Navy Reserve Moms
How much assistance for college can my son expect from Navy Reserve once he is out of A school?
I just sent my reservist off to Boot Camp YESTERDAY. So, of course, I can do nothing or thing about anything but my kid!
I tried to get this information out of my son's recruiter several times over the past 6 months and he was never the least bit clear nor very helpful in attempting to find out specifics for us (surprise, surprise.)
I'm getting conflicting information . . . will my son qualify for the the Post 9/11 GI Bill (at the 40% of tuition reimbursement) because of his "Active Duty" status while in training? (He will be in A school for 6 months.)
Or does that active duty for training not count toward the The Post 9/11 GI Bill qualifiers? If that's the case, will he only qualify for the Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve, which is, as I understand, just a monthly payment to my son and no housing allowance and no book stipend while he's enrolled in college.
Anyone else have any experience with the Navy Reserve helping out with college expensives?
(And I just ran into something online that says there may be a program that helps pay, or even forgives, the federal student loans of a member of the military may carry with him when he enlists . . . anyone know the validity and specifics about this? My son has one year of college under his belt, with about $5,500 in subsidized and non-subsidized federal student loans.)
autibug
My husband is in the reserves and he had to really fight to get any education assistance. The time in bootcamp and A-school do not meet the requirements of getting the post 9/11 GI bill. That one you have to have either 3 or 6 months (I can't remember which one) of deployment and it has to be in specific places. I don't know exactly which deployments qualify for it but not just any deployment counts. My husband does get a monthly check but he has to fill out a paper monthly stating what days he is in school and how many credits he is taking. It is quite the process and a lot of people will tell you that you don't qualify for anything but if you push hard enough and dig deep enough he can get some of his schooling covered. Good Luck! When he gets out and starts all the schooling if you have questions let me know and I can ask my husband.
Jul 29, 2014
Mitch's_mom
I was wondering the same thing. I called my son's recruiter this morning to ask about education assistance and she was also very unclear. My son was told he would be able to enroll in classes after 90 days, but I am finding this is not true. He leaves for Boot Camp this Sunday the 23rd and will be in Great Lakes on the 24th. He is in A school for 27 weeks.
Nov 16, 2014
robin918
I too am trying to find out how my son can get the education assistance. He has been out since April and still has no information. He just moved from Florida to California. Hopefully he can find out there.
Aug 11, 2015