Disabled Veteran and Assistant Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Tammy Duckworth recently decided to go back to school and share her experiences with using the Post-9/11 GI Bill and reintegrating into the civilian world of academia with Military.com readers.
In the second installment of her series of op-eds entitled, Back to School on the Post-9/11 GI Bill, Duckworth makes some good points about the need for more than financial support to ensure vets are able make it graduation.
Read Tammy Duckworth’s full article on Military.com’s feature - The Passdown.
Great Idea! I went to college for 11 years, part-time and graduated as the first overseas graduate in Vocational Industrial Education for the University of Maryland.
More of our returning service members should take advantage of the GI Bill.