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Army Education Now Includes Pilot GED Classes

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Young men and women who join the Army know that Army education means basic military skills, like how to shoot an M-16 rifle. Yet for some new Soldiers, they'll also be getting reading, writing and arithmetic thrown in with the bargain.

In an effort to widen the pool of eligible recruits the Army has begun a pilot program at Fort Jackson to help high school dropouts get their GED. The school is called the Army Preparatory School and consists of a four-week curriculum, which is expected to expand to eight weeks in the coming months.

Civilian contractors will teach the academic classes, while NCOs will be on hand to teach Army customs and courtesies. At the end of their education, the Soldiers will then enter basic training like any other new Soldier entering the Army.

The school is the result of Army concerns that the eligible pool of young people who meet the Army's requirements are drastically shrinking. It's estimated that there are as many as 300,000 young people who could benefit from Army GED schooling.

And once Soldiers get their GED, they can then go ahead and take advantage of Military Tuition Assistance, which helps Soldiers pay for vocational and college courses while they serve. In many ways this Army continuing education allows service members to both, contribute to their military career, as well as prepare for the day when they separate from the service. Service members can also take advantage of military distance learning classes, which can be taken 100% online as long as an individual has access an Internet connection.

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Deployment & US Army Reserve Tuition Assistance

Monday, February 18, 2008

There is no question that the issue of deployment cycles is now an important one affecting the Army Reserve. It has been suggested recently that year-long alerts would help Reserve Soldiers train for theater-specific skills as well as give them time to prepare their families for deployment.

As the Global War on Terror continues, the Army Reserve's training cycle is no longer just two weeks in the summer; the Reserve is now a deployable force that can be quickly assimilated into the active-duty Army component.

And even with this expansion of the Reserve's traditional strategic reserve function, Army Reserve Soldiers are still unique because they are both warriors and members of the civilian workforce. The Army Reserve has been working with employers to help ease the tension that can sometimes arise between Army Reserve Soldiers and civilian employers, particularly around the issue of mobilization.

When it comes to helping families and civilian careers, one of the great assets that Reserve Soldiers can depend on is Army Reserve Tuition Assistance (TA). Reserve TA (TA Army Reserve) is a military education benefit that pays up to 100% of tuition and fees for Reserve Soldiers on active-drilling status.

The attractive feature of the US Military Tuition Assistance Program is that Soldiers pay nothing up front for their education - the Army Reserve pays schools directly. Reserve soldiers are eligible to receive up to $4,500 per fiscal year toward military courses online for such high-demand careers as medical transcription, home inspection, medical coding and property management.

Allied Schools is an accredited online school that accepts 100% online Tuition Assistance Army Reserve at no cost to Reserve Soldiers. Allied has enrolled over 10,000 military students since 2004 and its support staff walks service members through the TA process one step at a time. Military students at Allied can enroll in career training programs in the medical field, business and real estate.

As Reserve Soldiers increasingly face questions regarding future deployments, their civilian careers and separation from families, they can rest assured that taking advantage of military distance learning programs will always come in handy. Army Reserve TA is a benefit that Soldiers have earned through their service to the nation, and they should not miss the opportunity to use this military education grant while they are still on active-drilling status.

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Army Family Covenant to Aid Spouses

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

The news for Army spouses and their families got a whole lot brighter this past year when Army leaders signed the Army Family Covenant, which is a written commitment by the Army to improve the quality of life for Army families.

During a signing ceremony at Fort Knox Army Gen. George Casey emphasized that families are the backbone of the Army and its Soldiers. He credited Army families with standing firm behind Soldiers during six years of frequent deployments.

The covenant addresses five key areas that impact the quality of life for Army families. The Army's plan consists of:

-Standardizing and funding existing family programs and services
-Increasing accessibility and quality of health care
-Improving Soldier and family housing
-Ensuring excellence in schools, youth services and child care
-Expanding education and employment opportunities for family members

The expansion of education and employment opportunities, along with improved child care resources, should help Army spouses who want to work or train for a new job. Army spouses with computer and Internet access can take advantage of Army Spouse Education to train for a new career. Army spouses should also look into fields that lend themselves to home-based businesses, such as medical transcription or medical billing. It's also important to note that some schools offer military spouse tuition discounts.

Army spouse education, of course, is just one piece of the larger quality of life issue that the Army is addressing. Secretary of the Army Pete Geren summed up the importance of the Army family best when he said: "The health of our all-volunteer force, our Soldier-volunteers, our family-volunteers, depends on the health of the family. The readiness of our all-volunteer force depends on the health of the families."

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