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The Warrior Leader Course (WLC) is non-MOS specific, taught in an NCO Academy live-in environment IAW the small group instruction (SGI) process; it consists of classroom interaction with practical applications, followed by hands-on, performance- oriented training. The course culminates in an extensive situational training exercise (STX).
The Army Warrior Leader Course is three weeks long and offers a chance to earn even more promotion points by graduating in the upper 10% of the class and more points for those who graduate as a member of the Commandant’s List. A maximum of 102 points are possible under such conditions.
The ACE recommends the amount of college credit to be awarded from various military courses. Some soldiers with long AIT (advanced individual training) courses may be awarded 10+ college credits from their MOS training.
ACE recommended soldiers who complete the course earn three credits toward an associate degree. Also newly evaluated this year was the Battle Staff NCO Course; ACE recommended it be worth up to eight credits for that undergraduate degree.
Enlisted soldiers can expect to be awarded around 5 college credits from their grueling ordeal during basic combat training.
Military experience could be worth up to 20 college credits.
Soldiers can now earn up to two years' worth of college credits toward their bachelor's degrees — just by attending Army professional military education courses.
Basic Leader Course (BLC) Equivalency allows Prior Service Enlisted Soldiers to receive BLC completion credit for completing certain courses offered by other services and components. These courses are outlined in AR 600-8-19 Para 7-24 which specifies the courses that are considered for credit.
For the Army, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard, go to the Joint Services Transcript (JST) website. Fill out an Official Transcript Request to share your transcript with schools online. For the Air Force, go to the Community College of the Air Force website. Submit a request to have your transcript mailed to schools.
Did you know that you may be able to earn college credit for your military training and experiences? Both active-duty members of the military and veterans can use their time in the military to earn college credits that can be applied to a degree.
(3) Award 75 points for a baccalaureate or higher degree. For 61 or more semester hours, but less than a baccalaureate degree, no additional points will be awarded.
The BLC is a 22-academic day course consisting of 169 academic hours....1. SHARP Essay issued during B100Due/Assessed: Day 54. Informative Essay issued during B103Due/Assessed: Day 106 more rows
You earn one point per five hours of Army Correspondence Course Program (ACCP) training. You must have completed the entire course.
Following a review of Navy Basic Military Training curriculum, the American Council on Education (ACE) has recommended nine college credits be awarded upon graduation from the Navy's only boot camp.
Some coding bootcamps allow the student to earn college credits that can be applied toward other college degree programs. That will be most common at colleges that offer their own free courses, called MOOCs. There are some bootcamps that don't offer college credits, however.
Warren receive an average of 15 credits from technical school. Airmen also receive college credit from basic training, nine credits from Airman Leadership School and eight credits after Airmen receive their 5-skill level.
In all, the Army's common core NCOES courses, from Structured Self Development 1 up to the Sergeants Major Course, can earn a soldier as many as 61 credit hours. That's equivalent to about two years of college. Soldiers can earn even more credit through military occupational specialty-specific courses. ×.
The Sergeants Major Course is worth nine lower division college credits and 16 upper division credits, for a total of as many as 25 credits toward a bachelor's degree. Lower division credits can count toward either an associate. or bachelor's degree. Upper division credits only count toward a bachelor's.
The American Council on Education recently completed its latest assessment of noncommissioned officer education system courses, resulting in increased credit recommendations, said Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis Defreese, the commandant of the Army Sergeants Major Academy.
Every semester hour of college credit is worth one promotion point. The Army also offers tuition assistance to pay for college classes while you are Active Duty; why not got to college on the Army’s dime and gain promotion points at the same time. CLEP and DANTES tests count for this category as well.
Military Education consists of the Non Commissioned Officer Education System (NCOES), Computer based courses, and Resident Military Education for a total maximum of 260/280 Army promotion points for SGT/SSG.
To qualify, these courses must be a minimum of 1 week/40 hours.
Deployment. Every month you are deployed will get you 2 Army promotion points, for a maximum of 30/60 for SGT/SSG. This means that if you have been deployed, it can be a nice addition to your total points. But, if you have not been deployed, it is not going to cause you to miss out on promotion.
The first thing you need to know about Army Promotion Points is the point breakdown by category. Then, you can figure out where you have a good amount of points and where you could gain the most. Keep in mind that there are a different amount of points possible in each category.