The Post 9/11 G. I. Bill

The greatest benefit the military offers to service members is now the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill. This entitlement is highly beneficial to service members to pursue their educational needs. As great of a service the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill provides, an action is in progress to lower the basic allowance of housing (BAH) of the G.I. Bill. The Post 9/11 G.I. Bill provides an array of opportunity for veterans yet some find themselves homeless. The Post 9/11 G.I. Bill is depended heavily to support continued civilian education cost. It is the service member’s entitlement and it must remain unrevised.

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Some veterans utilize their time served as a stepping-stone to further their opportunity and move on to an improved lifestyle. However, some find themselves homeless. Homeless veterans are inevitable amongst us today and it created a discredit to their branch of service and ultimately themselves. Who is at fault, the government or the individual? The Government has programs in place to assist veterans before and after released from the service to have a smooth transition into the civilian population. The military itself does not constitute a greater chance of veterans becoming homeless. It ties directly to the individual and their choice to become homeless. Some claim the blame to the military that leads veteran to become homeless. The assumption is not true. The service of the military is a contributing factor for veterans to become homeless. They were not homeless prior to entering the service, why should they be homeless now. What many failed to understand is how the veterans’ situation resulted in their status. Many homeless veterans have attempted to use the program that’s been offered but most of the time the acceptance rate is not well due to reasons like “lack of funds” (GPD, 2013)by the government assistance. Homeless veteran have many reason why they are homeless such as Post Traumatic

Bill has two major difference with the other programs offered to service member. The first major difference is the allocation of the funds. The Post 9/11 G.I. tuition and fees pays directly to the institution and it covered 100% of the cost. An amount of $1000 stipend provided to the service member for book purchases. The second difference is the service member only requires served on active duty for 90 days to consider for this entitlement. Unlike the Montgomery G.I. Bill, service member have to serve for two years in order to receive the benefit. The amount the service member receives depends on how long they have served on active duty. The Reserved Education Assistance Program is similar to the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill. Even though this program is for the Reserve Component, it allowed the Reserve component the same entitlement as active duty military. In order to receive the benefit Reserve component must serve on active duty. The reason for reserve component having that same entitlement is when duty calls. The Reserve Education Assistance Program has a time limit. Any members that were eligible to receive this benefit must use it before it expires. The same stipulations still applies and must serve for 90 days active aggregate service. The Post 9/11 G.I. Bill not only be used on college education, but it can be applied toward many types of education programs. The G.I. Bill has approved on education such as, Flight Training, Vocational