If you are a veteran, this might impact you!!!
Wilmington , DE — The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that — following the 2024 Supreme Court decision — it has updated the process for awarding GI Bill benefits.
This change means that many Veterans who served multiple periods of military service (for example, Veterans who reenlisted) will be eligible for up to an additional 12 months of education benefits.
Under the previous policy, eligible Veterans who served at least two periods of service were limited to a maximum total of 36 months of GI Bill benefits, between the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Under the updated policy, that limitation is removed — meaning that eligible Veterans can now qualify for up to 48 months of total GI Bill benefits.
This policy change also means that many Veterans who were previously limited to 36 months will now be eligible for additional education benefits. Specifically, Veterans who served at least two qualifying periods of service — one that qualified them for the Montgomery GI Bill and a second that qualified them for the Post-9/11 GI Bill — may be eligible to receive up to 12 months of additional GI Bill benefits (bringing them to a total of 48 months). This could impact as many as 1.04 million Veterans and beneficiaries, and VA is launching a targeted outreach campaign to make sure that every Veteran gets the additional benefits they deserve.
Full article, HERE from the VA!
This is good news for those folks that were ‘crossovers’ between the two programs.
Sadly, us old farts don’t qualify for it…
h/t Mr. B for the link!
About time our government threw a few crumbs to people who volunteered to risk their lives for their country. Far better than free benefits given to illegal immigrants who have done NOTHING for our country.
I’m not opposed to people being educated but I know an awful lot of people who took various veterans benefits, including schooling, just because they were available and because it was an income stream, with no intention of doing anything with them.
At least four each got about $15,000 worth of mechanics tools, never worked a day as a mechanic, tinkered at home on their cars and motorcycles.
At least three who went to school, got advanced degrees, and then just went back to doing the nothing they’d been doing before that once the cash flow dried up.
I get that we want to support veterans, I am one. But a lot of money just going out because “support veterans” rather than to address any actual needs. Meanwhile I worked my ass off to earn the money to pay for my own tools to be an actual mechanic, and I worked my ass off to earn two advanced degrees so that I could get and excel in a higher paying job.
Let’s be careful about throwing our reflexive support behind anything that provides more funding to veterans and maybe start to think about whether or not it is the best way to utilize limited resources.
I think anyone who was covered under Montgomery (as I was) would be pretty long in the tooth to return to college . But I suppose many will , a person is never too old to keep learning . I liked the post 9/11 GI Bill , like my kid has , it is transferable to spouses and dependents with certain conditions being met. Please fact check me on that , I could be wrong and often I am wrong. I used my GI Bill when I got out , the stipend wasn’t that much seems like it was 411.00 a month . I wish they would update the V.A. home loan program to include new construction , I would like to have a big Morgan building finished out with living quarters . Maybe even include RV purchases with so many people working remotely . I get emails about USDA programs for veterans , but my local USDA office is pretty clueless about such things .
jrg- Yep
Hereso- Concur, there are always moochers out there. Personally, I think they are a small percentage of the actual vets.
Boats- I hear you!
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