by Colonel (Ret) Dale Kissinger
I just finished a very informative joint Roundtable discussion with the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration hosted by Lt Jennifer Craig of the DoD's New Media Directorate within the Public Affairs office at the Pentagon. Mr Keith Wilson, Director of VA Education and Mr Bob Clark, Deputy Director of DoD Accession Policy provided a great forum for providing information about this new program kicking off on August 1st!
So far, 107,000 applications for the transfer of GI Bill benefits to a family member have been received and over 80,000 have been approved! Are you aware of this new program? Need more information? Are you eligible to use it? All service personnel (including Coast Guard) are included but there are restrictions based on career service time limits. If you have questions about eligibility you should contact your service and for actual use of the benefit the VA is the right source for information. (Continued)