Veterans Benefits GI Bill

Military personnel have demonstrated excitement, anticipation and frustration over the Post 9/11 GI Bill’s ability to transfer benefits to spouses and children as a method of military retention. To address the confusion surrounding this prospect of the Post 9/11 GI Bill, the Veterans Benefit GI Bill blog has compiled 10 frequently asked questions:

Do I qualify [...]

Thinking about transfering your Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to your younger children? According to 3.d.2.d (page 16) of this report of transferability guidelines, your child:

May only start using the benefits after the military personnel has completed ten years of service.
May not use the benefits until they have received a high school diploma (or equivalent), [...]

Family transferability rulings for the Post 9/11 GI Bill is quite possibly the most confusing legislation the new GI Bill has to offer. While the Department of Defense made announcements on their intended rulings for family transferability in May, nothing had been set in stone, despite this being one of the most anticipated qualities the [...]

The Post 9/11 GI Bill is by no stretch of the word complete. Take a look at un-finalized issues like family transferability and the Veterans Educational Equality Act of California. Readers of the Veterans Benefits GI Bill blog arrive daily asking, “Are these rulings absolute? Do they apply to me? Who can I contact to [...]

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 [...]