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Military Tuition Assistance Helps Guard Soldiers on Long Deployments

Friday, August 31, 2007

A recent USA Today article covering The National Guard Association of the United States' General Conference in Puerto Rico highlighted the strain that longer deployments are putting on National Guard soldiers, their families and their civilian careers.

As of August 2007, out of a total of 162,000 U.S. troops serving in Iraq, approximately 30,000 were National Guard soldiers. Some National Guard soldiers now serve on deployments that are as long as 15 months.

"When you're deployed, it's tough on you. It's tough on your family," Col. Steven Bensend of the Wisconsin National Guard told USA Today. "When you get back, you want to separate yourself from military things." Col. Bensend is an agricultural consultant in Wisconsin who returned from a one-year tour in Kuwait to find that he'd lost many of his clients.

For Guard soldiers who want a backup career or are looking to switch into a whole new line of work when they return home, 100% online military courses can help National Guardsmen prepare for civilian careers while they're deployed in Kosovo, Africa, Iraq or any number of places. Military continuing education is a way for Guardsmen to prepare themselves for their military to civilian transition when they return to the States.

In exchange for their service, the National Guard will pay up to 100% of a soldier's military tuition for online courses. It's a chance for Guard soldiers to receive training to become a home inspector, real estate agent, property manager or medical transcriptionist.

As long as Guard soldiers have access to the Internet and a computer, they can take military classes online when they're off duty. U.S. Military Tuition Assistance is a military education benefit that Guard soldiers have earned, and they need to take advantage of it while they're serving on active duty. This is, in effect, a military education grant and soldiers must make sure they use this opportunity for no-cost career training.

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