 Post-9-11 GI Bill officials encourage eligible sailors who want to transfer their education benefits to act now. The Post-9-11 GI Bill transferability option is where service members can transfer benefits to their dependents as long as their dependents are listed in deers. Now transferability is a retention tool for the services or for the Navy, so a member must have six years in the service and they must agree to do an additional four years. Miller says additional obligated service starts the day a sailor submits their transferability application. Sailors are encouraged to go back in and check their application once they submit it because if they come in and it's rejected when they resubmit it we start that four years over from whenever they resubmit that application. For more information visit npc.navy.mil. From the Defense of Media Activity I'm Petty Officer Matthew Halls.