Navy Exchanges Launch Revamped Student-Rewards Program

From Navy Exchange Service Command Public Affairs

The Navy Exchange Service Command has revamped its student-reward program just in time for the new school year.

The NEXTgen Scholars Program still offers all qualified students the opportunity to win $2,500, $1,500, $1,000 or $500 each quarter. Along with the monetary award, each winner will now receive a certificate and medal, whose ribbon reads “In Honor of Academic Excellence.” The next drawing is at the end of September.

Any eligible full-time student who has a B-grade point average equivalent or better, as determined by their school system, may enter the drawing. Homeschooled students can also qualify with acknowledgement that the student has a “B” average or equivalent record of accomplishment.

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National Museum of the U.S. Army to open in June 2020

By U.S. Army Public Affairs

The U.S. Army announced today that the National Museum of the United States Army will open to the public on June 4, 2020.

The National Museum of the United States Army will be the first and only museum to tell the 244-year history of the U.S. Army in its entirety. Now under construction on a publicly accessible area of Fort Belvoir, Virginia, admission to the museum will be open to the public with free admission.

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Sailors Should Apply Now for Tuition Assistance, Distance Learning for FY2020

By Ensign Crysta M. Gonzalez, Naval Education and Training Command Public Affairs

Sailors whose plans for this fall include taking college courses, should act now to select courses and apply for Tuition Assistance (TA) and Navy College Program for Afloat College Education Distance Learning (NCPACE DL) funding. 

TA and NCPACE DL applications may be created, command approved and submitted in MyNavy Education on the Navy College Program (NCP) website as early as 120 days in advance of the school’s published term start date. All applications must be submitted and command approved no later than 14 days preceding the academic institution’s published term start date.

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Social media security: Tips from an Army special agent

By C. Todd Lopez, Defense.gov

Even the most innocuous data posted to a social media feed can be married up with other publicly available information to provide online criminals the tools they need to exploit members of the military or general public, an Army special agent said.

Special Agent Deric Palmer, program manager for the Digital Personal Protection Program, part of the Major Cybercrime Unit at the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, explained how those who aren't careful or aren't paying attention can unwittingly provide scammers and other online criminals all the information they need to exploit them.

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