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College while on active duty
Have anyone had any experience with the educational benefits that are available for those on active duty-and do spouses have any? I am trying to be encouraging to my son (and his wife) but also don't want to "nag". But I would like to suggest some realistic options for them.
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Comment by Anti M on March 4, 2015 at 6:41pm
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There are few resources for spouses. Google MyCAA
Active duty do get tuition assistance, however, there are limitations. They must have passed physical fitness, have permission from their command, have been at that command for at least a year, and are up on their advancement/qualifications.
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Comment by CryptoDad on March 4, 2015 at 8:20pm
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Check out the Navy College Program - https://www.navycollege.navy.mil/
Active duty Sailors get $4000 a year in Tuition Assistance (TA) for courses taken in an off-duty status at an accredited college, university or vocational/technical institution. Use it or lose it. Too many Sailors don't take advantage of this benefit. They have to be up to date with all their Navy training, advancement, job qualifications, warfare pins and the like. And the command has to sign off before any off-duty classes can be taken. This means that a Sailor won't be able to take advantage of TA until being settled into his/her first command for at least a year.
Can a Sailor earn a degree this way? YES!! My daughter wanted to attend a local college on the GI Bill after serving for 4 years. In the mean time she would take a few of their core class on line. Only she kept re-enlisting and taking more classes on her own time. Ten years later she has her Bachelors without setting foot on the campus that is 3 miles from our back door. And only paying for books. She can use her GI Bill for her Masters or another Bachelors in a different area.
Sorry, but nothing for spouses.
https://www.navycollege.navy.mil/
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I used the TA while I was active duty, but I was called into work during off duty hours so often I could not complete my courses for my BS. I finished my AA, but I already had most of those credits. I finally graduated as a dependent spouse (overseas, so it was a slow process).
The VA helped me get a second teaching degree after we returned to the US. Another underutilized program. (I did not have GI Bill, I had the horrible 70s program).
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Oops... 80s, not 70s.
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