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October 31, 2009
My husband and I are overseas in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I’ve already got some credits for my degree, but we can’t afford for me to keep going, since we’re recieving NO financial aid what so ever. I have heard that we might be able to use his GI bill now, but I really don’t want to use it, incase he wants to continue his education after he’s done in the navy. Do you know of any scholarships or grants that I could apply for? Thanks!
One: The Post 9/11 GI Bill is transferable as of August 1st. He can transfer *part* of it to you, if you don’t want to use the whole thing. If he qualifies, he is entitled up to 36 months. If you already have some credits, you probably won’t be needing all 36 months of it.
Two: In some states there is the Veteran’s Disability benefit. In California for example, if he has just 0% (yes that is a zero) disability after retirement he is eligible for full free tuition to any public college. This is also transferable.
The two methods cannot be used *at the same time*. But they can both be used. Also, make sure you check what institutions qualify for either of the programs overseas.
Admittedly, the Post 9/11 is a better deal, since it also covers certain private and proprietary institutions under the Yellow Ribbon Program, not to mention books stipend and housing allowance. But tuition is typically the bulk of the cost.
So here’s an option: use part of the Post 9/11 GI Bill for yourself now, and use the Disability tuition aid for himself later.
Other than that, search for scholarships at the military.com website:
http://aid.military.com/scholarship/search-for-scholarships.do?ESRC=ggl_edu_sch.kw
But beware with scholarships and grants. In many cases, it is quite difficult to qualify/win the money they offer and on top of that you have to re-enter every year to keep getting that money. With the GI Bill, you only need to apply once and just verify your attendance.
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October 31st, 2009 at 1:35 pm
One: The Post 9/11 GI Bill is transferable as of August 1st. He can transfer *part* of it to you, if you don’t want to use the whole thing. If he qualifies, he is entitled up to 36 months. If you already have some credits, you probably won’t be needing all 36 months of it.
Two: In some states there is the Veteran’s Disability benefit. In California for example, if he has just 0% (yes that is a zero) disability after retirement he is eligible for full free tuition to any public college. This is also transferable.
The two methods cannot be used *at the same time*. But they can both be used. Also, make sure you check what institutions qualify for either of the programs overseas.
Admittedly, the Post 9/11 is a better deal, since it also covers certain private and proprietary institutions under the Yellow Ribbon Program, not to mention books stipend and housing allowance. But tuition is typically the bulk of the cost.
So here’s an option: use part of the Post 9/11 GI Bill for yourself now, and use the Disability tuition aid for himself later.
Other than that, search for scholarships at the military.com website:
http://aid.military.com/scholarship/search-for-scholarships.do?ESRC=ggl_edu_sch.kw
But beware with scholarships and grants. In many cases, it is quite difficult to qualify/win the money they offer and on top of that you have to re-enter every year to keep getting that money. With the GI Bill, you only need to apply once and just verify your attendance.
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I’m in college under my father’s transferred Post 9/11 GI Bill