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To: greenspirit who wrote (97539)	1/29/2005 2:44:02 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793752

Mike, would you add signing bonus'es to this? I think the free college to any college they qualify for is a good idea. It could also be offered at the National Guard level....perhaps one half...or the equivalent time spent on active duty... You want to increase recruitment? Simple, offer free college, room and board, books, tuition, etc, to any servicemember who completes a three year term of service in the military, and allow them to attend any college in the country they qualify to attend.

To: greenspirit who wrote (97539)	1/29/2005 4:17:07 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793752

<<In the past, service in the military equated to a college education.>> When I got out the college benefit was $270 per month. I signed up and was told I'd get the money when I finished college. I had to work full time if that was the case so I soon dropped out and went to work. The VA guy took his secretary and booked to South America. It turned out he had been pulling this scam for 4 years on hundreds of vets and was pocketing their GI Bill money.

To: greenspirit who wrote (97539)	1/29/2005 7:48:35 PM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793752

The largest one being that todays military college benefits exceed the benefits provided by the old GI bill. No way, not even close. I am not an expert on the relative time value of money due to inflation. I did use the GI Bill in the late 60s and 70s to pay for books and tuition at night school and while attending the Infantry Officer advanced course, and again when I bootstrapped for two semesters in 77-78 at Northwestern Louisiana to complete a degree. My recollection is the benefit capped at $300 or $400 per month for 36 months. That is indeed 4x lower than the current $50,000. You said that is just one item of the items in that post that doesn't jibe with reality. Feel free to fire at the others. You want to increase recruitment? Simple, offer free college, room and board, books, tuition, etc, to any servicemember who completes a three year term of service in the military, and allow them to attend any college in the country they qualify to attend. I'll add your idea to CBs pay raise and guess what? The $75,000 in pay and benefits that I said would cost well over $100 billion, for 1.4 million troops, just became about $150,000 per and the cost is now $210 billion. That is >50% of the DOD budget but just think how many more "Zell Miller" spitballs the combat troops will be able to make with all that extra cash.