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Last Updated: Mar 19, 2010 - 6:16:21 PM

Soldiers teach English at Tikrit University
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TIKRIT, Iraq - The site of U.S. Soldiers on the campus of Tikrit University is common, but the Soldiers don't come to secure the university, instead they come to interact with Iraqi students as part of the "Soldier to Student" chat program.

"Soldier to student" chats were developed through partnership efforts between the U.S. State Department Provincial Reconstruction Team, leaders and administrators at Tikrit University and the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. 

The original goal of the chats was to assist Iraqi students learning English, but the weekly chats have the added benefit of providing American Soldiers a glimpse into the daily lives of Iraqi college students and dissolving cultural and language barriers.


 

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New York National Guard Captain Teaches College in Kosovo
CAMP BONDSTEEL, KOSOVO - New York Army National Guard Captain Elizabeth Ramsey is a logistics officer in the 369th Sustainment Brigade, a Public Defender in New Jersey, and now a college professor.

 
MilitaryConnection.com joins eKnowledge Alliance Partnership, offers $200 SAT/ACT Test Prep Programs FREE to Military Service Members, Friends & Families
eKnowledge Corporation, the leading supplier of interactive learning software for college test preparation is donating $200 Test Prep Programs FREE to Friends and Family of MilitaryConnection.com.

 
School's in Session at the Castle
RIG DISTRICT, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - First grade student Yaar Gul bats a fly from his eye lash with one hand as the other follows along in his school book. He repeats after his instructor again and again, "Nomads live under the tent. Nomads have a tent. Nomads sleep in the tent."

 
Pre-Warrior Leaders Course in Iraq
CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq - When the words Warrior University are heard, one of first things that might come to mind is an intense combat basic training school.  But around the 260th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion from Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., it means leadership, integrity and duty as Soldiers are preparing to be better leaders as they attend the William J. Bearsley Pre-Warrior Leaders Course.

 
CAB Soldiers seek self-improvement through education
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq - South African human rights activist and symbol of international peace, Nelson Mandela, once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world."

 
I-BIZ; Teaching skills for an independent Iraq
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, TIKRIT, Iraq - The Iraqi-Based Industrial Zone provides educational and job opportunities for Tikrit-area residents. Soldiers of 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division toured the center to see how the "Dragon" Brigade can help move the Salah ad Din I-BIZ to the next level. 

 
GRD completes middle school in Sadr City
Sadr City, Iraq - Children in Sadr City now have a better learning environment, thanks to the efforts of the Iraqi Transitional Authority and its construction partner, the Gulf Region Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq. More than 1,500 middle school boys will be attending Al-Khawarizmy Intermediate School in one of Baghdad's poorest districts.

 
 

 

At a college that is approved for all Veterans Administration (VA) programs relating to college and university level education. Veterans' benefits are available for training of students under the following:

* Chapter 1606 - The Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve program may be available to you if you are a member of the Selected Reserve. The Selected Reserve includes the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve and Coast Guard Reserve, and the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.

* Chapter 1607 - REAP was established as a part of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005. It is a new Department of Defense education benefit program designed to provide educational assistance to members of the Reserve components called or ordered to active duty in response to a war or national emergency (contingency operation) as declared by the President or Congress. The Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security will determine who is eligible for this program. The Department of Veterans Affairs will administer the program and pay benefits from funds contributed by DOD.

* Chapter 30 - The Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty, called "MGIB" for short, provides up to 36 months of education benefits to eligible veterans for College, Technical or Vocational Courses, Correspondence Courses, Apprenticeship/Job Training, Flight Training, High-tech Training, Licensing & Certification Tests, Entrepreneurship Training or Certain Entrance Examinations.

* Chapter 31 - The Department of Veterans Affair's Veterans Benefits Administration's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) service is vested with delivering timely, effective vocational rehabilitation services to veterans with service-connected disabilities. Enabling our injured soldiers, sailors, airmen, and other veterans with disabilities for a seamless transition from military service to a successful rehabilitation and on to suitable employment after service to our Nation.

* Chapter 32 - VEAP is available if you elected to make contributions from your military pay to participate in this education benefit program. Your contributions are matched on a $2 for $1 basis by the Government. You may use these benefits for degree, certificate, correspondence, apprenticeship/on-the-job training programs, and vocational flight training programs. In certain circumstances, remedial, deficiency, and refresher training may also be available.

* Chapter 35 - Dependents' Educational Assistance provides education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of certain veterans. The program offers up to 45 months of education benefits. These benefits may be used for degree and certificate programs, apprenticeship, and on-the-job training. If you are a spouse, you may take a correspondence course. Remedial, deficiency, and refresher courses may be approved under certain circumstances.

 

 

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Partnership for a brighter future
TIKRIT, Iraq - Leaders of University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business met with the Tikrit University's acting president, its dean of business administration and economics and other faculty members to reveal their drafts for the advancement of education and opportunity for the school, Sept. 27.

 
Kunar provincial leaders, PRT sign school bundle promise
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Kunar Provincial government leaders and Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team members signed a construction project implementation commitment to build five new schools in the province, Sept. 27.

 
Afghans lay stones to begin school construction
PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Paktya province government representatives and religious leaders, along with members of the Paktya Provincial Reconstruction Team working with Paratroopers from 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, travelled to Zormot district for a ceremony marking the beginning of construction on the Center for Educational Excellence, Sept. 7.

 
Iraqi children go from mud hut to new school
FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARRIOR, KIRKUK, Iraq - The school children in the village of Chemin in Kirkuk province, Iraq, have always known the small mud house on the outskirts of their village as their school.

 
Photos : 'First Team' reads for literacy
KILEEN, Texas - Spc. Jasmin Rodriquez reads a children's book to Seydou-Nour Konate, Valerie Candelelaria and Jadelyn Febles, pre-kindergarten students of Maxdale Elementary School in Killeen, Texas, Sept. 8.   Four 'Greywolf' Soldiers spent two hours with pre-K students reading various children's books.

 
Freshmen "focus" on fixing up community
CAMP CATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind - Saturday the freshmen at Franklin College dedicated their first day of orientation to making the local community more beautiful.



 
 

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GI Bill Transferability Set to Begin
WASHINGTON, D.C. - With the Post-9/11 GI Bill's option to transfer unused educational benefits to eligible family members taking effect tomorrow, it's no surprise that more than 25,000 servicemembers have pre-applied, a Pentagon official said today.

 
Vets, Military Receive Faster Education Benefits
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today it has dramatically improved its ability to process applications for GI Bill education benefits from veterans and servicemembers.

 
Possible Changes Eyed for Guard, Reserve Montgomery GI Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Defense leaders joined the Minnesota National Guard's adjutant general yesterday in urging Congress to revise the Montgomery GI Bill to improve coverage for reserve-component troops, although they didn't necessarily agree on the best way to accomplish that.

 
Minnesota National Guard Unit Denied Active Duty Benefits
ST PAUL, Minnesota - The Minnesota Army National Guard's 1/34th BCT was extended in January 2007 for a period of 125 days; as a result, Soldiers of the 1/34th BCT were on orders longer than any unit in the US Military -- Active, Guard, or Reserve -- in either OIF or OEF. The Army cut orders to account for this extension. Inexplicably 1,338 orders reflected a 730-day duty period; and 1,162 orders reflected a period shorter than 730 days. 730 days (2 years) is the cut-off point for a higher level of Montgomery GI Bill benefits.

 
Policy Change Boosts G.I. Bill Eligibility for Some Guard, Reserve Members
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A recent Defense Department policy change widens the eligibility window for some Reserve-component troops who want to use their Montgomery G.I. Bill education benefits, a senior DoD official said here today.

 
Montgomery GI Bill Goes Unused by Half Who "Buy"
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Can you imagine turning down $20,000 in education benefits -- especially if you paid for it in advance with cold cash and sweat equity?

 
 

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