GI Bills

The Education Center offers a monthly brief that discuss the differences between the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post-9/11 GI Bill. The one-hour brief is usually held on the first Tuesday of every month at 1400. Appointments to meet with an Education Services Specialist are also encouraged to determine what GI Bill benefit is right for each service member. Please contact Cindy Harris at (928) 269-3589 to schedule an appointment.

For detailed information on the MGIB and Post-9/11 GI Bills, please visit www.gibill.va.gov.


Post - 9/11 GI Bill Transferability
The Post-9/11 GI Bill allows active-duty service members to ability transfer their GI Bill benefits to family members. Please review the information below for transfer requirements.

Eligibility
Any member of the Armed Forces (active duty or Selected Reserve, officer or enlisted) on or after August 1, 2009, who is eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and:

Has at least 6 years of service in the Armed Forces on the date of election and agrees to serve 4 additional years in the Armed Forces from the date of
election.

Has at least 10 years of service in the Armed Forces (active duty and/or selected reserve) on the date of election, is precluded by either standard
policy (service or DoD) or statute from committing to 4 additional years, and
agrees to serve for the maximum amount of time allowed by such policy or
statute, or

Is or becomes retirement eligible during the period from August 1, 2009, through August 1, 2013. A service member is considered to be retirement
eligible if he or she has completed 20 years of active duty or 20 qualifying
years of reserve service.

For those individuals eligible for retirement on August 1, 2009, no additional service is required.

For those individuals who have an approved retirement date after August 1, 2009, and before July 1, 2010, no additional service is required.

For those individuals eligible for retirement after August 1, 2009, and before August 1, 2010, 1 year of additional service after approval of
transfer is required.

For those individuals eligible for retirement on or after August 1, 2010, and before August 1, 2011, 2 years of additional service after approval of transfer are
required.

For those individuals eligible for retirement on or after August 1, 2011, and before August 1, 2012, 3 years of additional service after approval of transfer required.



Eligible Dependents
An individual approved to transfer an entitlement to educational assistance under this section may transfer the individual’s entitlement to:

• The individual's spouse.

• One or more of the individual’s children.

• Any combination of spouse and child.

A family member must be enrolled in the Defense Eligibility Enrollment Reporting System (DEERS) and be eligible for benefits, at the time of transfer to receive transferred educational benefits.



A child's subsequent marriage will not affect his or her eligibility to receive the educational benefit; however, after an individual has designated a child as a transferee under this section, the individual retains the right to revoke or modify the transfer at any time.

A subsequent divorce will not affect the transferee’s eligibility to receive educational benefits; however, after an individual has designated a spouse as a transferee under this section, the eligible individual retains the right to revoke or modify the transfer at any time.

Nature of Transfer
An eligible Service member may transfer up to the total months of unused Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, or the entire 36 months if the member has used none (unless DoD/DHS limits the number of months an individual may transfer).

Family member use of transferred educational benefits is subject to the following:

Spouse:

• May start to use the benefit immediately.

• May use the benefit while the member remains in the Armed Forces or after separation from active duty.

• Is not eligible for the monthly stipend or books and supplies stipend while the member is serving on active duty.

• Can use the benefit for up to 15 years after the service member’s last separation form active duty.

Child:

• May start to use the benefit only after the individual making the transfer has completed at least 10 years of service in the Armed Forces.

• May use the benefit while the eligible individual remains in the Armed Forces or after separation from active duty.

• May not use the benefit until he/she has attained a secondary school diploma (or equivalency certificate), or reached 18 years of age.

• Is entitled to the monthly stipend and books and supplies stipend even though the eligible individual is on active duty.

• Is not subject to the 15-year delimiting date, but may not use the benefit after reaching 26 years of age.

How to apply for TEB
First you must go to the DoD transferability application website to determine if your dependents are eligible to receive the transferred benefits. This website is only available to military members.
[ Official DoD transferability application website ]


Upon approval, family members may apply to use transferred benefits with VA by completing VA Form 22-1990e. VA Form 22-1990e should only be completed and submitted to VA by the family member after DoD has approved the request for TEB. Do not use VA Form 22-1990e to apply for TEB.


Click Here - To access the electronic version of VA Form 22-1990e (VONAPP)

Click Here - To access the paper version of VA-Form 22-1990e

Transferability Packet