DODI 1341.13 - Post-9/11 GI Bill, Transfer of Education Benefits

Scope

DODI 1341.13 establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the transfer of unused Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits from servicemembers to eligible family members. The instruction governs eligibility criteria, transfer rules, additional service obligation, revocation, and administration through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Applicability is the uniformed services and dependents of servicemembers electing transfer.

Audience

• Servicemembers eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill considering Transfer of Education Benefits (TEB).
• Spouses and children of servicemembers electing transfer.
• Career counselors and education service officers.
• S-1 admin specialists processing TEB requests.
• Department of Veterans Affairs Education Service.

Operative content

Portal usage evidenced in the repo.

• The Marine-facing Post-9/11 GI Bill page covers Transfer of Education Benefits to spouse and children and the 4-year service obligation tied to TEB.
• The Marine Corps announced a change to this instruction by message. MARADMIN 642/18, Warning Order - Change to DODI 1341.13 Post-9/11 GI Bill, signed 2018-07-11. MARADMIN 028/19, signed 2019-07-10, cancelled MARADMIN 642/18.

Common confusion

Authors and inspection items occasionally cite "DODI 1341.13 SGLI Program". The tagging is wrong. SGLI SOES policy lives in DODI 1341.14, not 1341.13. DODI 1341.13 covers the Post-9/11 GI Bill Transfer of Education Benefits exclusively.

Connection to higher policy

• 38 USC Chapter 33. Post-9/11 Educational Assistance. Statutory basis for the transferred benefit.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

• MARADMIN 642/18 and MARADMIN 028/19. Marine Corps TEB change warning order and its cancellation.
• VA Form 22-1990e. Transfer of Entitlement application.
• MCO 1560.25. Marine Corps Education Programs.
• USMC Voluntary Education Program.

Status

Active. Refer to the DoD Issuances Website for the current revision. Two subject cautions from repo evidence.

• A prior registry draft pointed to MARADMIN 391/17 as TEB guidance. The official MARADMIN index records 391/17 as the FY 2017 Active Reserve NCO meritorious promotion board results, signed 2017-07-27, not TEB guidance. Cite MARADMIN 642/18 and MARADMIN 028/19 for the documented TEB message history.
• The Marine-facing flexible spending accounts page tags "DoDI 1341.13 (Dependent Care)" as a source. The official index rows tie 1341.13 to the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Verify the dependent care citation against the DoD Issuances Website before relying on it.