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Aid for Military Spouses Expands

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Education benefits for active duty military spouses keeps getting better and better. The government recently announced it will expand the Military Spouse Career Advancement Initiative to include the military spouses of all ranks, which will be a real boost for military spouse education training.

The pilot program began in January and provides military spouses at 18 select installations with Career Advancement Accounts (CAA) - funds which provide eligible military spouses with $3,000 for post-secondary education. And this funding is not to be confused with a loan program: this is a military spouse scholarship opportunity, which means spouses do not need to pay this money back.

The program originally was for spouses whose service member spouses were in grades E-1 through E-5 and O-1 through O-3. Now the program will be open to military spouses of all ranks, allowing more and more men and women to access career training.

The program has proved to be popular at the 18 pilot installations, with more than 900 spouses having started school and begun enjoying their military spouse benefits.

The expansion of the Military Spouse Career Advancement Initiative will also allow spouses to receive money for remedial training and licensing courses, as well as being able to choose from a broader range of career training fields.

A host of federal efforts now, including last fall's Army Family Covenant, are aimed at reducing the stark unemployment numbers that face spouses in all service branches; in time, more well-trained spouses, should translate into more jobs for military spouses.

By helping military spouses with access and funding for career education, it's believed that military spouses can enjoy greater pay, career satisfaction and more stability. And in the end, as it's often been noted, the military family is the leading support system for many Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Airmen.
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Military Spouses Connect in Cyberspace

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Military spouses checked in their "screen names" for the real thing earlier this month as they gathered in North Carolina for SpouseBuzzLive, an event that brought together military spouses who regularly blog on military.com's "Spouse Buzz" page.

The nearly 200 military spouse participants attended panel discussions and lectures on a variety of topics, including how to cope as a military spouse, as well as information on available educational benefits.

A military spouse at the event told the The Fayetteville Observer: "I have told these people some things I don't tell my husband," she continued. "(The blog) is a place to say something to somebody who understands how you feel. It's a safe place to go where they understand and they don't judge you. It's (a family readiness group) without borders."

In addition to the online emotional support, military spouses are also finding career and educational help from both the military and schools. Both the Army and the Marine Corps have recently announced plans to help military families and spouses with the complex challenges they face during the Global War on Terror and the constant deployments it requires.

More and more these days, schools that work with military personnel are discovering the need military spouses have for military spouse tuition assistance. In many cases, when active-duty service members enroll at a school using their Tuition Assistance benefits, schools offer discounts on military spouse education. A few select schools have even begun offering no-charge tuition for military spouses when their service member spouses enroll. Program education for military spouses is an important area that is finally getting the attention it deserves.

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