[kanmoodi]

CompTIA has announced that U.S. veterans and elgible dependents may now have the full cost of CompTIA certification exams covered by the G.I. Bill. The benefits will cover a maximum of $2,000 per exam.

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[kadavul]

Now this might motivate me to go for Server+ and Security+ a bit sooner than planned. I'll take all the money I can get.....
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[kadavul]

Ausome, this is great news. At least I can use my G.I. bill for something!


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[kadavul]

This goes for basically any exam you take. Cisco, Microsoft, compTIA. The only bad thing is you have to pay up front, then in acouple months they refund you. It doesnt matter if you pass or fail.

[kadavul]

but thats a good thing if you are going to be reimbersed from your job as well for tests and such

[kadavul]

Hmm,

Interesting. I thought this was already the case.

[kadavul]

the big question is, HOW do you go about doing it??? It was a pain to get the gi bill for college i think i have like 500-600 left and can use it for my certs.

[kadavul]

rawtoonz wrote:
the big question is, HOW do you go about doing it??? It was a pain to get the gi bill for college i think i have like 500-600 left and can use it for my certs.


Go to the GI Bill website. All the information you need is there. The great thing about certs is that they don't count towards the money alloted for college, so it doesn't matter how much you have left. Check the link.

Welcome to the GI Bill Website - (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

[kadavul]

war4years wrote:
rawtoonz wrote:
the big question is, HOW do you go about doing it??? It was a pain to get the gi bill for college i think i have like 500-600 left and can use it for my certs.


Go to the GI Bill website. All the information you need is there. The great thing about certs is that they don't count towards the money alloted for college, so it doesn't matter how much you have left. Check the link.

Welcome to the GI Bill Website - (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)



Actually this is highly untrue statement. I just got off the phone with them and it does count againts your remaining benefits for college. I for example have 9 month to use until dec 2007 if i dont do all the certifications i want before that time i loose all GI bill benefits. So please dont go into this thinking its a lifetime thing and that it doesnt deduct from your current benefits for college, it does!

Still is awesome that you can get rembursed for this though. Im glad i was just casually browsing. Thanks to the original poster!!!

[kadavul]

wildwilly wrote:
war4years wrote:
rawtoonz wrote:
the big question is, HOW do you go about doing it??? It was a pain to get the gi bill for college i think i have like 500-600 left and can use it for my certs.


Go to the GI Bill website. All the information you need is there. The great thing about certs is that they don't count towards the money alloted for college, so it doesn't matter how much you have left. Check the link.

Welcome to the GI Bill Website - (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)



Actually this is highly untrue statement. I just got off the phone with them and it does count againts your remaining benefits for college. I for example have 9 month to use until dec 2007 if i dont do all the certifications i want before that time i loose all GI bill benefits. So please dont go into this thinking its a lifetime thing and that it doesnt deduct from your current benefits for college, it does!

Still is awesome that you can get rembursed for this though. Im glad i was just casually browsing. Thanks to the original poster!!!


Ya know what? You're right. I could have sworn that I read before that it doesn't take away from your college benefits, but now I've looked it up and I see that it does.

Thanks for the correction and clarification.

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