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Commissary scholarships for 2010
What you need to know to apply
By RangerKen on December 17, 2009
Applications Available Now for Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) 2010 Scholarship for Military Children
Scholarship applications are now available in commissaries worldwide and online through a link. Since the program began in 2000, it has awarded $7.3 million in scholarships to almost 5,000 children of Servicemembers. Only dependent, unmarried children, younger than age 21 (age 23 if enrolled as a full-time student at a college or university), of active duty personnel, Reserve, Guard and retired military members, and survivors of the Fallen may apply for a scholarship. Eligibility is determined using the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System database. The applicant must be planning to attend, or already be attending, an accredited college or university full time in the fall of 2010, or be enrolled in a program of studies designed to transfer directly into a four-year program. Applicants should prepare to submit an essay on the following topic: "You can travel back in time; however, you cannot change events. What point in history would you visit and why?" Applications must be submitted to a commissary by close of business February 17, 2010. Each commissary with qualified applicants will have at least one scholarship awarded. To learn more, go to http://www.myarmyonesource.com/news/2009/12/DeCA2010Scholarship3.
or http://www.myarmyonesource.com/news/2009/12/DeCA2010Scholarship and directly at http://www.myarmyonesource.com/news/2009/12/DeCA2010Scholarship2.
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