Education

Education

Education can be an important factor in the transition journey. Whether you are considering college, certification programs, or just want to know more about your benefits, there is always something new to learn.

Boots to Books offering Google Career Certificate Cohort

Are you looking to start a career in technology? Boots to Books is offering access to several free certification courses as part of its Google Career Certificate cohort. Available to the military community, these courses cover a wide selection of in-demand skills, including IT, cybersecurity, data analytics, project management, UX design, and digital marketing. Participants can train at their own

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Hero Hut offers scholarship opportunity

Hero Hut has created the “Force for Good” scholarship. This $5,000 award will be given to a veteran transitioning out of the military to pursue higher education, trade school, or professional certification. The scholarship is named in honor of Army veteran Taylor Force. After five years of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Taylor wanted to pursue an MBA, seeing education

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Home Depot offers tech training options

Free trade training for the military community. When we saw this Jai Salter post, we want to investigate further this Home Depot Path to Pro program. Here’s what we found. Trades such as a construction work average $36 an hour.  Further data from this website shows how the trades provide career opportunities throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin

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Cloudveterans.org offers free certification training for military professionals

Free IT technology training is available through www.cloudveterans.org, a non-profit that helps those in transition obtain certifications for high demand tech jobs. When Jai Salter, the executive director of ACT Now Education, posted this information on his LinkedIn profile, we wanted to share this opportunity. Please also go to www.cloudveterans.org/bootcamps to learn more about this.

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Patriot to Education seeks to help veterans find work in public schools

By Pete Scherer American schools suffer from a lack of personnel, with over 300,000 positions left unfilled. For the current school year (2024-2025), it is estimated that there are approximately 49,000 vacant teaching positions. In addition to the teacher shortage, schools are hindered by a severe lack of bus drivers and security guards. The Patriots to Education program seeks to

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Texas public schools offer free applications starting Oct. 13-19

Do military families and veterans pursuing education know about the free application costs for their admission to Texas public schools from Oct. 13 to 19? According to other press reports, Senate Bill 2231 established Free College Application Week.  This bill should increase the number of applicants for public schools. The law establishes the second week of October as an opportunity

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Are trade schools a better veterans education benefit?

(Editor’s note) Visit most military job fairs, and there are at least two to three colleges trying to enroll veterans into their programs. YETTTTT!!!! The MILTrac content team rarely see trade school or workforce training programs setting up their booths. That’s why when Tyrone Hewitt, a frequent contributor to our website, posted this article about trade schools, we wanted to

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Supreme Court decision could impact a veteran’s educational benefits

Thanks to Tyrone Hewitt, a retired Navy senior chief and Navy readiness officer, we got some information on how some veterans can obtain an additional 36 months of VA educational benefits. Hewitt posted: “On April 16, 2024 the Supreme Court of the United States decided that if you served at least two periods of service-one that qualifies for the Montgomery

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CyberTexas hosts all girl cyber standard camp

Do you have young women interested in science and technology? Next week, CyberTexas will hold an all girls cyber camp set for June 9.  The five-day camp is free and open to those women in middle and high school.  Trisha Ivy, a retired Air Force chief master sergeant, and a information security supervisor, will lead the class. “Girls will experience

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Can I get my PMP exam covered with my GI Bill?

Tyrone Hewitt, a frequent contributor to our website, just posted this question in a recent LinkedIn post. To get paid back for licensing and certification tests, you must already be covered under one of these benefits: ✅ Post-9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33) ✅ Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty (Chapter 30) ✅ Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve (Chapter 1606) ✅ Survivors’

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VA offers info session on cybersecurity certifications

The VA is offering an information webinar on how to obtain four cyber security certifications, according to Tyrone Hewitt, a frequent contributor to our website. Qualified veterans can learn more by this webinar, set for 8 a.m. Thursday at 8 a.m . VA reps will share the following: How to access up to $15,000 in cyber cert scholarships What it

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Resources to help to prepare for your next interview

    One of the most important things military professionals in transition need to factor in their transition is their ability to complete an interview. We found these nine resources as a great starting point to not only learn about interview prep, but also to attain other tech skills. 1. InterviewBit – interviewbit.com 2. Glassdoor – glassdoor.com 3. Interviewing.io –

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10 websites to help you prepare a resume

      Want to make your resume look impressive?  Here are 10 websites that can help you create one. 1. Canva – canva.com 2. Resume Genius – resumegenius.com 3. Zety – zety.com 4. Novoresume – novoresume.com 5. Resume.com – resume.com 6. VisualCV – visualcv.com 7. Enhancv – enhancv.com 8. Resume.io – resume.io 9. My Perfect Resume – myperfectresume.com 10.

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10 free Google courses that can help military in transition

      We want to share these 10 free Google courses that our team found in some online research. Like anything of value, these will take some time and effort. 1. Google data Analytics: → https://lnkd.in/dMpgZ5YD 2. Google Project Management: → https://lnkd.in/d8pHAARA 3. Foundations of Project Management: → https://lnkd.in/dstVwWRT 4. Google Introduction to Generative AI: → https://lnkd.in/dbDJKAyk 5. Google

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Per Scholas offers free cyber certification courses

Free cyber and IT courses are available for free thanks to Per Scholas, a national training program. Jai Salters, a transition resource every vet should follow on LinkedIn, shared in a recent video about how Per Scholas offers a wide array of training opportunities. Want to know more?  Please click on the graphic below.

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MWR libraries offer access to O’Reilly courses

Thanks to the ongoing work of Jai Salter, our website team has learned about courses from O’Reilly, a business and technology interactive training courses. In a recent LinkedIn post, Salters listed the benefits of capitalizing on these free courses. ✅ Industry-leading content on coding, data science, cybersecurity, leadership, and more. ✅ Live training sessions to sharpen your skills in real

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Military Act Now offers three free course registration

The team at ACT Now Education are offering three courses designed to help military professionals in transition and their families obtain three professional certificates. Here are the details needed to start. A SHRM-CP certification prep course.  The course begins March 12 from 7-10:30 p.m (EST). and meets on Wednesdays until May 28.  Nicole Dharnraj is teaching the course. A Free

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Scholarships database available to military family members

When it comes to helping military family members, we  consider Anna Larson as a superstar influencer. In this video podcast, Anna interviews Emily Williams and Kristen Ferullo about the Joint Services Scholarship Database.  Emily and Kristen have updated a database with lots of college scholarships available to military and their families. You can find the link to this database by

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Academic tutoring available for free through tutor.com

” Did You Know You Can Access FREE Tutoring?” When Jai Salters, the executive director of ACT Now, posted this on his LinkedIn feed, that comment got our full attention. Active duty, reservists and military families can get this tutoring 24/7 with support for K-12, college and professional development. Military families who want to get more info about this program

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Palo Alto Colleges and Army recruiters partner on educational opportunities

Palo Alto College and San Antonio based Army recruiters are working together to help south Texas residents overcome educational obstacles to enlist in the military. Joe Bray, the Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army, has been working with recruiters and Palo Alto to help interested recruits obtain their GED and also  improve their Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

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Foundation offers spouses opportunities to obtain AFC designation

The FINRA Foundation Fellowship is offering qualifying military spouses to earn an Accredited Financial Counselor designation through their 2025 Military Spouse Fellowship application. The 2025 application will open in March. Military and retiree spouses should click on the graphic below to find out the requirements and application process.    

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VA expands educational benefits for some veterans

    3(Washington, D.C.)The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that — following the 2024 Supreme Court decision — it has updated the process for awarding GI Bill benefits. This change means that many Veterans who served multiple periods of military service (for example, Veterans who reenlisted) will be eligible for up to an additional 12 months of education benefits. Under the

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10 free AI courses to help you advance your career

Roni Rahman, the founder of Cyberman AI, just posted this article on 10 free AI courses available to those who want to advance their technical learning. Most of these provide a certificate  that can be placed by military professionals in transition or their families on their resume or LinkedIn profile. The MILTrac team wants to share these links and you

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