Webb's Gi Bill Tagged As Threat to Volunteer Force

Summary

---

Defense officials are alarmed by the very real prospect that Congress this year will enact the robust GI Bill education plan designed by Sen. Jim Webb's (D-Va.). One Defense official, who declined to be named, described the bill as a "retention killer" for the all-volunteer military.

Webb reintroduced his bill, the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act (S. 22), last week with changes that attracted strong bipartisan support, including the endorsement of Sen. John Warner (Va.), former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

Webb's Gi Bill Tagged As Threat to Volunteer Force

"I'm just going to go full bore on this thing," Warner told Military Update in a phone interview.

That's a worrisome vow for Defense officials who believe enhanced post-service education benefits, particularly if enacted while troops face multiple deployments to Iraq and...

See the full content of this document

---