Will have to check if that applies to deer corn!
Military Veterans
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Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Looks like another failed recruiting goal for the year even with the $35k signing bonuses.
www.nbcnews.com
Ha. And the Army deficit continues.
Wonder how long this will last...
www.military.com
Why is the U.S. military struggling to recruit young Americans?
With a record low number of Americans eligible to serve, and few of those willing to do it, this "is the year we question the sustainability of the all-volunteer force,” said an expert.
www.nbcnews.com
Ha. And the Army deficit continues.
Wonder how long this will last...
Army Cuts Off More Than 60K Unvaccinated Guard and Reserve Soldiers from Pay and Benefits
Some 40,000 National Guard and 22,000 Reserve soldiers who refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer allowed to participate in their military duties, also effectively cutting them off from some of their military benefits, Army officials announced Friday.
It is a bad sign when the military recruiters cannot make numbers during a tough economy..
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
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Drank from Devil Dog Fountain in Belleau Wood this morning. Good thing there were no recruiters around.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Great news, looks like my oldest boy will be able to use up the rest of my GI 9/11 benefits, I only used 7 months of it to finish off my degree. He has 29 months left to use, and he already has 24 college hours from High School. This will save me about $25k to $30k a year, sweeeet!!
Benefits end date was his BD, so I had to block out the PII.
Benefits end date was his BD, so I had to block out the PII.
Good to see someone getting to use them. What about Hazlewood Benefits?
Silverback
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They should transfer. Neighbor did it with his kid.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Have to use up the Fed benefits first then he and my youngest son would be eligible for Hazelwood.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Oh it's gonna save me more, they are going to pay a $1300 monthly stipend, I told him that money will be used to pay for his dorm/rent. Dad is now on his checking account,
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
His final college bill came out almost to $12k, the VA paid almost half what was due, which was ~$5,900.
I transfered him $2k into his checking and he paid the remaining $6,637.38 to college with him using $4600 of his own money. I did by books and put them on my credit card which was another $400 plus dollars, stocked him up with somee snacks, gave him a 25 count box of condoms and $100 cash.
He has $756.30 left in his account. The VA did give him 2 book stipends of $37.50 and $450 and the VA gave him a debit schedule for his future housing allowance, in total it comes out to $4895.10. He shoud and will use that $4895.10 to help pay his next semester bill.
He is on a meal plan, it's just the average meal plan, but I do expect that he will need about another $1,000 over the semester for food, printing, supplies and recreation activities.
I'm estimating it will cost us $3,500 total this semester, I did tell him if he gets a few scholarships for the Spring 2023 semester he will have a whole lot more play money in hand.
I transfered him $2k into his checking and he paid the remaining $6,637.38 to college with him using $4600 of his own money. I did by books and put them on my credit card which was another $400 plus dollars, stocked him up with somee snacks, gave him a 25 count box of condoms and $100 cash.
He has $756.30 left in his account. The VA did give him 2 book stipends of $37.50 and $450 and the VA gave him a debit schedule for his future housing allowance, in total it comes out to $4895.10. He shoud and will use that $4895.10 to help pay his next semester bill.
He is on a meal plan, it's just the average meal plan, but I do expect that he will need about another $1,000 over the semester for food, printing, supplies and recreation activities.
I'm estimating it will cost us $3,500 total this semester, I did tell him if he gets a few scholarships for the Spring 2023 semester he will have a whole lot more play money in hand.
Silverback
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My neighbor also used the Hazelwood Act to pay for his sons college. It was a big help for sure.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Oh I agree. This has to be used up first per Texas, which is a no brainer.
Haze just covers 100% tuition, not dorm meal plan, etc. the 9/11 MGIB covers more and overall costs if the housing allowance is used wisely.
Silverback
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Magnums?
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Maybe we need a student loan too.
Biden unveils plan to forgive student loan debt for a subset of Americans
abcnews.go.com
Biden unveils plan to forgive student loan debt for a subset of Americans
President Biden announces student loan forgiveness
President Joe Biden on Wednesday will announce a plan to cancel debt for a subset of Americans and continue to keep a pandemic-era pause on the repayments.
abcnews.go.com
Silverback
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Digging deep for mid-terms.