Transportation Department officials will begin a staggered release of the Web-enabled portion of the agency's Learning Management System in two weeks, said Deb Hanlon, the learning services manager at the Federal Aviation Administration.
"The system is up, we have migrated all the data in," she said Oct. 20, during a panel at FCW Events' annual e-learning conference. "We could be using the system if we had the policies and the procedures and the internal infrastructure in place to support the system."

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You may think that completing your college degree is impossible, given the frequent relocation that comes with being an active-duty Sailor, Soldier or spouse.
But -- hang on to your mortarboard -- you can finish your degree. The whole world is moving around nowadays, and both the Department of Defense and educational institutions nationwide have responded by making it possible for shifting students to complete their educational goals.

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General Donald G. Cook is commander, Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, TX. As commander, he is responsible for the recruiting, training and education of Air Force people. His command includes the Air Force Recruiting Service, two numbered air forces and Air University. Air Education and Training Command consists of 13 bases, more than 66,000 active-duty members and 15,000 civilians.
The general entered the Air Force in 1969 through the ROTC program at Michigan State University. He completed undergraduate pilot training at Williams Air Force Base, AZ. The general has commanded a flying training wing, two space wings and the 20th Air Force. He has served as legislative liaison in the Senate Liaison Office, on the staff of the House Armed Services Committee and as director for Expeditionary Aerospace Force Implementation at U.S. Air Force headquarters. Prior to assuming his current position, the general was assigned to Air Combat Command as vice commander. He is a command pilot and has flown more than 3,300 hours in the B-52D/G/H, T-37B and T-38A.

Jordan Fuhr, MT2 Editor, interviewed General Cook.

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