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New from OneOp: Military Cultural Competency Course Designed for Extension Professionals!

 

Military families exist in every community and you, as an Extension professional, might serve them every day - whether you realize it or not. Around two-thirds of military families live off base and often live alongside civilians. Out of uniform, these service members are unrecognizable from civilians when they are in the grocery store, picking their kids up from school, and doing other everyday tasks in their community. The well-being of these families is crucial to the Department of Defense and its service readiness. Cooperative Extension can help. With Extension’s expertise in practical, applicable education, Cooperative Extension can meet the needs of the military community by sharing its knowledge with families in the military.

This OneOp course, Military Culture: A Guide for Extension Professionals, aims to support and provide opportunities for Extension professionals to better understand the unique needs of the military community. Upon completion of this 90-minute course, participants can expect to:

  • Gain better knowledge of military culture and organizational structure
  • Identify best practices and resources in working with military service members, veterans, and families
  • Create an action plan to offer Extension programming to military families
  • And more!

Course information, continuing education credits, and enrollment instructions are available. Learn how you can make a difference with military families!

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This technology is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension (funding opportunity no. USDA-NIFA-OP-010186), grant no. 2023-41595-41325 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Extension Foundation. For more information, please visit extension.org. You can view the terms of useat extension.org/terms.

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