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5 days ago · By Ashley Murray, Washington State Standard. May 23, 2024, 12:37 PM. A new bill introduced in Congress would permit retroactive Purple Heart recipients who served on or after Sept. 11, 2001, to ...
22 hours ago · Proposed Law Would Close GI Bill Loophole. Updated on May 28th, 2024. Joe Wallace. Under the current rules of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, military members are permitted to transfer their unused GI Bill benefits to qualifying spouses and school-age children. However, the transfer requires the servicemember to commit to a new tour of duty, and the ...
5 days ago · It wasn’t until a 2017 law that Purple Heart recipients were able to receive full post-9/11 GI Bill benefits regardless of their length of service. Previously, the recipients had to have 36 ...
4 days ago · It wasn’t until a 2017 law that Purple Heart recipients were able to receive full post-9/11 GI Bill benefits regardless of their length of service. Previously, the recipients had to have 36 ...
1 day ago · Murray and Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, introduced a bipartisan bill Thursday aimed at closing that loophole.. The legislation, titled the Purple Heart Veterans Education Act, would permit retroactive award recipients who served on or after Sept. 11, 2001, to transfer their education benefits to one or more dependents.
4 days ago · Veterans can not transfer their GI Bill to anyone. You must be in the military to transfer to dependents - active or guard or reserve - have completed 6 years and upon approval serve an additional 4 years. This has been the rule since Post 9/11 GI Bill was created!
3 days ago · If it passes, the legislation would fix the Isakson and Roe Act, which went into law in 2021, that only allows active duty Purple Heart recipients to transfer the education benefit to their...
