{"id":34438,"date":"2013-03-06T14:02:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T18:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=34438"},"modified":"2013-03-06T14:02:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T18:02:18","slug":"marines-end-tuition-assistance-other-services-may-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=34438","title":{"rendered":"Marines end tuition assistance, other services may follow"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of you folks sent me the message from the Department of the Navy on how they planned to make through the sequester. Buried way down near the bottom of the message was the cessation of the Marine Corps’ tuition assistance program. The tuition assistance program is how most folks on active duty get to work on their education. Between tuition assistance and teaching ROTC, that’s how I saved the VA some money by only using three semesters of my education benefits. From Stars & Stripes<\/a>;<\/p>\n

An administrative message published Saturday for all Navy and Marine Corps personnel from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus noted that one of the impacts of the across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration would be to \u201ccease new USMC enrollments in voluntary education tuition assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Marines already using the program said they were informed that their assistance also would be cut off after the current semester and that they should meet with guidance counselors for information about scholarships and grants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good move, Navy. Tuition assistance also benefits the services because folks get educated. I guess this is the way they intend to make sequestration especially painful. I guess while they were raiding our $770 million Tricare surplus, they didn’t think that they could use it to help out the youngsters instead of getting some general new carpeting in his office or something, which probably would have made me less critical of the DoD. But, it looks like the Marines aren’t the only ones considering the cut;<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Defense Department comptroller released guidance that suggested all services consider \u201csignificant reductions in funding new tuition assistance applicants … for the duration of the current fiscal situation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Probably because the folks looking for places to cut at DoD have never worn a uniform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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