….The new Post-9/11 GI Bill, which went into effect Aug. 1, is modeled after the highly successful post-World War II Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, the original GI Bill, which is credited with making education affordable for eight million World War II veterans. Like the original GI Bill, the current version also has the added bonus of keeping returning veterans from adding to the jobless ranks.
….”Veterans are coming back with real-world experience,” says Gerald Kapinos, a 28-year-old Air Force veteran, UW-Madison student and the Midwest regional director of Student Veterans of America. “Give them just a little more education, and hopefully we can be part of the solution and help turn this economy around.”