1. First of all, all of the scholarships or tuition assistance programs for military spouses are MyCAA – The MyCAA program began in November 2007 as a joint initiative between the Department of Defense and the Department of Labor and was initially available to spouses of junior enlisted members.  Click here to read more about facts about MyCAA.
   

   Military Spouse Tuition Assistance

2. There are lots of private schools or colleges offer scholarships or tuition assistance for military spouses.  While looking for money for school many surviving spouses and their families overlook the over $300 million of military – and veteran – related scholarships and grants. These scholarships programs also can be applied in some cases.  However, Scholarships are too difficult to win and applying requires too much work.
3. Each military branch also offers tuition assistance or educational benefit programs
   For Army Spouses
   • Army Family Education Programs
   • Stateside Spouse Education Assistance Program (SEAP)
   • Spouse Education Assistance Program (EAP)
   For Air Force Spouses
   • General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant Program
   • General George S. Brown Spouse Tuition Assistance Program (STAP)
   • Servicemember’s Opportunity Colleges (SOC)
   For Navy Spouses
   • SOCNAV
   • The Navy Maine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS)
     Spouse Tuition Aid Program (STAP)
   • VADM E.P. Travers Scholarship and Loan Program
   For Coast Guard Spouses
   • Coast Guard Family Education Programs
   • Coast Guard Mutual Assistance (CGMA)
   • VADM E.P. Travers Scholarship and Loan Program
   For Marine Corps Spouses
   • SOCMAR
   • The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS)
   • Spouse Tuition Aid Program (STAP)
   • VADM EP Travers Scholarship and Loan Program

For more info about Benefit Programs for Military Spouses

Lots of military related publishers put Allied American University on the Top of the Military Friendly Schools list that Allied American University offer additional benefits to student veterans such as free transcript evaluation and military designated support department. They recognized AAU for its effort to provide a military friendly education to service members and their spouses nationwide. Allied American University continually strives to tailor the educational experience to accommodate their unique learning needs and foster academic achievement. AAU offers online college courses in Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, Criminal Justice and General Studies. Check out to see more detail about Military Spouse Friendly School.

AAU will assess military course completion and military occupational experience listed on AARTS, SMART, CCAF and CGI transcripts to apply the maximum allowable transfer credit recommended by the Academic Council on Education (ACE). AAU also accepts credit-by-examination for AP, CLEP, DLPT, DSST, ECE and others.

Now, since DOD is accepting new transferable G.I. Bill, military spouses now enables to enroll college courses with their tuition assistance programs.

‘‘I’ve been a Key Spouse for three years and I love what I do in trying to make a difference in my fellow spouses’ lives,” said Ms. Stewart.

The 1 AS has a high operations tempo, in which the Active Duty spouse is often away from home fulfilling missions in support of the Top 5, including the first lady, vice president, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, secretary of state and secretary of defense.

Ms. Stewart said the training received at the A&FRC proved to be very beneficial.

‘‘I had an opportunity to meet and network with spouses whose partners are deployed fairly regularly,” she said. ‘‘Though our Active Duty spouses in the 1 AS are not deployed with the frequency of other organizations, they are gone quite a bit when they are fulfilling the mission worldwide. So, we were able to share stories and experiences.”

During the training, spouses learned about deployments and missions of Team Andrews organizations, including the security forces and medical squadrons. They also learned about scholarships and employment opportunities available to them.

Ms. Stewart said one of the benefits of being a squadron’s Key Spouse is the opportunity to meet other spouses in your squadron and the closeness that evolves as a result – something which can be difficult in the National Capital Region since we can live anywhere in Maryland, D.C. or Virginia.

‘‘When you marry into the military, you marry into the military family, but when you are a Key Spouse and active in your squadron, you take it to a whole different level. You become family to so many spouses in your squadron and are all tight-knit, especially when our families are far away,” she said.

Ms. Stewart said the best thing about being a Key Spouse is making a difference. ‘‘As a Key Spouse you help open lines of communication between the commander, the squadron and the spouses – it just helps things run more smoothly and gets people together,” she said.

The Active Duty military members are appreciative of the Key Spouse efforts. ‘‘We’ve heard feedback from the Active Duty spouses how we, as Key Spouses, make their transition to Andrews more friendly and welcoming. That’s what we’re here for.”

The Key Spouse program is a formal commander and first sergeant program in the squadrons to provide informational support, said Master Sgt. Erika Perrin, 316th Force Support Squadron A&FRC NCO.

‘‘The Key Spouse program provides a viable means of sharing information – whether at the base level or at the squadron level – with their fellow spouses,” said Sergeant Perrin. ‘‘The Key Spouse program is important because it helps ensure family readiness – something that’s essential to mission readiness. Our Active Duty military members getting ready for a temporary duty or deployment can’t focus on the mission and be mission-ready if their minds and attentions are focused elsewhere.”

For more information on the Key Spouse Program, call 301-981-7087.

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