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Judge awards $680K to Hawaii military families over fuel-tainted water
The cases set the legal tone for thousands more military families and civilians suing over a 2021 jet fuel leak into a Navy drinking water system on Oahu.
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
Fed up with mold, vermin and lead, House budget plan adds $140 million for military housing fixes
The money is designed to address issues “such as mold, vermin and lead in military family housing.”
Marine Corps doesn’t specify privatized housing data in recent living condition query
Statistics don't yet shed much light on privatized housing issues.
By Karen Jowers
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
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
New registry and hotline aims to address your Army base housing woes
This is the first step toward developing a tool that military families can use to search, by Army property, to find out about potential exposure and adverse health effects.
By Karen Jowers
The watchers without a wall: PODCAST
Podcast topics for the week: Southern border military deployments, the NDAA schedule, Congress' military budget confusion and Game of Thrones defense acquisition talk.
Trump nominates Vice Adm. Bob Burke for 4th Star, VCNO job
The Navy continues to reshuffle its top deck.
By Mark D. Faram