Army leaders say the changes, spelled out last week in a major policy revision, will help sustain resources for the program and preserve funds for soldiers more in need of financial help.

State lawmakers advanced Senate Bill 2614, which would allow the state Department of Education to award diplomas to certain veterans who served in the three wars. The bill offers no estimate of how many left high school to fight.

The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society has opened its application window for scholarships, grants and interest-free loans to sailors, Marines and their family members pursuing vocational training or higher education, the society announced recently.

Retired Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, who commanded the 1st Brigade Combat Team during the deployment, got the idea for the memorial after visiting a small plaque placed on post in 2007 that was in bad shape from years in the desert heat.

Students welcomed lawmakers, military leaders and community members with a traditional blessing and dedication ceremony, student performances and guided tours of the new facilities, which replaced much of a campus first built in 1960.

Eighty years after the lights were plugged into a humming Army generator, the spirit of what has been described as the “greatest celebration in American history” endures.

The purpose of the hearing was to look at how the VA can increase veteran participation in on-the-job training programs and apprenticeships sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

The State University of New York Military Tuition Rate Program aims to make higher education more accessible to those actively serving in the United States military.

Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, are sponsoring the measure, which commemorates the milestone for Stars and Stripes Pacific and for the military newspaper’s role in reporting on U.S. military activities.

The Department of Veterans Affairs expects the slowdown to continue as payments are processed manually. Computer technicians who can fix the error are furloughed in the federal government shutdown that started Oct. 1.