. The investigation, which was ordered by Army University provost Maj. Gen. Donn Hill in June, came after an […]
July 9, 2021
Veterans
Merle Smith, 1st Black graduate of Coast Guard Academy, Dies
Merle 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, 2021
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University of Illinois Chicago Granted $2.25 Million for Next Generation Energetic Materials
The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) has been granted $2.25 million to create a research center by the U.S. Army through a program to diversify its research base through partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions (MSIs). The five-year grant will establish EXtreme EnErgy Density (EXEED), a research center focused on […]
July 8, 2021
Veterans
Female Military Veterans in Congress Advocate for Preservation of DoD Women’s Personnel Panel
Six female military veterans in Congress are arguing to preserve a Defense Department panel on women’s personnel issues that has advocated for opportunities for female servicemembers, Military.com reported. The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) has been temporarily suspended due to an efficiency review of the Defense Department’s 42 advisory committees that […]
July 8, 2021
Veterans
Felician University Announces Sixth President
James W. Crawford III has been officially named Felician University’s sixth president. Crawford, a retired Admiral, has served as interim president since September 2020. The chair of the board of trustees, Chris Swenson, said that Crawford was an “inspiration, a servant leader and someone who truly lives our Felician core values.” “Steering the university,” said […]
July 1, 2021
Veterans
Pentagon Seeks to Hire Deputy Inspector General to Address Extremism in Military
The Pentagon is looking to hire a senior executive to address “supremacist, extremist, and criminal gang activity” in the U.S. military, Task and Purpose reported. The exact job listing is for a deputy inspector general for diversity and inclusion and extremism in the military, who would be principal adviser to the Pentagon’s Inspector General on […]
July 1, 2021
Veterans
Report: Number of Military Suicides Drastically Greater Than Military Operations Deaths
More than quadruple the number of military service members have died from suicide than from military operations since September 11th. The numbers were included in a recent report on U.S. military deaths. An estimated 7,057 service members have died during military operations since 9/11. 30,177 active duty personnel and veterans have committed suicide, according to […]
July 1, 2021
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