Due to the success of the Spouses to Teachers pilot program, Spouses to Teachers (STT) has now been incorporated into the Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts (MSCAA). Spouses to Teachers is a Department of Defense pilot project designed to assist spouses of active duty and reserve military members to become public school teachers. Eligibility: Spouses of Army … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2011
Online School
The U.S. Military offers one of the best benefits you could want from a job: they give you money for an education. Through the G.I. Bill, soldiers and their families get money to use for college. But one of the drawbacks of life in the military is moving around, sometimes frequently, making it difficult to schedule classes or keep up with class work. One answer may be online … [Read more...]
Soldier Throws Out First Pitch Via Satellite for NY Mets Memorial Day Game
June 2, 2011 By Maj. Travis Dettmer, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan, June 1, 2011 -- Members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, took part in a special event in the early morning hours of May 31, 2011, to help the New York Mets ring in their 4th Annual Military Appreciation Day Memorial Day event … [Read more...]
VA Expands TSGLI Payment Eligibility
June 2, 2011 By J.D. Leipold WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- Soldiers previously ineligible to receive insurance payments for injuries they received outside of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom will soon have the opportunity to submit claims for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection Program. Effective Oct.1, 2011, servicemembers … [Read more...]
Space Shuttle Endeavor Makes Its Final Landing
6/1/2011 - SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) -- The space shuttle Endeavor touched down at the Kennedy Space Center June 1 at 2:35 a.m. EDT, ending the shuttle's 19-year flying career. The Endeavour crew completed four spacewalks and several maintenance upgrades on the International Space Station as part of the shuttle's final mission. Endeavour's crew also delivered and installed the $2 … [Read more...]