Change allows extra GI Bill benefits for some disabled vets

Individuals who use Veteran Readiness and Employment benefits to pay for college classes will no longer have that counted against their eligibility for GI Bill payouts later on, after a rule change by Veterans Affairs officials earlier this month. The move, first reported by Military.com, could affect as many as 80,000 individuals who have already …

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Biden names 2 ex-NSA officials for senior cyber positions

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber roles in his administration, the White House said Monday. Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government’s first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has …

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After War Zone Scandals, Special Operators Are Curbing Deployments and Investing in Ethics Training

In the world of special operations, the moral choices troops must make are “definitely not black and white,” Robert Mitchell, associate dean for Joint Special Operations University, acknowledged. But in recent years, some special operations forces have pushed the envelope on “gray area” behavior, acting in ways that are clearly unethical or illegal, and in …

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These soldiers opted out of getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s why they changed their minds

Army 1st Sgt. Marcell Perez was in no hurry to get the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.  Initially, Perez was concerned with how quickly the vaccine had come out, and when his chain of command at the 82nd Sustainment Brigade in Fort Bragg, North Carolina told him it wasn’t mandatory, he figured “there’s no rush for …

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Cop fired after pepper-spraying unarmed Army lieutenant during traffic stop

One of the police officers involved in a December traffic stop of an unarmed Army lieutenant driving home in a new vehicle has been fired. Officer Joe Gutierrez has been terminated according to a press release from the town of Windsor, Virginia. Gutierrez was one of the two officers who drew their firearms on 2nd …

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