Vermont Veteran Says Army Recruiter Misled Him

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Vermont Veteran Says Army Recruiter Misled Him

Burlington, Vermont - February 27, 2008
You may have heard military advertisements offering college tuition as an inducement for young people to sign up. A Vermont man who fought in Iraq now claims that a military recruiter misled him about those education benefits.

Drew Cameron is 26 years old and finishing his last semester toward an undergraduate degree at the University of Vermont. Some, but not all, of his tuition is covered by the G.I. Bill, augmented by a cash bonus program.
That's hardly enough, he says, especially when he believed the recruiter who signed him up for the Army.

"Look at the advertisement that the U.S. Army uses," Cameron told WCAX News. "Get money for college, pay for college, we'll empower you to go to college. The reality is, you get a really small portion."

Cameron does not dispute that he got what the recruiter promised -- just that he didn't read the fine print. The Pentagon acknowledges that the education benefits are an effective recruiting tool and that the enlistee gets what is promised under the terms of the contract. Tom Bush, an acting Deputy Secretary of Defense for Personnel, said, "It is a significant reason why people join the military. It does provide a very good benefit."

Better than any other single college tuition assistance program, the military says. In Drew Cameron's case, he says he gets about $1,500 a month toward tuition and expenses, or over $13,000 a year. At UVM, he pays the in-state student tuition rate of just over $20,000 a year. But the discrepancy is not Cameron's only problem.
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=7934753

The in-state tuition rate is actually the total for tuition/room & board/fees etc. I checked the university website. If you're going to whine, get it right!