Posted: 6/21/2011 5:29:29 PM EDT
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Got a few questions I need help with, I am having trouble finding answers.
Got out of the Corps in 98, joined the Guard in 06, Did my GI Bill expire or did it continue through to my Nat. Guard contract? How do you find out if you have any benefits left on aforementioned GI Bill? I did use some for dive school. If you had and used Montgomery GI Bill, can you get post 9/11 GI Bill? I have been to the suck, so I meet the active duty criteria. Any help you can give is appreciated. |
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The way it was always explained to me, and I'm far from an expert, is that you have ten years from the time you first start using your benefits before they expire.
IE, if you left the Corps in '98, went to dive school in '01, then your bennies would expire in '11. But....I might be wrong. |
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The National Guard in your state will have an Education Office and they can help you also the VA will have an office and you need to go talk to them and find a VA Rep to help you work your way through the system. You also probably need to go to the VA hospital and get rateings on any problems that you have as a result of your service.
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| If you have a valid DD214 from your second "stint," then you have ten years from the end of your tour. It is called you "delimiting" date. I got off active duty in 1995 and although I did a few 179 ADSW stints, they didn't count. I reached my delimiting date in 2005 and my benefits ended. Like the previous poster said, got talk with your VA rep and find out. Everything seems to be waiverable also so you never know. |
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The way it was always explained to me, and I'm far from an expert, is that you have ten years from the time you first start using your benefits before they expire. IE, if you left the Corps in '98, went to dive school in '01, then your bennies would expire in '11. But....I might be wrong. No. You have ten years from the date you get out. When you leave the service the clock starts ticking. |
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Quoted: Quoted: The way it was always explained to me, and I'm far from an expert, is that you have ten years from the time you first start using your benefits before they expire. IE, if you left the Corps in '98, went to dive school in '01, then your bennies would expire in '11. But....I might be wrong. No. You have ten years from the date you get out. When you leave the service the clock starts ticking. Meaning if hes still active he can still school for free right? |
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The best thing to do is fill out an application with the VA - use their VONAPP page. Sorry no hotlink:
https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits-portal/ebenefits.portal?_nfpb=true&_portlet.async=false&_pageLabel=ebenefits_myeb_vonapp1 There are two main types of GI BIll now. Chapter 30 (Montgomery GI BIll from back in the day, where you chipped in the $100 a month) and the new Post 9/11 GI Bill. There's a difference in how much you get paid (as of August, the post 9/11 GI BIll is called 2.0) and includes a BAH type of payment) depending on your course of study, and which plan you choose. If you want the post 9/11 Bill, you have to irrevocably pick it, so make sure it's what you want. Another difference is that Post 9-11 GI BILL checks go right to the school, not like the old checks that used to come to you once a month. They're supposed to be updating it, but once you figure out your eligibility with the VA, use this calculator to see what $$$ you'd get depending on the Chapter 30, or post 9/11, which they call Chapter 33. http://www.newgibill.org/calculator Oh - one more thing. If you upload a DD214 with the VONAPP, apparently it doesn't work.  The VA people I spoke with said that you have to "ask a question" from the VA homepage, then attach your DD214 to it... asking that they add it to your file. So some things never change. 
And yes, if you used GI Bill but have some eligibility left over, you can get Post 9/11. My example - I used 27 months of Chapter 30 10 years ago. Based on 2003 OIF service, they'll give me up to 48 months of total eligibility. So the 9 months of leftover, plus another 12 = 48 |
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The way it was always explained to me, and I'm far from an expert, is that you have ten years from the time you first start using your benefits before they expire. IE, if you left the Corps in '98, went to dive school in '01, then your bennies would expire in '11. But....I might be wrong. No. You have ten years from the date you get out. When you leave the service the clock starts ticking. Meaning if hes still active he can still school for free right? If he is on active duty I believe so yes. Now if you get out and the clock starts ticking and then you go back active your time starts over and begins again when you leave active duty. |