Veterans' Benefits Under Current Educational Programs

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 - Veterans

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Page 65 - ... of title 10 pursuant to an enlistment in the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard or as a Reserve for service in the Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve...
Page 39 - If I can be of further assistance to you in this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely yours, FRANK J.
Page 65 - For purposes of paragraph (1) (A) and section 1661 (a) , the term "active duty" does not include any period during which an individual (A) was assigned full time by the Armed Forces to a civilian institution for a course of education which was substantially the same as established courses offered to civilians.
Page 1 - FOREWORD Veterans Benefits Under Current Educational Programs is published twice yearly -- at the end of each fiscal year, — reporting data on persons who trained during the fiscal year, and, as of the end of April reporting characteristics of persons in training. Its purpose is to inform the administrative staff of the Veterans Administration, the Congress and other interested persons about the educational assistance programs which are administered by the Department of Veterans Benefits of the...
Page 66 - That wherever the additional period of instruction ends during a quarter or semester and after a major part of such quarter or semester has expired, such period of instruction shall be extended to the termination of such unexpired quarter or semester.
Page 119 - Mr. Chairman, and members of this distinguished committee, I am Robert W. Nolan, national executive secretary of the Fleet Reserve Association.
Page 100 - GI bill in 1976 and concurrent expansion of Federal assistance to college students. Congress has created a system of educational benefits that offers more to those who do not serve their country than to those who do. This is perverse. Under the veterans educational assistance program or VEAP, which replaced the GI bill, the Government matches, within prescribed limits, voluntary contributions made by service members.
Page 128 - John P. Sheffey, executive vice president of the National Association for Uniformed Services (NAUS). Our association's membership is drawn from all the seven uniformed services of the United States; active duty, retired, Reserves, veterans, and their spouses or survivors. Our mission is to uphold the security of the United States by supporting activities that preserve and improve the attractiveness of service careers and sustain the morale of the uniformed services. We work on the "people things...
Page 66 - In all other courses offered by educational institutions, whenever the period of eligibility ends after a major portion of the course is completed such period may be extended to the end of the course or for nine weeks, whichever is the lesser period.

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