Become A Military Chaplain Canidate
VA Education Benefits:
AGTS is approved by the Missouri State Approving Agency to
certify eligible veterans to receive VA benefits. VA education
benefit recipients may include active duty personnel, reservists,
national guardsmen and certain dependents of 100% disabled veterans.
If you are not sure if you are eligible for VA education benefits,
you may contact a VA Counselor at 888-442-4551.
The VA has final authority on the eligibility of students to
receive VA benefits. For more information on VA education benefits,
please visit the link below.
Overview of
VA Education Benefits
Activating VA Education Benefits for
Courses Taken at AGTS:
Detailed instructions and forms
for activating or transferring VA education benefits through
AGTS are provided in the link below.
Submitting VA Education
Benefits Through AGTS
Tuition Assistance:
Tuition Assistance (TA) is available to Air Force Chaplain Candidates,
Army Chaplain Candidates, active duty personnel, reservists and
national guardsmen. Individual TA programs may vary. Contact
your branch specific education officer for more information about
this program and eligibility. For instructions for commonly submitted
requests for TA through AGTS, please visit the links below:
TA for Air
Force Chaplain Candidates
TA for Army
TA
for Missouri Army National Guard
TA and VA Top-Up Program: Authorization from
the President of the United States also permits VA to pay a Tuition
Assistance Top-Up Benefit. This Top-Up Program allows those military
members who use TA to also use VA concurrently.
Additional Websites: www.voled.doded.mil and www.gibill.va.gov/ ,
can provide further helpful information about TA and VA benefits.
Contacting the AGTS Veterans Advisor: If you have
questions or need more information about veterans programs, please
contact the Financial Aid/Veterans Advisor at 417-268-1041, 800-467-2487
ext. 1041, or via email atvarep@agts.edu.
Become
A Military Chaplain Candidate