On 3/18/13 7:43 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"Urin Asshole" wrote in message
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Military tuition. Hmmm.. sounds socialist to me. Of course, we could
reeinstitute the draft. That'll motivate the kids. Sheesh.

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It was a benefit ... not unlike civilian companies that offer tuition
assistance for employees. It still exists except the program has been
halted due to the sequester. Education benefits under the GI Bill (or
whatever it's modern counterpart is called) is still in force when you
leave the military but the tuition assistance for school while on active
duty has been stopped .... hopefully temporarily.

We had a friend who got his doctorate as a classmate of my wife's a
couple of years ago...he was a military social working, treating front
line troops. Got sent to Afghanistan and died when an IED blew up the
truck in which he was riding. Really great guy. Military paid for his
doctorate and the university helped him complete the requirements within
the time limits the military allocated for him.

It's a good deal that the military educates its troops...helps them be
better, smarter soldiers and surely helps them transition to civilian
life when they leave the service.