SGT Private RallyPoint Member 117980 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>According to the new Army TA policy, a freshly minted soldier out of AIT cannot access TA for college until the SM is at least one year in service. Again, a beneficiary of a baccalaureate cannot access it for a graduate school until the SM is 10 years in the Army. From policy standpoint, I do not know much about how this policy was hatched and its intended purpose but I want to know how it affects or improves retention? I mean the retention of college graduated soldiers! How does the new Army TA policy affect retention? 2014-05-03T18:33:34-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 117980 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>According to the new Army TA policy, a freshly minted soldier out of AIT cannot access TA for college until the SM is at least one year in service. Again, a beneficiary of a baccalaureate cannot access it for a graduate school until the SM is 10 years in the Army. From policy standpoint, I do not know much about how this policy was hatched and its intended purpose but I want to know how it affects or improves retention? I mean the retention of college graduated soldiers! How does the new Army TA policy affect retention? 2014-05-03T18:33:34-04:00 2014-05-03T18:33:34-04:00 SGM Matthew Quick 118002 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Was this policy's intent to help retention? Response by SGM Matthew Quick made May 3 at 2014 7:11 PM 2014-05-03T19:11:53-04:00 2014-05-03T19:11:53-04:00 2014-05-03T18:33:34-04:00