The typical VA education program permits the service member or veteran, once they've served a certain amount of time in the service, to seek either a college education or technical training. While they are in college they receive a monthly stipend from VA. So we pay a single veteran who served in active duty $1,101 a month while they are enrolled full-time in a course of education. For various other programs, we pay lesser amounts for those who are pursuing degrees.
This program has been in force now since 1944, and 21 million veterans have received these benefits. And 70% of veterans who have left the military since the beginning of the current conflict have utilized this program.