 The Department of Defense budget restraints have forced the Marine Corps to cut tuition assistance for Marines taking off-duty college courses. The Corps will now pay for up to five credit hours per fiscal year, which is the average amount of courses Marines using TA utilize. Marines must also now wait a year after arriving at their first permanent duty station or after receiving non-judicial punishment to receive TA. These changes do not affect the Montgomery GI Bill or the Post-911 GI Bill. For more information or to see how these changes could affect you, check out Mar-Admin-616-TAC-11. From Washington, I'm Corporal Nick Neighbors.