EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
SITE INDEX
A
AA degree, description of
AA degree, requirements for
AS degree, description of
AA degree, requirements for
"A" Schools
Academic certificates
Academy, Coast Guard
ACCC
ACET, Advanced Computers and Electronics
Technology Program
Accreditation
ACT
ACT (comparison with SAT Reasoning test)
Activating GI Bill education
benefit
Add-on, GI Bill education benefit
Advanced Computers and Electronics
Technology (ACET) Program
Advanced education opportunities
Advancement Qualification Exam (AQE)
Advancement Qualification Exam (AQE), how
to study for
AFCT
Application, non-Academy officer programs
Apprenticeship programs
Approved for GI Bill funding, courses and
programs
Aptitude testing
AQE
AQE, how to study for
Armed Forces Classification Test (AFCT)
Articles of interest to the college-bound &
ESOs
Articles of interest to those looking for
civilian work
R
ésumés
Cover letters
Interviews
Interview follow-up
The Job Search
Career vs. job
Time to change jobs or careers?
Goal-setting
Networking
Mentors
Self-employment
Workplace relations
Miscellaneous
ASTB
ASVAB
Assessment, CG Institute
Assistance, tuition
Associate's degree, description of
Associate's degree, requirements for
Atlantic Cape Community College
AVCAD program
AVCAD interview package
Aviation Candidate (AVCAD) program
Aviation qualification test
Aviation Selection Test Battery (ASTB)
Aviation Technical TraCen,
Elizabeth City
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B
BA degree, description of
BA degree, requirements for
BS degree, description of
BS degree, requirements for
Bachelor's degree, description of
Bachelor's degree, requirements for
Basics, college
Boatswain's Mate advancement requirements
BM advancement requirements
Books, sources of college
Brown-bag University
Business degrees
Business major
Buy-up, GI Bill
Buy-up, GI Bill, how to
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C
Calculator, GI
Bill benefit comparison
Career development, civilian
Career development, military
Career development planning, civilian
Careeer goal identification, civilian
Certification, benefits of
Certification tests
Certification programs, occupational
Administration
Aviation
Aerospace
Auto Repair
Computers
Construction
Contract Management
Electronics
Engineering
Finance
Fitness
Food
Health
Hospitality
Law
Management
Safety
Security
Social Services
Certificates, academic
Chief Petty Officers Association
Auxiliary (CPOAA) scholarship
Choosing a college
Choosing a degree
Choosing a major
Civilian employees
CLEP tests
costs
official study guides
preparation for
practice tests
re-testing
score reports
study materials for
CLEP test preparation resources
Coast Guard Academy
Coast Guard Foundation grants
Foundation Education
Grant
Spouse Education Grant
Vander Putten Education
Grant
Coast Guard Institute correspondence courses
Coast Guard Institute transcript
Coast Guard officer programs
College, definition & description of
College basics
College career workbook
College, choosing a
College credit assessment
College credit for SkillPort courses
College degree programs
College degree, do I need a
College fees, tuition assistance for
College Level Exam Program (CLEP)
College myths
College Prep 101
College Student Pre-commissioning
Initiative (CSPI)
College terms, glossary of
College workbook
Colleges
Military
friendly
Self-paced
degree programs
Partnership
agreements
Directories of
schools & degrees
Colleges, Servicemembers' Opportunity
Community college, definition &
description of
Comparison, GI Bill and TA
benefits
Computerized learning programs
Correspondence courses, Coast Guard Institute
Cover letters, articles on
CPOAA (Chief Petty Officers
Association Auxiliary) scholarship
Credit assessment
Credit-by-exam tests
CLEP
DSST
ECE
GRE Subject
TECEP
preparation for
Credit transcript
CSPI, College Student Pre-commissioning
Initiative
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D
Damage Control Industrial Technology
(DCIT) program
DANTES codes
DANTES Subject Standardized Tests
DANTES test
transcripts
DCE interview package
DCIT (Damage Control Industrial
Technology) program
Deck Watch Officer exam policy
Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT)
Degree, choosing a
Degree, do I need a
Degree descriptions
Degree fields (majors)
Degree plans
Degree programs, college
Dependents
Dependents, scholarships for
DLPT
Diploma mills
Direct commission engineer
Direct Commission Engineer interview
package
DISCOVER®
Distance learning programs
Distance learning, self-paced
Doctoral degree, description of
Doctoral degree, requirements for
DSSTs
costs
practice exams
preparation for
re-testing
score reports
study materials for
DSST exam preparation resources
DWO exam policy
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E
ECEs
official study guides
preparation for
re-testing
score reports
ECE preparation resources
eTA
N@vy Knowledge Online
registration tutorial
Using eTA tutorial
EOCTs
EOCT results
E-PME
E-PME Knowledge Requirements
E-PME Performance Requirements
E-PME Study Guide
EPQs
Education benefits comparison
Education opportunities, advanced
Education, assessment of
Education, importance of
Education, why get more
Electives
Elizabeth City, Aviation
Technical TraCen
EMT certification
Emergency Management Institute
End-of-course tests
End-of-course-test results
Engineer, Direct Commission
Enlisted Performance Qualifications (EPQs)
Enlisted Professional Military Education
Enlistee-to-officer programs
Excelsior College Exams
official study guides
re-testing
score reports
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F
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Financial aid
Flight school qualification test
FLPP
Foreign Language
Proficiency Pay (FLPP)
Forgiveness, student loan
Forms, index of
Free degree
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G
General Education Requirements
GI Bill education benefit
Activating your benefit
Calculator
Comparison
calculator
Comparison
with TA benefits
Combining GI Bill benefits
Expiration of benefit
How value is measured
Interesting facts
Is your program approved for GI Bill funding?
GI Bill benefits, using with TA
Montgomery GI Bill (Ch. 30) – Active Duty
Buy-up option
Certification exam benefit
Licensing exam benefit
Top-up program
Transferring benefits to dependents
Using while on active duty
Montgomery GI Bill (Ch. 1606) – Selected Reserve
Certification exam benefit
Licensing exam benefit
Other GI Bill options for Reservists
Transferring benefits to dependents
Montgomery GI Bill (Ch. 1607) Reserve Education Assistance Program (REAP)
Buy-up option
Certification exam benefit
Licensing exam benefit
Transferring benefits to dependents
Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 ("New GI Bill")
Activating
ALCOASTs
Benefits comparison worksheet
Buy-up option
Certification exam
reimbursement
Coast Guard Academy graduates
Eligibility
Duration
Licensing exam
reimbursement
Making your decision which benefit to elect
Benefits comparison worksheet
Enrolled in MGIB-AD
Examples
Never enrolled in MGIB-AD
Reservist
What to consider?
What else to consider?
Payments
Switching from MGIB-AD, MGIB-SR, or REAP
to new GI Bill
Top-up program
Transferring benefits, overview
Transferring benefits, procedure
Tuition assistance and
What can you use your benefits for?
Yellow Ribbon program
GI Bill education benefit, how to add to
GI
Bill education benefit, how to start
Glossary of college terms
GMAT
GMAT preparation resources
Goal setting, articles on
Gov Online Learning Center
GPA,
how to calculate
Grade point average, how to calculate
Graduate degrees, descriptions of
Graduate degrees, requirements for
Graduate Record Exam (general)
Graduate Record Exam (subject)
preparation for
Graduate School, USDA
Grants
CGMA Supplemental
Education Grant
Foundation Education Grant
Pell Grants
Spouse Education Grant
Stafford/PLUS Loan
Origination Fee Refund
Vander Putten Education
Grant
GRE, General
GRE preparation resources
GRE
Subject Tests
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H
Helmets to Hardhats
program
Higher education, types of
Holland
Self-Directed Search
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I
Independent-study programs and
courses
Individual Development Plan (IDP), civilian
Individual Development Plan (IDP), military
Information to provide to OCS interview
board
Information technology courses
Interest
inventories
Interpreter designation, qualifying
for
Interview, officer program application
Interview, scheduling an officer
program
Interview board responsibilities, officer program
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J
Job interviews, articles on
Job interview follow-up, articles on
Job search, articles on
Junior college, definition & description of
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K
Knowledge
Requirements
(E-PME)
Knowledge, alternate sources of
Kuder Career
Planning System
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L
Language resources
Languages
Testing
Certification
Test
scoring
Who can take
it?
Where to
take it
Learning
another
Law degree
Law enforcement training center, federal
Law school
Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)
Licensing,
benefits of
Licensing
tests
Linguist designation, qualifying for
Loan forgiveness,
student
Loan origination fee refund
Loans
LSAT
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M
MA degree, description of
MS degree, description of
MA degree, requirements for
MS degree, requirements for
Major, business
Major, choosing a
Major, general/liberal studies
Major course requirements
Majors, college degree
Majors,
relationship to career fields
Master's degree, description of
Master's degree,
requirements for
Mentors, articles on
Military credit assessment
Military credit transcript
Military requirements (MRN)
Montgomery GI Bill (overview)
Montgomery GI Bill (Ch. 30) – Active Duty
Buy-up option
Certification exam benefit
Licensing exam benefit
Top-up program
Transferring benefits to dependents
Using while on active duty
Montgomery GI Bill (Ch. 1606) – Selected Reserve
Certification exam benefit
Licensing exam benefit
Other GI Bill options for Reservists
Transferring benefits to dependents
Montgomery GI Bill (Ch. 1607) Reserve Education Assistance Program (REAP)
Buy-up option
Certification exam
benefit
Licensing exam
benefit
Transferring benefits to dependents
Multimedia study materials
Myths about college
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N
NKO
(Navy Knowledge Online)
Narrative statement, officer program application
NavRules exam policy
Navy Knowledge Online (NKO)
Networking, articles on
New GI Bill (P
ost-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008)
Activating
ALCOASTs
Benefits comparison worksheet
Buy-up option
Certification exam
reimbursement
Coast Guard Academy graduates
Eligibility
Duration
Licensing exam
reimbursement
Making your decision which benefit to elect
Benefits comparison worksheet
Enrolled in MGIB-AD
Examples
Never enrolled in MGIB-AD
Reservist
What to consider?
What else to consider?
Payments
Switching from MGIB-AD, MGIB-SR, or REAP
to new GI Bill
Top-up program
Transferring benefits, overview
Transferring benefits, procedure
Tuition assistance and
What can you use your benefits for?
Yellow Ribbon program
Not-for-credit college/university sources
of knowledge
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O
Occupational certification programs
Occupational Outlook Handbook
OCS
OCS application check lists
OCS application narrative statement
OCS board interview
OCS interview guidelines
OCS
interview package
Officer application process
Application format & contents
Application process handbook
Board members' responsibilities
Info to provide
Interview
Letters of recommendation
Narrative memo
Qualification criteria
Scheduling
Officer Aptitude Rating (OAR) exam
Officer
interview board member responsibilities
Officer programs
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P
PA program
Partnerships, learning
Pell Grant
Petaluma, TraCen
Performance
Requirements (E-PME)
Performance Qualification
Guide (PQG)
Physician
Assistant program
Placement tests, College
PME
Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 ("New GI Bill")
Activating
ALCOASTs
Benefits comparison worksheet
Buy-up option
Certification exam
reimbursement
Coast Guard Academy graduates
Eligibility
Duration
Licensing exam
reimbursement
Making your decision which benefit to elect
Benefits comparison worksheet
Enrolled in MGIB-AD
Examples
Never enrolled in MGIB-AD
Reservist
What to consider?
What else to consider?
Payments
Switching from MGIB-AD, MGIB-SR, or REAP
to new GI Bill
Top-up program
Transferring benefits, overview
Transferring benefits, procedure
Tuition assistance and
What can you use your benefits for?
Yellow Ribbon program
PQG (Performance Qualification
Guide)
Policies, state tuition
Post-graduate education
Post-secondary institutions, types of
Practical
factors
(PPEP), Pre-commissioning Program for Enlisted Personnel
PPEP
interview package
Pre-commissioning Program for Enlisted Personnel (PPEP)
Professional degree, description of
Professional degree,
requirements for
Professional Military Education requirements
Public Health Service commissioned officers
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Q
Qualification tests
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R
Rating course (PQG -
Performance Qualification Guide)
REAP
Refund, loan origination fee
Reserve
Education Assistance Program (REAP)
Reservist-specific information
Résumés, articles on
ROCI
ROCI
interview package
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S
SAT
Reasoning test
SAT Reasoning test (comparison with ACT)
Schedule, officer program interview
Scholarships
For Coast Guard personnel
For dependents
Merit-based
Need-based
Strategy, developing a
Scams
Scholarship search engines
Unrelated to military service
Schools, "A"
Self-paced distance learning
courses & programs
Servicemembers' Opportunity Colleges
Servicewide Exams (SWE)
SEG (Supplemental Education Grant) program
SkillPort
SkillPort courses, credit for
SMART Force
SOC codes
SOCCOAST
SOCCOAST Afloat
SRDC
interview package
State
Approving Agencies
Striking
Strong Interest
Inventory
Student aid, federal
Student loans
Student loan forgiveness
Study Guide,
E-PME
Studying skills
5 quick test-taking
tips
6 habits of
highly-effective students
Before the exam
During the exam
Essay question
strategies
Learning handouts
Multiple-choice
strategies
Study skills web sites
True-false strategies
Supplemental Student Loan
SWE
(servicewide exams)
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T
TAP
seminars
Teacher, becoming a
Teaching
TECEPs
preparation for
study materials
Test-taking tips
Testing, aptitude
Tests for credit
CLEP
DSST
ECE
GRE Subject
TECEP
preparation for
Tests, credit for
Tests, qualification
Textbooks, sources of
Thomas Edison College Exam Program tests
Top-up, GI Bill
TraCen Petaluma
TraCen Yorktown
Transferring GI Bill benefits
Transcript request, Coast Guard Institute
Transition Assistance Program (TAP) seminars
Transition to civilian world
civilian employment
skill and interest testing
DISCOVER
Troops to Teachers
Helmets to Hardhats
small business resources
articles
Translator
Troops to Teachers program
Tuition, in-state
Tuition assistance
application processing
tips
after applying
and GI
Bill benefits comparison
and NAF employees
and service obligations
for officers
application form,
PDF/paper
application process
authorizations, save
delinquency notices
eligibility & use
rules
eTA
eTA tutorial
fees
grade reports
"incompletes"
nastygrams
N@vy Knowledge Online
registration tutorial
officer service
obligation
payments to your
school
request form (PDF/paper)
using with GI Bill benefits
waiver request
Tuition
assistance, college fees and
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U
University, definition & description of
Updated assessment, request for
USMAP
Using GI Bill benefits with TA
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V
VA education
benefit
VA
education benefit, activating
VA
education benefit, adding to
Vocational & Technical Training Student Loan program
Vocational-technical college, definition & description of
Vocational-technical institute, definition & description of
Vocational-technical school, definition & description of
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W
Waiver
requests for tuition assistance
Warrant officer, becoming a
What
info to provide an OCS interview board
Workbook, college career
Worksheet,
GI Bill benefit comparison
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Yorktown, TraCen
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