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Military Homeschoolers

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Milspeak for Civilians
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Milspeak for Civilians

As a courtesy to the readers of Home Education Magazine the following glossary of acronyms and explanations should assist in reading the article on military homeschooling.

Active duty: Term applied to any person, officer or enlisted, Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman or Merchant Marine actively employed by his or her appropriate service.

ASG: Area Support Group - overseas military version of a county

ASG Commander: The head of the "county," were there such a position

BSB: Base Support Battalion - overseas military version of a small town

BSB Commander: The "small town's "mayor"

CENTCOM: Central Command headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

CINC: Commander in Chief

CONUS: Continental United States

DDESS: Defense Domestic Education School System - the school system within the continental United States

DoD: Department of Defense

DoDDS: Department of Defense Dependent Schools - the school system outside the continental United States

DoDEA: Department of Defense Educational Activity; the parent activity of DDESS and DoDDS

ESC: European Schools Council

EUCOM: European Command The overall military command for Europe through which the DoD communicates with the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine forces stationed in Europe.

Host nation: Any country "hosting" another country's military force

HQ or hq: Abbreviation for "headquarters"

HSWG: Home School Work Group - the working group which will consider the information gathered from the homeschool focus group meetings.

Local national: Any citizen of a host nation

MARFOREUR: Marine Forces Europe

OSD: Office of the Secretary of Defense overseas: Outside the Continental United States; in a foreign country

SOFA: Status of Forces Agreement - a treaty-type document negotiated at the diplomatic level spelling out the particulars of one country's military force being stationed in another country.

Theater: A geographic area where military operations are coordinated.

USAFE: United States Air Force Europe

USAREUR: United States Army Europe

USNAVEUR: Unites States Naval Forces Europe

UCMJ: Uniform Code of Military Justice This is the basic military law under which all active duty personnel are held accountable.

Recommended Reading The documents cited in the military homeschooling article are available online. Some documents are posted at official government sites while others may be found at the National Home Education Network site. Other information may be found by using an Internet search engine.

Search Engines:
www.google.com
www.mamma.com
www.dogpile.com

Federal Sites:

H. R. 830 Military Home School Children Equal Access Act of 2001: thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.830.IH:H.R.1401

National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2000
(Home Schooled Children Overseas is about 2/5 down a very long page): www.fas.org/man/congress/1999/hr1401commrept.htm

State Department on jurisdiction over persons in countries other than the United States: travel.state.gov/arrest.html

U.S. Code, Title 20, Chapter 25A
- Overseas Defense Dependents' Education: www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/20/ch25A.html#PC25A

NATO SITE:

NATO SOFA:
www.nato.int/docu/basictxt/b510619a.htm

Department Of Defense Sites:

Department of Defense Directive 1342.13,
Eligibility Requirements for Education of Minor Dependents in Overseas Areas: web7.whs.osd.mil/text/d134213p.txt

DoDEA Policy Memorandum on Home Schooling 27 Mar 00: www.odedodea.edu/foia/iod/pdf/99-C-001.pdf DoD 1342.6-M

Implementation Manual for DoDDS: www.odedodea.edu/foia/iod/pdf/1342_6a.pdf

DoDDS Dependent Education Survey 1998:
www.eucom.mil/programs/deped/survey/2000/index.htm

EUCOM Education Program Requirements Conference:
www.eucom.mil/programs/deped/edconf.htm

EUCOM Education Program Requirements:
www.eucom.mil/programs/deped/edconffunded.htm#Home%20Schooling

EUCOM Guide for Liaison School Officers:
www.eucom.mil/programs/deped/lsoguide.pdf

EUCOM Schools Council email:
schools@eucom.mil

Family Advocacy in the Military
dticaw.dtic.mil/fapmip/sb03_150.h
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DoDEA ADDRESS:
Department Of Defense Education Activity, 4040 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1635

USAREUR Sites:

USAREUR Policy letter:
www.hqusareur.army.mil/htmlinks/Press_Releases/2K/November/20001128-1.htm

Hanau education policy letter:
www.104thasg.hanau.army.mil/Policyletters/16-4.htm

Hanau policy for custody of minors:
www.104thasg.hanau.army.mil/Policyletters/5-1.htm

Wiesbaden education policy letter:
[go to the Wiesbaden site: www.wiesbaden.army.mil/ and click on "Command Policy Letters" in the upper left hand corner of the screen. Then click on Commander's Policy (CP) 1^22]

98th ASG newspaper homeschooling focus group announcement: www.rlehner.de/Crusader/0801.pdf

Military Homeschooling Sites:

General military homeschooling information:
www.nhen.org/nhen/pov/military/nhen_brief.asp

www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/weblinks/military.htm

Military homeschooler networking (send name, address, installation and estimated date of arrival)
www.nhen.org/nhen/pov/military/form_military_contact.asp

European Sites:

Compulsory schooling in Europe:
www.alternative-learning.org/ale/sonja.html

European Homeschooling:
www.unesco.org/courier/2000_06/uk/apprend2.htm

Homeschooling in the Netherlands
www.nvvto.nl/home-education.html

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