MONROE - Cody L. Ingwell joined the United States Army under the Delayed Entry Program.
The program gives young men and women the opportunity to delay entering active duty for up to one year.
The enlistment gives the new soldier the option to learn a new skill, travel and become eligible to receive as much as $85,536 toward a college education through the Montgomery GI Bill and the Army College Fund. For those who qualify, new soldiers can earn up to $65,000 for student loan repayment.
After completion of basic military training, soldiers receive advanced individual training in their career job specialty.
Ingwell graduated in 2011 from Monroe High School. He will report to Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C., for basic training in September.
He is the son of Deanna Ciszewski, Monroe, and Vincent Ingwell, Mount Horeb.
The program gives young men and women the opportunity to delay entering active duty for up to one year.
The enlistment gives the new soldier the option to learn a new skill, travel and become eligible to receive as much as $85,536 toward a college education through the Montgomery GI Bill and the Army College Fund. For those who qualify, new soldiers can earn up to $65,000 for student loan repayment.
After completion of basic military training, soldiers receive advanced individual training in their career job specialty.
Ingwell graduated in 2011 from Monroe High School. He will report to Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C., for basic training in September.
He is the son of Deanna Ciszewski, Monroe, and Vincent Ingwell, Mount Horeb.
