By Debbie Gregory. While the post-9/11 GI Bill provides funding for veterans to pursue traditional education programs, technological advancements have resulted in high tech jobs for military, high tech jobs for veterans, military high tech jobs and veteran high tech jobs. These are great jobs that veterans interested in technology careers can and should fill. […]
By Debbie Gregory. The “Forever GI Bill,” a sweeping expansion of GI Bill education benefits, is on its way to the Oval Office. Passed by both houses of Congress, the bill will increase veteran’s benefits by more than $3 billion over the next decade. One important change, reserved for those who become eligible after January […]
By Debbie Gregory. Veterans who have transitioned out of the military do so with rich veteran education benefits, especially those who have the Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits. In addition to tuition, the benefit covers housing, books and supplies. It’s no wonder that schools want to recruit these potential students. But because veterans can only […]
By Debbie Gregory. It looks like big changes may be on the horizon for the Post 9/11 GI Bill. The “forever” GI Bill, officially titled the “Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017″ looks to be a broad, permanent bill of rights for student veterans and their families. And it has a pretty […]
By Debbie Gregory. While the Post-9/11 GI Bill offers a very generous post-service education benefit, a special provision of the program allows career service members the opportunity to share their education benefits with immediate family members. The Post 9/11 GI Bill is the only one which allows transferring education benefits. Now that the Post 9/11 […]
By Debbie Gregory. Adam Behrendt is on a mission. The former U.S. Navy corpsman who enrolled as a transfer student at Stanford University is trying to persuade the university to change some of their policies to make the school more veteran friendly. Behrendt enlisted in the Navy in 2007, after several years at the University […]
By Debbie Gregory. Last month, thirty-five veteran groups banded together and stalled a congressional hearing. The groups were in the U.S. Capital to weigh in on changes to the Post 9/11 GI Bill. They want change and to close some loopholes. While they agree on more than they disagree on, the area of disagreement concerns whether […]
By Debbie Gregory. Student veterans face challenges that their civilian counterparts don’t; they are usually older than civilian students and in many cases, they are juggling college with families, jobs and service-related disabilities. Student veterans believe that their discipline, maturity and drive aid them if facing their many challenges. But on the flip side, many […]
By Ryan Sears, The Gertsburg Law Firm Buying a home is the most expensive purchase most of us will ever make. For many veterans, the VA Home Loan remains a tremendous benefit of their service that allows them to buy a home with little or even no money down. Those same veterans, however, are sometimes […]
By Debbie Gregory. Many veterans exhibit advanced team building skills, high levels of resiliency and strong organizational commitment, traits that contribute to making them successful entrepreneurs. There are numerous resources that assist veteran business owners thrive, including the following: VAMBOA, the Veteran and Military Business Owners Association, is a non-profit trade association that promotes and […]
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