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Scholarship Money for Military Spouse Education

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Several years ago the Rand Group surveyed military spouses from four service branches concerning their employment and education opportunities.

In general, the study's findings were disappointing. Among other things, the 2004 study noted that Army spouses were three times more likely than civilian spouses to be unemployed, while 25% of Marine Corps spouses actively seeking work could not locate a job.

Military spouse noted that three major obstacles stopped them from getting career training, and ultimately getting a job: lack of affordable/available childcare, limited education offerings on base at the military distance learning centers and frequent reassignments to new duty-stations, often out of state. The military and the Department of Defense are aware of these issues and have implemented programs to address these needs, for they understand that unhappy military spouses often influence whether an active-duty spouse decides to reenlist.

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One of the keys to addressing the career woes of military spouses is to make Internet service and computers more available to spouses, opening up the option of military distance learning (online) education, where military spouses can train for a civilian career regardless of where their family is stationed.

One way to help with tuition for online courses is with scholarships from local and national military spouses' clubs. Most bases have a local spouses' club that offers scholarships to dependants and military spouses of service members stationed at their base. Many have websites with deadlines and application information.

Several national organizations also offer scholarships, grants or military education loans; a few examples are included below:

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
Army Emergency Relief
Air Force Aid Society
Coast Guard Mutual Aid

Military spouses can use their scholarship money to take military distance learning classes at accredited online schools. Some schools offer military spouse education discounts, so military spouses should be sure to identify themselves when registering for courses.

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