Military slashes tuition assistance funding - CANDY WOODALL, York Dispatch

Zachary Merisotis enlisted in U.S. Army Reserves a couple of years ago, feeling certain his military benefits would help him pay for college. A lot of guys join the military to go to school," he said. ut finishing his mechanical engineering degree at Penn State York will be a greater challenge now that the Army has cut its tuition assistance. Starting Friday, funding for the Tuition Assistance program -- which started in 1972 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act -- was cut because of budget challenges caused by the sequester, said Army spokesman Troy Rolan. http://www.yorkdispatch.com/ci_22788867/military-tuition-assistance-funds-slashed-budget-cuts