JANUARY 8, 2021 - The newly established United States Naval Community College (USNCC) is launching a pilot program this month with nearly 600 students from the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard participating in the first phase of the program, serving as a template for future USNCC students. Northern Virginia Community College, the University of Arizona, the University of … [Read more...]
Navy Modernizes Tuition Assistance Debt Payments
JANUARY 4, 2021 - The Navy has modernized the way Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen can pay back tuition assistance (TA) debts beginning in January 2021. The new program provides service members with the option to pay their debt on a mobile device or computer using a debit card, electronic funds transfer (EFT) or via a PayPal account. Credit cards will not be accepted … [Read more...]
Navy Increases Accessibility to Financial Literacy Training via Navy e-Learning
DECEMBER 14, 2020 - The Navy is making financial literacy training more accessible to Sailors via the Navy e-Learning (NeL) website and an updated mobile application. In response to the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act that mandated the Department of Defense provide service members with additional financial literacy training, the Navy developed financial … [Read more...]
Scholarships for Military Children Program Opens Dec 14th
DECEMBER 11, 2020 - The Scholarships for Military Children Program for academic year 2021 – 2022 begins accepting applications Dec. 14 this year. Applications are due by Feb. 17. The program, now entering its 21st year, recognizes the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and celebrates the commissary’s role in enhancing military quality … [Read more...]
Building Digital Literacy Through Digital University
NOVEMBER 23, 2020 - The Air Force recently launched a program called Digital University to help increase digital literacy, by providing access to free courses from Udemy, Pluralsight and Udacity to all Department of the Air Force Air and Space Professionals. Digital University strives to fit the needs of all Airmen by providing 100,000 licenses to access more than 12,000 … [Read more...]