Post 911 Pays Ex-Navy to Study To Be Professional Triathlete
Interview Highlights:
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The Post 911 GI Bill pays 100% of his college at Penn State University.
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They also pay for housing based on the zip code he lives in.
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He also gets $1,000 - $1,200 for books, tutoring supplies, etc.
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He also has a freelance consulting business online.
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He was in the Navy for 5 years.
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He is a high performance triathlon coach.
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He was a rescue swimmer in the Navy jumping out of helicopters.
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He studies exercise science in college.
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He hopes to be a professional triathlete.
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He was always a competitive swimmer in school.
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School was hard for him when he got out of high school and now it's great.
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You can tell who the veterans are on campus.
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If he had to do it again he would go to community college and pay for it out-of-pocket and then have Uncle Sam pay for a master's degree.
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They pay for 36 months of classes at a rate of the highest paid public tuition in that state.
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Penn State is $20,000 and if he wanted to go to a private college that costs $40,000, he would have to pay the $20,000 difference.
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There are other programs that may pay the difference between the tuition.