Education Benefits
The primary DoD database which stores and transmits service component GI Bill eligibility information to the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA).
What is the Benefits for Education Administration Service Tool (BEAST)?
The name and position of the guest briefer who started the workshop. (Hint, he was a former ESO for the VAARNG and Chief of ARNG-HRR)
Who is COL Damon Hogsten, ARNG Deputy G1?
A decision support tool that can assist you in researching options before selecting credentials and/or degrees by completing an interest inventory.
What is MilGears?
The percentage of SMs that finish a degree while under DoD observation and the number of years it takes them.
What is 12% and 12 years? (Rule of Twelves)
The two primary MDEPs education funding falls under.
What is VATA and VACE?
The test used to determine language aptitude for Soldiers applying for language training and certain MOSs such as Special Forces and military intelligence career management fields.
What is the Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB)?
A modernized digital platform that will transform VA technology systems, improve GI Bill students' user experience, and optimize benefit processes for millions of beneficiaries.
What is the Digital GI Bill (DGIB)?
An online tool where users provide their military background, needs, and barriers, to create a custom menu of resources that facilitate a personalized approach to career development.
What is Kuder Journey?
The types of programs 'For Profit' institutions have mastered while traditional institutions have been asleep at the wheel.
What are online programs?
The date, time, and location for the first ever ARNG National College and Career 'Virtual' Expo?
What is Friday, 3 June 2022 from 1000-1800 hrs EST on MS Teams?
The FTA level for Soldiers who have attained a bachelor's degree with the use of FTA and wish to pursue a master’s degree.
What is Tier 2?
The mission and project code that has a current expiration date of 30 July 2022.
What is the COVID-19 Response Mission and X10?
An education company that partners with the top universities and organizations in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free.
What is Coursera?
The author who said, "Preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have - you."
Who is Steven Covey?
The new Deputy Director of ACCESS AU.
Who is Dr. Wes Smith?
The code used to suspend the MGIB-SR when a Soldier is in receipt of a ROTC Scholarship under Title 10 USC, Section 2107.
What is CG?
The name of the Air Force TA system that the Army will be transitioning to within the next 90 days.
What is AFAEMS (Air Force Automated Education Management System)?
An online tool that allows SMs to improve their academic skills, raise their standardized scores, and achieve college readiness.
What is the Online Academic Skills Course (OASC)?
A program with a mission to elevate the enlisted profession by advanced technical and leadership capability across their career through degrees, credentials, and related programs.
What is CCAF (Community College of the Air Force)?
The form Educational Institutions and training vendors must submit if they are interested in providing education, guidance, training opportunities, or participating in a sanctioned education fair on a DoD Installation/Facility.
What is an Educational Institution Access Request?
The top three credentials currently requested by Army, ARNG, and USAR Soldiers. (May be in any order)
What are CompTIA Security+, Project Management Professional (PMP), and Certified Personal Trainer (NASM-CPT)?
The type of question that leads the audience to discover an important point of a slide.
What is an Interactive Question?
An online tool that allows Soldiers and Department of the Army Civilians to access over 5,000 Information Technology, Business Skills, and Interpersonal Skills courses from any location, around the clock (24/7).
What is Army e-Learning/Skillport?
The most pressing issue facing EIs right now.
What is financial stability?
A commanders’ primary on-duty education program that provides training on both math and English to help Soldiers raise their GT scores when re-testing on the Armed Forces Classification Test (AFCT).
What is the Basic Skills Education Program (BSEP)?