Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) is another great education program available to you by joining the Army.

The Army is still offering the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) as an enlistment incentive option. If it is still an option when you join, I recommend you decline it. Here's why.
 

As Congress keeps looking for ways to cut the budget, one Department of Defense (DoD) program that keeps coming up for review is the Federal Tuition Assistance Program – a popular program used by servicemembers to pay for post-secondary education classes taken in their off-duty time.
 

People join the Army for a myriad of reasons. Some need a paycheck; others join for the education benefits they can use while serving and and others for the GI BIll benefits after getting out. However, serving is serious business and you will be held to a certain standard once you are in uniform. If you are thinking about enlisting in the Army, you will be expected (and held accountable) to live by the seven Army Values of:

Another September 11th past this month; this one being the 10th anniversary of that terrible event none of us will ever forget. Since that day in 2001, thousands of men and women have enlisted in the Army, as well as the other sister services, as a patriotic way of helping our country prevent that attack from ever happening again. 
 

Q: How many credit hours are required to be considered "full time" to receive BAH. I'm about to get out of the Army and would like to know if I would receive BAH while going to a technical school (Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology)?

Q: I am not sure if this question was answered somewhere. But I was going to school before I met my husband. And I finished after we were married and all, so can I get a portion paid in my loans or is there anything I can do now? I went through Kaplan, which is a school I have seen on the site. I am just not sure what requirements are as in how long we have to be married, or how long he has to serve.

Q: My first enlistment was honorable, but later in my career I received a general discharge. Am I eligible for college benefits?