The Education Assistant to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act would allow active duty service members, who retired between September 10, 2001 and August 1st, 2009, the opportunity to transfer their unused Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits. This bill would change the wording of the recently passed Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 which only allows service members who retired after August 2009 to transfer their benefits to their family members.

I am a perfect example of why the Post 9/11 GI Bill was not fair, I retired 6 months to soon and cannot transfer my education benefits to my family members. As soon as I hit the send button to push out this message I will be calling and writing an email to my 2 Senators and Representative.  I encourage everyone to do the same!!!

Steve Zalesky
Div 89 VP