Graduate School for Service Program

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Graduate School for Service Program

• Class of 2009

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Typical Army Timeline for ROTC Officers
Years of Service
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FY09 ROTC Career Incentive Timeline
Release Branch and Initial Grad Results
Window for Post Preferences and Second Round of
Graduate School Opens
Release Post and Grad Results Window for Final
Round of Graduate School Opens
All data in CCIMS for Branch Preferences and
First Round of Graduate School
All data in CCIMS for Post Preferences and Second
Round of Graduate School
All data in CCIMS for Final Round of Graduate
School
Release Final Graduate School Results
5 Oct 08
27 Oct 08
17 Nov 08
30 Jan 09
12 Mar 09
3 Mar 09
Phase 2 Post Grad School (2)
Phase 1 Branching Grad School (1)
Phase 3 Grad School (3)
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Graduate School for Service Program

• 300 Cadets Can Participate
• Currently Less Than 1 in 10 Graduates Attend a
  Fully-Funded Graduate School
• Guaranteed Option to Attend Graduate School (up
  to 24 months)
• Graduate School Opportunity is Valued at up to
  225,000
• In a Program of Choice from a Broad Slate of
  Disciplines

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Representative Graduate Programs on the Armys
Approved List
Foreign Language Regional Area Studies
Aerospace, Civil, Systems, Mechanical,
Automotive, Engineering Management
Engineering
National Security Studies
Accounting, MBA, Public Administration,
Marketing,Finance
Business Management
Computer Science Technology
Economics, Anthropology, History,
Literature, Political Science
Humanities
Geography Environmental Studies
Kinesiology, Sports Psychology, Distance
Learning, Cognitive Science, Leadership Sociology
Education, Psychology, Wellness
Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
and Many Other Program Options
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Graduate School for Service Program

• 300 Cadets Can Participate
• Currently Less Than 1 in 10 Graduates Attend a
  Fully-Funded Graduate School
• Guaranteed Option to Attend Graduate School (up
  to 24 months)
• Graduate School Opportunity is Valued at up to
  225,000
• In a Program of Choice from a Broad Slate of
  Disciplines
• At Any Accredited Institution of Choice Within
  the US as Approved by HRC

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Any Accredited US Institution to Which the
Officer Can Gain Admission
Princeton University
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Graduate School for Service Program

• 300 Cadets Can Participate
• Currently Less Than 1 in 10 Graduates Attend a
  Fully-Funded Graduate School
• Guaranteed Option to Attend Graduate School (up
  to 24 months)
• Graduate School Opportunity is Valued at up to
  225,000
• In a Program of Choice from a Broad Slate of
  Disciplines
• At Any Accredited Institution of Choice Within
  the US as Approved by HRC
• To Obtain This Guarantee, Must Serve 3
  Additional Years on Active Duty

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Typical Timeline for Participants in the Graduate
School Program
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15
Years of Service
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The Graduate School Program Entails Significant
Flexibility
Pay Forward up to 3 Year - Pay Back
Commissioning
0
3
ADSO Expires
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Graduate School Option Vests
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Graduate School ADSO Pay Forward
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Graduate School Begins
Graduate School Completed
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Graduate School ADSO Pay Back
Graduate School ADSO Expires
15
Years of Service
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Graduate School for Service Program

• 300 Cadets Can Participate
• Currently Less Than 1 in 10 Graduates Attend a
  Fully-Funded Graduate School
• Guaranteed Option to Attend Graduate School (up
  to 24 months)
• Graduate School Opportunity is Valued at up to
  225,000
• In a Program of Choice from a Broad Slate of
  Disciplines
• At Any Accredited Institution of Choice Within
  the US as Approved by HRC
• To Obtain This Guarantee, Must Serve 3
  Additional Years on Active Duty
• Cadets May Participate in Up to 2 of the 3
  Incentive Programs

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The Post 9/11 GI Bill Complements GrADSO

• Quick Overview for Cadets
• DoD Policy is written into law, but Army policy
  is still under development
• Must Serve 3 years past commissioning ADSO to be
  eligible for benefits
• Most likely, these 3 years will be served
  concurrently with all other obligations
• Benefits are based on highest in-state
  undergraduate tuition. For example
• Virginia allows 9,743 to 10,048
• Darden School at UVA is 40,500
• Yellow-Ribbon matching has yet to be codified,
  but would allow the University of Virginia to
  reach an agreement with the Veterans
  Administration (VA) whereby the VA and the
  university would each pay about 15,000 to cover
  the 30,000 not covered by the post 9/11 GI Bill.
  
• Soldiers and officers may transfer benefits to
  dependents and incur a 4 year ADSO at the time of
  transfer.

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Graduate School for Service Offers More Benefits
The dual participation if an officer exercises
the Graduate School Option
Post 9/11 GI Bill
Graduate School for Service
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Commissioning ADSO
Commissioning ADSO
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Option ADSO / Company Command
Time to Earn Benefits / Company Command
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Military Service Obligation Expires
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Military Service Obligation Expires
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Benefits Accrued
Full-tuition with no limits
Tuition limited to undergraduate
Active Duty pay and benefits
Active Duty pay and benefits while in school
part-time
Time off to attend school
Time off to attend school if resign from AD
Non-transferable
Transferable
Years of Service
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Things To Consider Before Making This Decision

• The GrADSO and Post 9/11 GI Bill actually
  complement each other well as the benefits accrue
  concurrently
• With the GI Bill, I dont need GrADSO An
  officer who serves on active duty long enough to
  accrue benefits under the GI Bill would serve the
  same amount of time to earn the GrADSO option.
  The officer should volunteer for GrADSO to
  increase her options and retain the flexibility
  and benefits of both programs.
• I want to keep my options open - If an officer
  assesses the option value of not committing until
  year 4 at greater than 160,000 in the case of
  Virginia then the officer should not participate
  in GrADSO
• I dont know which benefit I will use - The
  programs together expand the choices an officer
  has if an officer chooses not to exercise the
  graduate school option, that officer retains the
  benefits of the GI Bill.
• What will I do with 6 years of benefits? An
  officer who elects to GrADSO gains 2 years of
  benefits from GrADSO and 4 years from the GI
  Bill. For an officer who chooses to exercise the
  graduate school option, that officer can then
  immediately transfer benefits and serve two ADSOs
  concurrently.

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Three Things Cadets Must Consider Before Making
This Decision

• Does he or she intend to stay in through Company
  Command?
• If so, this option costs nothing.
• Company command requires 7-8 years of service in
  most cases.
• What might the four or five years on Reserve
  status look like?
• If you are in the Selective Reserves
• 1 Weekend a Month, 2 Weeks a Year ?
• Potential for Active Duty Activation ?
• If you are in the IRR Potential for Active Duty
  Activation
• What are the chances of attending full-time or
  fully-funded graduate school if a cadet does not
  participate in this program?
• Currently about a 1 in 10 chance. (352 positions
  for over 5,000 officers)
• If you stay through company command, chances
  improve to 1 in 5
• Compare benefits with New GI Bill

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Dual Program Participation

• Cadets may Participate in up to 2 of the 3
• Career Incentive Programs
• Career Incentive Program ADSOs are served
  Consecutively with initial commissioning ADSO
• Incentive ADSOs are served Concurrently with all
  non-statutory ADSOs
• Incentive ADSOs may be served Concurrently with
  Graduate School attendance
• Incentive ADSOs are served Concurrently with any
  accrued ADSOs (PCS, army schooling, etc)
• Except Graduate School for Aviation Officers

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Questions from Cadets

• Your PMS or A/PMS
• Mr. Gary Cobb, Accessions Branch USACC
• gary.cobb_at_usacc.army.mil
• [phone]
• MAJ Adam Albrich, OEMA
• adam.albrich_at_usma.edu
• [phone]
• For additional information, visit
• http//www.career-satisfaction.army.mil