GI Bill and Other Military Questions...

[Forever_frost]

The new GI bill pays the school completely and sends you a monthly check.

[HarrisonTX]

The Post 9/11 GI bill is what you want to use. Go to your school and talk to your veterans rep. It's a couple questions to fill out, pick your classes and wait for Uncle Sam to sign off on it. It's really that simple.

As far as the credit hours, I had to fight A&M Commerce on it and they "lost" my DD214 8 times before I called my AW2 person (Army Wounded Warrior) and they called A&M. When the school said my papers were lost AGAIN, the advocate said "Let me get this straight, this soldier has given you sensitive information over half a dozen times with his social security number on it and you've lost it every time?"

They 'found it' a day later and I had my credits. Good luck.

Man, not necessarily. I'm telling you, I make more money using the Montgomery, in combination with the Hazel wood act.

BAH for my zip code for an E-5 with dependents is
zip 76640
E-5 with DEPENDENTS:
$ 1089.00

VS

My Montgomery GI bill rate of: Full time $1,426 monthly

The Hazelwood pays my school directly at the start of each semester. I know I dont see that $1,000 book allowance, but I make up for it in less than three months.

Without him mentioning his zipcode, how can you just say "The Post 9/11 GI bill is what you want to use.

I'm no mathematician but

1,426 - 1,080 = $337 more per month
337 x 12 months = $3707 A year more.
$3707 - $1000 book allowance per YEAR = me making $2707 more money a year using the Montgomery GI bill.
Do your research Frost.

[Forever_frost]

I didn't know you could combine them. I've burned out the gi bill about to start hazlewood. I know with the old gi bill in cooper, I was making 900 a month and had to pay the school out of that. With post 9/11, I was averaging 1500 a month, no paying the school

[HarrisonTX]

I didn't know you could combine them. I've burned out the gi bill about to start hazlewood. I know with the old gi bill in cooper, I was making 900 a month and had to pay the school out of that. With post 9/11, I was averaging 1500 a month, no paying the school

You can absolutely combine. If my rent was nearly $900, I'd be doing alright.
A buddy who is doing a similar thing in missouri tipped me off on the idea. It all depends on the ZIP

[TonyMCev]

my actual dates of active duty enlistment were jan 14, 1998 - jan 13, 2003. i was in during 9/11, but most of my service was before 9/11. am i eligible for the post 9/11 benefits?

[TonyMCev]

They 'found it' a day later and I had my credits. Good luck.

how many credit hours did you receive for your service and what classes were they?

[helosailor]

To be eligible for full post 9/11 benefits, you have to have served 396 months after 9/11, so you would have to have been serving from 9/11/01 through 9/11/04. I got out on 9/07/04, so I get 90%. I end up paying $5 per credit hour here at the community college. I can handle that. You'll probably get about 50%, give or take. Crunch the numbers on that and see what will work best for you.

EDIT: I will receive credit for my required PE class (3 hours, I think) and if I had to take any management classes, 1XXX or 2XXX series, I would receive credit for those too based on my rank (E-6). I don't have to take those though.

[Forever_frost]

how many credit hours did you receive for your service and what classes were they?

They gave me PE classes adn that was it. And as I said, I had to fight them for that.

[josh9167]

I just finished school and used chapter 31 first and then post 9/11.

None of my military schools counted for shit as far as college credit went. I spent close to 8 months doing electronics specific courses (learned the same shit in my EE courses) and couldn't even get out of an elective class.

They used to have a deal that if you exhaust the old MGIB first you can get another full year of the post 9/11...wish I would have known that before switching over.

[JP135]

Gov. Perry just signed this into law last week: Texas College Credit for Heroes. Here's the Fox 4 DFW story on it. Don't know if local colleges have got it up and running yet or not.

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/politics/071411-perry-touts-new-law-to-give-vets-college-credit

SAN ANTONIO - Gov. Rick Perry ceremonially signed a bill Thursday that will help veterans earn college diplomas more quickly, saying Texas has a special duty to help because so many military bases and veterans are located in the state.

The new law is intended to help vets get college credit for military training and experience, helping them to earn college degrees in less time for less tuition.

"Those experiences, those skills our veterans bring back from service are very valuable," Perry said. "College credit for heroes will help them graduate more quickly so they can put those skills back to work back home, saving them money and tuition."

The event was Perry's first public appearance since having back surgery July 1.

Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, the San Antonio Democrat who authored the legislation, joined Perry at St. Philip's College in San Antonio to tout the College Credit for Heroes program.

"Governor Perry is a staunch Republican and I am a very loud and proud Democrat," said Van de Putte, who recently served as leader of the Senate Democrats. But, she said, when it comes to veterans affairs, the two worked "hand-in-hand."

She added that, despite Perry's back surgery, his "spine needed no shoring up when it came to legislation affecting veterans and military members of this great state."

The bill signing, which included students and military members, was only ceremonial. Perry signed the legislation into law last month.

"As the home state of so many that sacrificed so much, we have a special duty to improve the lives and circumstances of our veterans," said Perry, who was wearing a back brace under his suit. He touted other efforts approved during the recently concluded legislative session to help veterans, including a measure to extend a property tax exemption for disabled veterans.

[Danny46]

Gov. Perry just signed this into law last week: Texas College Credit for Heroes. Here's the Fox 4 DFW story on it. Don't know if local colleges have got it up and running yet or not.

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/politics/071411-perry-touts-new-law-to-give-vets-college-credit

SAN ANTONIO - Gov. Rick Perry ceremonially signed a bill Thursday that will help veterans earn college diplomas more quickly, saying Texas has a special duty to help because so many military bases and veterans are located in the state.

The new law is intended to help vets get college credit for military training and experience, helping them to earn college degrees in less time for less tuition.

"Those experiences, those skills our veterans bring back from service are very valuable," Perry said. "College credit for heroes will help them graduate more quickly so they can put those skills back to work back home, saving them money and tuition."

The event was Perry's first public appearance since having back surgery July 1.

Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, the San Antonio Democrat who authored the legislation, joined Perry at St. Philip's College in San Antonio to tout the College Credit for Heroes program.

"Governor Perry is a staunch Republican and I am a very loud and proud Democrat," said Van de Putte, who recently served as leader of the Senate Democrats. But, she said, when it comes to veterans affairs, the two worked "hand-in-hand."

She added that, despite Perry's back surgery, his "spine needed no shoring up when it came to legislation affecting veterans and military members of this great state."

The bill signing, which included students and military members, was only ceremonial. Perry signed the legislation into law last month.

"As the home state of so many that sacrificed so much, we have a special duty to improve the lives and circumstances of our veterans," said Perry, who was wearing a back brace under his suit. He touted other efforts approved during the recently concluded legislative session to help veterans, including a measure to extend a property tax exemption for disabled veterans.

I am getting ready to start college so I am very curious as to how this plays out. I have a quite a bit of good technical training from the Military and hate to see it wasted

[helosailor]

Texas College Credit for Heroes sounds like a good idea.
Unfortunately, it's currently limited to 7 schools, none of which are around here.

http://www.laredosun.us/notas.asp?id=17338

Alamo Colleges, San Antonio
Central Texas College, Killeen
Lone Star College System (LSCS), Greater Houston area
Lee College (LC), Baytown
San Jacinto College (SJC), Houston
Houston Community College (HCC), Houston
Temple College, Temple

Lots of love for Houston, none at all for N. Texas (i.e. D/FW)

[BMCSean]

Most of my credits transfered over except "marksmanship laboratory" , strange that they don't offer that at Brookhaven.

[akfodysvn]

post 9/11 also gives you a longer period of time to exhaust your benefits... previously it was 10 years

Most people are right that a lot of your stuff won't transfer. However in the AF, if you get your CCAF, you have a much better chance of it being accepted. Not sure if the other branches have their own community colleges, but it makes a big difference if you completed it when you were in. I had 7 months of avionics training, and lots of it would transfer had I gone in that direction. You can also find very friendly military schools. Even places like Old Dominion were willing to take a ton of my CCAF and put it towards their engineering degree.

[JP135]

Most of my credits transfered over except "marksmanship laboratory" , strange that they don't offer that at Brookhaven.

Narrow-minded bastards.