As late as two months ago, Pentagon officials told Navy Times that they were trying to scrounge for extra dollars for the TA program while holding current rules in place. But those efforts apparently fell short.
One of the perks of serving in the military is being able to go to college on the Defense Department’s dime.
But the number of service members taking advantage of this education benefit — often hailed as a key military recruitment and retention tool — has been declining in recent years, with all branches seeing drops in fiscal 2017, federal data show.
After years of restrictive regulations, the Navy has changed tuition assistance rules to allow sailors to take more college courses on the Navy's dime.