| You'll hardly find a single American who will deny | | | | service. |
| benefits to military veterans, particularly education. Yes, | | | | REAP: Also known as the Reserve Educational |
| there are private institutions who like to help veterans | | | | Assistance Program, this act is available to all |
| once they are out of the military, but the core for | | | | reservists who, after September 11, 2001, complete 90 |
| military scholarships is the government itself. This has | | | | days or more of active duty service in support of |
| always been the case since Franklin D. Roosevelt | | | | contingency operations. This benefit provides |
| introduced the GI Bill back in 1944. | | | | reservists return from active duty with up to 80% of |
| According to the Veterans Administration (VA), there | | | | the active duty GI Bill benefits as long as they remain |
| are four basic types of government funding. Any | | | | active participants in the reserves. |
| former servicemen looking for a military grant to an | | | | MGIB-SR: Which stands for Montgomery GI |
| online college should keep these in mind. Would-be | | | | Bill-Selected Reserve, this program is available to |
| students should also check the VA for private forms | | | | members of the Selected Reserve, including the Army |
| of funding. That said, the four main sources are: | | | | National Guard and Air National Guard. This benefit |
| Post-9/11 GI Bill: Is also called the 21st Century GI Bill of | | | | may be used for degree and certificate programs, |
| Rights. Introduced by Virginia Senator Jim Webb, the | | | | flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and |
| law pays veterans' college expenses to a similar | | | | correspondence courses. |
| extent the original GI Bill did after World War II. The act | | | | As of January, 2010 the VA reports the following |
| includes funding 100% to a veteran who served three | | | | about the Post-9/11 Bill. 164,144 individuals enrolled under |
| years of active duty since September 11, 2001. The act | | | | the GI Bill, and 130,309 of them received payments. |
| also provides the ability for the veteran to transfer | | | | That leaves 34,000 students still waiting, which is down |
| benefits to a spouse or children after serving, or | | | | from about 240,000 last August. It pays about 4,500 |
| agreeing to serve, ten years. | | | | students per day. It takes, on average, 47 days to |
| Montgomery GI Bill: This is the original bill from | | | | process payments from the day the school certifies |
| Roosevelt, with many of its parts still in effect. Among | | | | enrollment. 352,281 people have applied and 292,896 |
| the things it also included were low-interest home loans | | | | have received one. |
| and even one year's unemployment after leaving the | | | | |