Family Resources

Military Spouse Employment Partnership offers career consultation

One of the amazing resources that the team at MILTrac discovered was the Military Spouse Employment Partnership and their job employment coaching services. Tyrone Hewitt, one of contributing resources, posted an article on an upcoming Jan. 8 job fair.  That led us to follow through on a simple phone call to their 800-342-9647 call center where a representative explained how…

MILTrac to help vets and families with benefits counseling and some pie

    The team at MILTrac will have Retired Command Sergeant Major E.G. Mais, an accredited veteran service officer, assist veterans and their families during the St. Francis Friendsgiving luncheon, Nov. 17, 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. One of the things that we’ll focus on is how family members can get assistance from the VA to care for their elderly…

American Legion sponsors its annual speech competition

  If you are a high school student who loves public speaking and the Constitution, The American Legion has a competition gearing up in the next couple of months. Here in San Antonio, interested contestants should contact Michael Knott at 210-740-7311 to sign up for the contest. According to Knott, the Legion’s oratorical program is a constitutional speech contest for…

North Las Vegas to honor vets, active duty and first responders

The city of North Las Vegas and its first department will honor military, veterans and first responder with the 10th annual fete to honor them, Oct. 19, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Craig Ranch Regional Park Laura Coleman, the event organizer, said “The day will be connected, fun, food….lots of delicious food, games, celebrations, honoring and a great community…

Military Spouse Employment – it’s up to us – military spouses!

(Editor’s note:  Cheri Mason is featured as a guest speaker for the MilTRAC “Your Military Transition Roadmap”  set for Sept. 20. We are reposting her LinkedIn article as a way to get more spouses to join us.)   By Cheri Mason  Over the past 15 years, a multitude of discussions about military spouse unemployment have occurred. In fact, many organizations…

When “failure is an option” for a college degree VA funded program.

For some veterans, the return to a college class can become somewhat daunting, especially for a class like College Algebra or Intro to Organic Chemistry. In this VA SITREP video (see link below0 with Paul Corbett, Jennifer Jillian, explains how the Veterans Administration understands when a veteran fails classes like this.   One of the stellar piece of advice Ms. Jillian…