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The pictures made for The Order Matters, the reference charts, College Tool and the Care Package Kit. Press one to go to its page.

Care packages for deployed troops

A care package card from We Got You 1776 with The Order Matters and a QR code to read the guide free.

Printable Care Package Cards for Deployed TroopsCards for the people who pack care packages for deployed troops: eight to a letter sheet, 4 by 2.5 inches, each with a code to read The Order Matters free, a guide to VA education benefits.

A care package label with The Order Matters, where it is free to read, and a QR code to the guide.

Printable Care Package Labels for Deployed TroopsLabels to stick inside the lid or on anything in the box: ten to a sheet on any 2 by 4 inch label, each with a code to read The Order Matters free, a guide to using VA education benefits.

The founder’s half-page thank-you note for a care package, with a QR code to read the guide free.

A Printable Thank-You Note for Care Packages to Deployed TroopsA half-page thank-you from the founder, a retired Air Force Veteran, two to a letter sheet, with a code to read The Order Matters free, a guide to using VA education benefits.

The front of the care package postcard: The Order Matters and the words Thank you for carrying the torch and defending the nation.

Care Package Postcards for Deployed Troops, Printed on RequestA 4 by 6 postcard with the founder’s note on the back, for a print shop or an online printer, or printed and mailed on request to groups that pack care packages for deployed troops.

Certificate of Appreciation No. 001 from We Got You 1776, presented to Operation We Care of Mandeville, Louisiana, for placing 50 notes carrying The Order Matters in its care packages for deployed troops.

Certificate of Appreciation No. 001, Operation We Care of Mandeville, LouisianaOur first Certificate of Appreciation, to Operation We Care of Mandeville, Louisiana, for placing 50 notes carrying The Order Matters in its care packages for deployed troops in November 2026.

Care package cards and labels fanned behind the founder’s thank-you note, each with a QR code to read The Order Matters free.

Deployment Care Package Ideas: Printable Cards, Labels and a Thank-You NoteIdeas for the box: cards eight to a sheet, labels ten to a sheet and a thank-you note from a retired Air Force Veteran, each with a code to read The Order Matters free.

The care package postcard, front and back, fanned: Thank you for carrying the torch and defending the nation, and the founder’s note.

Care Package Ideas for Deployed Troops: A Postcard From a VeteranA 4 by 6 postcard with a note on the back from a retired Air Force Veteran, printed and mailed on request to groups that pack care packages for deployed troops.

Care package labels in front of the cards and the founder’s thank-you note, each with a QR code to read the guide free.

Deployment Care Packages: Labels, Cards and a Thank-You Note to PrintFor groups that pack deployment care packages: labels for inside the lid, cards and a thank-you note, each with a code to read The Order Matters free.

The Order Matters

The cover of The Order Matters, a plain-language guide to VA education benefits for military families, by RA Armijo.

GI Bill and VA Education Benefits in Plain Language: The Order MattersA plain-language guide to VA education benefits: the Post-9/11 GI Bill®, Chapter 35 DEA, Fry, Yellow Ribbon, and the order to use them.

The cover of The Order Matters, under the words Read the book, free.

Read The Order Matters Free, Right HereRead The Order Matters free, right here: a plain-language guide to how a military family’s VA education benefits fit into one plan, and why the order changes what you get.

The Order Matters, the College Tool app icon and a reference chart, under the words We Got You 1776, publisher.

We Got You 1776, Publisher of The Order MattersWe Got You 1776 publishes plain-language guides to VA education benefits for military families. Free here, and on Amazon, Apple Books, and Barnes and Noble.

The cover of The Order Matters in front of two of its pages, under the words College tips for military families.

College Tips for Military Families: GI Bill and VA Education Benefits in OrderA plain-language guide: Chapter 33, Chapter 35 DEA, Fry and Yellow Ribbon, the order to use them, and why it changes what you get.

Reference charts

Three reference charts fanned out with the We Got You 1776 seal, under the words Reference charts.

GI Bill and VA Education Benefits Reference Charts, Free to PrintHow many months of school each VA education benefit pays for, and the combined limits. Free to print in light or dark.

Reference chart, in light and dark with the College Tool icon: how many months of school VA education benefits can pay for, 36, 72, 48 and 81.

GI Bill and VA Education Benefits Chart: What They Could Add Up To, in MonthsHow many months Chapters 33, 35, 30, Fry and Veteran Readiness and Employment pay for: 36 for one, 72 for a family, 81 at most.

Reference chart for military families, in light and dark with the College Tool icon: Chapter 33 by transfer, the Fry Scholarship and Chapter 35 DEA, in months.

GI Bill and VA Education Benefits for Military Families: A Reference ChartFor military families: up to 36 months from Chapter 33 by transfer or Fry, 36 from Chapter 35 DEA, and 72 when a family qualifies for both.

Reference chart for Veterans and service members, in light and dark with the College Tool icon: Chapters 33, 30, 1606 and 31, and the 48- and 81-month limits.

GI Bill and VA Education Benefits for Veterans and Service Members: A Reference ChartFor Veterans and service members: up to 36 months each from Chapters 33, 30 and 1606, 48 from Chapter 31, and the 48 and 81-month limits.

Reference chart for The Order Matters, in light and dark with the College Tool icon: the planning strategy from the book, with the 72- and 81-month figures.

The Order Matters Reference Chart: The Strategy From the BookA planning strategy from The Order Matters, not a VA rule: using Chapter 35 first while tuition is covered and saving Chapter 33, with the 72-month and 81-month figures.

Reference chart for College Tool, in light and dark with the College Tool icon: the housing allowance by school, the phase approach and the printed plan.

College Tool Reference Chart: How the App Plans a Family’s BenefitsThe housing allowance for each school from VA’s own data, the phase approach year by year, and a printed plan with its official references.

The office screen version of the benefits chart, light: 36, 72, 48 and 81 months.

The VA Education Benefits Chart for an Office ScreenThe benefits chart for a Veterans office or a counseling office screen: the four totals, 36, 72, 48 and 81 months, with the codes for The Order Matters and College Tool.

The cover of the seven-page letter-size packet of the VA education benefits charts.

The VA Education Benefits Charts as a Letter-Size PacketNo poster printer needed: the charts re-set on white letter paper at readable sizes, seven pages, each section on its own page, for a handout or a review.

College Tool

Two College Tool screens, the school search and the roadmap, with the app icon in front.

College Tool: A GI Bill App for Military Families That Shows Its WorkCollege Tool shows a student what their GI Bill benefits actually become before they pick a school.

The College Tool roadmap on a phone: two phases, their monthly housing and the total financials.

The Phase Approach: The Post-9/11 GI Bill, Chapter 35 and Fry, in OrderThe phase approach puts the Post-9/11 GI Bill, Chapter 35 DEA, Fry and Yellow Ribbon in the order that gets a family the most.

The College Tool school search on a phone, with UGA typed in and the schools that match.

Find the School: GI Bill Housing Allowance and Yellow Ribbon by SchoolType a school, a city, or the short name families actually use, and its housing figure and Yellow Ribbon participation come up.

Two College Tool screens, the welcome and the printed plan, with the app icon in front.

The GI Bill Mobile App, Screen by ScreenCollege Tool on a phone, screen by screen, and what changed in the latest update.

The College Tool welcome screen on a phone, under the words Free to start.

College Tool Is Free to StartFree to start. A one-time purchase unlocks the full phase approach. No account. No tracking. What you type stays on your phone unless you share it.

The rate reference page of a College Tool printed plan, with its official sources.

GI Bill and VA Education Benefits Plan, Printed With Its Official ReferencesYour inputs as estimates with the official references, for your records and review, the rates linked to their VA sources.

A College Tool phase in Tokyo on a phone, under the words Study abroad.

Study Abroad on the GI Bill: Planning a Semester in TokyoA plan can start at home and take a semester in Tokyo. At a foreign school College Tool switches to the VA’s foreign-school flat rate.

Two College Tool screens, a stateside phase and the plan’s pipeline, with the app icon in front, under the words A PCS move mid-degree.

PCS Move in the Middle of a Degree: GI Bill Planning, School by SchoolA PCS mid-degree means a new school. Each College Tool phase has its own location; where paid, the housing allowance follows the school.

GI Bill and VA education benefits, explained

The reference chart for military families in light and dark with the College Tool icon, under the words Transferring benefits to a spouse or child.

GI Bill Transfer to a Spouse or Child: Who, When and HowWho qualifies, applying in milConnect while serving, after retirement, time limits and splitting months.

The Order Matters reference chart in light and dark with the College Tool icon, under the words Chapter 33 and Chapter 35, together?

Using the GI Bill and Chapter 35, in OrderNot in the same term, but in sequence, and the order changes the total. Plain answers for families.

The reference chart for Veterans and service members in light and dark with the College Tool icon, under the words Questions, answered.

GI Bill and Military Education Benefits Questions, AnsweredPlain answers on the Post-9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33), Chapter 35 DEA, Fry, Yellow Ribbon, transferred benefits (TEB), and the phase approach.

A printed rate reference page with its official sources, under the words Sources and official references.

GI Bill and VA Education Benefits: The Official Sources Behind The Order Matters and College ToolThe sources behind the site, the book, the charts and College Tool: the law, VA’s rules and pages, DoD, and VA’s terms of use.

The reference chart for military families in light and dark, under the words Scholarships for military families.

Scholarships for Military Families: The Fry Scholarship, a Post-9/11 GI Bill BenefitFor the children and surviving spouses of service members and Selected Reserve members who died on or after September 11, 2001, as VA lists.

The reference chart for military families in light and dark with the College Tool icon, under the words Education benefits for military spouses.

GI Bill Benefits for Military Spouses: How a Transfer WorksWho qualifies, applying in milConnect while serving, after retirement, time limits and splitting months, for a spouse or a child.

The benefits chart in light and dark, under the words Mom going back to school.

Mom Going Back to School on the GI Bill: The Housing Allowance RuleWhile the member is on active duty, a spouse using transferred months gets no housing allowance; once off active duty it can be paid.

We Got You 1776

The Order Matters, the College Tool app icon and a reference chart, under the words Plan around your education benefits.

We Got You 1776: Plan Around Your Education BenefitsWe Got You 1776, LLC is a Veteran-founded education-technology company that builds tools helping military families plan their education benefits.

The first page of a College Tool printed plan, under the words It started with one family’s math.

It Started With One Family’s Math: Where College Tool Came FromThe phase approach came from a military family doing this math by hand at the kitchen table, and so did tying the figures to their sources.

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