Do you think the service academies should offer distance education for enlisted troops?

There's already a plethora of opportunities for service members to attain a degree. They just have to work for it like everyone else.

No. I think that there are already numerous opportunities for anyone (enlisted, warrant, or officer) to get any level degree. The academies have their mission to train a certain group. They are considered elite by only allow certain number of students and having a lifestyle. If you were to do all online coursework and miss out on the training portion how does your degree compare to those who went through summer camps and training in person? Also, that is additional cost for the infrastructure, professors, etc.

Personally I looked at going to the an academy but they did not have my major so I went to a college and majored in what I wanted to do and did ROTC. Academies are not designed to offer as many options in types of degrees. You have more options that will be accepted and useful outside the military by attending a public or private college or university.

I can only speak for USMA at West Point, but assume this holds true for the other academies as well. The "Academy Experience" is all consuming, and much more than the Academics. I definitely don't think you could capture that through distance learning.

I think another way to get at this problem is to increase visibility of accessions and prep-schools for enlisted personnell. I'd been an officer for 7 years before I worked at USMA (and enlisted before that) and never saw/heard of a briefing for enlisted interested in attending an Academy. The prep-schools were all designed to give enlisted members a "leg-up" on college, but thats not what we are using them for now.