Posted on Apr 17, 2018
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I am having trouble understanding the difference between the two. There is about two years left on my contract and I am hoping to go to school full time afterwards. Any advice?
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TSgt David Holman
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If you enlisted after the Post 9/11 Bill was enacted, you should automatically be enrolled in this program. The Montgomery GI Bill had to paid into starting in Basic Training. The big difference between the two is that the Post 9/11 pays the school based on "months" and pays the member BAH based on single status at I believe the E5 rate for the area. Check with your education office, but you should already be enrolled in this program (and as a bonus, if you are looking at going into a STEM field, there is now an additional scholarship offering an additional 9 months of training up to $30,000)
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
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You only get the BAH after you are no longer serving. If you use 9/11 GI Bill on active duty you only get the book stipend.
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TSgt David Holman
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Good catch, I did forget to mention that, and I had forgotten about the book stipend all together.
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Thank you both very much!
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