Additional Protections for Service Members in Academia
Reserve and National Guard members could soon use Department of Defense (DOD) or Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits to withdraw or take a leave of absence from their academic program when…
House Passes Guard & Reserve GI Bill Parity Act
The US House of Representatives recently passed the Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2021 (H.R.1836). The US Senate will soon vote on the Bill to amend title…
Full G.I. Bill Benefits for the National Guard
Yesterday, our nation celebrated the National Guard's 385 years of service to the American people. Despite being older than the Constitution itself, this service branch does not always receive the…
Guard and Reserve Members Deserve Independent Student Status
In a recent post, Representative Guy Reschenthaler shared his case for why members of the Guard and Reserve, who put everything on the line defending our country, deserve the benefits…
Supporting the GI Bill Parity Act of 2021
We are proud to give our enthusiastic support to the bipartisan Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2021. For years, members of the National Guard and Reserve Component…
Missing Out on Higher Education for All the Wrong Reasons
You never realize how important school is until someone tells you that you can’t go anymore. You think back to all the times you complained about professors giving you homework…
Sgt. Ryan Hawley, student, 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, Colorado National Guard, climbs the mountain at Smugglers' Notch in Jeffersonville, Vt., Feb. 18, 2016. The Mountain Walk is a culminating event for basic and advanced mountain warfare students to use the skills taught at the Mountain Warfare School. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Rivard)
National Guard Deserves Independent Student Status
Members of the National Guard under the age of 25 can often be disqualified from receiving grants and financial aid because they are not considered independent students. Many states have…
House Introduces Act to Protect TRICARE for National Guard Servicemembers
Today, June 2nd, The House of Representatives introduced legislation to investigate and uncover the systemic problem of National Guard Servicemembers and their families losing TRICARE coverage during deployments. Multiple instances…
Huge Win for the National Guard
The Department of Defense (DoD) has changed an unfair policy that denied Post-9/11 GI Bill eligibility to members of the National Guard even though they were serving side by side…
Fighting for Veteran Status for Men and Women of the National Guard
Our Legislative Director Daniel Elkins, spoke with KPBS about the issues facing the men and women of the National Guard that are serving at our southern border. Members of the…