{"id":36002,"date":"2018-08-07T20:29:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T20:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/07\/tech-problems-shut-down-dod-spouse-scholarship-program\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:10:18","slug":"tech-problems-shut-down-dod-spouse-scholarship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/spouse\/2018\/08\/07\/tech-problems-shut-down-dod-spouse-scholarship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech problems shut down DoD spouse scholarship program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Military spouses<\/a> eligible for up to $4,000 in tuition assistance<\/a> through a Defense Department program can\u2019t apply for the benefit thanks to technical problems that have extended a planned July server outage into August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The planned updates to the My Career Advancement Account online portal, including the move to a new website, were slated to run July 19-27. The site remains down after encountering what officials characterized as \u201cunforeseen technical issues\u201d in a Monday Facebook post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program is open to spouses of active-duty service members in paygrades E-1 to E-5, W-1 and W-2, and O-1 and O-2, including spouses of activated members of the Guard and Reserve (Title 10 orders) in those same paygrades. It allows spouses to pursue job-related licenses, credentials or academic degrees from MyCAA scholarship-approved accredited colleges, universities or technical schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\t