This document is a transcript of the eighth hearing of the United States House Committee on Veterans Affairs covering plans for a new GI education program for the all-volunteer military (development of House Resolution 1400). Testimony was given by U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, Representative Robert W. Edgar (subcommittee chairman), and…

The U.S. military has made numerous important contributions to the development of adult and continuing education. As in civilian adult education, military innovations in education have consistently used workplace learning. The educational benefits produced by the GI Bill democratized education by exploding the myth that "common" people…

The educational benefits and officer-commissioning opportunities available to U.S. military service members were reviewed to identify ways of attracting college-eligible youth into the military. Data were collected through a review of published directives and reports, interviews with personnel within the military services, a review of historical…