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Yeah , As members of the Indiana

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National Guard we are afforded hands on

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and leadership training from experts in

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number 42 career fields . A variety of

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valuable experiences will also help you

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prepare for success in any career path

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you choose with all these great

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benefits you can receive . As indiana

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National Guardsmen . It's no surprise

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that more people are choosing in

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military education and the indiana

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National Guard . Qualified students can

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earn both state and federal tuition

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assistance , student loan repayment

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Montgomery G . I . Bill kickers and

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bonuses . In an interview with Western

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Governors University Major General R .

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Martin Umbarger , the Adjutant General

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of indiana discussed the importance of

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further education in the guard . What

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role then does education play when you

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look at the landscape of our Guard ?

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Help , How is education important to

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the men and women who wear the uniform ?

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Well to the military , education has

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always been important and we have to

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Facet of education in the military . We

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have what we have to do on on our

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uniform side , but also we have to have

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a certain level civilian education . So

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whether you're an enlisted soldier , an

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officer , it really makes no difference

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we would like and always support our

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young men and women To get a college

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degree if they haven't got one or

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associates degree . And in many cases

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go on for masters .

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Surprisingly many of the National Guard

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are unaware of the educational benefits

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or assistance programs available to

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them or how to go about getting them

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well without the knowledge of knowing

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that there's these benefits out there .

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I doubt half of them would even be

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going to school . Um Like I said , a

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lot of them call our office , don't

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even know they have this benefit , I

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want to know how to get their schools

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paid for , but then when they call ,

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they find out they have their G . I .

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Bill that they can get a bonus that

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they can get student loan repayment .

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And without without knowing that I

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doubt half of them would even be in

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school right now . So knowing that they

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have that benefit out there is actually ,

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I think it's a little push , it makes

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them want to go to school and want to

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get an education and better themselves

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for many college can be too expensive

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and difficult to afford without taking

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on a full time job or multiple student

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loans . These military educational

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benefits , along with other school

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grants and scholarships , help

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guardsmen continue their education and

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achieve that degree . I'm a single

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parent and um the military would

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provide me with these benefits allows

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me the opportunity to um further my

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degree without having to break my

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pockets . It's too easy . There's no

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reason why I couldn't do it . And Uh I

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mean it's pretty self explanatory if I

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don't have to work 40 hours a week ,

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that's just more time to put towards

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school . And then I get free time ,

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which everyone , I think that's

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necessary for me to be able to relax

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from time to time and I had more than I

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needed . Well that should be the least

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of their worries is how to pay for

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school and how to survive and have to

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make a decision like I did before .

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Well do I go to school or do I work

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full time And with the guard you can do

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both . You can work or not work and

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then still get help with the G . I joe

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and tuition assistance and have that

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comfort of knowing that hey , I can go

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to school and I can go to school

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possibly 100% not out of my pocket .

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You know , I won't have to pay for

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anything . I can just focus all my

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energy on school . And um I didn't

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really have any other distractions

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other than that . And then my one

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weekend a month with the guard Indiana

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is blessed to have many states

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supported colleges who welcome the

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military and do everything they can to

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help guards and be successful . The

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state of Indiana has nine state

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supported schools . W . G . You being

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our latest within the last year . Any

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of the state supported schools within

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Indiana are very highly regarded , very

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good academic institutions . I believe

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that getting your college degree is a

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gateway to having great

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opportunities in life from your heart .

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What's your expectation as it comes to

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our guardsmen being educated and

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pursuing education like what do you

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want to see for the garden ? Well , I'd

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love to see every , every soldier again ,

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it makes no difference whether you're

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private or or you're an officer to get

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an education . We all know that , that ,

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that gets you in the door . Uh , all

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these great men and women have served

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their country . They've gone over and

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they , they've matured very much and

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they found out that their cable doing

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many more things and they probably

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thought they could . So they come home

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now like it was in World War two are

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great generation . Came home the G I .

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Bill was established . Many of them got

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their education and lead this nation to

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be the greatest nation in the world . I

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think this younger generation has the

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same opportunity and I wish everyone of

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hope and will do everything I can to

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help them pursue their education for

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more information on these and other

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educational benefits . Please call 1

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802 37 to 850

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extension 70 to 3 . Or email e

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D services at I N dot N G B dot

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army dot mil . Or visit www

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dot I N dot n G dot mil . And

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locate the indiana National Guard

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education tab on the left side . Under

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warrior resources for the indiana

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National Guard . I am first tonight ,

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Katie Elkins . Thank you for joining me

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today . And good luck on your new

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future . Yeah .