How can i qualify for the reserve GI Bill Kicker? I want to join the Army Reserves and i want to get the GI Bill Kicker so i can become a Nurse in the Army (requires a 4 year degree). The origional $ 11,844 isnt enough for me to become a Nurse with a 4 year degree. I can always go to my community college and become a Nurse with a 2 year degree, but the Army doesnt look at that as qualifying to become an Officer. How can i get the Kicker so my GIbill would be $24,444?

Joel V replied: "Normally I think the kicker would be where you put in another $1,000 and you get a big bonus on your GI bill when you use it. There isn’t a kicker in the new post-9/11 GI bill because you don’t put money into it in the first place."

Army reserves gi bill kicker? I would like to know after finishing BCT and AIT, will using the army reserves gi bill kicker, not the gi bill itself, be possible, or would I have to dip into the gi bill for reserves? I plan on using tuition assisatance, up to 4.5k per fiscal year, and getting the reserves kicker for 350 dollars per academic month, will it work that way, without me having to not touch my gi bill?

rotorgiant47 replied: "It really confuses me that people ask these questions in a forum where they are likely to get an answer from a 14 year old instead of asking the recruiter or using yahoo/google to find out the very basics of a question"

do i have to live on campus to get my GI bill and GI bill kicker? I am in the army reserve and was wondering if I had to live on campus to receive it and the kicker. make sure you tell me based on the reserve GI bill vs the acitve duty GI bill

Being in army reserves, getting monotary gi bill and kicker-can i get fed fiancial help for the remainder? I heard you get paid upto $4500 per semester credit full time college student when your in reserves while in college. But my colleges is more then $4500 per semester, so I will have to pay the difference.
So for that remainder/difference, can I apply for like FAFSA or financial government agency even with benefits from gi bill, since it doesnt cover everything?

and thats just the tuition fee…I want to live on campus (room&board..) it costs like 10 grand, and I’m sure army reserves dont pay for that…
If only I could get federal aid for tuition, and use the army reserve gi bill kicker or something for room and board…
someone help me out, my mind is in darkness now.

(btw, if it helps, im doing rotc in college…(ya, i know, you get paid 300 bucks a month for stipend)…but that doesnt help much..

kaja70 replied: "First, you won’t be eligible for the gi bill if you receive over $3400 in any year from the ROTC program.