Folks -- I'm headed over to Iraq for about a month to report on operations there.

I'll be checking in on this mailbag site from time to time, and still trying to track down answers to questions you post here. But please forgive what will likely be gaps in replies, and don't let that discourage you from writing in with your issues and concerns.

You're free to contact me at my email too -- shanel@stripes.osd.mil -- if the site gets too quiet for a while. But thanks for all your questions and comments; I think we've got a lot of good information up here because of them.

What is happening to the Retirees of the arm forces trying to complete or completed an education during and after 9/11?