GOOD NEWS! THE POST 9/11 GI BILL IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS...

The Post 9/11 GI Bill and Military-Friendly Education -

The Post 9/11 GI Bill application process started at the beginning of this month. It provides increased funds for veterans looking to attend college, including tuition costs, a book and supply fund, and housing stipends. It also provides several subdivisions of financial support that were lacking in the old Montgomery GI Bill, including the Yellow Ribbon Program, which grants increased tuition support for participating private colleges.

In order to be eligible for the Post 9/11 GI Bill, the military personnel must have been in active service for a minimum of 90 days after September 10, 2001 and meet one of the following additional criteria: Be honorably discharged from the Armed Forces; or Be released from the Armed Forces with service characterized as honorable and placed on a retired list, temporarily disability retired list, or transferred to a Reserve; or Be discharged or released from the Armed Forces for EPTS (Existed Prior to Service), HDSP (Hardship), or CIWD (Condition Interfered with Duty); or Continue to be on active duty.

Military-friendly colleges like American Sentinel University are eager to participate in the new financial aid available to prospective veteran college students. With the Post 9/11 GI Bill granting college funds beginning the 2009 fall semester (August 1, 2009 is the earliest start-up date), they are two of many military-friendly universities that have been avidly participating in the new program.

Prospective military students that would like to learn more about the Post 9/11 GI Bill can visit the Veterans Benefits GI Bill Blog,  which follows the latest in military education.

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