The FReeper Foxhole - Profiles the GI Bill Education Benefits - Dec 28th, 2002

http://www.gibill.va.gov/education/GI_Bill.htm ^

[MistyCA]

I look forward to seeing your bttt each day! Thanks! :)

[MistyCA]

Good morning, BIS!

[MistyCA]

They did something similar when my husband started going to school...the check didn't come and didn't come. He finally went to Bob Lagomarsino who was our Congressman at the time and the check came not long after that. Bob was always very responsive to the needs of his constituents. It is too bad that he got bumped out by Huffington who was, imo, selfish, good for nothing, and couldn't care less about constituents.

[MistyCA]

I am glad you took advantage of the GI Bill. My father and husband both worked all day and then went to school at night under the GI Bill. My husband carried a full load of college credits. My dad took longer to finish. I know that he would not have been able to go to college without the GI Bill.

[MistyCA]

Good morning, Pippin! good to see you!

[MistyCA]

LOL! It was so nice of Gore to do that! LOLOLOL!

[MistyCA]

Good morning, Aeronaut! Good to see you. :)

[SAMWolf]

I took advantage of the GI Bill to get my college education. No way I could have afforded it otherwise.

For once the paperwork was not overly complicated or excessive. I never used the home loan because it was just way to much of a hassel for the slight difference in rates at the time.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Misty, thanks for all the lnks to the other GI Bill related sites.

[stalin]

It only took them a few months for me also. There was an office right at the U that took care of the paperwork. They were great !

CA also kicks in some bucks for books. The program almost got me all the way through a Masters. No complaints. It's one of the best government programs out there.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Ah yes, the VEAP program. The thing I hate about it the most is arguing with people that yes I have an Honorable discharge but no I don't have the GI bill ( the old GI bill ended over a year before I joined). The VEAP program was outdated when it started.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for your service.

I lucked out when using my GI Bill. Illinois waived tuition at State schools for Vietnam Veterans, so I didn't need to use the GI Bill money on tuition. It paid for all the books and other expenses.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Pippin. Thanks for dropping in.

[MistyCA]

I agree about the Home loan. The only person I have ever known to use one was my brother on his third home. He found the experience to be complicated and not worth it, and sometimes the rates are not any better then commercial rates, or not enough to matter.

[MistyCA]

You are welcome. I got sleepy so only did a few. :) I kept running into anti-military links telling our youth why the GI bill wouldn't do them much good!

[SAMWolf]

Please remove me from your bump list thank you.

Ok will do, thank you.

[SAMWolf]

IMHO the "new" benefits aren't as good as the old ones.

When I was in the guard the Montgomery Bill was the "latest and greatest", I always thought it was nowhere near as good as the original.

[SAMWolf]

I tried to use it on the first house we bought, but it was just such a hassle that we finally just when with a conventional loan.

[SpookBrat]

Just checking in. We've been busy making memories. My brother got in from Texas last night. Guess what I got for Christmas from my brother? Ted Nugent's book called God, Guns & Rock'n Roll

I opened it up and read the dedication and thought it was worth putting up in here. I can't wait to dive into this book. He said he stood in line to get it autographed for me, but had to get back to work. *sniff*

This book is dedicated with all my heart and soul to every brave American warrior of the U.S. Armed Forces who served and sacrificed, so "we the people" can live in what I hope is this perpetual experiment in the self-government as free and sovereign beings. I dedicate this effort also to my dad, Warren Henry Nugent...one of these warriors, who taught me discipline, a hard-core work ethic, and accountability; and to my uncle John Nugent, who along with Dad introduced me to the ultimate discipline that is firearm fun: handling, responsibility, and appreciation. Also to all the dedicated warrior activists on the not-so-mean streets of this great country in the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America, Brass Roots, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, and all the pro-hunting and pro-Second Amendment organizations across the land...especially the Ted Nugent United Sportsmen of America members who fervently fight for the basic self-evident truths and our sacred right to keep and bear arms for defense of self, family, home, and country.

And to all the courageous men and women of law enforcement who commit their lives to serve and protect with the very arms that "we the people" must use to defend ourselves......

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Spooky.

Great dedication, certainly different from what you normally see.