Army Enlisted Academy Bars Students from Writing About Women and Minorities
The Army’s premier institution for training its most senior noncommissioned officers has barred its students from writing academic essays on topics such as women, minorities and other issues related to diversity. The 10-month Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas, includes multiple major projects in its curriculum, including two essays students were expected to work […]
Troops Fired on Kent State Students in 1970. Survivors See Echoes in Today's Campus Protest Movement
KENT, Ohio — Dean Kahler flung himself to the ground and covered his head when the bullets started flying. The Ohio National Guard had opened fire on unarmed war protesters at Kent State University, and Kahler, a freshman, was among them. M1 rifle rounds hit the ground all around him. “And then I got hit,” […]
Winnebago Tribe Sues Army to Repatriate Remains of Two Carlisle Indian School Students
For Edward Hensley, the prognosis seemed favorable only days before his fatal turn for the worse. The Winnebago boy died on Jan. 29, 1899, while he was enrolled at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. “He was not able to pull through this his third or fourth attack of pneumonia,” the Indian Helper, a student publication, […]
Army Reserve Fixes Tuition Benefits Breakdown Just Before Students Enter Fall Semester
The Army Reserve has seemingly fixed its scholarship program after the service component ran out of money to cover education benefits earlier this week and did not message the breakdown to its troops. “We have resolved the temporary outage of tuition assistance funding which impacted some of our soldiers,” a statement from the Army Reserve […]