911GIBill What Ifs
October 20th, 2009
I received a letter from the VA today which described each of the payments that were deposited a few days ago for my Post 9/11 GI Bill benefit. One of the pages described some “what ifs” concerning any changes in my enrollment.
Grades You Receive
VA can’t pay benefits for courses that don’t count toward your graduation requirements. If your school reports that you received a grade that doesn’t count toward your graduation, you may have to repay all benefits VA paid for the course. Here are some examples: (Read the rest of the story…)
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College, Better Late Than Never
September 27th, 2009
In 1980, as my graduation from high school approached, I needed to make a decision about what I was going to do for the rest of my life; what was going to be my life’s work? I had many options I could have pursued. Certainly, I wasn’t the best student in high school, but I was far from the worst. Throughout my teenage years, I heard time and time again that the only real path to success was through institutions of higher learning, but due to my hard-headedness and stubborn ways, it would be years in my future before the realization of a college education’s potential would become clear.
Funny thing, as most (Read the rest of the story…)
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Overcoming Post 9/11 GI Bill Transfer Backlog
August 21st, 2009
Due to the overwhelming number of applicants for the transfer of Post 911 GI Bill benefits, the VA has fallen a little behind in getting out the certificates of eligibility – per the below NAVADMIN a number of colleges/institutions have agreed to accept a copy of the approved TEB web page and a completed VA FORM 22-1990E until the actual certificate arrives. Read the NAVADMIN in its entirety; (Read the rest of the story…)
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City College of Chicago City Wide
July 22nd, 2009
While completing my enrollment requirements for starting college this fall, utilizing the Post-9/11 GI Bill 
, I hit a snag when trying to locate my transcripts for courses I completed while stationed in Keflavik, Iceland. My SMART transcripts listed the courses and provided the following address:
- City College of Chicago City Wide
4529 E. Honeygrove Rd
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
After many fruitless attempts (Read the rest of the story…)
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More 911GIBill Good News
July 8th, 2009
Just got off the phone with the VA education office out of St. Louis and asked an important question for those who served post September 11, 2001 but used their Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) benefit prior to the Post-9/11 GI Bill becoming law – didn’t seem fair to me, anyway… (Read the rest of the story…)
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911GIBill Transfer Questions Answered
June 24th, 2009
Transfer all or part of your Post 9/11 GI Bill to one or more of your eligible family members.
Service members eligible to transfer Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits are those who, at the time of approval of the request to transfer entitlement is first of all eligible for the benefit and
- (1) Has at least 6 years of service in the Armed Forces (active duty and/or Selected Reserve) on the date of election, or
- (2) Has at least 10 years of service in the Armed Forces (active duty and/or Selected Reserve) on the date of election, is precluded by either standard policy (Service or DOD) or statute from committing to 4 additional years, agrees to serve for the maximum amount of time allowed by such policy or statute, or
- (3) Is or becomes retirement eligible during the period from August 1, 2009, through August 1, 2013, and agrees to serve the additional period, if any, specified below in paragraphs 3.a. through 3.e. A Service Member is considered to be retirement eligible if he or she has completed 20 years of active Federal service or 20 qualifying years as computed under section 12732 of Title 10 U.S. Code.
- (a) For those individuals eligible for retirement on August 1, 2009, no additional service is required.
- (b) For those individuals who have an approved retirement date after August 1, 2009, and before July 1, 2010, no additional service is required.
- (c) For those individuals eligible for retirement after August 1, 2009, and before August 1, 2010, 1 year of additional service is required.
- (d) For those individuals eligible for retirement on or after August 1, 2010, and before August 1, 2011, 2 years of additional service is required.
- (e) For those individuals eligible for retirement on or after August 1, 2011, and before August 1, 2012, 3 years of additional service is required.
Members of the family eligible to receive the transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill are (Read the rest of the story…)
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Get Your MGIB $1200 Back
June 23rd, 2009
The Department of Defense released a 31 page memo to further define a number of questions about the implementation of the Post-9/11 GI-Bill (911GIBill).
You should read the entire memo yourself but I took the liberty to take out some initial areas of interest for ease. I will be making additional posts about the transferring of the GI Bill benefit and other issues in later posts;
For Service Academy grads;
Advise all officers without earlier established eligibility, following commissioning through Service Academies, with the exception of the Coast Guard Academy, or Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarship Programs, that their eligibility period of active duty for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits does not begin until they have completed their statutory obligated active service. Any active duty service after that obligated period of service may qualify as active duty service for Post-9/11 GI Bill eligibility.
Those who used student loan repayment program; (Read the rest of the story…)
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My SMART Transcript Evaluation
June 2nd, 2009
I have been planning on attending the University of Memphis to utilize the Post 9/11 GI-Bill I have recently been approved for. Realizing the university was about a 30 minute drive from my house and the fact that I can transfer credits (credits earned while completing an Associates degree) from the community college I am seriously considering attendance at Southwest Tennessee Community College, a mere 10 minute jaunt from the homestead.
Today I had my Navy (Read the rest of the story…)
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911GIBill Certificate of Eligibility
May 21st, 2009
May 1, 2009 was the first day you could submit your application via the VONAPP web site for the Post-911 GI Bill (911GIBill). It was on that day I filled out the remarkably easy to follow form, and submitted my request. Then I waited.
Today I received my answer via snail mail. (Read the rest of the story…)
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911 GI-Bill Transferability
February 24th, 2009
Questions on the details still remain. Is there an age limit for the child you can transfer too? What if your child has also served in the military and has his/her own GI-Bill benefit? Is there any relief for the individuals who fully meet the requirements of the 911 GI-Bill who completed their obligated service and only had the MGIB and are left with student loans? (Read the rest of the story…)
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