Military Tuition Assistance (GEM)



You will need to create a CCAF Goal and select VSU as your GEM school when applying for Air Force tuition assistance in the AFVEC portal. When preparing your TA authorization, keep in mind the TA rules.  Your TA Authorization  CAN be submitted 45 days before the first day of class and  MUST be submitted no later than 7 days prior to the first day of class to keep from being denied. If you are a first-time TA user you are required to attend a TA briefing before your first TA is submitted. Contact your Education and Training Flight for dates and times. You must have an approved TA in the system by the TA deadline or you will not be able to use TA for that course.  If you have no approved TA in AF Portal and you have already registered for courses you will be dropped by the VSU payment deadline.  For deadline information check the Bursar website.  If you are a first time TA user you are required to attend a TA briefing before you submit your first TA.  For those airmen outside of the local area, please check with your Education and Training Flight for days and times of your TA briefing.  If you are stationed locally, the Education and Training Flight, located in the Information Learning Center, Bldg 328 conducts TA briefings twice a week: Every Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. and Thursday at 9:00 a.m. room 104.  To speak with an education counselor please call (229) 257-3150.  

Total Instructional Fees:  LEAVE BLANK.  Fees for active duty military are waived.

You must provide VSU with an approved TA Authorization form before the posted deadlines.  You have the option of emailing us your TA form by emailing to  pplesane@valdosta.edu and moody@valdosta.edu, It will be sent to the Bursary or you can also email or fax your TA authorization to Jordan Thompson at jordroberts@valdosta.edu and in the subject line annotate Military TA, your Last, First Name along with your student ID number (870....) or fax to VSU Bursary, Attn: Jordan Roberts at (229) 259-2051. Once your TA form is processed through the Bursary, your student account balance will be adjusted accordingly by removing all fees.   Please note, that if an approved TA is not in AF Portal by the VSU payment deadline, you will be dropped from your course(s).