Posted on Jul 28, 2018
What online schools are good for someone in a high op-tempo unit?
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I'm in an airborne infantry unit, and for the time being I don't see a deployment coming up for at least a year or so, so I've been looking at colleges to start taking classes through. However, my unit goes out to the field pretty often and it's proving difficult to find schools that are flexible yet will still transfer credits to a more traditional college whenever I go back to "regular" school. Does anyone have any recommendations where I can start working towards a bachelors in some sort of engineering or healthcare degree, or at least prereqs that I will be able to schedule around field events and won't be wasted due to not being able to transfer down the road?
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I probably took classes from close to dozen colleges throughout the years. Central Texas College, American Military University, and Univ. of Maryland-University College are had short terms and were pretty flexible overall. I can't speak for engineering, but some prereqs for healthcare fields can be problematic via distance education, specifically science courses with labs. Some programs will only take these classes if they meet in person. Most Ged Ed classes will transfer pretty much anywhere, but if you have any particular programs in mind you might want to check their particular requirements. I ended up having to retake some courses when I finally settled on a program.
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Son, it is damn, damn hard- few folks in the Deuce ever had time to do that unless they were PAC rats or something similar, Grunts never had the time (experience speaking here)
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I was an infantryman as well, and it was impossible to take any classes. The only school available was the University of Maryland, and I don't remember a single infantryman who took classes. We opfored the 82nd a lot when I was in the 24th ID at Ft Stewart. We lived in the field there. SGM Bill Frazer SPC (Join to see)
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I have had similar issues when I was going to school. I went to American Military University. I really enjoyed my experience there. I even was deployed for a portion of my time while I was in school.
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