Using GI Bill for Dispatch School

[loadjim]

Hey everyone. New guy here, recently started research this career field after one of my military colleagues who is a dispatcher on the outside suggested I look into it. Most of the answers I'm looking for I found through searching and browsing the forums, but I'm wondering if anyone else here has used the GI Bill (specifically Post-9/11) to attend a dispatcher in-residence course? I'm going to start with the school and my service rep, just figured I'd see if anyone here had any gouge on the process or how it works.

Thanks!

 

[manniax]

I used the GI bill for my school but it was the pre-9/11 version. They paid me for the time I was in class so I think I ended up getting about 600 bucks total. Didn't suck but far from covering the total cost. Also I didn't receive it until the class was over.

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[loadjim]

Thanks for the info, did you start that process through the school or the VA?

 

[manniax]

Thanks for the info, did you start that process through the school or the VA?

I entirely went through the school. At the time Sheffield was one of the only VA approved dispatch schools. I think since then some other schools have gotten the approval.

 

[Salkadi]

I went to Sheffield also and used the pre-9/11 GI Bill. It paid out ~$1300 when I went through almost two years ago. I went entirely through Sheffield for the paperwork.

 

[loadjim]

I'm going to contact Sheffield tomorrow about it, thank you both for the info.