Post 911 GI BILL

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Post 9/11 GI BILL (Chapter 33) Effective 1 Aug
2009
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Objective

• At the end of this briefing you should
  understand
• BASIC eligibility requirements.
• MAXIMUM basic benefits.
• YELLOW RIBBON PROGRAM
• TRAINING available under Post 9/11 Montgomery
  GI Bill.
• COMPARISON of Montgomery GI Bill benefits and
  Post 9/11.
• PERCENTAGE of maximum payable amounts for active
  duty and reservists.
• PROPOSED transferability rules.
• How to obtain additional information.

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Eligibility

• You may be eligible if you
• Served at least 90 aggregate days on active duty
  after September 10, 2001
• Still on active duty or were Honorably-
• Discharged
• Released from active duty and placed on the
  retired list or temporary disability retired
  list or
• Released from active duty and transferred to the
  Fleet Reserve or
• Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, or
• Released from active duty for further service in
  reserve component of the Armed Forces
• Honorably discharged for a service connected
  disability and you served 30 continuous days
  after September 10, 2001

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Eligibility
To qualify for the full benefit must be
HONORABLY discharged and have

• Served at least 3 years of active duty after
  September 10, 2001
• Served at least 30 continuous days and were
  discharged due to a
• service-connected disability
• If , on August 1, 2009, you are eligible for
• Montgomery GI BILL (Chapter 30)
• Montgomery GI BILL Selected Reserve or Reserve
  Educational Assistance Program (REAP) and you
  qualify for Post 9/11 GI BILL
• You may make an IRREVOCABLE ELECTION to receive
  the Post
• 9/11 GI BILL

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Eligibility continued

• Those who enlisted under the student loan
  program
• Officers who graduated from service academies or
  received ROTC
• Scholarships
• NOTE Time spent satisfying the student loan
  repayment or
• ROTC/Service active duty obligation WILL NOT
  count toward establishing eligibility.
• IF you did not contribute to the Montgomery GI
  Bill, you may be
• eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill if you meet
  service requirements.

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Basic Benefits

• Tuition paid directly to school
• Not to exceed cost of most expensive in-state
  undergraduate tuition at public institution of
  higher
• Paid to you
• Monthly housing allowance to E5 with
  dependents rate, in the same zip code as school
  if going to school ¾ or more
• Yearly books and supplies stipend NOT to exceed
  1000 per academic year
• One-time payment of 500 paid to certain
  individuals relocating from highly rural areas
• NOTE Housing book, supplies stipend not paid if
  using while on active duty. Housing not pay if
  pursuing training at half time or less

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Basic Benefits

• If the school you wish to attend has higher
  tuition and fees than the most expensive in-State
  tuition, your school may choose to participate in
  the "Yellow Ribbon" program.

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Types of Training Comparison Chart
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Types of Training Comparison Chart
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Benefit Comparison Chart
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Benefit Comparison Chart
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Active Duty Table
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Reservists Table
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BASIC TRANSFERABILITY RULES

• To Transfer Education Benefits
• Must have 6 years of service in the Armed Forces
  on date of election
• Must agree to serve at least 4 additional years
• Time served for ROTC Scholarship, Service
  Academy attendance, and SLRP count towards the 6
  year transferability eligibility requirement
• Must be on active duty or a member of the
  Selected Reserves at the
• time of request to transfer unused benefits

Transferability
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ARMYS PROPOSED TRANSFERABILITY RULES

• Has at least 10 years of service in the Armed
  Forces (Active Duty and/or SELRES) on the date
  of election and either standard policy (Service
  or DoD) or statute preclude the Service member
  from committing to 4 additional years. Must
  commit to serve for the maximum amount of time
  allowed by such policy or statute.
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• Is or becomes retirement eligible during the
  period from 1 Aug 09 thru 1 Aug 13.
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• Eligible for retirement
• On 1 Aug 09
• After 1 Aug 09 before 1 Aug 2010
• On or after 1 Aug 2010 before 1 Aug 2011
• On or after 1 Aug 2011 before 1 Aug 2012
• Approved for retirement
• after 1 Aug 09 before 1 Jul 2010

Transferability
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Armys Proposed Transferability Ruled Continued

• For those individuals eligible for retirement
  after August 1, 2009, and before August 1, 2010,
  1 year of additional service is required. 
• For those individuals eligible for retirement
  after August 1, 2010 and before August 1, 2011, 2
  years of additional service is required. 
• For those individuals eligible for retirement
  after August 1, 2011, and before August 1, 2012,
  3 years of additional service is required.

Transferability
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Additional information may be obtained on VA
website www.gibill.va.gov ?