The document discusses veterans benefits available at SUNY Broome Community College including the Post-9/11 GI Bill, Montgomery GI Bill, and Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance Program. It provides instructions for applying for benefits through the VA online application and submitting required documentation to the Veterans & Military Affairs Office. Statistics are given on veterans and VA expenditures in Delaware County. Finally, it states that to apply for educational benefits, veterans or dependents must submit transcripts from previous colleges and request a copy of their military transcripts be sent to the SUNY Broome Registrar's Office.

2. It is the responsibility of the U.S Department of Veterans Affair to
approve applications and to make decisions regarding payment, issuance
of checks, eligibility.
The most common used benefits at Suny Broome are:
• Post 9/11 GI Bill (Chapter33), including the Marine Gunnery Sergeant
John David Fry Scholarship
• Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty(Chapter 30)
• Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve( Chapter 1606)
• Reserve Educational Assistance Program ( Chapter 1607)
• Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance Program (Chapter 35)
• Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment ( Chapter 31)

3. • Apply for your Veterans Education Benefits through the VA by using the Veterans Online
Application
• Submit a copy of DD-214 (Member Copy 4), or if drilling with the Reserve or Guard, submit a
copy of Notice of Basic Eligibility (Form: DD-2384) from Reserve or Guard Unit Officer.
• Submit a copy of your Certificate of Eligibility letter, copy of your current Concise Class
Schedule and a completed SUNY Broome Veterans Educational Benefits Request Form
(pdf)to the Veterans & Military Affairs Office located in the Student Services Building, Room
102.
• Transferring Veterans (previously received MGIB from another school) must submit VA form
22-1995.
• Transferring dependents of Veterans (previously received MGIB from another school) must
also submit VA form 22-5495.
• It is recommended that you apply for federal student aid by completing a Free Application
for Federal Student Aid at fafsa.gov. For SUNY BCC to receive your application data you must
include our school code, 002862, as one of the schools you plan to attend.

4. Delaware: Number of veterans: 79,166 people
These are the expenditures for Vets in Delaware County:
VA expenditures in Delaware: $298 million
 Compensation and pensions$121 million
 Readjustment benefits $8 million
Medical and construction programs$161 million
 Insurance and indemnities $4 million

6. Any veterans or dependents looking to apply for educational benefits
must submit official transcripts from previous colleges they attended to
be evaluated.
Then you must request a official copy of your military transcripts and it
has to be sent over to Suny Broome Registrar’s Office.

7. A veteran is any person who served honorably on active duty in the
armed forces of the United States. Discharges marked “general and
under honorable conditions.
Eligibility for veteran’s benefits also depends on the character of the
discharge.
Normally only honorable and general under honorable conditions
will qualify the veteran for benefits.