Re: STRAP benefit two times?
MCB,
You can look through the army incentives reg 135-7 and search A5685_R.PDF to view the Strap paperwork - but your best bet is to find a friend with an AKO account and go to HR and search this years MILPER messages... pretty much annually you can go through (or look at year prior) and view DA's incentive updates as released from higher...
What I would say is you are using strap now - you have an obligation period to pay off.. in that time a lot can change so don't worry about the specifics.... as in this scenario you can't do anything about it. There are PLENTY of higher education opportunities available.. when you get your ako acct you can check ou the nurse corp web page LT area for education incentives and start understanding your timeline and at what point you can apply for certain paths to higher ed. Also... as a note the strap is not open to everyone.. there is a board the selects x out of y applicants... I'd be less inclined to get a masters degree to someone when an adn nurse might need a bsn - and since the bsn to masters candidate might have other routes open to him/her.
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