Fixing Delays to VA Education Benefits Aside from the 43-day record government shutdown, the VA’s ongoing implementation and technology issues have continued to...
Congress Redrew Military, VA Benefits in 2025. The Changes Are Massive. Congress passed 14 laws in 2025 that reshaped pay, housing, education and transition rules for millions of service members...
Higher Education Highlights for Military-Affiliated Students Whether it is a seemingly small gesture or a broad suite of services, many colleges and universities are serving those who...
How Military-Affiliated Students May Answer the Declining College Enrollment Problem Military-connected students may become a reliable solution to the declining enrollment problem across colleges and...
Understanding the COLA Cycle Increase Adjustments to DEA and Post 9/11 GI Bill The annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2026 will be 2.8 percent to ensure benefits are not negative impacted by...
Commandant's 2026 Reading List Unveiled - 15 Must-Reads That Every Marine Needs Now The U.S. Marine Corps unveiled its Fiscal Year 2026 Commandant's Professional Reading List on December 8, 2025, via ALMAR 024...
Pennsylvania University Purchases 33 Acres of Property From Military College The Christian university outside Philadelphia will own numerous facilities by next year.
What Lies Ahead for the Future of VA’s VITAL Program The VA launched the Veterans Integration to Academic Leadership (VITAL) program to provide a support with health care...
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Americans and AI: Nuclear Agency Follows Through on Trump’s ‘Genesis Mission’ The Trump administration's AI push continues, even as many Americans worry about how they will be personally affected by the...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-12/dc_ceremony.jpg?itok=EcrUvBbV "Cadets of the Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy Class 65 receive their diplomas upon completion of a 22 week long “quasi-military" course, during a residential phase commencement ceremony at the University of the District of Columbia, Dec.19, 2025. Since 2013, the mission of the program is to intervene in and reclaim the lives of at-risk youth, and produce program graduates with the values, skills, education, and self-discipline necessary to succeed as adults. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Ayan Sheikh, DVIDS)")
