Many Guard Members Left Out Of New GI Bill

Week of July 17, 2009

Those activated under Title 10 to serve under the command and control of the president for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are eligible for the new GI Bill after 90 days deployed. If they serve 36 month cumulative months under Title 10, after Sept. 11, 2001, they get full GI bill benefits. But the time that Guard members have spent activated under Title 32, -- responding to domestic emergencies or to homeland security missions, or serving fulltime under the Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) program -- will not count toward Post-9/11 GI Bill eligibility. To learn more, read the full article on Military.com.

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