Georgia Navy Service Scholarship price $85K

Highschool seniors can apply for a scholarship price greater than $85,000 to attend the College of North Georgia (UNG) as a member of the Corps of Cadets.

Annually, the state gives the Georgia Navy Service Scholarship (GMSS) to 42 Georgia highschool seniors who attend UNG, serve within the Georgia Army Nationwide Guard whereas within the Corps, and fee as second lieutenants within the Georgia Army Nationwide Guard after graduating with bachelor’s levels.

The scholarship pays for room, meals, tuition, books, uniforms and charges. As well as, most awardees obtain Nationwide Guard weekend drill pay, GI Invoice, pay for attending Army fundamental and superior coaching, and Army ROTC contract pay (starting of sophomore or junior yr, if provided a contract to fee as a lieutenant). Recipients may be eligible for an enlistment bonus or additional GI Invoice cash for enlisting into important army jobs and models. The extra pay and advantages for many recipients vary from $30,000 to over $55,000 over 4 years.

“You might be getting paid to go to school,” Mike Ivy, ’95, director of Cadet Admissions stated. “This scholarship gives an opportunity to serve your local people, Georgia and our nation. Being a Nationwide Guard officer additionally gives the pliability to pursue further objectives equivalent to graduate college or a civilian profession.”

Purposes for the GMSS are due by Feb. 1. Those that apply after the deadline shall be thought of on a first-come, first-served foundation.

“It is relieved quite a lot of stress on my teachers as a result of I haven’t got to fret about funds. I get to be a school pupil within the Corps of Cadets and drill in my unit,” Bradley stated. “I’m able to study various things from the experiences and views of my fellow enlisted troopers as I develop myself as a frontrunner. It additionally provides you a transparent, outlined path of the place you are going after college.”

GMSS recipients now could enlist as an officer candidate, which eliminates the requirement to attend fundamental and superior particular person coaching. They have to meet Georgia Army Nationwide Guard entry necessities and should meet officer-contracting necessities inside 12 months of signing the settlement.

2nd Lt. Jared Pate, ’20, was a GMSS recipient and went on to be named a distinguished honor graduate of his Ranger College class in January 2022.

“The most effective choices I’ve ever made is to enlist within the Nationwide Guard. It is supplied me a lot, and never solely financially,” Pate stated. “I’ve discovered quite a bit about myself. It is taught me quite a bit concerning the army, and I really feel prefer it gave me a leap above different individuals in my graduating class.”