{"id":50161,"date":"2018-06-27T20:10:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T20:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/27\/this-marine-spearheaded-the-latest-gi-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:42:36","slug":"this-marine-spearheaded-the-latest-gi-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2018\/06\/27\/this-marine-spearheaded-the-latest-gi-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"This Marine spearheaded the latest GI Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will Hubbard was 17 years old when he started talking to Marine recruiters about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/05\/25\/its-been-several-years-since-a-marine-was-killed-in-iraq-or-afghanistan\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">wars in Iraq and Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he learned more, the Illinois native who was drawn toward wonky policy issues felt like lawmakers on Capitol Hill were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/09\/21\/mattis-explains-the-origin-of-the-call-sign-chaos\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">making decisions about the military<\/a>, but they didn\u2019t understand anything about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow many members of Congress know what it\u2019s like to polish a doorjamb with Brasso?\u201d Hubbard, now a Marine staff sergeant, said. \u201cVery few. And even outside of the Marine Corps, very few.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s small things like that, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/05\/08\/the-corps-lowers-requirements-for-marines-to-apply-for-tuition-assistance\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the level of attention to detail<\/a> that military training and the idea of service engenders in you \u2014 it\u2019s a completely different \u00adunderstanding of how the world works and gives a greater appreciation for the freedom that we have \u2026 and seeing what that commitment actually takes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/08\/02\/new-gi-bill-passes-senate\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635665102153198218-fed-andy-spending-bill-02jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">New GI Bill passes Senate<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have unanimously passed legislation to make major changes to education benefits for military veterans. Now all that\u2019s left is for President Trump to sign it into law.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI wanted to personally understand,\u201d said Hubbard, a Marine reservist who also serves as the vice president of government affairs for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/education-transition\/education\/2018\/01\/05\/natcon2018-student-veterans-not-veteran-students\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">Student Veterans of America<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hubbard has spent the past several years working to bridge that gap between the military and Capitol Hill. His work in Washington has helped to transform veterans\u2019 benefits for higher education by pushing for the creation of the \u201cForever GI Bill.\u201d Passed in 2017, the law got rid of the expiration date on GI benefits, among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For his extraordinary work that has brought expanded benefits for thousands of veterans, Hubbard will receive an honorable mention at this year\u2019s Marine Corps Times Service Members of the Year award ceremony in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hubbard said his desire to understand the military and a deeper belief that \u201cservice to the country was paramount\u201d led him to enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He chose the reserves because he also wanted to go to college, and thought \u201cthis was the perfect option.\u201d He started at community college, and ended up at American University in Washington, earning a degree in \u00adinternational relations (or \u201cthe poli-sci of the world,\u201d as he likes to say).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a reservist, Hubbard\u2019s overseas deployments include Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Haiti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was in Haiti in the aftermath of Hurricane \u00adMatthew that he and fellow reservists started realizing their orders were causing problems by not giving them eligibility for most GI benefits: \u201cThe deployments were being recognized like a long drill weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This realization led SVA and Hubbard to a larger conversation about the GI Bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He and an SVA counterpart were what he calls the \u201cco-pilots of the effort.\u201d They worked closely with a \u201ctiger team\u201d of six organizations \u201cthat really made it all happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The headliner was removing a 15-year timeline on the GI Bill, which Hubbard says didn\u2019t reflect modern reality for service members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new GI Bill also allows those who have received a Purple Heart on or after 9\/11 to receive full benefits under the Post-9\/11 GI Bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe thought it was an absolute tragedy that you would serve your country, sustain injuries in action and then come home to not have the opportunity to go to school,\u201d Hubbard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their $3.45 billion GI Bill expansion was passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate in three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What\u2019s next for Hubbard? 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