Natalie Gross

Military Times contributor and former reporter Natalie Gross hosts the Spouse Angle podcast. She grew up in a military family and has a master’s degree in journalism from Georgetown University.


  • Vet organizations back Obama-era college regulations
    Vet organizations back Obama-era college regulations

    Dozens of military and veteran service organizations are pushing back against the Department of Education’s decision earlier this year to suspend enforcement of Obama-era rules aimed largely at for-profit colleges and universities.

  • Ashford University gets OK to keep GI Bill students
    Ashford University gets OK to keep GI Bill students

    The announcement comes after a tumultuous summer for the online for-profit school, which was, at one time, scheduled to lose its eligibility to receive VA funds in August

  • Health care company guaranteeing job interviews for vets
    Health care company guaranteeing job interviews for vets

    A Fortune 500 company hoping to hire hundreds more veterans in the next year is guaranteeing interviews to former service members across the country next week. Veterans looking for jobs in healthcare, business, social work, and other fields can interview in person at one of DaVita Kidney Care’s eight business offices or over the phone.

  • Military Times Best Places to Live 2017
    Military Times Best Places to Live 2017

    We used data from multiple sources to compare locations across three broad categories: veteran and military culture and services, economic indicators — some veteran-specific and some not — and livability factors such as crime, health, school quality and traffic.

  • Unemployment drops for post-9/11 vets in August
    Unemployment drops for post-9/11 vets in August

    Veterans who served in the military after 9/11 fared better in the job market last month than they did all summer, the latest federal data show.

  • Student vets help with Harvey rescue, relief efforts
    Student vets help with Harvey rescue, relief efforts

    Last Wednesday, the Student Veterans of America chapter at the University Houston hosted a back-to-school breakfast for its members. A week later, school would be cancelled and their city would be under water. Now, instead of sitting in classes, many of them are treading through flooded streets to help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.

  • Labor Department wants input on new award for vet employers
    Labor Department wants input on new award for vet employers

    The U.S. Department of Labor is accepting public input on the criteria for a new awards program aimed at recognizing employers who recruit, hire and retain military veterans.

  • New Purdue-Kaplan online university gets OK from Indiana officials
    New Purdue-Kaplan online university gets OK from Indiana officials

    The (Lafayette) Journal and Courier reports that the commission’s unanimous Thursday vote is the first of three major approvals that Purdue needs to start operating the online university. The online school would stem from Purdue’s recent acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University and is being referred to as “NewU” until an official name is chosen.

  • Report: More vets getting advanced degrees under Post-9/11 GI Bill
    Report: More vets getting advanced degrees under Post-9/11 GI Bill

    The Post 9-11 GI Bill has generated a significant bump in college enrollment. But the researcher of a recent New York University study wasn’t expecting to see that the largest growth has come from veterans earning advanced degrees — particularly older veterans who already have a master’s.

  • Ashford University maintains GI Bill eligibility, blasts VA
    Ashford University maintains GI Bill eligibility, blasts VA

    An online university in danger of losing its eligibility to enroll GI Bill users, recently allowed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue such enrollments pending court appeals, is accusing the VA of disseminating bad information and wants students to go to the White House with complaints.

  • Vet organizations back Obama-era college regulations
    Vet organizations back Obama-era college regulations

    Dozens of military and veteran service organizations are pushing back against the Department of Education’s decision earlier this year to suspend enforcement of Obama-era rules aimed largely at for-profit colleges and universities.

  • Ashford University gets OK to keep GI Bill students
    Ashford University gets OK to keep GI Bill students

    The announcement comes after a tumultuous summer for the online for-profit school, which was, at one time, scheduled to lose its eligibility to receive VA funds in August

  • Health care company guaranteeing job interviews for vets
    Health care company guaranteeing job interviews for vets

    A Fortune 500 company hoping to hire hundreds more veterans in the next year is guaranteeing interviews to former service members across the country next week. Veterans looking for jobs in healthcare, business, social work, and other fields can interview in person at one of DaVita Kidney Care’s eight business offices or over the phone.

  • Military Times Best Places to Live 2017
    Military Times Best Places to Live 2017

    We used data from multiple sources to compare locations across three broad categories: veteran and military culture and services, economic indicators — some veteran-specific and some not — and livability factors such as crime, health, school quality and traffic.

  • Unemployment drops for post-9/11 vets in August
    Unemployment drops for post-9/11 vets in August

    Veterans who served in the military after 9/11 fared better in the job market last month than they did all summer, the latest federal data show.

  • Student vets help with Harvey rescue, relief efforts
    Student vets help with Harvey rescue, relief efforts

    Last Wednesday, the Student Veterans of America chapter at the University Houston hosted a back-to-school breakfast for its members. A week later, school would be cancelled and their city would be under water. Now, instead of sitting in classes, many of them are treading through flooded streets to help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.

  • Labor Department wants input on new award for vet employers
    Labor Department wants input on new award for vet employers

    The U.S. Department of Labor is accepting public input on the criteria for a new awards program aimed at recognizing employers who recruit, hire and retain military veterans.

  • New Purdue-Kaplan online university gets OK from Indiana officials
    New Purdue-Kaplan online university gets OK from Indiana officials

    The (Lafayette) Journal and Courier reports that the commission’s unanimous Thursday vote is the first of three major approvals that Purdue needs to start operating the online university. The online school would stem from Purdue’s recent acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University and is being referred to as “NewU” until an official name is chosen.

  • Report: More vets getting advanced degrees under Post-9/11 GI Bill
    Report: More vets getting advanced degrees under Post-9/11 GI Bill

    The Post 9-11 GI Bill has generated a significant bump in college enrollment. But the researcher of a recent New York University study wasn’t expecting to see that the largest growth has come from veterans earning advanced degrees — particularly older veterans who already have a master’s.

  • Ashford University maintains GI Bill eligibility, blasts VA
    Ashford University maintains GI Bill eligibility, blasts VA

    An online university in danger of losing its eligibility to enroll GI Bill users, recently allowed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue such enrollments pending court appeals, is accusing the VA of disseminating bad information and wants students to go to the White House with complaints.

  • Vet organizations back Obama-era college regulations
    Vet organizations back Obama-era college regulations

    Dozens of military and veteran service organizations are pushing back against the Department of Education’s decision earlier this year to suspend enforcement of Obama-era rules aimed largely at for-profit colleges and universities.

  • Ashford University gets OK to keep GI Bill students
    Ashford University gets OK to keep GI Bill students

    The announcement comes after a tumultuous summer for the online for-profit school, which was, at one time, scheduled to lose its eligibility to receive VA funds in August

  • Health care company guaranteeing job interviews for vets
    Health care company guaranteeing job interviews for vets

    A Fortune 500 company hoping to hire hundreds more veterans in the next year is guaranteeing interviews to former service members across the country next week. Veterans looking for jobs in healthcare, business, social work, and other fields can interview in person at one of DaVita Kidney Care’s eight business offices or over the phone.

  • Military Times Best Places to Live 2017
    Military Times Best Places to Live 2017

    We used data from multiple sources to compare locations across three broad categories: veteran and military culture and services, economic indicators — some veteran-specific and some not — and livability factors such as crime, health, school quality and traffic.

  • Unemployment drops for post-9/11 vets in August
    Unemployment drops for post-9/11 vets in August

    Veterans who served in the military after 9/11 fared better in the job market last month than they did all summer, the latest federal data show.

  • Student vets help with Harvey rescue, relief efforts
    Student vets help with Harvey rescue, relief efforts

    Last Wednesday, the Student Veterans of America chapter at the University Houston hosted a back-to-school breakfast for its members. A week later, school would be cancelled and their city would be under water. Now, instead of sitting in classes, many of them are treading through flooded streets to help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.

  • Labor Department wants input on new award for vet employers
    Labor Department wants input on new award for vet employers

    The U.S. Department of Labor is accepting public input on the criteria for a new awards program aimed at recognizing employers who recruit, hire and retain military veterans.

  • New Purdue-Kaplan online university gets OK from Indiana officials
    New Purdue-Kaplan online university gets OK from Indiana officials

    The (Lafayette) Journal and Courier reports that the commission’s unanimous Thursday vote is the first of three major approvals that Purdue needs to start operating the online university. The online school would stem from Purdue’s recent acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University and is being referred to as “NewU” until an official name is chosen.

  • Report: More vets getting advanced degrees under Post-9/11 GI Bill
    Report: More vets getting advanced degrees under Post-9/11 GI Bill

    The Post 9-11 GI Bill has generated a significant bump in college enrollment. But the researcher of a recent New York University study wasn’t expecting to see that the largest growth has come from veterans earning advanced degrees — particularly older veterans who already have a master’s.

  • Ashford University maintains GI Bill eligibility, blasts VA
    Ashford University maintains GI Bill eligibility, blasts VA

    An online university in danger of losing its eligibility to enroll GI Bill users, recently allowed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue such enrollments pending court appeals, is accusing the VA of disseminating bad information and wants students to go to the White House with complaints.