COOL for You

Use Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) to:

• Find civilian credentials related to your military occupational specialty
• Understand what it takes to obtain the credentials
• See if there are available programs that will help pay credentialing fees

National Guard and Reserves Members

If you are a member of the National Guard or Reserves, you may be able to receive GI Bill reimbursement for licensing and certifications test fees. Qualifying members of the Guard and Reserve can now receive reimbursement of up to $2,000 per test. The benefit has been available to Active Duty service members through the GI Bill since 2002, and was extended to qualifying members of the Guard and Reserve in January 2006. For more information and to find out whether you qualify for this benefit, please see the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Licensing and Certification Brochure.

Promotion Points

Soldiers competing for promotion to sergeant and staff sergeant can now receive promotion points for approved technical certifications. COOL identifies these certifications with the new promotion points icon (at right).

Look for the new icon as you review information for your military occupational specialty.

For information about technical certification and promotion points, see:

• The Technical Certification and Promotion Points Fact Sheet
• The U.S. Army Human Resources Command Technical Certification Matrices Web page