Pentagon Official: Cutting Military Tuition Assistance 'A Nightmare Scenario'
The Army, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard will no longer offer tuition assistance to their enlisted due to government budget cuts.
Military.com recently highlighted one effect of the much talked about sequestration -- the Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard will no longer offer tuition assistance. The GI Bill is still in effect, however. The government will save about $6 million a year, while more than 300,000 servicemen and women could be affected. Those who already receive tuition assistance will be able to keep it, but no additional applications will be accepted. "I used tuition assistance when I was in and probably would not have a degree without it," Sgt. Christopher Diaz, director of South Gwinnett High's JROTC program, told Snellville Patch. "This is so unfair to our military members currently serving. They defend our freedoms and this is the thanks …
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