Marine Corps updates tuition assistance guidelines

The Marine Corps recently published details of its fiscal 2015 tuition assistance program, incorporating stricter requirements created earlier this year.

The most notable among them stipulates that Marines who do not successfully complete a course for which they received TA will have to pay the money back. Satisfactory completion means a C or higher for undergraduate courses and a B or higher for graduate studies, according to Marine administrative message 687/14, signed Dec. 30.

Those who do not meet those requirements will be unable to take additional courses using TA until they have paid the service back.

Among other requirements, Marines can only use TA for tuition and not associated course costs like lab fees. Also, first-time applicants must have completed at least 24 months of active-duty service, according to other rule highlighted by the MARADMIN.

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