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Welcome Veterans and Dependents

Thank you for your personal service or for the service of your relative to our nation!

This website honors those "selfless souls" that have served, are currently serving, and their families.  Personal integrity, commitment, loyalty, dedication, duty, honor, and sacrifice are "hallmark" terms that accurately describe veterans.

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Post-9/11 2.0 (Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 - Public Law 111-377) is here!!  For the most up-to-date information on the new regulations and changes, please visit the GI Bill website.  As of 4/11/11, all areas of our website have been revised to remain compliant with the VA regulations.  As more details become available, we will update accordingly. 

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  Facebook Group for JMU Veterans

Go to this link to join the group or just type in "JMU Student Veterans Association" on Facebook.

  In the News

Attorney General Cuccinelli has asked to share with you a new page on his office's website dedicated to veterans, http://www.vaag.com/Programs%20and%20Resources/Veterans/index.html.  The page contains a quick guide to veterans' benefits, contact information for the Virginia Department of Veterans Services, and more.  The web page also contains the first edition of The Salute, a newsletter for Virginia veterans from the attorney general.  In this first edition, Mr. Cuccinelli covers several issues, including his recent legal opinion clarifying the real estate tax exemption for 100 percent disabled veterans in Virginia.   If you know someone who may be interested in this information, please share this email with them and ask them to subscribe to our mailing list by emailing veterans@oag.state.va.us with the word "Subscribe" in the subject line.

http://dom.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1049

SCHEV Provides Link between Service Members and College Education

RICHMOND — Virginia goes above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to providing educational benefits to active duty members, veterans, and the members of military families. For instance, federal law requires all service members be given in-state tuition in the states where they are assigned. However, Virginia goes even further than that, allowing military family members to be considered for state financial aid immediately upon moving to the Commonwealth.
To take full advantage of all the military benefits offered by Virginia, service members need to know about them. That is why the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) has put all that information in one place at http://www.schev.edu/MilitaryEducation.asp . This new link on the SCHEV website includes details regarding financial benefits for active duty military members, financial benefits for family members of active duty members, and education benefits for military veterans and their families. The website also provides links to the separation and reinstatement policies at all of Virginia’s public colleges and universities along with other helpful resources such as information about the GI Bill and the Virginia Department of Veterans Services.
With this new link, SCHEV is proud to do its part toward achieving Governor’s McDonnell’s goal of being "America's Most Veteran-Friendly State."
SCHEV is the Commonwealth’s coordinating body for Virginia’s system of higher education. The agency provides policy guidance and budget recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly, and is a resource for information on higher education issues.

 If you need to call VA, you can now call them Monday-Friday, 7am - 8pm (Central Time) - 1-888-442-4551.

You can also ask VA a question using the Right Now Web Inquiry. 
Additionally there is My eBenefits.  My eBenefits is a "one-stop shop" for VA benefit applications, benefit information, and access to personal information such as personnel military documents (e.g. DD-214).

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The Office of the Registrar's VA Certifying Official assists with the GI Bill process and serve as a liaison between: the student and Veterans Affairs; Veterans Affairs and JMU; JMU and the student; and the State Approving Agency (SAA) in Virginia and JMU.