Do I have to pay back college benefits used if I get a general discharge?

2019-09-07T22:06:17-04:00

I’m in the process of dropping out of rotc as a non scholarship ms3.
I used the gi bill for the last two semesters and I was wondering if I had to pay that back if I was to get discharged from the national guard for a general discharge.

Response by LTC John Mohor made Sep 7 at 2019 10:12 PM

2019-09-07T22:12:06-04:00

You need to read your contracts Soldier! Best I remember you have s total 8 year commitment. Based just on your college MS 3 year you still owe five more years. Before just asking us at Rally Point you need to talk with your ROTC Cadre Department Folks and or your National Guard Unit!

Response by COL David Turk made Sep 8 at 2019 10:24 AM

2019-09-08T10:24:22-04:00

You may also ask your cadre about your commitment to the US Army. It used to be that once you started your third year, you were under contract to the US Army, prior service or not. If you dropped out of ROTC, you had to go active. I personally knew someone that happened to (he was Navy though). The question is, what impact does your NG situation play in the contract? Better find out.

Response by Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 16 at 2019 1:14 AM

2019-09-16T01:14:37-04:00

Well you signed a contract, I assume fairly recently being that the semesters at most schools just started for the most part. Typically if you signed a contract you incur some sort of service commitment. Whether or not they allow you to continue it in the guard is hard to say. In the AF we do an investigation for disenrollment, which typically forces someone to go onto active duty unless there is some extenuating circumstance. Your best bet is to ask one of your admin personnel to read your contract.

You may want to think about this decision very carefully. Once you do this, you may be barred from ever entering a commissioning program in any service without service secretary waiver, which from what I understand are few and far between.