The Relationship Between Training Program Participation and Gainful Civilian Employment of Gulf War-Era II Veterans

Candace Rae Flatt,Delmar Rhodes

doi:10.21061/jvs.v4i2.113

Candace Rae Flatt, Delmar Rhodes

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The Journal of Veterans Studies (ISSN 2470-4768) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal. The goals of the journal are to sustain international research in veterans studies, facilitate interdisciplinary research collaborations, and narrow gaps between cultures, institutions, experiences, knowledge, and understanding.We understand veterans studies as a multi-faceted, scholarly investigation of military veterans and their families. Topics within that investigation could include but are not limited to, combat exposure, reintegration challenges, and the complex systems and institutions (VA) that shape the veteran experience. Veterans studies, by its very nature, may analyze experiences closely tied to military studies, but the emphasis of veterans studies is the “veteran experience,” i.e., what happens after the service member departs the armed forces.The work of veterans studies can be found in such fields as higher education, humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and student affairs (among many others). Additionally, it can be seen in and out of formal education: by current members of the military, leaders of nonprofits, artists, activists, and students taking courses in veterans studies. Such research and work can take multiple forms. The journal is open to multimodal submissions in a variety of formats. We support the practical application of new knowledge regarding veterans studies to veteran and non-veteran (active duty, business, nonprofit, artists, activists) audiences as well as research that moves the field of veterans studies forward. Our acceptance rate* is 69% *rate includes desk-reject submissions and only accounts for submissions received between 01/01/2019 to present.

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According to Drucker (2016), the creation and societal response to the GI Bill of Rights was the transforming event that “signaled the shift to a knowledge society” (p. 119)
The first step in determining the appropriate Generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) is to test if the random effects associated with the intercept for each veteran can be omitted from the model
The likelihood ratio (LR) test calculated from a comparison of the random effects model and the random intercept-only model from Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimation found the random effects of age should be retained in the model

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Introduction

According to Drucker (2016), the creation and societal response to the GI Bill of Rights was the transforming event that “signaled the shift to a knowledge society” (p. 119). Transforming events only occur every few hundred years. As a transforming event of the United States, the GI Bill of Rights is credited for changing the worldview, values, social and political structures, arts, and institutions. The main purpose of the GI Bill of Rights is to provide veterans a transition to civilian life through veteran programs. The most popular benefits are the various educational assistance programs. The Post-9/11 GI Bill provides veterans with enhanced educational benefits used by nearly 800,000 students each year (Dortch, 2017). The Gulf War-Era II veterans that qualify for benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill are the focus of this study

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