Learn how to get the Coast Guard education benefits and support you need. Like the other military branches, the Coast Guard offers its members great opportunities to get a college education. These programs are generally referred to as Voluntary Education or Vol Ed. The Coast Guard offers the following programs to help members achieve their education goals. Tuition Assistance If you are on active duty, in the Selected Reserve, or are a Coast Guard civilian employee, the Coast Guard will pay up to 100% of your college tuition. Click here to get more information. Education Grants for Enlisted Members and…
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The Department of the Interior is reviewing wilderness management policies across millions of acres of federal public land, and the public has until Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, to weigh in. The review involves the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Interior says it is considering updates or revisions to existing wilderness policies in an effort to improve consistency and management across the agencies. So far, Interior hasn’t proposed a specific policy change. What’s Being Reviewed? Green River Lake, Wyo.; (photo/Shutterstock) For the BLM, the review includes Manual 6330, which governs Wilderness Study Areas.…
The Second Amendment is the only enumerated right that stops at the border of the state where you live. You don’t have to beg permission from Florida to exercise your First Amendment rights if you’re taking your family to Disney World. You don’t lose your Fourth Amendment protections when you go experience Mardi Gras in New Orleans. But if you want to keep and bear arms once you cross your state line, you need to have pre-approval from the state where you plan on carrying. National right-to-carry reciprocity is the answer, and there are several…
The Marine Corps Tuition Assistance program pays for up to 100% of college courses Marines take while off duty. Marine Corps Tuition Assistance (TA) pays up to 100% of costs for taking college courses while on active duty. TA is available to active-duty and Active Reserve Marines. Payment Rates The Marine Corps will pay 100% of tuition, not to exceed: $250 per semester credit hour $166.67 per quarter credit hour $4,500 per fiscal year 138 semester hours toward an undergraduate degree 45 semester hours toward a graduate degree Eligibility First-time users may take only one course for their first enrollment.…
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The ATF got a bit of a body blow recently when a court ruled that the continuation of the rule requiring suppressors and short-barreled long guns to be registered was unconstitutional. After all, if the registration was to make sure people paid the NFA tax and there’s no longer a tax, then there’s no reason to register the guns. But, frankly, the Department of Justice is expected to continue the defense of the registration for some inane reason.A group of Republican lawmakers has another idea. They know that the ruling itself is limited in who…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he slipped away from Air Force One after a trip last month in Turkey because the Secret Service and military wanted him on a “different plane” due to a threat that he insisted didn’t scare him. Trump downplayed the extraordinary nature of the subterfuge involved in his flight, which saw him stow away in an airport catering container to sneak onto another plane while Air Force One was sent into the sky, essentially as a decoy. He also downplayed the risk to the people — White House officials, security and support…
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Cory Geisler understands the challenges ahead for the broader military community but remains cautiously optimistic that good policies will help drive the next era of veterans. On July 29, Geisler became the 118th commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), overseeing approximately 1.3 million members. The Hartland, Wis., native said during his speech at the organization’s 127th National Convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Nevada that he intends to stand up for veterans across America, advocating their needs to Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Iraq War veteran and life member of VFW Post 721 in…
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Female sailors shopping for new Service Khakis can now get something that has long been missing from the women’s version of the uniform: usable back pockets. The Navy Exchange Service Command announced Aug. 10 that newly redesigned women’s Service Khaki slacks are now available with two back welt pockets and a new sizing system meant to help sailors get a better fit with fewer alterations. The changes came directly from sailor feedback. For a uniform item sailors may wear throughout much of their careers, the update is a small but highly visible part of a larger Navy effort to rethink…
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For millions of Americans, the Battle of Mogadishu looks like Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down. The first Green Berets sent into Afghanistan after 9/11 ride into battle with the faces of Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon. The raid that killed Osama bin Laden has been reconstructed repeatedly on film and television. A new Paramount+ documentary series, Special Ops: True, which began streaming Aug. 4, features firsthand accounts from Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, Green Berets and other veterans involved in U.S. special operations stretching from Panama to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. All 20 episodes across two seasons are available…
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August is National Shooting Sports Month, and while we’re a fair way into the month already, it’s still important to remember. Shooting sports are a key part of our national heritage and identity, regardless of what anti-gunners may want people to believe. The National Shooting Sports Foundation is doing important work to raise awareness of this heritage, and this month is an important part of that.Luckily, we just got a little heavy-weight support for it.That recognition is significant. These proclamations acknowledge that shooting sports produce and support jobs, sustain local businesses, strengthen America’s conservation system…
