Education and Training

Post-9/11 GI Bill

Available to Veterans, Servicemembers, and their families who served after September 10, 2001, the Post-9/11 GI Bill provides up to 36 months of education benefits for approved programs. Payments for monthly housing, annual books and supplies, and one-time rural benefits may also be available. Click here for more information.

Montgomery GI Bill

The Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty (MGIB-AD) and the Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve (MGIB-SR) are available to those who enlist in the US Armed Forces. Assistance may be used for college degree and certificate programs, technical or vocational courses, flight training, apprenticeships, on-the-job training, high-tech training, licensing and certification tests, entrepreneurship training, entrance examinations, correspondence courses, and other programs under certain circumstances. Click here for more information.

Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP)

Education benefits (matched on a 2-for-1 basis) are available to Veterans who elected to make contributions from their military pay to participate in the program. Benefits may be used for degree, certificate, correspondence, apprenticeship/on-the-job training programs, and vocational flight training programs. Click here for more information.

Survivors and Dependents Assistance

Two GI Bill programs (The Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship and The Survivors' and Dependents Educational Assistance Program) offer education assistance to Veterans' survivors and dependents. Beneficiaries may be eligible for more than one program. Click here for more information.

For more information regarding Education and Training benefits, visit the US Department of Veterans Affairs Education and Training website.

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