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CHAPTER 1607 RESERVE EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (REAP)
Eligibility Criteria:
Eligibility will be determined by the Department of Defense (DoD) or Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as appropriate. Generally, a member of a Reserve component who serves on active duty on or after September 11, 2001 under title 10, U.S. Code, for at least 90 consecutive days under a contingency operation, is eligible for REAP. There is no specific time frame to use REAP; however, your eligibility generally ends when you leave the Selected Reserves.
National Guard members are eligible if their active service extends for 90 consecutive days or more and their service is:
- authorized under section 502(f), title 32, U.S. Code,
- authorized by the President or Secretary of Defense for a national emergency, and
- supported by federal funds.
GI Bill Uses:
All training programs or programs of study must be approved for veteran’s benefits before a soldier can use their GI Bill benefits. Ask someone at your place of training if the program you are interested in is approved for GI Bill benefits. The following is a list of different types of training soldiers may take and use their GI Bill benefits:
- On-the-job training programs
- Apprenticeship training
- Schooling (College or University)
- Flight training
- Correspondence courses
- Cooperative training
GI Bill Rates:
Rates usually change each October.
www.gibill.va.gov/education/rates.htm
CH 1607, GI Bill Application Process:
Contact the GI Bill Certifying Official at your school or place of training and submit the following forms:
- VA Form 22-1990, Application for VA Education Benefits (Download from GI Bill web site
www.gibill.va.gov)
- NGB Form 5435-R, Montgomery GI Bill Kicker Contract (If applicable) or NGB Form 5435-1-R, Montgomery GI Bill Kicker Supplemental Contract (WOCS, ROTC or OCS participants) (Obtain from unit or personal files retained at the time of enlistment)
- DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD 214 from mobilization) (Obtain from unit or personal files)
CH 1607, GI Bill Payment Process:
*** Verifying your enrollment status each month is required before VA will make a payment to your direct deposit account.
Effective 1 April 2008, soldiers must remember to do this at the end of each month. Call the toll-free number, 1-877-823-2378 or log on to VA’s WAVE program at www.gibill.va.gov 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and verify your enrollment online.
CH 1607, GI Bill Important Information:
- Soldiers may use benefit as a drilling member (not AGR or
mobilized) or 10 years from the date of discharge.
- If Soldiers have been deployed multiple times and they add up to 36 months or more,
VA will process the claim at the 80% rate.
- May provide $600 additional contribution.
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