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Army Renews Its Covenant With Army Families

The Army Family Covenant was officially re-signed at Fort Stewart in Georgia this past November. Army leaders re-signed the important agreement between leadership and Army families one year after it was implemented.

Army Family Covenant recognizes the many sacrifices made by Army Families during this time of war and pledges to help Army families in a variety of ways, including increased child and health care opportunities, as well as real efforts to increase the career and educational opportunities for all members of the Army family, and the Army spouse in particular.  

During the signing ceremony Army leaders said that the re-signing was a declaration of the importance the Army continues to place on families. The officers present emphasized that although they were not present at last year’s signing, the Army’s commitment to Army families is strong. 

“Just because the first folks who signed (the Army Family Covenant) have left does not mean there’s any less energy or desire to see this come to fruition,” Major General Cucolo said during opening remarks before the signing. “The team that signed this might have changed, but the commitment is the same. We’re here today to re-affirm that commitment.”

The Army Covenant includes:
• Soldiers (Active Duty, Army National Guard and Army Reserve) 
• Dept. of the Army Civilians 
• Retirees 
• Vets 
• Army families and their kids 
• Survivors 
Among other things, the Army Covenant pledges the Army will:
• Make sure to fund existing family programs and services 
• Ensure that health care is better and that its easier to access
• Improve the housing condition for Soldiers and their families
• Make excellence in schools, youth services, and child care a priority 
• Expand career and education opportunities for Army spouses and their children. 

In addition to this important initiative, Army spouses and Soldiers also benefit from an existing benefit – Army Tuition Assistance (TA) – which provides Soldiers up to $4,500 a year in education funds for training and classes at accredited vocational schools, community colleges and universities.

The benefit is one that Soldiers have earned through their service, and each year it renews providing Soldiers with a brand new “bucket” of education funds. 
Many schools are making Army Tuition Assistance more valuable by offering military spouse scholarships and discounts to Army spouses when a Soldier enrolls using TA funds.

For Army spouses busy with family and community responsibilities, one great option for enrolling in a career training program is 100% online education; this means that as long as a spouse has access to a computer and the Internet – they can train for a new career without leaving the home.

Army spouses can study while their children are napping or they can work at night after the children have gone to bed. Online education means that Army spouses do not have to commute to class, fill their car with extra gas, find babysitters or compete for campus parking spots. When they want to study, they just power up their computers and “go to class.”

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Jake Kim is a editor of Education4Military.com offers military career education in real estate, medical, and professional education to prepare military transition to civilian.

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