Montgomery GI Bill
Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty (MGIB)
The MGIB program provides up to 36 months of education benefits. This benefit may be used for degree and certificate programs, flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. Remedial, deficiency, and refresher courses may be approved under certain circumstances. Generally, benefits are payable for 10 years following your release from active duty. This program is also commonly known as Chapter 30.
To Apply:
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Provide our office with the member 4 copy of your Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD-214).
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Bring all completed items to our office.
Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve (MGIB-SR)
The MGIB-SR program may be available to you if you are a member of the Selected Reserve. The Selected Reserve includes the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve and Coast Guard Reserve, and the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. This benefit may be used for degree and certificate programs, flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. Remedial, deficiency, and refresher courses may be approved under certain circumstances. This program is also commonly known as Chapter 1606.
To Apply:
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Provide our office with the original or certified copy of your Notice of Basic Eligibility (NOBE). You may obtain your NOBE from your reserve unit.
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Bring all completed items to our office.
EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) processing, also known as "Direct Deposit," is now available to recipients of the Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve (Chapter 1606) education benefit.
We invite you to "sign up" for Direct Deposit (also known as Electronic Funds Transfer) of your VA education benefit payments. If you sign up for Direct Deposit, we'll send your education benefit payments directly to your account. Direct Deposit is the safest and fastest way to receive your VA education payments. You no longer have to worry about your check being delayed by the mail or being lost or stolen.
How Do You Sign Up for Direct Deposit?
You can sign up for Direct Deposit by phone or by mail. To sign up by phone, call 1-877-838-2778. This is a toll-free call. To sign up by mail, sign this letter and mail it to:
Department of Veterans Affairs
Regional Office
125 S. Main St. Suite B
Muskogee, OK 74401-7004
Whether you sign up by phone or by mail, you'll need to give us some information about the account where you want your payments to go.
What Information Should You Give Us?
You should give us the following information about the account you want your benefits to go to.
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Your bank or financial institution's nine digit routing number:
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For checking accounts, the routing number is the first nine digits on the bottom of the check
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For savings accounts, you'll probably need to ask your financial institution for their routing number
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The account number
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The type of account: checking account or savings account
- Home Phone
- Work Phone
If using your checking account, all of this information is on your checks. So, the easiest thing for you to do is send us a "void" check when you sign up. You can void a check by writing "VOID" across the front of a blank check.
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