Walter HudsonOther NewsTSU Aviation Partners with the Air ForceThe Texas Southern University (TSU) Department of Aviation is partnering with the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) to host a seven-week flight training program for AFJROTC cadets on the TSU campus. The cadets, comprised of high school students from across the nation, are training for a Federal Aviation Administration Private Pilot’s License […]June 24, 2021Other NewsPentagon Leaders Defend the Study of Critical Race TheoryTop Pentagon leaders passionately defended the military’s approach to addressing racism and extremism, pushing back against accusations by Republican lawmakers that the effort is creating division and hurting morale. The testy exchanges showed that the political dimension of a national debate over racism and extremism weighs on the military even as it attempts to address […]June 24, 2021Other NewsSenator Seeks to Tackle Sexual Assault Cases in MilitarySen. Kirsten Gillibrand is on the brink of success in her years-long campaign to get sexual assault cases removed from the military chain of command. But getting over the finish line may depend on whether she can overcome wariness about broader changes she’s seeking to the military justice system. There is now widespread support for […]June 18, 2021Other NewsNew Vaccine Lottery for Military PersonnelWashington Gov. Jay Inslee announced a new COVID-19 vaccine incentive lottery for the state’s military, family members and veterans because the federal government wasn’t sharing individual vaccine status of those groups with the state and there were concerns they would be left out of a previously announced lottery. The announcement comes after last week’s start […]June 18, 2021Other NewsGovernor Gretchen Whitmer Signs Bills to Help Michigan Veterans, FamiliesMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation last week that makes it easier for veterans and their families who are licensed professionals to continue their careers when they move to the state. Veterans, active-duty service members and their dependents with valid out-of-state professional licenses can get their licenses in Michigan under the new laws and the […]June 11, 2021Other NewsPentagon Celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride MonthSecretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other top department officials took part in the Pentagon’s 10th annual LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebration last week. In his comments, Austin commemorated the progress the military had come in standing up for LGBTQ+ rights but recognized that there was still more work to be done in achieving equity. “Our […]June 11, 2021Other NewsVeteran’s Mic Cut During Memorial Day Speech as He Shares Black Origins of HolidayOrganizers of a Memorial Day ceremony turned off a speaker’s microphone when the former U.S. Army officer began talking about how freed Black slaves had honored fallen soldiers soon after the Civil War. Retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter said he included the story in his speech because he wanted to share the history of […]June 3, 2021Other NewsReport: Sexual Assaults in U.S. Military is RisingReports of sexual assaults among the U.S. military increased by a very small amount in 2020, a year when troops were largely locked down for months as bases around the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Pentagon. The annual report released last Thursday showed that sexual assault reports involving service members went […]May 21, 2021Other NewsHoward ROTC Hosts Gen. Mark A. Milley for Special In-Person Commissioning AddressHoward University’s Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program honored nine Army cadets and 11 Air Force cadets in the first ROTC Joint Commissioning Address in Cramton Auditorium. The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is a college program that is offered at more than 1,700 colleges and universities across the United States to prepare young adults […]May 14, 2021Other NewsRecent Report Describes Racial Disparities in Military Academy Nominations from CongressAccording to a recent report, fewer than 15% of students nominated by Congress members for national military academies since the mid-1990s have been Black and Hispanic, The Hartford Courant reported. The report – by the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center (CVLC) – is titled, “Gatekeepers to Opportunity: Racial Disparities in Congressional Nominations to the Military Service […]March 19, 2021Previous PagePage 2 of 3Next Page