Updating ARI Databases for Tracking Army College Fund and Montgomery GI Bill Usage for

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1 Research Note Updating ARI Databases for Tracking Army College Fund and Montgomery GI Bill Usage for Winnie Young Human Resources Research Organization Personnel Assessment Research Unit Tonia Heffner, Chief March 2013 United States Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

2 U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Department of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G1 Authorized and approved for distribution: Research accomplished under contract for the Department of the Army by Human Resources Research Organization Technical review by J. Douglas Dressel, U.S. Army Research Institute MICHELLE SAMS, Ph.D. Director NOTICES DISTRIBUTION: This Research Note has been cleared for release to the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) to comply with regulatory requirements. It has been given no primary distribution and will be available only through DTIC or the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). FINAL DISPOSITION: Destroy this Research Note when it is no longer needed. Do not return it to the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. NOTE: The findings in this Research Note are not to be construed as an official Department of the Army position, unless so designated by other authorized documentation.

3 REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE 1. REPORT DATE (dd-mm-yy) March REPORT TYPE Final 3. DATES COVERED (from... to) November 2011-November TITLE AND SUBTITLE Updating ARI Databases for Tracking Army College Fund and Montgomery GI Bill Usage for AUTHOR(S) Winnie Young 5a. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBER W91WAS-09-D b. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER c. PROJECT NUMBER A792 5d. TASK NUMBER 329a 5e. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) Human Resources Research Organization 66 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 700 Alexandria, Virginia PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences th Street (Bldg / Mail Stop 5610) Fort Belvoir, VA MONITOR ACRONYM ARI 11. MONITOR REPORT NUMBER Research Note DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. 13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES Contracting Officer s Representative and Subject Matter POC: Dr. Peter Greenston & Sharon Ardison 14. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words): This report describes the updating of ARI s educational benefits usage database with Montgomery GI Bill and Army College Fund data for Army Regular, Reserve, and Guard components over the 2010 and 2011 period. For the Regular component, the report includes tabulations of program participation and benefit usage, type of educational program entered, and time between separation and start of education benefits. For Reserve and Guard components, the report includes tabulations by benefit eligibility status, VA training time type, and type of educational program entered. The tabulations are presented by entry cohort, going back to the 1985 entry cohort for all three components, and by separation year for the Regular component. 15. SUBJECT TERMS Military educationbenefits 16. REPORT Unclassified SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF 17. ABSTRACT Unclassified 18. THIS PAGE Unclassified 19. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT Unlimited 20. NUMBER OF PAGES RESPONSIBLE PERSON Dorothy Young (703) i

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5 Research Note Updating ARI Databases for Tracking Army College Fund and Montgomery GI Bill Usage for Winnie Young Human Resources Research Organization Personnel Assessment Research Unit Tonia Heffner, Chief U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences th Street, Bldg Fort Belvoir, VA February 2013 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. iii

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7 UPDATING ARI DATABASES FOR TRACKING ARMY COLLEGE FUND AND MONTGOMERY GI BILL USAGE FOR CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION... 1 ARMY COLLEGE FUND DATABASE... 1 MONTGOMERY G.I. BILL DATABASE... 2 TABULATIONS AND DOCUMENTATION... 3 APENDICES APPENDIX A: MGIB FY11 UPDATES: Regular Army by Cohort Year... A-1 APPENDIX B: MGIB FY11 UPDATES: Regular Army by Separation Year... B-1 APPENDIX C: MGIB FY11UPDATES: Army Reserve... C-1 APPENDIX D: MGIB FY10 UPDATES: National Guard... D-1 v

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10 Updating ARI Databases for Tracking Army College Fund and Montgomery GI Bill Usage for Introduction The provision of educational benefits is an important and expensive Army program designed to aid recruiting and to address larger social goals. Accordingly, the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) collects and analyzes program participation and benefit usage information and provides it to Army G-1 (Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel) to support its reporting to Congress. The ARI educational benefits usage database collects source data from Army personnel records, the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), and the Veterans Administration (VA). Program participation and benefit usage rates for Army College Fund (ACF) and Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) programs are calculated for each accession cohort. Two databases were processed, updated, analyzed, and archived in this effort. The ACF database contains data on individual Soldiers who enlisted between fiscal years 1981 and 1986; the MGIB database contains data on individual Soldiers who enlisted after 1 July 1985 and enrolled in the Montgomery GI Bill program. 1 Army College Fund Database The ACF/Chapter 32 database was updated on an annual basis from 1986 to The database was created originally using the Army Accessions data files from the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command (MEPCOM). The database was divided into three separate cohorts: the FY81/82 accessions cohort, the FY83/84 accessions cohort, and the FY85/86 accessions cohort. The data for each cohort were updated annually using the latest information on benefits usage from VA Chapter 32 data until At each update, critical information was first extracted from the data file and then merged into each of the three cohort files. A different set of variable names by time period and cohort was used for each update to support longitudinal analyses. At the end of each fiscal year, DMDC provides ARI with a de-identified (i.e., with all personally identifying information removed) copy of the VA Chapter 32 data for selected record types. Nearly 3.9 million records were received on the FY09 VA benefit usage data file. These records contain information on contributions and benefit usage, educational objective and level, and related facility and training information. The FY10 VA Chapter 32 data file from DMDC contained a total of 3,838,448 records. This file was copied and archived onto CD-ROM after processing and verification of data records. 1 A third database of interest is the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 or Post-9/11 GI Bill which contains information on a new veterans benefit program that went into effect on 1 August This program provides a vehicle for Soldiers who served after September 11, 2001 to receive educational benefits and an option to extend such benefits to their spouse and dependents. The data file was not made available in time for processing during the current updating effort as originally intended. 1

11 Previous efforts from 1986 to 2002 used the most recent VA Chapter 32 data to update information on the ACF FY81/82, FY83/84, and the FY85/86 accessions cohorts. In this latest update, all of the FY10 Chapter 32 data, along with similar data from FY03 through FY09, were also archived to facilitate future updates when there is such a need. Montgomery G.I. Bill Database The MGIB database was started in 1991 and was originally updated on an annual basis. Since March 1993, ARI has received update tapes from DMDC on a quarterly basis. This allowed the analysis of MGIB usage on a quarterly basis. Around the fall of 1999, DMDC began to convert the existing legacy system into the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS). As a consequence, no MGIB data were available from DMDC until April The first quarterly data containing Regular Army records received from DMDC after the conversion was as of September 2001, with a new record layout, data dictionary, and more variables than previously provided on the quarterly files. With the help of DMDC staff familiar with the database, we were able to identify the variables needed for analysis. In April 2002 we also began receiving quarterly data files for the Army Reserve and National Guard. Prior to that point, data were only available for Soldiers in the Regular Army. Seven quarterly MGIB data files were processed for the current effort: December 2010 through June Upon the processing of each quarterly de-identified data set, three sets of tabulations were created: one for the Regular Army, one for the Army Reserve and one for National Guard. Four quarterly MGIB data files were selected to be used to produce the tables: December 2010, March 2011, June 2011, and September The remaining three MGIB quarterly files that were not used for reporting were archived to CD. While creating the March 2010 tabulations, we discovered a problem with the MGIB Chapter 1606 (Reserve and Guard) data. There was a dramatic increase in cases where the VA Training Time Type Code (byte 55) and VA Training Category Code (byte 54) were coded as unknown. Overall, an alarming 94% of the cases had a value of "Z" for Unknown in one or both of these fields. We checked the March 2009, June 2009, September 2009 and December 2009 Ch1606 quarterly data files for cases with similar unknown values for these two variables and found that the ratio of these cases remained constant at about 81% across all these earlier files. This situation was reported to DMDC. Further inspection of these data indicated that the VA has erroneously updated the replication table with unknown values in these two variables. Unfortunately, due to limited resources at the VA, this problem was not corrected in time for this reporting period. Only Table 3 for the Reserve and National Guard tabulation was affected by this problem starting with March The tabulations for the Regular Army were not affected. For the Regular component, this report includes tabulations of program participation and benefit usage, type of educational program entered, and time between separation and start of education benefits. For Reserve and Guard components, tabulations are provided by benefit eligibility status, VA training time, and type of educational program entered. The tabulations are presented by entry cohort, going back to the 1985 entry cohort for all three components. Benefit usage figures for recent cohorts in the Regular component are small / low as would be expected for this type of 2

12 program. As cohorts age and members leave the Service, usage rates pick up. An estimate of steady state usage rates can be inferred from the older cohorts. An additional new set of tables was created under this effort for Regular Army that focuses on time between separation and MGIB benefit usage for veterans. Instead of using entry cohort, separation cohort from 1988 to 2010 was used in the analysis of benefits usage rates.. Benefit usage is reported for Veterans with three or four years of service and also for those with years of service greater than four years, and for those who took advantage of the program within first 2 years after separation and within 10 years after separation. At the conclusion of the current effort, 14 additional quarterly files were processed and available for analysis. These files are: Type Date Total Cases Regular Army 1 st quarter 2011 (as of December 2010) 2,232,251 Regular Army 2 nd quarter 2011 (as of March 2011) 2,246,901 Regular Army 3 rd quarter 2011 (as of June 2011) 2,264,345 Regular Army 4 th quarter 2011 (as of September 2011) 2,279,188 Regular Army 1 st quarter 2012 (as of December 2011) 2,293,923 Regular Army 2 nd quarter 2012 (as of March 2012) 2,308,658 Regular Army 3 rd quarter 2012 (as of June 2012) 2,325,362 Reserve/Guard 1 st quarter 2011 (as of December 2010) 2,516,597 Reserve/Guard 2 nd quarter 2011 (as of March 2011) 2,530,683 Reserve/Guard 3 rd quarter 2011 (as of June 2011) 2,548,826 Reserve/Guard 4 th quarter 2011 (as of September 2011) 2,570,237 Reserve/Guard 1 st quarter 2012 (as of December 2011) 2,590,849 Reserve/Guard 2 nd quarter 2012 (as of March 2012) 2,611,461 Reserve/Guard 3 rd quarter 2012 (as of June 2012) 2,630,183 Tabulations and Documentation Tabulations of the updated MGIB databases are presented in four appendixes. As described previously, each appendix presents a series of tables for each cohort year as detailed below. Each series of tables is presented four times, representing quarterly reports generated for December 2010, March 2011, June 2011, and September Appendix A: MGIB Regular Army Analysis Tables (by Cohort Year) Table 1: Takers Table 2: Users Table 3: Percent Users Table 4: Type of Education Program Entered Table 5: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of Army College Fund Table 6: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of Army College Fund (Percent of Cohort) 3

13 Table 7: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of MGIB Alone Usage Table 8: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of MGIB Alone Usage (Percent of FY Cohort) Appendix B: MGIB Regular Army Analysis Tables (by Separation Year) Table A: MGIB Benefit Usage for Veterans for Years of Service EQ 3-4 (within 2 years after separation) Table B: MGIB Benefit Usage for Veterans for Years of Service GT 4 (within 2 years after separation) Table C: MGIB Benefit Usage for Veterans for Years of Service EQ 3-4 (within 10 years after separation) Table D: MGIB Benefit Usage for Veterans for Years of Service GT 4 (within 10 years after separation) Table E: MGIB Benefit Usage for Veterans for Years of Service GE 3 (within 2 years after separation) Table F: MGIB Benefit Usage for Veterans for Years of Service GE 3 (within 10 years after separation) Appendix C: MGIB Army Reserve Analysis Tables and Appendix D: MGIB National Guard Analysis Tables Table 1: SR Basic Benefit Eligibility Status Table 2: VA Training Time Type Table 3: Type of Educational Program Entered FY Cohorts A compact disk (CD-ROM) has been prepared and is available for Army G-1 and other Army agency use upon request to ARI. It contains electronic versions of the FY10 ACF data file, FY11 and FY12 MGIB data files, record layouts, data dictionary, SPSS transport files for MGIB databases, MGIB analysis tables, and this report. 4

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15 APPENDIX A MGIB FY11 UPDATES: Regular Army by Cohort Year A-1

16 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of December 2010 ***** page 1 Table 1: Takers MGIB 2YR 3YR 4YR 5_6YR Total Cohort Alone ACF ACF ACF ACF ACF Total A ======= ===== ====== ====== ===== ====== ======= NOTE: An undercount of Army College Fund (ACF) participants for the cohorts was acknowledged in 1999 by the Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM). The undercount was a result of the ACF data element not being populated in the Army system for those years. After the problem was discovered, PERSCOM attempted to re-capture the missing information for those cases. Unfortunately, many of the Army cases had already separated from active duty and their records no longer existed in the Total Army Personnel Data Base (TAPDB) system.

17 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of December 2010 ***** Page 2 Table 2: Users MGIB 2YR 3YR 4YR 5_6YR Total Cohort Alone ACF ACF ACF ACF ACF Total A ====== ===== ===== ===== ===== ====== ======

18 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of December 2010 ***** Page 3 Table 3: Percent Users MGIB 2YR 3YR 4YR 5_6YR Total Cohort Alone ACF ACF ACF ACF ACF Total A % 75.1% 69.0% 59.1% N/A 65.7% 56.5% % 69.3% 64.9% 54.6% N/A 62.6% 46.6% % 71.6% 64.9% 61.6% N/A 67.5% 45.7% % 74.0% 66.9% 65.3% N/A 68.6% 42.8% % 76.4% 70.3% 68.2% N/A 72.0% 41.7% % 67.5% 65.4% 61.2% N/A 63.9% 41.9% % 63.6% 60.0% 55.1% N/A 58.2% 39.6% % 61.8% 59.8% 54.2% N/A 56.9% 41.6% % 61.6% 60.0% 53.2% N/A 57.2% 39.4% % 59.7% 55.0% 53.6% N/A 55.2% 37.8% % 59.8% 58.3% 51.8% N/A 55.8% 38.8% % 63.1% 56.0% 52.5% N/A 54.7% 38.1% % 87.2% 89.8% 75.7% N/A 80.3% 37.4% % 79.9% 82.6% 73.9% N/A 76.6% 36.5% % 79.1% 77.8% 71.5% N/A 73.3% 35.7% % 66.1% 67.8% 53.5% N/A 56.1% 36.1% % 62.1% 58.8% 47.1% N/A 50.0% 33.5% % 52.7% 46.5% 38.0% N/A 40.4% 30.3% % 28.2% 24.1% 28.8% N/A 28.0% 24.8% % 25.0% 17.7% 13.7% N/A 15.4% 17.7% % 31.9% 17.6% 8.3% 41.8% 11.7% 10.4% % 23.8% 7.7% 5.4% 4.9% 6.6% 5.5% % 5.4% 2.3% 1.9% 2.1% 2.2% 2.2% % 4.0% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 0.8% 0.7% % 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% % 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% % 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

19 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of December 2010 ***** Page 4 Table 4: Type of Educational Program Entered ACF MGIB ALONE Total A: Graduate B: Undergraduate C: Non-Degree, College D: Voc/Tech, Post HS Total A-5 ACF MGIB ALONE Total A: Graduate 4.85% 4.60% 4.67% B: Undergraduate 87.31% 81.91% 83.48% C: Non-Degree, College 2.02% 3.72% 3.23% D: Voc/Tech, Post HS 5.82% 9.77% 8.62% Total % % % Frequency Missing = 1239

20 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of December 2010 ***** Page 5 Table 5: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of Army College Fund Before 9+ Cohort Separation 1YR 2YRS 3YRS 4YRS 5YRS 6YRS 7YRS 8YRS YRS Total A ========== ===== ===== ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ======

21 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of December 2010 ***** Page 6 Table 6: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of Army College Fund Percent of FY Cohort Before Cohort Separation 1YR 2YRS 3YRS 4YRS 5YRS 6YRS 7YRS 8YRS 9+ YRS Total % 56.5% 16.1% 7.7% 5.3% 3.8% 2.6% 2.1% 1.6% 2.8% 100.0% % 56.1% 16.2% 7.5% 5.2% 3.6% 2.6% 2.2% 1.8% 2.9% 100.0% % 56.3% 16.7% 8.0% 4.7% 3.0% 2.8% 2.0% 1.7% 2.6% 100.0% % 56.7% 18.5% 8.0% 4.4% 2.8% 2.4% 1.6% 1.5% 2.2% 100.0% % 56.2% 17.9% 7.6% 4.1% 3.7% 2.5% 1.9% 1.5% 2.5% 100.0% % 50.7% 17.6% 8.5% 5.3% 3.8% 3.2% 2.6% 2.5% 3.5% 100.0% % 49.0% 17.4% 8.4% 5.5% 4.2% 3.1% 3.1% 2.4% 3.9% 100.0% % 45.1% 17.3% 9.5% 6.3% 5.0% 3.7% 3.2% 2.7% 4.1% 100.0% % 42.5% 19.3% 9.6% 6.3% 4.8% 4.0% 3.6% 2.9% 3.7% 100.0% % 41.4% 18.9% 11.0% 6.3% 5.3% 4.0% 3.3% 2.2% 3.9% 100.0% % 39.0% 20.3% 11.4% 7.3% 4.8% 4.4% 3.3% 2.9% 3.5% 100.0% % 38.7% 21.0% 11.8% 7.3% 5.4% 3.9% 3.4% 2.4% 3.7% 100.0% % 43.1% 24.0% 10.8% 6.9% 4.5% 3.4% 1.9% 1.6% 1.6% 100.0% % 44.5% 25.2% 12.0% 6.4% 3.9% 2.4% 1.8% 1.2% 0.6% 100.0% % 49.2% 24.5% 11.6% 5.5% 3.7% 1.8% 1.2% 0.5% 0.1% 100.0% % 49.6% 23.6% 11.0% 6.5% 4.0% 1.9% 1.0% 0.2% 0.1% 100.0% % 53.1% 23.1% 10.8% 5.6% 3.0% 1.2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 100.0% % 58.0% 23.0% 9.3% 4.3% 1.5% 0.7% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 100.0% % 64.2% 19.5% 7.5% 3.5% 1.3% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 72.7% 16.7% 4.6% 1.8% 1.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 76.8% 12.2% 3.5% 1.9% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 75.0% 12.7% 4.1% 1.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 76.0% 12.7% 5.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 76.1% 20.5% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 96.8% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% ========== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Weighted Average: 2.5% 51.0% 18.7% 9.0% 5.5% 3.8% 2.8% 2.3% 1.8% 2.6% 100.0% A-7

22 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of December 2010 ***** Page 7 Table 7: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of MGIB Alone Usage Before 9+ Cohort Separation 1YR 2YRS 3YRS 4YRS 5YRS 6YRS 7YRS 8YRS YRS Total A ========== ====== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ======

23 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of December 2010 ***** Page 8 Table 8: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of MGIB Alone Usage Percent of FY Cohort Before Cohort Separation 1YR 2YRS 3YRS 4YRS 5YRS 6YRS 7YRS 8YRS 9+ YRS Total % 42.0% 16.3% 10.0% 6.8% 5.0% 4.0% 3.4% 2.9% 6.2% 100.0% % 39.0% 15.4% 10.2% 7.5% 5.4% 4.5% 3.6% 3.3% 6.2% 100.0% % 37.9% 17.2% 9.7% 6.7% 5.2% 4.3% 4.0% 3.5% 6.7% 100.0% % 39.9% 16.0% 9.1% 6.7% 5.0% 4.3% 4.1% 3.6% 7.0% 100.0% % 38.1% 15.6% 8.8% 6.9% 5.4% 4.8% 4.3% 4.1% 7.4% 100.0% % 34.9% 15.1% 9.5% 6.9% 5.9% 5.4% 4.7% 4.2% 7.5% 100.0% % 32.9% 14.4% 9.3% 7.4% 6.4% 5.5% 5.2% 4.7% 7.6% 100.0% % 32.2% 15.6% 9.5% 7.4% 6.4% 5.6% 4.9% 4.8% 7.1% 100.0% % 32.1% 15.2% 9.9% 8.1% 6.6% 5.8% 5.4% 4.6% 6.8% 100.0% % 30.6% 15.6% 10.0% 8.4% 7.2% 6.5% 5.3% 4.5% 6.4% 100.0% % 31.6% 16.8% 11.3% 8.4% 7.1% 5.6% 4.4% 4.2% 6.0% 100.0% % 32.7% 17.6% 11.8% 8.6% 6.7% 5.4% 4.4% 3.8% 5.4% 100.0% % 34.6% 18.7% 11.5% 8.4% 6.3% 5.0% 4.2% 3.5% 4.3% 100.0% % 37.8% 19.2% 12.0% 7.9% 5.9% 4.4% 3.5% 2.8% 3.2% 100.0% % 41.3% 19.5% 11.9% 7.8% 5.6% 4.1% 3.1% 1.8% 1.2% 100.0% % 44.2% 20.6% 11.6% 7.6% 5.6% 3.7% 2.1% 0.8% 0.7% 100.0% % 46.7% 21.0% 11.3% 8.2% 4.9% 2.6% 1.3% 0.5% 0.3% 100.0% % 53.7% 20.9% 11.0% 5.9% 3.0% 1.1% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 100.0% % 59.4% 20.2% 9.4% 4.3% 1.7% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 100.0% % 67.9% 18.3% 5.8% 2.1% 0.9% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 72.1% 15.0% 4.5% 1.6% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 69.7% 16.0% 5.4% 1.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 73.2% 14.7% 5.5% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 76.5% 17.3% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 93.3% 6.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% ========== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Weighted Average: 4.5% 40.2% 17.3% 10.1% 7.1% 5.3% 4.2% 3.5% 3.0% 4.7% 100.0% A-9

24 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of March 2011 ***** Page 1 Table 1: Takers MGIB 2YR 3YR 4YR 5_6YR Total Cohort Alone ACF ACF ACF ACF ACF Total A ======= ===== ====== ====== ===== ====== ======= NOTE: An undercount of Army College Fund (ACF) participants for the cohorts was acknowledged in 1999 by the Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM). The undercount was a result of the ACF data element not being populated in the Army system for those years. After the problem was discovered, PERSCOM attempted to re-capture the missing information for those cases. Unfortunately, many of the Army cases had already separated from active duty and their records no longer existed in the Total Army Personnel Data Base (TAPDB) system.

25 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of March 2011 ***** Page 2 Table 2: Users MGIB 2YR 3YR 4YR 5_6YR Total Cohort Alone ACF ACF ACF ACF ACF Total A ====== ===== ===== ===== ===== ====== ======

26 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of March 2011 ***** Page 3 Table 3: Percent Users MGIB 2YR 3YR 4YR 5_6YR Total Cohort Alone ACF ACF ACF ACF ACF Total A % 75.1% 69.0% 59.1% N/A 65.7% 56.5% % 69.3% 64.9% 54.6% N/A 62.6% 46.6% % 71.6% 64.9% 61.6% N/A 67.5% 45.7% % 74.0% 66.9% 65.3% N/A 68.6% 42.8% % 76.4% 70.2% 68.2% N/A 72.0% 41.8% % 67.4% 65.4% 61.2% N/A 63.9% 41.9% % 63.6% 60.0% 55.1% N/A 58.2% 39.6% % 61.8% 59.8% 54.2% N/A 56.9% 41.6% % 61.6% 60.0% 53.2% N/A 57.2% 39.5% % 59.7% 55.0% 53.7% N/A 55.2% 37.8% % 59.8% 58.4% 51.9% N/A 55.8% 38.9% % 63.1% 56.0% 52.5% N/A 54.7% 38.2% % 86.8% 89.9% 75.7% N/A 80.3% 37.5% % 79.6% 82.6% 74.0% N/A 76.6% 36.7% % 79.1% 77.8% 71.6% N/A 73.3% 35.9% % 65.8% 68.1% 53.7% N/A 56.4% 36.2% % 62.5% 58.9% 47.3% N/A 50.1% 33.6% % 52.5% 46.6% 38.3% N/A 40.6% 30.5% % 28.2% 24.2% 29.1% N/A 28.2% 25.0% % 25.1% 17.8% 13.9% N/A 15.6% 17.9% % 33.3% 17.8% 8.6% 42.2% 12.0% 10.7% % 23.9% 8.1% 5.9% 5.1% 7.0% 5.7% % 6.0% 2.8% 2.1% 2.2% 2.4% 2.4% % 4.6% 0.6% 0.8% 1.1% 0.8% 0.8% % 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% % 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% % 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

27 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of March 2011 ***** Page 4 Table 4: Type of Educational Program Entered ACF MGIB ALONE Total A: Graduate B: Undergraduate C: Non-Degree, College D: Voc/Tech, Post HS Total A-13 ACF MGIB ALONE Total A: Graduate 4.88% 4.63% 4.71% B: Undergraduate 87.28% 81.88% 83.44% C: Non-Degree, College 2.02% 3.72% 3.23% D: Voc/Tech, Post HS 5.82% 9.76% 8.62% Total % % % Frequency Missing = 1248

28 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of March 2011 ***** Page 5 Table 5: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of Army College Fund Before 9+ Cohort Separation 1YR 2YRS 3YRS 4YRS 5YRS 6YRS 7YRS 8YRS YRS Total A ========== ===== ===== ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ======

29 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of March 2011 ***** Page 6 Table 6: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of Army College Fund Percent of FY Cohort Before Cohort Separation 1YR 2YRS 3YRS 4YRS 5YRS 6YRS 7YRS 8YRS 9+ YRS Total % 56.5% 16.1% 7.7% 5.3% 3.8% 2.6% 2.1% 1.6% 2.8% 100.0% % 56.1% 16.2% 7.5% 5.2% 3.6% 2.6% 2.2% 1.8% 2.9% 100.0% % 56.3% 16.7% 8.0% 4.7% 3.0% 2.8% 2.0% 1.7% 2.6% 100.0% % 56.7% 18.5% 8.0% 4.5% 2.8% 2.4% 1.6% 1.5% 2.2% 100.0% % 56.2% 17.9% 7.6% 4.1% 3.7% 2.5% 1.9% 1.5% 2.6% 100.0% % 50.7% 17.6% 8.5% 5.3% 3.8% 3.2% 2.6% 2.5% 3.5% 100.0% % 49.0% 17.4% 8.4% 5.5% 4.2% 3.1% 3.1% 2.4% 3.9% 100.0% % 45.0% 17.3% 9.5% 6.3% 5.0% 3.7% 3.2% 2.7% 4.1% 100.0% % 42.5% 19.3% 9.6% 6.2% 4.9% 4.0% 3.7% 2.9% 3.8% 100.0% % 41.2% 19.0% 11.1% 6.3% 5.3% 4.0% 3.3% 2.3% 4.0% 100.0% % 38.9% 20.3% 11.4% 7.3% 4.7% 4.5% 3.3% 2.9% 3.6% 100.0% % 38.6% 20.9% 11.8% 7.3% 5.4% 3.9% 3.4% 2.4% 3.7% 100.0% % 42.9% 24.0% 10.8% 7.0% 4.5% 3.4% 2.0% 1.7% 1.6% 100.0% % 44.1% 25.1% 12.1% 6.6% 4.0% 2.3% 1.9% 1.2% 0.7% 100.0% % 48.6% 24.6% 11.7% 5.6% 3.7% 1.9% 1.3% 0.7% 0.1% 100.0% % 49.1% 23.4% 11.1% 6.6% 4.0% 2.1% 1.1% 0.3% 0.1% 100.0% % 52.4% 23.1% 11.1% 5.6% 3.1% 1.3% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 100.0% % 57.2% 23.2% 9.4% 4.7% 1.6% 0.7% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 100.0% % 63.4% 19.6% 7.6% 3.8% 1.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 72.2% 17.1% 4.7% 1.7% 1.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 76.1% 12.5% 3.7% 1.9% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 73.9% 13.1% 4.1% 1.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 76.4% 11.2% 5.6% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 72.9% 21.9% 3.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 92.1% 7.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% ========== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Weighted Average 2.5% 50.9% 18.7% 9.0% 5.5% 3.8% 2.8% 2.3% 1.8% 2.7% 100.0% A-15

30 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of March 2011 ***** Page 7 Table 7: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of MGIB Alone Usage Before 9+ Cohort Separation 1YR 2YRS 3YRS 4YRS 5YRS 6YRS 7YRS 8YRS YRS Total A ========== ====== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ======

31 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of March 2011 ***** Page 8 Table 8: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of MGIB Alone Usage Percent of FY Cohort Before Cohort Separation 1YR 2YRS 3YRS 4YRS 5YRS 6YRS 7YRS 8YRS 9+ YRS Total % 41.9% 16.2% 10.0% 6.9% 5.0% 4.0% 3.4% 2.9% 6.2% 100.0% % 39.0% 15.4% 10.2% 7.5% 5.4% 4.5% 3.6% 3.3% 6.2% 100.0% % 37.8% 17.2% 9.7% 6.7% 5.2% 4.4% 4.0% 3.5% 6.7% 100.0% % 39.8% 16.1% 9.1% 6.7% 5.0% 4.3% 4.1% 3.6% 7.0% 100.0% % 38.1% 15.6% 8.8% 6.9% 5.4% 4.8% 4.3% 4.1% 7.4% 100.0% % 34.9% 15.1% 9.5% 6.9% 6.0% 5.4% 4.7% 4.2% 7.5% 100.0% % 32.9% 14.4% 9.2% 7.4% 6.4% 5.5% 5.2% 4.7% 7.6% 100.0% % 32.2% 15.6% 9.5% 7.3% 6.4% 5.6% 4.9% 4.8% 7.2% 100.0% % 32.0% 15.1% 9.9% 8.1% 6.6% 5.8% 5.4% 4.6% 6.9% 100.0% % 30.5% 15.5% 10.0% 8.4% 7.1% 6.5% 5.3% 4.5% 6.5% 100.0% % 31.5% 16.8% 11.2% 8.5% 7.1% 5.6% 4.5% 4.2% 6.1% 100.0% % 32.4% 17.5% 11.8% 8.6% 6.7% 5.4% 4.5% 3.8% 5.5% 100.0% % 34.4% 18.6% 11.6% 8.4% 6.3% 5.0% 4.2% 3.6% 4.5% 100.0% % 37.4% 19.0% 12.0% 7.9% 6.0% 4.4% 3.5% 2.9% 3.5% 100.0% % 40.9% 19.3% 11.9% 7.8% 5.7% 4.2% 3.1% 1.9% 1.4% 100.0% % 43.7% 20.5% 11.7% 7.5% 5.6% 3.8% 2.2% 0.9% 0.8% 100.0% % 46.2% 20.9% 11.3% 8.2% 5.1% 2.7% 1.4% 0.5% 0.3% 100.0% % 53.1% 20.9% 11.1% 6.0% 3.2% 1.2% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 100.0% % 58.5% 20.3% 9.5% 4.5% 1.9% 0.6% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 100.0% % 67.0% 18.4% 6.0% 2.3% 1.0% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 70.9% 15.4% 4.7% 1.7% 0.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 69.3% 16.2% 5.2% 1.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 73.8% 13.2% 5.2% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 76.4% 17.3% 1.8% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 88.5% 11.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% ========== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Weighted Average 4.6% 40.0% 17.3% 10.1% 7.1% 5.3% 4.3% 3.5% 3.0% 4.8% 100.0% A-17

32 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of June 2011 ***** Page 1 Table 1: Takers MGIB 2YR 3YR 4YR 5_6YR Total Cohort Alone ACF ACF ACF ACF ACF Total A ======= ===== ====== ====== ===== ====== ======= NOTE: An undercount of Army College Fund (ACF) participants for the cohorts was acknowledged in 1999 by the Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM). The undercount was a result of the ACF data element not being populated in the Army system for those years. After the problem was discovered, PERSCOM attempted to re-capture the missing information for those cases. Unfortunately, many of the Army cases had already separated from active duty and their records no longer existed in the Total Army Personnel Data Base (TAPDB) system.

33 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of June 2011 ***** Page 2 Table 2: Users MGIB 2YR 3YR 4YR 5_6YR Total Cohort Alone ACF ACF ACF ACF ACF Total A ====== ===== ===== ===== ===== ====== ======

34 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of June 2011 ***** Page 3 Table 3: Percent Users MGIB 2YR 3YR 4YR 5_6YR Total Cohort Alone ACF ACF ACF ACF ACF Total A % 75.1% 69.0% 59.1% N/A 65.7% 56.5% % 69.3% 64.9% 54.6% N/A 62.6% 46.6% % 71.6% 64.9% 61.6% N/A 67.5% 45.8% % 73.9% 66.9% 65.4% N/A 68.6% 42.9% % 76.4% 70.2% 68.2% N/A 72.0% 41.8% % 67.5% 65.3% 61.2% N/A 63.9% 42.0% % 63.6% 60.0% 55.1% N/A 58.2% 39.7% % 61.8% 59.8% 54.2% N/A 56.9% 41.6% % 61.6% 60.0% 53.3% N/A 57.2% 39.5% % 59.8% 55.0% 53.7% N/A 55.3% 37.8% % 59.8% 58.4% 51.9% N/A 55.8% 38.9% % 63.0% 56.0% 52.6% N/A 54.7% 38.2% % 86.6% 89.7% 75.9% N/A 80.4% 37.6% % 79.6% 82.7% 74.3% N/A 76.8% 36.8% % 79.5% 77.9% 71.7% N/A 73.4% 36.1% % 65.9% 68.1% 54.0% N/A 56.6% 36.4% % 62.8% 59.0% 47.4% N/A 50.3% 33.8% % 52.8% 46.7% 38.5% N/A 40.8% 30.7% % 28.2% 24.4% 29.3% N/A 28.5% 25.3% % 25.1% 18.0% 14.2% N/A 15.8% 18.2% % 33.3% 18.0% 8.9% 37.0% 12.3% 11.0% % 24.3% 8.2% 6.3% 5.1% 7.2% 6.0% % 6.6% 3.5% 2.2% 2.4% 2.7% 2.7% % 5.1% 0.8% 1.0% 1.3% 1.0% 0.9% % 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% % 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% % 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

35 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of June 2011 ***** Page 4 Table 4: Type of Educational Program Entered ACF MGIB ALONE Total A: Graduate B: Undergraduate C: Non-Degree, College D: Voc/Tech, Post HS Total A-21 ACF MGIB ALONE Total A: Graduate 4.91% 4.68% 4.74% B: Undergraduate 87.23% 81.77% 83.35% C: Non-Degree, College 2.01% 3.73% 3.24% D: Voc/Tech, Post HS 5.84% 9.82% 8.67% Total % % % Frequency Missing = 1257

36 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of June 2011 ***** Page 5 Table 5: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of Army College Fund Before 9+ Cohort Separation 1YR 2YRS 3YRS 4YRS 5YRS 6YRS 7YRS 8YRS YRS Total A ========== ===== ===== ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ======

37 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of June 2011 ***** Page 6 Table 6: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of Army College Fund Percent of FY Cohort Before Cohort Separation 1YR 2YRS 3YRS 4YRS 5YRS 6YRS 7YRS 8YRS 9+ YRS Total % 56.5% 16.1% 7.6% 5.3% 3.8% 2.6% 2.1% 1.6% 2.8% 100.0% % 56.0% 16.2% 7.5% 5.2% 3.6% 2.6% 2.2% 1.8% 2.9% 100.0% % 56.3% 16.7% 8.0% 4.7% 3.0% 2.8% 2.0% 1.7% 2.6% 100.0% % 56.7% 18.5% 8.0% 4.5% 2.8% 2.4% 1.6% 1.5% 2.2% 100.0% % 56.2% 17.9% 7.6% 4.1% 3.6% 2.4% 1.9% 1.5% 2.6% 100.0% % 50.6% 17.6% 8.5% 5.3% 3.8% 3.2% 2.6% 2.5% 3.5% 100.0% % 49.0% 17.4% 8.4% 5.5% 4.2% 3.1% 3.1% 2.4% 4.0% 100.0% % 45.0% 17.4% 9.5% 6.3% 5.0% 3.7% 3.2% 2.7% 4.1% 100.0% % 42.4% 19.3% 9.6% 6.3% 4.9% 4.0% 3.7% 2.9% 3.8% 100.0% % 41.1% 19.0% 11.1% 6.3% 5.3% 4.0% 3.3% 2.3% 4.0% 100.0% % 38.8% 20.2% 11.4% 7.4% 4.7% 4.5% 3.3% 2.9% 3.7% 100.0% % 38.6% 21.0% 11.8% 7.2% 5.5% 3.9% 3.4% 2.4% 3.8% 100.0% % 42.8% 23.9% 10.8% 6.9% 4.5% 3.5% 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% 100.0% % 43.7% 25.0% 12.2% 6.6% 4.1% 2.3% 1.9% 1.3% 0.8% 100.0% % 48.2% 24.7% 11.5% 5.7% 3.7% 2.1% 1.4% 0.7% 0.2% 100.0% % 48.5% 23.5% 11.1% 6.8% 4.1% 2.3% 1.1% 0.3% 0.1% 100.0% % 51.8% 23.0% 11.1% 5.7% 3.3% 1.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.2% 100.0% % 56.3% 23.3% 9.7% 4.7% 1.8% 0.8% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 100.0% % 62.5% 19.9% 7.9% 4.0% 1.5% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 71.3% 17.3% 5.0% 1.9% 1.3% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 74.7% 13.6% 3.7% 1.8% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 73.7% 13.0% 4.2% 1.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 76.2% 10.8% 5.8% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 71.9% 21.1% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 93.0% 7.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% % 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% ========== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Weighted Average 2.5% 50.8% 18.7% 9.0% 5.5% 3.9% 2.9% 2.3% 1.8% 2.7% 100.0% A-23

38 ***** MGIB Regular Army Data as of June 2011 ***** Page 7 Table 7: Time Between Date of Separation and Start of MGIB Alone Usage Before 9+ Cohort Separation 1YR 2YRS 3YRS 4YRS 5YRS 6YRS 7YRS 8YRS YRS Total A ========== ====== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ======