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Meet the British Royal Marine awarded a Bronze Star by the US Marine Corps

Royal Marine Maj. James Fuller deployed to Afghanistan on June 1, 2018, as part of the Marine Corps’ Foreign Personnel Exchange Program.

By Philip Athey

3 years ago

The Marine Corps is scrapping minimum in-service time requirements for using tuition assistance

Marines previously had to wait 18 months to use tuition assistance; before that it was two years.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

As TA use drops, could recent policy changes get more service members using the education benefit?

One of the perks of serving in the military is being able to go to college on the Defense Department’s dime. But the number of service members taking advantage of this education benefit — often hailed as a key military recruitment and retention tool — has been declining in recent years, with all branches seeing drops in fiscal 2017, federal data show.

By Natalie Gross

5 years ago

Benefits basics: Military tuition assistance

How, and where, you can get schooled up while in service.

By Natalie Gross

5 years ago

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