FOREVERGIBILL

[rinod72]

Haven't read all the details but I'm sure there are plenty of active military and Veterans that this applies to. Sounds very promising. Worth looking into.

http://bit.ly/2wghZdb

 

[RangerNole]

Interesting. If you want a skill set or someone to pay for college and you don't look at the military you are a fool. The Army paid for my degree and the current program is unbelievable. Serve your time and the Army will pay for college at whatever the state school cost is, if you go private they pay for whatever the state tuition cost is, they give you a housing allowance based on BHA and give you a stipend of $1000 a year for books etc. So if say you are a SGT/E-5 and go to FSU, school paid for, roughly $1200 a month (tax free) for housing and 1k per year for books and stuff.
Now if you want to go into medicine all the way to a specialized Doctor there are a ton of programs that will pay for everything and often you just have to serve in the Army Reserve. There is even a program/school run by the DOD that will pay for med school and pay you while you are in med school. So you get paid to go to med school and graduate without a single dime of debt.

 

[funksouljon]

I would love to say my GI Bill paid for my college. But since my job paid for it, I let the GI Bill pay for me to race motorcycles. With the new program, I could still be racing! SOB.

 

[rinod72]

I would love to say my GI Bill paid for my college. But since my job paid for it, I let the GI Bill pay for me to race motorcycles. With the new program, I could still be racing! SOB.

Haha. Well played. I'm a vet too. I used a majority of my GI Bill but not all of it. It seems from a few more things I've read that they will grandfather past veterans in. Not sure how far back they go.

 

[funksouljon]

...... It seems from a few more things I've read that they will grandfather past veterans in. Not sure how far back they go.

Oh, tell me more.... Im already back in school, might be a consideration. Perhaps I should look into this deeper.

I have a buddy who is very smart, just hates school. He paid in and never touched his GIBill. I wish we could have transferred it to me, I might have learned how to fly helicopters.

 

[rinod72]

Oh, tell me more.... Im already back in school, might be a consideration. Perhaps I should look into this deeper.

I have a buddy who is very smart, just hates school. He paid in and never touched his GIBill. I wish we could have transferred it to me, I might have learned how to fly helicopters.

Honestly wish I knew more. Pretty sure I read about dependents getting GI benefits as well.

 

[RangerNole]

Honestly wish I knew more. Pretty sure I read about dependents getting GI benefits as well.

This is the new GI Bill, around 2005 or so. You can give it to any immediate family member, wife and kids only; although grandkids may be included. You can split it etc. between kids. They came up with this plan in the middle of the hell that was Iraq pre-surge or so and used to keep people in. An amazing plan and you could select it even though you had been in the Army for 10 years or more. Typically you had to choose the GI Bill upon enlisting; wish I had done my homework because I would have done it in a second, just figured I had used my GI Bill and wasn't eligible. Heck I would spend a year in A-stan, Iraq, Syria right now or wherever for this plan for my kids.

 

[rinod72]

This is the new GI Bill, around 2005 or so. You can give it to any immediate family member, wife and kids only; although grandkids may be included. You can split it etc. between kids. They came up with this plan in the middle of the hell that was Iraq pre-surge or so and used to keep people in. An amazing plan and you could select it even though you had been in the Army for 10 years or more. Typically you had to choose the GI Bill upon enlisting; wish I had done my homework because I would have done it in a second, just figured I had used my GI Bill and wasn't eligible. Heck I would spend a year in A-stan, Iraq, Syria right now or wherever for this plan for my kids.

I tried to transfer my GIBILL to my daughter but I was told I had to do it when I 1st signed papers. This new one supposedly gives dependents benefits just like you or I would get. Seems much better.

 

[F4Gary]

GI Bill paid for my Airline Transport Pilot rating and a Cessna Citation type rating. Spent all $10,000 in one week!