H.R. 1400--The Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1981: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Education, Training, and Employment of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981 - Veterans |
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Page 224 - INTRODUCTION Mr. Chairman and members of this distinguished Committee, I am Robert W. Nolan, National Executive Secretary of the Fleet Reserve Association. The...
Page 135 - The bill is in effect an expansion of last year's program by extending its duration to 1983 and accelerating the rate of educational loan forgiveness by allowing the Secretary of Defense to offer this incentive to both officers as well as enlisted personnel. Mr. Chairman, this concludes my testimony on this matter and I stand ready to answer any questions you or the Committee may have. Mr.
Page 152 - Vietnam era veterans who have enrolled in postsecondary training and received Chapter 34 benefits have attended community. Junior or technical colleges. The remaining two million have enrolled in private and public four-year colleges and universities. There are several reasons why so many Vietnam veterans have enrolled in community. Junior colleges and two-year technical colleges. (1) Veterans are fairly representative of the higher education enrollment patterns of older adult students in the United...
Page 42 - OF MAJ. GEN. FRANCIS S. GREENLIEF (RET.), EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES (1974-) Major General Francis S.
Page 124 - E. WEBER, CHIEF, NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU, DEPARTMENTS OF THE ARMY AND THE AIR FORCE Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, it is a privilege to appear before this distinguished committee. My purpose is to request authorization for military construction. Army National Guard, for Fiscal Year 1976.
Page 130 - ... Selected Reserve only if the individual meets the provisions of this paragraph. (1) The individual must serve — (1) Two or more consecutive years of active duty in the Armed Forces in addition to the years on active duty counted to qualify the individual for basic educational assistance, and (ii...
Page 127 - Mr. Chairman, that concludes my prepared statement. I will be pleased to respond to any questions that you or other Members of the Subcommittee may have.
Page 72 - ... providing vocational readjustment and restoring lost educational opportunities to those service men and women whose careers have been interrupted or impeded by reason of active duty after January 31, 1955, and (4) aiding such persons in attaining the vocational and educational status which they might normally have aspired to and obtained had they not served their country.
Page 85 - Bureau projections, the supply of 18-year old males will shrink during the 1980's and 1990 s because of the progressive decline in child-bearing in the 1960's and 1970's. It has been calculated that the military services will have to recruit one of every two qualified and available males by the mid-to-late 1980's. During 1980, about one in every four qualified and available 18-year olds were recruited.
Page 54 - STATEMENT OF HON. DUNCAN HUNTER, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Mr. HUNTER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee.