I was one who could have use the Montgomery GI bill, but there were so many hoops to jump thru that in the end I could never get the VA to approve it for me to use. The same thing is happening now disability benefits. Trust me, you don’t want to get me started on that.
In 2000 they gave your commander say in whether you got Montgomery GI Bill benefits or not.
And if your Capt was a POS, well you didn’t get it. (NY Army National Guard)
2012, you weren’t given the option in actuality to use Montgomery GI Bill even if you were technically eligible to be under it due to prior service, they automatically put you under the post 9/11 rewrite. (Again, NY Army National Guard)
Was any of the above the correct action, no but that doesn’t matter it’s what happened.
Sick part, recruitment still talks about the Montgomery GI Bill despite it being supplanted and replaced by the post 9/11 bill.