CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) -
Add the Coast Guard to the list of military branches cutting
tuition assistance for active-duty personnel, according to a
report tonight at military.com.
The Army and Marine Corps have already
announced they're doing the same thing. Pentagon
leaders blame the cuts on the sequester, those automatic spending cuts that
congressional leaders and Pres. Obama were supposed to avoid.
At the University of Cincinnati, there are only about 70
active duty personnel who are taking courses, most of them online. However,
Army veteran Buck Clay, who's studying on-campus at UC, is worried people like
him will be affected eventually.
"The VA system has been deemed off-limits in the cuts," Clay
said Thursday afternoon outside UC's Tangeman University Center. "But
unfortunately there's a lot of supporting agencies that the VA dishes people
out to."
He's worried veterans who depend on help for financial aid,
unemployment benefits --- even homeless services --- may be impacted.
"Those services are going to disappear," Clay said. "And
where do they go?"
One place they can go is the website
of Modern Veterans of America, a non-profit Clay started with the mission
of veterans helping veterans. It offers information about issues affecting
former service members and even includes an analysis of current events, like this article on the sequester.
At UC, there is also a new Veterans One Stop Center at
the University Pavilion and a veterans
advisor current and prospective students may get in touch with, too.
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