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To create more resilient warriors, Air Force training is emphasizing wellness and stress management

Caption: Air Force recruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland prepare to leave a classroom after listening to a lecture on resilience, which included tips on self-control, keeping a positive mindset, and relaxation., Credit: Vanessa Adame / U.S. Air Force

The new basic training curriculum aims to better prepare recruits for the uncertainties of war.

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After defeating affirmative action at most colleges, activists' next target is military academies

Caption: New cadets line up at West Point for Reception Day June 26, 2023. The military academy's class of 2027 includes more than 1250 people. , Credit: Eric Bartelt / U.S. Military Academy at West Point

In its June ruling outlawing affirmative action in college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court excepted the nation's military academies. A new lawsu...

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For the first time in decades, military academy cadets will be allowed to become parents

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: New cadets in West Point's class of 2027 arrive at the military academy for Reception Day June 26, 2023., Credit: Eric Bartelt / U.S. Military Academy

In 2021, Congress reversed a policy that blocked students with dependents from continuing their studies at the highly competitive military academie...

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For these West Point cadets, military leadership includes finding solutions to climate change

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Paul Farnan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, talks with cadets after they presented their capstone projects in May 2023 at the military academy at West Point., Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront

Under a new Army program, West Point students are working with the Defense Department to address climate challenges that could affect national secu...

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For disabled children of military parents, frequent moves can lead to schooling and health care gaps

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: 8 year old Victoria Thomas boards a bus to attend school outside of San Antonio, Texas. Victoria is nonverbal and relies on a motorized wheelchair and assistive communication devices., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront

When service members move from base to base, they sometimes find it takes too long for their child's new school to begin providing special educatio...

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To prepare for new international threats, the Air Force is readying pilots for the unexpected

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Air Force Capt. Dylan Rabbitt guides student pilots through a training scenario using virtual reality simulators at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront

The Air Force is revamping the way it trains pilots so they can better respond to potential challenges from countries like China and Russia.

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Restoring our First Responders, and Service Men and Women with Connected Warriors founder and Yoga Instructor Judy Weaver

From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician

Restoring our First Responders and Service Men and Women with Connected Warriors founder and Yoga Instructor Judy Weaver. Military, First Responder...

Confederate names are being removed from bases, but is a KKK image at West Point 'more nuanced'?

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Three bronze panels were mounted on a West Point classroom building in 1965 to display key events in American History. One of the images depicts a hooded Ku Klux Klan member., Credit: Elizabeth V. Woodruff / U.S. Military Academy

The Defense Department is planning to eliminate Confederate names from bases and more than 1100 other things in the military. But it's not clear wh...

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Archives, artifacts, and 'a lot of rocks': The Army Corps of Engineers is training veterans for jobs

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Matthew Hanks labels a pottery shard in the Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis office. Hanks is part of the Corps Veterans Curation Program, which employs veterans to help maintain artifacts unearthed in various Corps projects., Credit: Eric Schmid / American Homefront

An Army Corps of Engineers program teaches former troops how to do curation work, while also preparing them for jobs in other fields.

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Most military recruits come from families of people who served. Experts say that's not sustainable.

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Military and community leaders, including Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (second from left), applaud new military recruits at a "Community Salute to Service" May 11 at Waynesville, Mo. High School., Credit: Dawn Arden / U.S. Army

The military is having a tough time finding new recruits, and one factor may be its heavy reliance on families of those who’ve served.

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Driving buses, giving vaccines, patrolling the border: Is the National Guard asked to do too much?

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: A member of the National Guard drives a school bus van in Chelsea, Mass. in October. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker activated the Guard to address a shortage of drivers as the school year began., Credit: Jesse Costa / WBUR

The National Guard is being tasked with a growing number of missions, and critics argue that heavy deployments are straining the force.

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For veterans starting college, "Academic boot camps' ease the transition to the classroom

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: English Professor Hilary Lithgow leads a discussion among about a dozen veterans and active-duty troops at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill during the Warrior-Scholar Project's 2021 "Academic Boot Camp.", Credit: Ira Wilder / UNC-Chapel Hill

The Department of Veterans Affairs has partnered with the Warrior-Scholar Project, a non-profit group that runs the camps at major universities aro...

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Amid a 'stark' racial disparity in military academy nominations, should Congress be doing more?

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Members of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2021 take the oath of office to become Marine Corps second lieutenants during their May graduation and commissioning ceremony., Credit: Stacy Godfrey / U.S. Naval Academy

Advocates say more members of Congress should reach out to Black and Latino high school students and make them aware of opportunities at the elite ...

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For military children, changing schools in a pandemic presents new challenges

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: At General Clarence Tinker K-8 School on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., about four in five students are attending classes in person., Credit: Danielle Quilla / U.S. Air Force

Most military children are used to moving and changing schools. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be especially hard to make friends and fee...

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Unable to recruit enough techies, the military is partnering with universities and start-ups

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Duke graduate engineering student Matt Hawkins volunteers for a demonstration of a nasal ventilation tube during a class called "Hacking for Defense.", Credit: Jay Price/American Homefront

To keep up with potential adversaries such as China, the Pentagon is teaming with civilian technological innovators and trying to adopt some of the...

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To reach potential recruits, the Army is working to win over high school teachers

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: High school educators take part in a virtual firing range exercise as they tour Fort Carson, Col. Army leaders hope these tours will result in educators steering more students toward military service., Credit: Dan Boyce / American Homefront

To increase interest in military service among teenagers, the Army is reaching out to some of the people who know them best: high school teachers a...

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"The Bed I Made" Author Mr. Robert Lynch on his Father the U.S. Marine Korean War Hero and Healing from PTSD like we've never heard it before.

From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician

"The Bed I Made" Author Mr. Robert Lynch on his Father the U.S. Marine Korean War Hero and Healing from PTSD like we've never heard it before. Thi...

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These Air Force trainees spend less time in the cockpit, more time in flight simulators

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Airman 1st Class Jack Pepper (with goggles) attempts a maneuver on a simulator while Lt. Col. Paul Vicars looks on. Pepper is among the first participants in Pilot Training Next, which uses off-the-shelf virtual reality technology., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront

Facing a shortage of pilots, the Air Force is experimenting with ways to make training programs faster and less expensive.

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Police Week

From: Sonya Dunn
Series: MilitaryHomeLife - Talk Radio

Host Sonya Dunn interviews squadron commanders in the Air Force – Lt. Colonel Mike Shirley from the 10th ABW - Security Force Squadron at USAFA and...

Returning veterans transition from combat to campuses

From: KALW

Caption: Randolph Martinez is a member of the Veterans Alliance club at the City College of San Francisco. , Credit: Laura Flynn

As veterans return to school to take advantage of the new GI Bill, many have found that campuses often aren’t ready to handle the administrative de...