Tag Archives: Defense Department

Soldiers, Check Your School’s Tuition Assistance

Posted on February 23, 2013 by glenn.selby

Effective March 1, soldiers will no longer receive tuition assistance if their college has not signed the DoD’s “Voluntary Education Partnership” Memorandum of Understanding.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged Army Continuing Education Division, Defense Department, GoArmyEd, Memorandum of Understanding, Pamela Raymer, TA, tuition assistance | Leave a comment

Military Kids Website Also Helps Parents, Educators

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

The Defense Department website for military children has added new features to help parents and educators explain difficult topics of the military lifestyle to children.
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Posted in DoD News, Family Focus Friday, Rotator | Tagged Defense Department, educators, military families, military kids, MilitaryKidsConnect, MilitaryKidsConnect.org, National Center for Telehealth and Technology, schools, service members, teachers, troops | Leave a comment

DOD to Begin Review of Family, Military Community Programs

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

A new task force will start work on a 120-day review of all family and military community programs across the Defense Department.
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Posted in DoD News, Family Focus Friday, Rotator | Tagged acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family policy, acting undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, American Forces Press Service, Charles E. Milam, Cheryl Pellerin, child development programs, Common Services Task Force, Defense Department, DoD, DOD Education Activity, families, Jessica Wright, military community, military families, Military Family Readiness Council, Pengtagon, Pentagon military community and family policy office, service members | Leave a comment

Female soldiers assigned to the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion conduct pre-mobilization training Aug. 10, 2012. The battalion deployed to Afghanistan in October 2012. (New York Army National Guard Courtesy photo)

New York Army National Guard to Begin Moving Women Into Combat Battalions

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

Women will be able to fill 350 positions in the New York Army National Guard’s four combat battalions.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged 101st Cavalry, 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 108th Infantry, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Squadron, 69th Infantry, adjutant general, Afghanistan, armor, Army National Guard, Baghdad, combat, commissioned officers, Defense Department, female soldiers, infantry, Iraq, Iraqi Army, Kuwait, Maj. Gen. Patrick Murphy, military, N.Y., National Guard, New York Army National Guard, New York City, New York National Guard, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, non-commissioned officers, service members, soldiers, Special Forces, Syracuse, tank and reconnaissance units, troops, U.S. Army National Guard, U.S. National Guard, U.S. Soldiers, United States Army National Guard, United States National Guard, United States Soldiers, Utica, Women in Combat | Leave a comment

Army Secretary John M. McHugh speaks with Army cycling team members Tim Patterson and Juan Soto before the beginning of the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 1, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Piper

Warrior Games Announces 4th Annual Competition

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

Story by Warrior Transition Command Edited by Erin Wittkop, Defense Media Activity The 2013 Warrior Games are slated for May 11-17, Colorado Springs, Colo. More than 200 wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans are expected to participate in …
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator, Warrior Games | Tagged adaptive sports, Air Force, airmen, Army, Army Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Piper, Bob Woodruff Foundation, BP, Chairman's Cup, Coast Guard, Defense Department, Deloitte, Fisher House Foundation, Marines, Navy, Olympic Training Center, paralympics, sailors, soldiers, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Airmen, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy, U.S. Olympic Committee, U.S. Paralympics, U.S. Sailors, U.S. Soldiers, U.S.. Army, United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Coast Guard, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, USO, Veterans Affairs Department, warrior games, Warrior Games 2013, Warrior Transition Command, wounded warriors | Leave a comment