New GI Bill to be put on table

I'm in the military and am currently using my 100% tuition assistance. I don't have to use my GI Bill. The problem with this bill is that it still does not address the fact that most military members want to be able to use this money to give to our dependants. With the current deployments and military training for deployments, we don't have enough to go to school. It would be nice to be able to give to our spouses and children. Great post.

I think any amount of money we give to our men and women in the military through the GI bill is never enough to repay them for their service to their country. I am pleased to see that they have increased the amount of monetary support. Why did this change not come any sooner? My father was able to get his college education through the GI bill and managed to get his masters degree when I was very small. I know firsthand that programs like these can change the lives of our men and women in the military and their families.

Looking at the make up of the Armd Forces many of them already have acollege education and are making too much money to qualify for Federal Grants. They can get loans for their dependents. Having a parent or spouce in the military is a burden for the whole family. My son is full time military and I know several people who are full time military and they have families. When you are moved every 3-5 years and have to uproot your family and your spouce has to give up their career and start over it is a sacrifice that the family makes and I thing giving the Soldier a set amount that can only be used for education related expences for them or their family sounds reasonable and will keep many excellentpeople in the military. Most Universities give their facilutys' family free toution or reduced tution. Why not the Military? I would like to share a poem I received when my son was deployed to Iraq. It is the Soldier not the poet who gives us Free Speech. It is the Soldier not the reporter who gives us Freedon of the Press. It is the Soldier not the lawyer who gives us the right to a Fair Trial. Keep all the soldiers in your prayers. Thank You

Well I believe that all the GI that have been to any war deserve to be treated with respect for protecting their country and so they should give them theses benefits. I agree with you completely in regards to this and probably give them even more money.

It is a start, but should be more. The government doesn't do enough for the fighting men and women and their families.

I still don't think that's enough money for the bravest human beings I have ever known. You are so right about us being able to sleep peacefully in our beds because of these amazing men and women; they should be paid more than doctors and lawyers in my opinion. In fact, they should be paid more than the President of United States; what does he do now?

In order to keep quality employees, there needs to be quality benefits. The same is true for the military. I think it is about time we show that we value our military.

It is so hard to keep up with military. They do what they want. Senat is cutting all, but money they spend on war. Everything was cut lately.

I think so many of our current military men and women joined hoping to find a fairly "easy" way to afford college. They ended up being tossed into a pretty harsh world of reality and many aren't coming back. I think to give them an education is the least we can do because right or wrong, war leaves a human being used and tossed away. The ending results will never leave them. Many come home injured or only with part of their bodies, while others come home with mental images that will never leave. This goes for any military serviceman. I think we owe not only an education but a lifetime of gratitude to these men and women. Perhapd THEY should be the ones voting their own pay raises instead of Congress and Senate voting for their own?

This is a selling point now for my son. I will have to check this out and see what is going on when he turns 18 in a few years. Time to work this out and hopefully add some more for motivation to serve. We do our boys alot and hopefully in time we will tend to all their needs. Our history does not give us hope for this however this newer world may just allow for the respect and care that these boys deserve.

It is indeed a start. I guess you have to look at what these men and women do on a daily basis. No calling in sick, away from family for months, you know how it goes. I agree deb that is is wonderful. I think they, as well as the firemen and policemen deserve so much more, but at least steps are being taken.