Educate Yourself About Potential Employers

For most military personnel, the career transition process is as much about education as it is about finding a job. More than half end up employed by companies unknown to them when their searches began.

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Across the country, ex-servicemen and women are making the leap back into the classroom and finding that the payoff is worthwhile, despite the risks of taking two years off work.

Online Undergraduate Degrees

Online programs can be a really good fit for ex-servicemen and women seeking a specific civilian career. Or online courses can be used when you’re just testing the waters.

Trade Schools

Trade schools can unlock the door to success in the civilian marketplace, particularly for those interested in the transportation industries.

Military Education Benefits

Navigating the many military education reimbursement programs can be an adventure, but these military education experts tell you how to get your money.

Your Free College Degree

The Post-9/11 GI Bill has helped more than 285,000 service members, veterans and their families go to college since the bill went into effect Aug. 1, 2009.

Obama Steps Up Efforts to Hire Vets

On Nov. 9, President Barack Obama signed an executive order creating the Veterans Employment Initiative, a program designed to bring more military veterans to the federal work force and help transitioners adjust to the civilian work place.

Military Skills + Education = Success

At some point, you will leave the military and start your life’s work outside the service. While that proposition strikes fear in most of us, it shouldn’t. The intangibles you learned and lived in the military, combined with the appropriate education, will make you a hot commodity in the civilian job market.

State Education Benefits for Veterans

Most states offer their own benefits to help fund your education. Map your future here.

New GI Bill Helps Military Families

For military families whose retirement and college savings have been decimated by the recession, the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 – also known as the “New GI Bill” – took effect at a most opportune time.

Education Aid for Military Families

Many military education programs assist spouses and children with their college tuition. In addition to traditional college funding, military families can take advantage of funding programs designed just for them. Here are programs and tips that can help your family get an education for the right price.

Yellow Ribbon Plugs the Gap

Program opens the doors of costly private schools to eligible military veterans and their families.