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Any engineers in the military that took the Oct 2010 exam? I took nuclear for the first time and passed. I thought the exam was tough, but undergraduate texts and ANS study guide was good prep.

 
Any engineers in the military that took the Oct 2010 exam? I took nuclear for the first time and passed. I thought the exam was tough, but undergraduate texts and ANS study guide was good prep.
I took the Mechanical exam in October, still waiting on results...

 
Gentlemen,

FYI, there are quite a few military folks on this board; active duty, reserves, NAVFAC/USACoE civilians, dependants and a few retirees (Like Me! Retired from the Marines in 2007.) We are an IM away if you want to talk off teh record.

Freon

 
USNR Civil Engineer Corps Officer, currently billet is chief engineer of a Seabee Battalion. My civilian experience is primarily in heavy civil and building construction with a tour in geotech at the moment.

 
Navy Engineering Duty Officer here. Finishing up a MSME, then going to SRF Yokosuka.

 
Another Army National Guard engineer officer here. I just finished up a tour in Iraq with an engineer battalion doing both combat engineering and construction. I'm a bridge engineer on the civilian side.

 
I started out navy nuke enlisted, then commissioned in the Air Force through ROTC. The Air Force has me doing program management now, not real engineering work.

 
AWS - Boat School in 'O2? I taught in Weapons & Systems from 1997 - 2000. I was the course coordinator for ES400, so when you were a plebe and youngster, I was the one the firsties bitched about!!!

 
AWS - Boat School in 'O2? I taught in Weapons & Systems from 1997 - 2000. I was the course coordinator for ES400, so when you were a plebe and youngster, I was the one the firsties bitched about!!!
Small world, are you still in?

 
Military folks -

I would like to ask you a favor in getting the word out to the military community regarding an important change to Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits that may adversely affect military families. Under the initial version, active duty members and their spouses were entitled to 100% tuition and fee reimbursement regardless of whether he or she attended a public or private institution. The latest revision which was just signed into law limits private education benefits to $17,500 per year effective August 1st, 2011. In effect, if anyone enrolled in a private institution that exceeds this cap will now have to pay the difference out of pocket. While this is intended to save the government money, it has no grandfather clause which drastically impacts people who were using their entitlements as allowed by the VA.

I think we're all in agreement that the government needs to save money, but pulling the rug out from under people who already made educational and financial commitments based on existing entitlements is just wrong. What's next? Will the government just change the law to change your retirement benefits? Will the government change your other VA benefits such as disability and health entitlements just when our military personnel need them most? Soon the entitlements we paid for in blood wont be worth the water used to wash them away.

I encourage you all to write to your Senators and Congressmen to get a grandfather clause added to the current legislation of the Post 9/11 GI Bill. Thanks for the help.

 
I am registered PE in the state of NJ and NY.

Currently working for NYC DOT as a project manager.

NJ Army National Guard as Specialist E4 (Infantry 11B).

Just came back from Ft. Benning, GA two week ago.

Anyone from NJ or NY Area?

 
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