Congress determined that because military service in Iraq and Afghanistan following September 11, 2001, was particularly challenging, servicemembers from that era deserved a veterans educational assistance program more robust than those otherwise available at the time. The Post-9/11 GI Bill was designed to provide more generous benefits than the Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty, and to meet additional policy objectives. Partially in response to the planned enhanced benefits, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) advocated for including transferability, such that servicemembers would remain in service longer rather than leaving for their own education after a single obligated period of active duty. As enacted in 2009, the Post-9/11 GI Bill provided educational assistance to servicemembers and veterans, as well as the family members to whom they transfer benefits. Members of Congress, DOD, servicemembers, and veterans continue to examine and reconsider the contours of transferability, particularly eligibility and the transfer process.