Summarized by the Alliance for Fort Eisenhower
Published September 20, 2024
More military spouses— including spouses of service members in all enlisted ranks — will be eligible for the Defense Department’s $4,000 tuition assistance program aimed at boosting opportunities for employment, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced Friday.
Effective Oct. 1, officials will expand eligibility for the My Career Advancement Account, or MyCAA, program to include spouses of service members in pay grades E-7, E-8, E-9 and W-3. That will make the benefit available to spouses of active duty members in the grades of E-1 to E-9, W-1 to W-3, and O-1 to O-3.