Veterans Benefits GI Bill

For future and current Post 9/11 GI Bill applicants, the Army of Dude blog has answers to questions you might not find on the VA’s website. Dude’s answers come from his own experience with the Post 9/11 GI Bill, interaction with other applicants, and from interviews from friendlier representatives at the government agencies. As he [...]

The Post 9/11 GI Bill offers lucrative financial aid benefits to active duty, reserve, and veterans. These benefits are meant to scale with the rising costs of tuition and offer more than the predecessor, the Montgomery GI Bill.
This does not mean, however, that your financial aid should stop at your Post 9-11 GI Bill!
Make sure [...]

The Yellow Ribbon Program list of participating schools is due to be released this Wednesday, June 24th. Stay posted to the Veterans Benefits GI Bill blog for the anticipated list in two more days!
In the meantime, check out some of these valuable Yellow Ribbon Program resources:
Introduction to the Yellow Ribbon Program: An explanation on how [...]

About.com: Young Adults is a guide that focuses on parents with young adults going back to college. The blog focuses on everything from college reviews to how to make a cozy dorm room.
Recently the author, Jackie Burrell, focused on the Post 9/11 GI Bill’s benefits for the young adult, college-bound populace. This June 10th post [...]

In a previous post, we discussed how California currently offers zero tuition to military personnel and family attending school with the Post 9/11 GI Bill. This is because in 1960, California ruled there would be no tuition costs for their universities, instead handling educational expenses in the form of flat fees.
The 1960 ruling of education [...]

The Yellow Ribbon Program allows schools and universities with tuition expenses higher than the in-state government university tuition costs to give veterans, reserve, and active duty military students an increased financial benefit from the Post 9/11 GI Bill. This increased benefit can lower the tuition costs of colleges that would otherwise not be fully covered [...]

Military personnel that choose to continue using their Montgomery GI Bill (and not immediately make the jump to the Post 9/11 GI Bill) might be able to receive an additional 12 months of benefits.
The normal transferability rules between the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post 9/11 GI Bill are as follows: for as many months [...]

The Department of Defense has come to a final conclusion regarding the rulings of how family transfer will work for the Post 9/11 GI Bill, effective August 1, 2009.
The general gist of the ruling is that all service members, whether officer, warrant officer or enlisted personnel, must be on active duty on August 1st and [...]

1. The Post 9/11 GI Bill and “Break Pay”

The original Montgomery GI Bill included “break pay,” the ability to receive pay during “no class” increments 55 days or less. This was designed to give students continual financial support during lapses in their semesters, such as winter intersession/break.
Students that are using the Post 9/11 GI Bill [...]

“Break pay” was a feature provided by the Montgomery GI Bill that allowed students to receive financial aid during lapses between classes. GI Bill Facts and Tips defined it as:
The Montgomery GI Bill offers a payment for the “no class” period between semesters during the regular school year. There are some exceptions to the [...]