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House passes Trump megabill with $150 billion in military funding
The bill includes $150 billion for the Pentagon, earmarked for shipbuilding, the Golden Dome and restocking precision weapons, among other priorities.
Senate moves toward putting $300 million and more teeth to fix base housing woes
Tenants bill of rights and $300 million to beef up government personnel in housing offices on bases are among the provisions.
New GI Bill transfer rule will impact older service members
Act now or you could lose your ability to transfer GI Bill benefits after July 12.
By Joshua Axelrod
Democrats’ Pentagon budget bill would curb Trump’s war powers
A bill to fund the Pentagon at $8 billion less than what the White House requested passed the House Appropriations Committee.
By Joe Gould
Storm-ravaged bases wait on Washington for repair money
Hundreds of millions of repair dollars are at stake for several stateside military bases.
By Joe Gould
House Democrats attempt to block border wall by using popular veterans bill
Democrats controlling the House are trying to use a popular veterans measure to block President Donald Trump from transferring $3.6 billion from military base construction to build his long-sought wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
By Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press
This school waives out-of-state tuition for vets, GI Bill or no GI Bill
Out-of-state tuition rates? For qualifying vets, there’s no such thing at this school — regardless of whether they have GI Bill benefits.
By Joshua Axelrod
Veterans, military families want out of Afghanistan: poll
The survey of 1,600 veterans and military families shows support for a full withdrawal from the ongoing wars overseas.
Are the schools that get the most GI Bill money spending the least on teaching?
The three schools receiving the most GI Bill money nationwide from fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 2017 – University of Phoenix, DeVry University and Strayer University, all of which are for-profit schools – spent only 15.3 percent, 12.4 percent and 10.9 percent respectively of their overall revenue on instruction in 2017.
By Joshua Axelrod
This leading GI Bill and TA school is getting a new name
The name change, which officially takes effect July 1, was passed by the Maryland Legislature and signed into law on Thursday by Republican Gov. Larry Hogan.
By George R. Altman