what is the minimum years to sign up for the military, how much is the GI bill right now? how does that work?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

There is a 3 year active contract now. And I believe there are talks of their being a 2 year active duty contract as well.

Last I check, there was a $60,000 GI Bill option. Those are rare though. The 3 year contract is rare too. Not everybody will qualify for either version.

The most popular year contract is 4 years of active duty. All contracts will be a total of 8 years though. Whatever your active duty contract, your remaining years will be on Inactive duty (if there is a serious war, you will be recalled, usually before a draft is implemented). Reserve duty is different from Inactive Duty.

Answer 3

all initial contracts are for 8 years. this is divided up into Active duty, reserves and IRR. some contracts require longer AD commitments.

the GI bill is $100/month for 12 months. In return, you can get up to $30,000 and more towards a college education. you have ten years from the date you get out of the military to use it.

Answer 4

I just enlisted a year ago and the minimum you can sign up for is 4 yrs. The GI Bill depends on your pay, they take it out of your checks each month and put it in a private account, then when your ready to pay for school its there for ya.

Answer 5

there is no real minimum and the recruiters won't tell you this so that they can get they're quota. they don't care about you. once you are in the military, you're only a number. they can call you back at anytime and for any reason or worst case scenario, when it's your time to get discharged, they can and do hold you indefinatly. it doesn't matter if you sign up for the national guard, the reserves, or active duty. don't take my word for it though. i'm just words on a screen. it's on cnn all the time. i've even heard of people signing up for the guard for 1 year, getting sent to iraq (go figure) and when they're discharge date rolls around, they say, if you re-enlist, you'll get a big bonus, when this guy turned it down, they told him he had to stay in until 2031. it's called a back-door draft.

Answer 6

the average active duty is 4 yrs but it can be less or more, depending on the job you take; yes it's true that you will have an "obligation" for 8 yrs, no matter how many actual years you sign up for as active.

the GI Bill: they take a certain amount out of your paycheck and they pay you back by paying for your college. the amount they take out of your paycheck is less than the amount they give you back, and they only take it out of your paycheck for a year or two, but you can use the GI Bill up until you use up the money.

Answer 7

I think the minimum years to sign up is 8 years. It would most likely be 4 years of active duty and 4 years of inactive reserves.