Benefits Blog

Is the Montgomery GI Bill Still a Good Choice?

  • The Army is still offering the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) as an enlistment incentive option. If it is still an option when you join, I recommend you decline it. Here's why.
     

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Are You Looking for Excitement in Your Life?

It PaYS to Join the Army

  • No I didn't misspell the word "pays." It's an acronym for a new Army program called the Partnership for Youth Success. The program is an agreement between the Army and several civilian corporations. This is how it works.

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Changes in the Federal Tuition Assistance Program May Be in the Future

  • As Congress keeps looking for ways to cut the budget, one Department of Defense (DoD) program that keeps coming up for review is the Federal Tuition Assistance Program – a popular program used by servicemembers to pay for post-secondary education classes taken in their off-duty time.
     

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The Soldier's Creed - What Do the Words Really Mean?

  • The Soldier’s Creed is something you will learn (and be able to recite from memory) once you get are in Basic Combat Training. For many new soldiers, they are so focused on knowing the words (so they don’t have to drop and do pushups), they don’t truly understand the meaning of their recitation. So what do the words really mean?
     

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