From Special Operations to the Classroom: Rethinking What It Means to Be Veteran Friendly
Put yourself on a college campus studying for an upcoming exam. While you sit at a table in the library every time a person walks in you have to assess…
Limited Protections for Servicemembers in Academia
Student-Servicemembers and Student-Veterans lack meaningful protections from financially unstable colleges and universities targeting them for their federal benefits. A Student-Servicemember (Servicemember) is a student with an active military obligation. These…
Support for the Veterans Economic Recovery Act of 2020
Today, June 4th, Congress introduced legislation to support and retrain National Guard Servicemembers who lost their jobs due to and while serving during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is estimated that…
House Introduces Act to Protect TRICARE for National Guard Servicemembers
Today, June 2nd, The House of Representatives introduced legislation to investigate and uncover the systemic problem of National Guard Servicemembers and their families losing TRICARE coverage during deployments. Multiple instances…
Supporting the GI Bill Parity Act of 2020
We are proud to give our enthusiastic support to the bipartisan and bicameral Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2020. For years, members of the National Guards have been…
Protect Veterans’ Right to School Choice
We have the distinct honor of meeting Student Veterans from all over the country. Often those Veterans tell us to make sure their voice is heard in DC. This time,…
Huge Win for the National Guard
The Department of Defense (DoD) has changed an unfair policy that denied Post-9/11 GI Bill eligibility to members of the National Guard even though they were serving side by side…
Suicide is a Threat to Every Person Who Has Served
Suicide among the Veteran community has always been higher than among our civilian counterparts. We have been subjected to hours and hours of powerpoint presentations telling us about our risk…
Introducing the TEA Act for G.I. Bill Transferability
A few months ago Gabby and Mike told us how important the G.I. Bill was to their family. Mike described how he didn’t come from a family with money and…
Making it Easier for Veterans to Get the Debt Relief They Need
Over the recent years the government has been seeking repayment on $1 billion in student loans from more than 40,000 Troops who are eligible to have had those debts forgiven.…