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Reserve Component Education Panel (RCEP)

Department of Defense Council of Colleges & Military Educators. Reserve Component Education Panel (RCEP). February 14, 2012. Agenda. RCEP: Composition, Charter, & Members Vision Goals OASD/RA Update Service Updates Discussion. RCEP Panel Members. OSD/RA LTC Theresa J. Walsh

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Reserve Component Education Panel (RCEP)

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  1. Department of Defense Council of Colleges & Military Educators Reserve Component Education Panel(RCEP) February 14, 2012

  2. Agenda • RCEP: Composition, Charter, & Members • Vision • Goals • OASD/RA Update • Service Updates • Discussion

  3. RCEP Panel Members OSD/RA LTC Theresa J. Walsh DANTES Dr. Carol Berry ARNG MAJ Jerome Scott Loring ANG CMSgt Carl Collins USAR Mr. Lewis Zellman. USMCR Mr. Daryl Patrick USAFR TSgt Edward L. Wilchinski III USCGR Ms. Mary L. Norwood

  4. Reserve Component Education Panel Composition: Representatives from the Seven (7) Reserve Components and (1) DANTES representative. Charter: To assist in providing access to educational opportunities, including DANTES and Service-specific programs that benefit the Reserve Components.

  5. RCEP Vision • Joint Study to consolidate education services • Joint Education Centers • Funding • Personnel • Counseling, testing, TA administration • Consolidated Education Resources • On-line resources, single portal • Joint publications

  6. RCEP Goals • Provide awareness of Reserve Component (RC) Voluntary Education initiatives and concerns to CCME participants; • Identify RC issues relating to entitlements and/or benefits, including the Post 9/11 GI Bill and Tuition Assistance; • Create a common understanding with educational institution representatives of RC service members issues; • Devise and achieve consensus on solutions beneficial to the RC and Education communities; • Identify policy, legislative, and statutory changes to implement lasting solutions, as needed.

  7. Reserve Component Education Panel LTC Theresa J. Walsh Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Reserve Affairs (OASD-RA) (703) 693-4202 Theresa.Walsh@osd.mil

  8. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense - Reserve Affairs (OASD/RA) Operational Reserve: • Must be prepared to deploy anytime, anywhere to support the active forces. • Impacting Issue: Stabilization of education in a global environment, including access to: • Electronic Infrastructure • Counseling • Tuition Assistance (TA) • Accredited online courses

  9. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense - Reserve Affairs (OASD-RA) Department of Defense Active Duty Military Personnel USCG 3% USAF 25% USA 37% USN 23% USMC 14% Active Duty = 1,408,534 As Of: Nov 2011

  10. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense - Reserve Affairs (OASD-RA) USCGR 1% USAFR8% ANG 13% USAR 24% USNR 8% ARNG 42% USMCR 5% Selected Reserves = 844,881 As Of: Nov 2011

  11. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense - Reserve Affairs (OASD-RA) USCG 2% USAFR 3% ANG 5% USCGR 1% USAF 15% USA 24% USAR 9% USNR 3% USN 15% ARNG 15% USMC 8% USMCR 2% Total Force = 2, 253,415 As Of: Nov 2011

  12. Utilization MGIB-SR – Chapter 1606 • Eligibility and Participants through FY 2010 (Life of Program): • MGIB-SR Percentage of Participants to Eligible for FY 2010 (Point in Time): Note: DMDC; FY 2011 data pending

  13. Utilization REAP – Chapter 1607 • REAP Eligibility Status as of Oct 2011: Source: VA COIN report #901, represents the number of reservists trained by facility type and training time.

  14. Utilization (info being updated) REAP – Chapter 1607 NUMBER TRAINED BY COMPONENT AND TYPE OF TRAINING, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, FY 11: Source: DMDC attained the aggregate usage numbers are from the VA COIN report #905. These are the members that the VA considers to have used the benefit. Sep 2011

  15. Utilization (info being updated) REAP – Chapter 1607 NUMBER TRAINED BY COMPONENT AND TYPE OF TRAINING, EVER TRAINED: Source: DMDC attained the aggregate usage numbers are from the VA COIN report #905. These are the members that the VA considers to have used the benefit. Sep 2011

  16. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense - Reserve Affairs (OASD/RA) Education Benefits Comparison: • Active Component • Federal Tuition Assistance • MGIB (Title 10: Ch 30) • MGIB “Top-Up” • PGIB Kicker • Tuition Assistance • Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) • Reserve Component • Federal Tuition Assistance • MGIB (Title 38: Ch 30, 33 & Title 10: Ch1606 & 1607) • MGIB/PGIB Kicker • Tuition Assistance (AGR) • Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) • State Tuition Assistance (Guard only)

  17. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense - Reserve Affairs (OASD/RA) Initiatives • DODI (Post 9/11 GI Bill): Under revision (to capture recent program improvements) at OSD/PR • DoDI 1322.17 (Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve) being updated to include Transferability provisions

  18. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense - Reserve Affairs (OASD/RA) Issues & Concerns • Post 9/11 GI Bill Improvement Act information dissemination to the field

  19. Reserve Component Education Panel Dr. Carol A. Berry Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) Director (850) 452-1111 Ext 3150 carol.berry@navy.mil www.dantes.doded.mil http://www.facebook.com/DANTES.DoD

  20. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense - Reserve Affairs (OASD-RA) Initiatives • National Test Centers • More National Test Centers • Retest Policy • GED going CBT • H. O. W. Brief • Distance Learning Readiness Self Assessment • Worldwide 2012 • Social Networking

  21. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense - Reserve Affairs (OASD-RA) Issues & Concerns • Program usage • Best ways to leverage the programs and services • How can we better serve the field? • Email us at – DANTES@navy.mil

  22. Reserve Component Education Panel MAJ Jerome Scott Loring Army National Guard NGB Education Services Officer (703) 607-3989 jerome.loring@us.army.mil www.nationalguard.com

  23. Army National Guard Initiatives • GoArmyEd- integrating counseling and Testing data • Hiring of DA Civilians to manage TA • Cooperative training for Army Education Counselors at • PEC, Little Rock, AR • Technology to more effectively reach our population • Website/Social Media (MilBook, Facebook, Twitter, etc….)/Virtual counseling services • Data-driven performance measurement tool for FY 13 • Data sharing among all Federal organizations

  24. Army National Guard Issues & Concerns • The continued integration of the ARNG into GoArmyEd • Post 9/11 GI Bill payments and processing – first payer • Funding for Education Services, especially TA • Impact of the DoD MOU on Reserve Component • Redundancies of support to Servicemembers • Challenge of organizational resistance to sharing data • ARNG Education restructuring and staffing • Integration of the DA Civilians for ARNG

  25. Reserve Component Education Panel CMSgt Carl E. Collins Air National Guard Advisor, Barnes Center for Enlisted Education (334) 416-2361 Carl.Collins@maxwell.af.mil

  26. Air National Guard Initiatives • Enlisted Distance Learning course updates • Course 3, 9 (15), 14 • Air University Associate-to-Baccalaureate Cooperative (AU-ABC) (True Success Story) • 218 Four-Year Degree Programs • 46 Partner Schools • 21,325 Students; 749 Graduates • General Education Mobile Program (General Deg Req’s • 1,856 enrollments

  27. Air National Guard Issues & Concerns • State TA funding issues/budget constraints • Database Update (MSgt Lacy) • No federal TA available for traditional Air Guard members • Management of educational program at units • CCAF graduates 2011—18,494 (Record Year!) • Spring 2011 – 9,580 (Record Class!) • CCAF Enrolled 2011—317,139 • Air National Guard Degree Statistics

  28. Reserve Component Education Panel Mr. Lew Zellmann 99th Regional Support Command (West) United States Army Reserve 1(800) 567-9518 rrc099education@usar.army.mil

  29. US Army Reserve Initiatives • Continued transition of Army Reserve Soldiers to the • www.GoArmyED.comwebsite to request Tuition Assistance to • attend regionally and nationally schools. • Assist Army National Guard units, Education Offices and • Soldiers in their recent transition to www.GoARMYED.com. • Providing new education guidance to Soldiers and families • upon return from deployment.

  30. US Army Reserve Issues & Concerns • Post 9/11 GI Bill Transferability Rule Changes • GoARMY Ed Shortfalls

  31. Alaska Pacific Asia Minnesota Maine Washington Wisconsin VT NH MA Oregon New York CT RI Idaho Ohio Indiana Illinois Pennsylvania Iowa NJ Nebraska MD DC Louisiana Kansas Nevada WestVirginia Oklahoma Missouri Virginia New Mexico DE California Arizona Arkansas Texas Puerto Rico Education Services Specialists (ESS) Boundaries 9th MSC Dr. Marsha Wellein 88th RSC-North Vacant 88th RSC McCoy Ms. Mary Miller/ Mr. Dale Spannbauer 7th CSC Mr. Eugene Hickman Michigan Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming 99th RSC-East Mr. Levoy Achenbach 88th RSC-West Mr. Chuck Corbin Colorado Utah 88th RSC-East Ms. Brenda McCrory 88th RSC-South Mr. Thomas Kelly 99th RSC- North Ms. Carol Maze 63rd RSC-West Ms. Deborah Avella 99th RSC- West Mr. Lewis Zellmann 63rd RSC-East Mr. Joseph Quigley 81st RSC Mr. Gregory Hetrick Kentucky Tennessee South Carolina North Carolina Georgia Mississippi USACAPOC Ms. Angela Hammond Alabama 1st MSC Ms. Nancy Ramos Florida

  32. Reserve Component Education Panel Mr. Daryl Patrick United States Marine Corps Reserve Acting Vol Ed Svc Chief (703) 784-9550 Daryl.Patrick@usmc.mil http://www.marines.com

  33. US Marine Corps Reserve Initiatives • Reserve Post 9/11 GI Bill Transferability Approval Process • Separation Counseling for SMCR Marines (Educational Opportunities) • Consolidation of the management of Educational Programs (Active and Reserve) • SMCR NPS and PS MGIB-SR Kickers (FY11)

  34. US Marine Corps Reserve Issues & Concerns • Post 9/11 GI Bill effect on Reserve Retention • How budget cuts will affect the number of kicker available (FY 12) • Tuition Assistance for Selected Reserve Marines • Separation Counseling for SMCR Marines (Educational • Opportunities)

  35. Reserve Component Education Panel TSgt Edward L. Wilchinski III United States Air Force Reserve MAJCOM TCO, TA, SLRP Program Manager (478) 327-0384 edward.wilchinski@us.af.mil

  36. US Air Force Reserve Initiatives • Transition to “pay up-front” Tuition Assistance • Further improvement of SLRP process • - ABN system implementation • ATN Data Call/Survey of Requirements (12 Jan 2012) • Re-write of AFRCI 36-2203 (Developing, Managing, & • Conducting Reserve Training)

  37. US Air Force Reserve Issues & Concerns • Interim Pay Process for Tuition Assistance • SLRP Processing Time – Submission to Payout • Air Technology Network Sites Inoperative

  38. Reserve Component Education Panel Ms Mary Norwood United States Coast Guard Reserve Test Policy & Voluntary Education Manager (202) 475-5485 mary.l.norwood@uscg.mil www.uscg.mil

  39. US Coast Guard Reserve Initiatives • Maintained a Reserve Education office in Personnel Service Center, Reserve Personnel Management Division. • Manages all reserve VA education programs including eligibility, issuance of Notice of Basic Eligibility (NOBE,) Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP), MGIB-SR, VA inquires, and approval of TEB requests for Post 9/11 GI Bill. • Reservists can locate VA education programs/policies on http://uscg.mil/reserve/member_ links.asp • Reservists can email reserveVAeducation@uscg.mil with any concerns, requests, and questions for all VA education programs.

  40. US Coast Guard Reserve Issues & Concerns • Visibility of which program members relinquished for Post 9/11. Reserve Component members eligible for other educational programs are required to relinquish one other program in order to use the Post 9/11 GI Bill. • 14 USC 712: Recall for Domestic response is not creditable for Post 9/11 GI Bill. • Better visibility in usage of VA benefits and TA.

  41. Reserve Component Education Panel Discussion

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