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The G.I. Bill is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Defense Department and service-specific education benefits for service members and their families. Whether you want professional or personal education information, you’ll find it here.

Two plans compete to enhance reserve GI Bill
The military advocacy group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is warning Congress that simpler is not necessarily better when it comes to revising GI Bill education benefits.
Congress working toward GI Bill improvements
The Defense Department does not mind the idea of improving the GI Bill — as long as the education benefits are not improved so much that people want to get out of uniform to use them.
DoDEA reaches out to civilian schools
Defense education officials have a new mission: to help improve educational opportunities for all military children, not just those who attend schools operated by the Defense Department.
Senators warned away from bigger GI Bill
Lawmakers pushing for dramatic improvements in veterans’ education benefits can expect no help from the Bush administration.
Advocates want free pre-K for all military children
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — All states should make military children eligible for state-funded pre-kindergarten programs, according to two advocacy organizations for pre-K education and military...
How to get in on ‘Troops to Teachers’ program
This partnership between the Defense Department and the Department of Education helps eligible military personnel begin careers as teachers in public schools. The DANTES-managed program provides...
Off-duty education benefits: Guard and Reserve
Nearly all reservists and veterans can take advantage of programs that give college credit for nontraditional learning as well as military skills.
DANTES
The Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support allows service members to receive educational opportunities outside the classroom. Education centers at nearly every installation have...
Service programs — Air Force
Air Force Voluntary Education Branch. This branch oversees all Air Force education centers and counselors, administration of tuition assistance, testing and other voluntary education-related services.
Service programs — Army
All Army National Guard and Army Reserve members are eligible for benefits from the Army Continuing Education System programs and services at 111 Army Education Centers and 128 Learning Centers on...
Service programs — Coast Guard Reserve
Most Coast Guard reservists drill at active-duty sites and have access to nearly all educational programs available to active-duty members.
Service programs — Marine Corps Reserve
Voluntary educational programs for reservists come under the Corps’ Lifelong Learning Programs.
Service programs — Naval Reserve
Naval reservists can attend a variety of military schools and courses on their annual training, complete correspondence courses and enroll in a number of education programs such as:
Smart Transcripts (Navy and Marine)
Marine and Navy reservists can get credit for their active and reserve schools and experience through the Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript. SMART is an official...
Professional military education: Guard and Reserve members
Air Force Senior NCO Academy. The academy is for senior master sergeants and those selected for promotion to E-8. Six times per year, it holds six-week classes that teach communication, leadership...
Professional military education: Guard and Reserve members
Air Command and Staff College. At Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Ala., this school provides intermediate professional military education for select mid-career officers. The 10-month course admits...
Professional military education: Guard and Reserve members
Air War College. This is the senior professional school in the Air Force. Some 260 senior U.S. military officers, civilians and officers from about 40 nations attend the 10-month school each year in...
Professional military education: Guard and Reserve members
Air Force Institute of Technology. The Air Force’s graduate school, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, comprises the Graduate School of Engineering and Management, the Civil...
Education benefits for Guard and Reserve members
Selected Reserve members can qualify for the Montgomery GI Bill, Selected Reserve, a no-pay-in program available to reservists for as long as they are actively participating within a 14-year period....
Education benefits for Guard and Reserve members
Most states and territories offer National Guard members tuition assistance or waiver programs that go beyond the GI Bill. In most cases, these can be used in conjunction with active or reserve...
Education benefits for Guard and Reserve members
Reservists who enlist or re-enlist for a specified term of service in the Selected Reserve can get help in repaying outstanding student loans taken out after Oct. 1, 1975. For each “good...
Education: Dependents
Nearly 1 million military children attend public school in districts operated by local educational agencies. School officials increasingly are working to make the transition easier for military...
Education centers
In addition to active-duty personnel, family members can enroll in college programs offered through all service branch education centers and Navy College offices. The centers may offer testing...
Education: Military academies
Service academy applicants must be nominated to be considered for appointment. Most receive nominations from members of Congress. Other sources include presidential nominations for children of career...
Education: Scholarships
Scholarship opportunities for military children and spouses range from the military relief societies’ scholarship programs to the annual Scholarships for Military Children in conjunction with...
Education: Spouse education
Career Advancement Accounts. Under a new pilot program at 18 installations, eligible military spouses can receive $3,000 a year for up to two years to pay for expenses directly related to...
Education: DANTES
The Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support provides service members with educational opportunities outside the classroom. DANTES services are available at nearly all education centers...
Education: Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges
Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges is a consortium of more than 1,800 public and private colleges and universities as well as higher-education associations. SOC degree programs are mainly for Army,...
Education: Service programs — Air Force
Air Force Voluntary Education Branch. The Voluntary Education Branch oversees all Air Force education centers, education counselors, administration of tuition assistance, testing and related services.
Education: Service programs — Army
Army Continuing Education System. ACES centers in the U.S. and overseas sponsor a variety of programs for high school completion, college and vocational-technical courses, non-traditional programs...
Education: Service programs — Coast Guard
Coast Guard Institute. Programs are available to active-duty members, reservists, spouses and civilian employees.
Service programs —Marine Corps and Navy
Seaman to Admiral-21. The STA-21 commissioning program is designed to create a fair system for sailors to receive an undergraduate college education and become commissioned officers. Enlisted...
Education: Graduate schools
Air Force Institute of Technology. Located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, this institute supports the Air Force and national defense by providing degree-granting graduate and professional...
Education: Senior NCO Academies
Air Force Senior NCO Academy. The academy, at the Gunter Annex of Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., instructs two courses with the mission to expand the leadership capabilities of senior enlisted...
Education: Staff colleges
Air Command and Staff College. This college at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., is the Air Force’s intermediate professional military education school. The college prepares field grade officers...
Education: War colleges
Air War College. This school, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., is the senior professional school in the Air Force. The resident program consists of 10 months of graduate-level study, resulting in a...
Education: Tuition assistance
Tuition assistance for voluntary off-duty education is available to all service members for a maximum of $4,500 at 100 percent of tuition costs per year, or a maximum of $250 per semester hour.
Education: Reserve Educational Assistance Program
REAP is a relatively new benefit providing educational assistance to Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve members called to active service in response to a war or national emergency, as...
Education: Top-Up
This program can be used to pay the balance of tuition and fees not covered by the Montgomery GI Bill and federal tuition assistance.

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