February is Career and Technical Education Month, VA’s Education Service wants to celebrate the importance of skilled trade workers by highlighting the alternative education paths that we offer our Veterans, service members and their beneficiaries.
The Dog Tag Fellowship Program for Veterans helps aspiring entrepreneurs learn the ins and outs of running a small business.
The Isakson and Roe Act allows service members to transfer all or part of their Post-9/11 GI Bill entitlement to their ward or foster child.
Since 2019, the Veteran Employment Through Technology Program has helped over 1,400 VET TEC student Veterans transition to high-tech careers.
VA made a promise to make Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA) payments whole for Post-9/11 GI Bill® students impacted by implementation of the Colmery Act.
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Initially, I served with the United States Army Reserve in St. Cloud, Minnesota. I was a technical engineer, which means that I learned how to do so soils testing, drafting, and surveying. (I think it’s funny that I now work on a totally different kind of survey as a researcher.)
For Veterans who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, VA has launched the Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program. Apply online now!
The Isakson and Roe Act of 2020 features 32 provisions that impact the administration and oversight of education benefits.
National Engineers Week was first celebrated in 1951, dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing interest in careers in engineering and technology. This week, VA is celebrating engineers and engineering technicians and their positive contributions to the quality of life by promoting the importance of a technical education.
While there are many resources to support those managing the impacts of COVID-19, we narrowed a few down to create a COVID-19 fact sheet with GI Bill students in mind. You can see the COVID-19 resources described below and find them listed in our COVID-19 Fact Sheet.
May 15 is Armed Forces Day, which celebrates soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, Guardians and Coast Guardsmen. Service members don’t need to wait until separating to start using benefits they earned. Here are seven ways service members can start using VA.