Students fall in to one of the following categories:

• Chapter 30 (Montgomery G.I. Bill-Active Duty)
• Chapter 32 (Veterans Educational Assistance Program)
• Chapter 33 (Post 9-11 GI Bill)
• Chapter 35 (Dependents)
• Chapter 1606 (Montgomery G.I. Bill Selected Reserve)
• Post 9-11 Yellow Ribbon

Please visit the Veteran Affairs website www.gibill.va.gov to apply for benefit eligibility.

To Request Benefits:
Veterans and Dependents who want to receive VA Benefits must contact Lyone Conner in the Office of the Registrar at (925) 631-8004. Students must be enrolled in classes at Saint Mary's to receive benefits.

Add/Drops:
When a student adds or drops a class during the term, she/he must notify the Office of the Registrar and fill out an ADD/DROP NOTICE. The VA pays educational benefits based on your actual attendance in each class.
*Caution: "W's": The VA will not pay for educational benefits for courses from which you have withdrawn, unless the VA determines that there were mitigating circumstances.

Oakland Veteran's Regional Office:
To contact the local VA office, please call 1-800-827-1000. The address for this office is:
Veterans Administration Regional Office, Oakland Federal Building
1301 Clay Street, Room 1300 North
Oakland, CA 94612
Muskogee Main Office:
1-888-GI-BILL-1 (1-888-442-4551); Monthly Verification Enrollment: 1-877-823-2378 or, www.gibill.va.gov (follow link to "WAVE" program).

Army ROTC

UC Berkeley Army ROTC offers Saint Mary’s College students the opportunity to participate in leadership training leading to a commission as an Army officer upon graduation from college.  For more information  about the program please visit http://army.berkeley.edu or call 510-643-7682