tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10731659433814857282011-04-21T14:25:25.249-07:00joshrmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14343946546775775423noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073165943381485728.post-27673249658808269392009-05-12T21:00:00.000-07:002009-05-13T09:37:32.766-07:00<strong>VETERANS GET NEW BENEFITS</strong><br /><br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD- </strong>Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be recieving a full ride to<br /><br />college as a result of the passing of the <a href="http://www.newgibill.com/">Post 9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Act </a>on August 1st 2009.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>"It would provide every veteran with a real chance to afford a college education, and it would not harm retention" said <a href="http://www.barackobama.com/2008/05/13/obama_pushes_for_new_gi_bill.php">President Barack Obama </a>at a speech in Charleston, West Virginia in May of 2008.</p><br /><p>The new bill, signed into law by former President George W. Bush on July 30th 2008, pays for not only the full cost of tuition, but also pays a monthly stipend for living expenses and books.</p><br /><p>This new bill is replacing the outdated <a href="http://www.gibill.va.gov/">Montgomery G.I. Bill</a>, which has been in place since the end of World War Two. </p><br /><p>"I'm definitely not as stressed as I would be without the new<a href="http://www.military.com/gibill"> G.I. Bill</a>" said Cpl. Douglass Jackson, a U.S. Marine who will be seperating from the military within the year.</p><br /><p>Veterans are seeing this bill as a foundation on which to build thier lives after getting out of the military. </p><br /><p><a href="http://www.gibill.va.gov/"></a> </p><br /><p><a href="http://www.military.com/gibill"></a> </p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1073165943381485728-2767324965880826939?l=recoveringmarine.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshrmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14343946546775775423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073165943381485728.post-70524032987163596032009-04-27T11:11:00.000-07:002009-04-27T11:19:05.201-07:00Joshua Martin<br />Jesse's Story<br />4/23/2009<br /><br />ARNOLD MD- ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS AFTER WITNESSING A SOBERING PRESENTATION FROM AN EXTREMELY TALENTED SURFER WHO WAS PARALYZED DURING A SURFING ACCIDENT MORE THAN 13 YEARS AGO. THE PRESENTATION BEGAN WITH A SHORT FILM TITLED "JESSE'S STORY", WHICH DETAILED JESSE'S CHILDHOOD AND TRAGIC SURFING ACCIDENT. JESSE BILLAUER THEN SPOKE ABOUT HIS ADJUSTMENT TO LIFE IN A WHEELCHAIR AND HOW HIS DISABILITIES HAVE HELPED HIM REALIZE HIS DREAMS. BILLAUER IS A MEMBER OF THE "LIFE ROLLS ON" FOUNDATION, WHICH HELPS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE.<br /><br />-30-<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1073165943381485728-7052403298716359603?l=recoveringmarine.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshrmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14343946546775775423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073165943381485728.post-31311395330235196592009-04-15T09:22:00.000-07:002009-04-15T09:23:43.995-07:00No matter how far my grades fall in school, no matter how many research papers i have due, no matter how early i have to wake up for math class...<br /><br />Nothing will ever make me as miserable as the United States Marines!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1073165943381485728-3131139533023519659?l=recoveringmarine.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshrmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14343946546775775423noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073165943381485728.post-70208522718969391062009-04-15T08:15:00.000-07:002009-04-15T08:16:45.902-07:00This is my first blog. Blah blah blah blah.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1073165943381485728-7020852271896939106?l=recoveringmarine.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshrmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14343946546775775423noreply@blogger.com0