tuition through the millitary.

[Unearth078]

ive been trying to research on how the process is but basically i am not making out too well. pages written by lawyers is all i seem to come up with.

example:
http://www.military.com/money-for-sc...ion-assistance

seems like 9000 is the max per semester, unless the millitary has a akward fiscal year...

i kinda dont know what im getting at. i want to know if anyone on the boards has dealt with millitary tuition and how you have made out.

[Alkasquawlik]

My roommate is doing the Navy ROTC program. I think he only has to pay for books and room/board during his 4 years of school. The Navy takes care of the rest. He also gets a stipend. We both go to UC Davis where the tuition is roughly 22k a year and I think the Navy pays about half of that. I'll ask him more about it later tonight.

[Tree18is]

Honestly your best bet would be to go and talk to a recruiter to get the absolute bottom line. As a veteran and a GI bill recipent Im still not to clear on the whole deal. I know they pay you as much to go to school as a normal job, its a pretty good deal.
I might look into using it very soon to maybe learn to run CNC machines. They pay for most schools but not all, so look up what school you want to go to and see if they even accept it. I think the reason you might be having trouble finding info on it is because of what your calling it, here is a link that is the best I could find. http://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_Bill_Info/benefits.htm#CH33
good luck.

PS: its always changing, when I joined it was like 9k, but since 9/11 OIF and OEF and Pres bush... its change four times, all for the best, but its changed, thats why im not to sure on what it is anymore or how much money you get for school.

[Unearth078]

My roommate is doing the Navy ROTC program. I think he only has to pay for books and room/board during his 4 years of school. The Navy takes care of the rest. He also gets a stipend. We both go to UC Davis where the tuition is roughly 22k a year and I think the Navy pays about half of that. I'll ask him more about it later tonight.

please do, it looks like they cover those things under the rotc program. supposably up too 180g's across up to 5 years.

Honestly your best bet would be to go and talk to a recruiter to get the absolute bottom line. As a veteran and a GI bill recipent Im still not to clear on the whole deal. I know they pay you as much to go to school as a normal job, its a pretty good deal.
I might look into using it very soon to maybe learn to run CNC machines. They pay for most schools but not all, so look up what school you want to go to and see if they even accept it. I think the reason you might be having trouble finding info on it is because of what your calling it, here is a link that is the best I could find. http://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_Bill_Info/benefits.htm#CH33
good luck.

PS: its always changing, when I joined it was like 9k, but since 9/11 OIF and OEF and Pres bush... its change four times, all for the best, but its changed, thats why im not to sure on what it is anymore or how much money you get for school.

and i most deffinently am going to talk to a recruiter, this is basically helping me populate a list of questions, i appreciate all comments. im also talking to a friend who will actually be going away this coming monday. she will be mp, sounding like she will be working 9-5 and then school. sounds like she will be going to courses on base tho. seems like courses on base earn certificates which can be made into degree with less then normal class work.

[bimmerboy08]

I went to the air force academy and that was free, actually got paid for it.

Now the military is paying for me to get a grad school degree (online though).

I'm not sure what the specs are, but I do know for sure that I received a bachelor's degree free of charge and will eventually get the master's for the same price (I had to put that on hold to focus on flight school).

[Unearth078]

bimmerboy, care to elaborate? i know i need to talk to a recruiter, but im curious, i felt like the airforce academy was something impossible to get into.

...if you wear glasses does that mean you cannot be a pilot?

[bimmerboy08]

yea man feel free to pm me about it too, but the af academy isn't all that hard to get into, especially if you are an athlete. I wasn't anything super special in high school but I did test well on the SAT. There is a prep school you can go to if your GPA isn't up to snuff also.

You can have corrective surgery on your eyes to be a pilot, but there are some pretty strict requirements otherwise. For example I am going to be a navigator rather than a pilot because I am allergic to bees.

All that being said, the Academy is a pretty rough program once you're in it. Alot of "this sucks I want to quit" happens. Once you finish though you're hooked up.

[Ral]

bimmerboy, care to elaborate? i know i need to talk to a recruiter, but im curious, i felt like the airforce academy was something impossible to get into.

...if you wear glasses does that mean you cannot be a pilot?

I looked into the Air Force Academy, but went Naval Academy. I'm in Jet Advanced now (well, I start up on the 22nd). I can tell you that I wore glasses for much of my life, and my eyes were fixed at the Navy's expense. If you have questions about either Academy, you can send me a PM and I will try to answer as best I can, I'm sure the Air Force guy above would agree.

However, it would be helpful to know what your goals are.. do you want to go in first then get your education using the GI bill? Or are you looking to go the Officer route? I can tell you that, if you want to fly, there's a long commitment attached to it. I'll get my Naval Aviator wings in approximately a year and a half, then I have a minimum of 8 years after that. Other programs will incur shorter commitments typically with less money spent towards your education. In any case, talking to your recruiter is a great place to start, but corroborate everything they say.. they have specific recruitment goals they try to meet.

Side note- where's some cool off-the-beaten-path bars/music in San Antonio? I'm 2 hours south of there in a small town called Kingsville.

[Unearth078]

i would love to get my education while serving, i just dont completely understand how that works, by that i mean are the courses supplied or would it be going to another school. (starting to get the ideal its completely dependent on what i choose.)regardless, i would love to be a pilot. tuition however scared me away. i would even love to be in the flight control tower. i was initially thinking electrical engineering due to being in a trade school in HS and enjoying my trade. from what i understand i would need to take the asvab and see what i am qualified for. with distractions being few and far i wouldn't have an issue committing to higher education especially knowing how rewarding it will be especially with little cost occured...

[Ral]

There's 3 ways you can go about becoming an officer, and all of them have varying degrees of tuition assistance.

1. Academy. It's fairly competitive, I didn't get in the first time I applied. In the Navy at least, it also incurs an extra year of commitment afterwards.

2. ROTC. As I understand it, they'll cover up to $15,000/semester, plus odds and ends, and I've heard there's ways of getting more if you need it for tuition.

3. OCS. I'm least familiar with this route, but I'v heard that you can sign up for it after your sophmore year, and get school paid for plus a salary, just to go to school. You go through OCS after that, and get your commission 96 fun-filled days afterward.

All of these are fairly competitive, however. I'm not too familiar with non-officer schooling, I'd go talk to your recruiter and see what he says for enlisted opportunities. I know Yan-3 is enlisted in the Air Force and is currently at Defense Language Institute, I believe. Just gather as much as you can before setting your sights on something.

[Unearth078]

thats an excellent way of breaking it down, id pm you guys but i dont know what to ask individually. im appreciative tho. i now have an idea of what to research independently. obviously need to talk to a recruiter regardless.

[bimmerboy08]

^^ exactly what Ral as far as the 3 ways to become an officer. If you want to be a pilot or a nav you need to be an officer, however you can be aircrew such as a loadmaster or boom-operator as an enlisted troop. If you enlist you can also get your degree while you work full time and the military will cover a certain amount of expenses. Good point on double checking whatever the recruiter says also, I've heard sometimes they are not always correct in what they tell you.

Hey Ral, I grew up in Severna Park MD. Our midshipmen when I was in middle school told me Air Force Academy was easier that's originally why I checked it out. I also have a bunch of friends in corpus christi, I'm 100% sure we know a few of the same people. Come on up to San Antonio I'll show you the good bars, you want to stay away from downtown proper and check out an area called "stone oak". Hit me up if you ever head this way.

[Ral]

Bimmerboy08- haha, small world. Are they in VT-35 learning to fly C-130's? What year did you graduate?

Unearth078, sorry to thread-jack. On the Navy side, there's 2 ways to become aircrew. The most exciting is to become helicopter aircrew (depending on your helicopter, you're a loadmaster, systems operator, rescue swimmer, machine-gun operator, or any combination.) or get into the P-3 world, but it's the least exciting flying job in the Navy normally. As far as officer training goes, Academy and ROTC will give you the option between Navy and Marines. OCS for Marines is a bit different, but I could shed some light on that as well. In the Navy, aviation is the least graduate-school friendly community. Believe it or not, Surface Warfare is the easiest to get Grad school out of.

and......

Our midshipmen when I was in middle school told me Air Force Academy was easier

I'm not much for being overly interested in rivalries, but I couldn't pass this up...

[Nic01101011]

My roommate is doing the Navy ROTC program. I think he only has to pay for books and room/board during his 4 years of school. The Navy takes care of the rest. He also gets a stipend. We both go to UC Davis where the tuition is roughly 22k a year and I think the Navy pays about half of that. I'll ask him more about it later tonight.

tuitions 8k/yr

[Ral]

any updates?