All service members and their adult family members are eligible to participate in courses offered through SOC institutions.  For more information on courses offered through the SOC network, visit the SOC website or contact the installation Education Center.   

All service members and their adult family members are eligible to participate in courses offered through SOC institutions.  For more information on courses offered through the SOC network, visit the SOC website or contact the installation Education Center.   

Yes, through the Services' relief organizations.  Spouse tuition assistance programs are generally only offered to spouses of active duty service members who have accompanied their spouses to an overseas location.   For more information on eligibility requirements and tuition assistance funding limits for each Service, please contact the appropriate Service relief organization listed on the Links to Branch Support Services page.

Yes, through the Services' relief organizations.  Spouse tuition assistance programs are generally only offered to spouses of active duty service members who have accompanied their spouses to an overseas location.   For more information on eligibility requirements and tuition assistance funding limits for each Service, please contact the appropriate Service relief organization listed on the Links to Branch Support Services page.

Detailed eligibility requirements for the DEA program, as well as eligibility periods (which vary for spouses and children) can be found on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website here.

To be eligible, individuals must be the spouse or child of one of the following:

• a veteran who died or is permanently and totally disabled as the result of a service-connected disability (The disability must arise out of active service in the military.)
• a veteran who died from any cause while such service-connected disability was in existence
• a service member missing in action or captured in the line of duty by a hostile force
• a service member forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a foreign government or power
• a service member who is hospitalized or receiving outpatient treatment for a service-connected permanent and total disability and is likely to be discharged for that disability

Money for education is paid through monthly allowances and varies based on training time and period.  Check the VA Payment Rates webpage for current allowances under DEA.

Detailed eligibility requirements for the DEA program, as well as eligibility periods (which vary for spouses and children) can be found on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website here.

To be eligible, individuals must be the spouse or child of one of the following:

• a veteran who died or is permanently and totally disabled as the result of a service-connected disability (The disability must arise out of active service in the military.)
• a veteran who died from any cause while such service-connected disability was in existence
• a service member missing in action or captured in the line of duty by a hostile force
• a service member forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a foreign government or power
• a service member who is hospitalized or receiving outpatient treatment for a service-connected permanent and total disability and is likely to be discharged for that disability

Money for education is paid through monthly allowances and varies based on training time and period.  Check the VA Payment Rates webpage for current allowances under DEA.

The pilot program offered by the Army allows eligible enlisted Soldiers the option to transfer up to eighteen of their thirty-six months of MGIB entitlement to their spouses.  To be eligible to transfer MGIB benefits, the Soldier must meet all of the following basic criteria plus any additional requirements as defined by the Army:

• must be an enlisted Soldier on active duty
• must have completed at least six years of service in the armed forces at the time of reenlistment
• must be entitled to a Zone B or Zone C Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) under current conditions
• must enter into an agreement to reenlist for at least an additional four years
• must complete a Department of Defense Form (DD Form) 2366-2, "Montgomery G.I. Bill Act of 1984 (MGIB) Transferability Program," with their servicing Army Retention Career Counselor at the time of reenlistment

For more information on the eligibility requirements for this program, please contact the installation Education Center.

The pilot program offered by the Army allows eligible enlisted Soldiers the option to transfer up to eighteen of their thirty-six months of MGIB entitlement to their spouses.  To be eligible to transfer MGIB benefits, the Soldier must meet all of the following basic criteria plus any additional requirements as defined by the Army:

• must be an enlisted Soldier on active duty
• must have completed at least six years of service in the armed forces at the time of reenlistment
• must be entitled to a Zone B or Zone C Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) under current conditions
• must enter into an agreement to reenlist for at least an additional four years
• must complete a Department of Defense Form (DD Form) 2366-2, "Montgomery G.I. Bill Act of 1984 (MGIB) Transferability Program," with their servicing Army Retention Career Counselor at the time of reenlistment

For more information on the eligibility requirements for this program, please contact the installation Education Center.

Qualified active duty enlisted Soldiers can transfer up to eighteen of their thirty-six months of MGIB benefits to their spouses at the rate they would have been entitled to had they not transferred the benefit.  Current rates of the MGIB benefit can be found on the VA website.

Spouse eligibility for the MGIB transferability program begins as soon as the Soldier has completed the six years of initial service, reenlisted for at least an additional four years, and completed the DD Form 2366-2.  Spouses can begin using the transferred MGIB benefits during their Soldier's reenlistment period (they are not required to wait until their Soldier completes his/her reenlistment period of service).  For more information on the Army's pilot program, please contact the installation Education Center.

Qualified active duty enlisted Soldiers can transfer up to eighteen of their thirty-six months of MGIB benefits to their spouses at the rate they would have been entitled to had they not transferred the benefit.  Current rates of the MGIB benefit can be found on the VA website.

Spouse eligibility for the MGIB transferability program begins as soon as the Soldier has completed the six years of initial service, reenlisted for at least an additional four years, and completed the DD Form 2366-2.  Spouses can begin using the transferred MGIB benefits during their Soldier's reenlistment period (they are not required to wait until their Soldier completes his/her reenlistment period of service).  For more information on the Army's pilot program, please contact the installation Education Center.

Eligibility requirements for DoDEA schools vary slightly depending on whether the school is located at an overseas location or within the United States, its territories, possessions, and commonwealths.  Generally, in overseas locations, command-sponsored children of service members and DoD civilians (both appropriated fund (APF) and non-appropriated fund (NAF) employees) from preschool to grade twelve are allowed to enroll in DoDEA schools at no cost.  DoDEA does allow other children to enroll (such as children of defense contractors whose contract allows for the education of dependent children in DoD schools, children of non-DoD federal employees, children of foreign national military members aboard the installation, etc.), but the enrollment of these children may be subject to a space-available or tuition-paying basis.

Within the United States, its territories, possessions, and commonwealths, DoDEA provides tuition-free education for dependent children of service members and civilian employees of the federal government assigned permanent living quarters aboard an installation.  Enrollment in DoDEA schools within the United States may be allowed for other children (to include children of service members and federal government civilians not residing in permanent quarters), but the enrollment of these children will be subject to the availability of space in the schools.  For more information on enrollment requirements for DoDEA schools, please contact the local school.  Contact information for DoDEA schools can be found on MilitaryINSTALLATIONS.

Eligibility requirements for DoDEA schools vary slightly depending on whether the school is located at an overseas location or within the United States, its territories, possessions, and commonwealths.  Generally, in overseas locations, command-sponsored children of service members and DoD civilians (both appropriated fund (APF) and non-appropriated fund (NAF) employees) from preschool to grade twelve are allowed to enroll in DoDEA schools at no cost.  DoDEA does allow other children to enroll (such as children of defense contractors whose contract allows for the education of dependent children in DoD schools, children of non-DoD federal employees, children of foreign national military members aboard the installation, etc.), but the enrollment of these children may be subject to a space-available or tuition-paying basis.

Within the United States, its territories, possessions, and commonwealths, DoDEA provides tuition-free education for dependent children of service members and civilian employees of the federal government assigned permanent living quarters aboard an installation.  Enrollment in DoDEA schools within the United States may be allowed for other children (to include children of service members and federal government civilians not residing in permanent quarters), but the enrollment of these children will be subject to the availability of space in the schools.  For more information on enrollment requirements for DoDEA schools, please contact the local school.  Contact information for DoDEA schools can be found on MilitaryINSTALLATIONS.

The Sure Start program is primarily for four-year-old children (the child must turn four years old by 31 October of the current school year) who qualify based on family dynamics that potentially put the child "at risk."  DoDEA identifies the following family dynamics as possible qualifiers for children for the Sure Start program:

• rank of sponsor (E-1 to E-4 have first priority)
• single parent in household
• parent(s) not a high school graduate
• parent was a teenager when first child was born
• one or both parents speak a language other than English as the primary language
• low birth weight
• parent is on remote assignment for three months or more
• four or more children close in age are living in the home
• child has an older sibling with a severe disability

For more information on the Sure Start Program and the eligibility requirements, visit DoDEA's Sure Start website.

The Sure Start program is primarily for four-year-old children (the child must turn four years old by 31 October of the current school year) who qualify based on family dynamics that potentially put the child "at risk."  DoDEA identifies the following family dynamics as possible qualifiers for children for the Sure Start program:

• rank of sponsor (E-1 to E-4 have first priority)
• single parent in household
• parent(s) not a high school graduate
• parent was a teenager when first child was born
• one or both parents speak a language other than English as the primary language
• low birth weight
• parent is on remote assignment for three months or more
• four or more children close in age are living in the home
• child has an older sibling with a severe disability

For more information on the Sure Start Program and the eligibility requirements, visit DoDEA's Sure Start website.