Payments made to Service Member Yes Yes Yes Yes Full-time 36 months of monthly Pays tuition and fees at a public institution Yes Partial Pay full-time benefit: education $356 Annual stipend for books up to $1000 Yes No No No Housing allowance based on based on E5 with Yes No No No dependents BAH for zip code of school Cost varies Free of cost to Service Member Yes with Yes Yes program Up to 10 years, or Eligible Service Member eligible up to 15 years after until entire Eligible while Yes while last day of qualifying Active Duty entitlement serving serving has been used No No No Potentially transferable to dependents Yes CH 33 Post CH 30 CH 1607 CH 1606 9/11 MGIB-AD REAP MGIB-SR Eligibility While on active Use while on active Service Member No delineating date Period duty and for 15 duty status and for 10 remains eligible as long per NDAA08 as long years after years after separation. as they are in the as the Service separation from Selective Reserves (SR). Member remains in qualifying Active May receive ten years the SR – eligibility Duty or until benefit of post-separation typically begins the months are eligibility if completes a day after IADT exhausted. Service Contract. completion for NPS Service Members.
Payments made to Service Member Yes Yes Yes Yes Pays tuition and fees at a public institution Yes Partial Pay 36 months of full-time education Full-time monthly benefit: $356 Annual stipend for books up to $1000 Yes No No No Housing allowance based on based on E5 with dependents BAH for zip code of school Yes No No No Free of cost to Service Member Yes Cost varies with program Yes Yes Service Member eligible up to 15 years after last day of qualifying Active Duty Yes Up to 10 years, or until entire entitlement has been used Eligible while serving Eligible while serving Potentially transferable to dependents Yes No No No CH 33 Post 9/11 CH 30 MGIB-AD CH 1607 REAP CH 1606 MGIB-SR Eligibility Period While on active duty and for 15 years after separation from qualifying Active Duty or until benefit months are exhausted. Use while on active duty status and for 10 years after separation. Service Member remains eligible as long as they are in the Selective Reserves (SR). May receive ten years of post-separation eligibility if completes a Service Contract. No delineating date per NDAA08 as long as the Service Member remains in the SR – eligibility typically begins the day after IADT completion for NPS Service Members.
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