§ 3201. Purpose

• (1) to provide educational assistance to those men and women who enter the Armed Forces after December 31, 1976 , and before July 1, 1985 ,
• (2) to assist young men and women in obtaining an education they might not otherwise be able to afford, and
• (3) to promote and assist the all volunteer military program of the United States by attracting qualified men and women to serve in the Armed Forces.