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a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The <strong>com</strong>puter lab is open Monday through<br />

Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Digital Training Facilities is<br />

open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.<br />

Counseling and Tuition Assistance<br />

<strong>Army</strong> Education Counselor's primary mission is to advise<br />

and counsel Soldiers on their educational goals. They are<br />

trained to determine cost-effectiveness considering the availability<br />

of Tuition Assistance (TA) funds and course options<br />

such as on-post, local schools, e<strong>Army</strong>U, and Distance<br />

Learning (DL) courses. Education Counselors review Soldiers'<br />

previous academic history to determine a successful education<br />

course of action. Counselors can also provide support with<br />

transcript evaluations, Federal Financial Aid and GI Bill benefits.<br />

Tuition Assistance is available 24/7 at<br />

www.Go<strong>Army</strong>Ed.<strong>com</strong><br />

Testing<br />

A Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support<br />

(DANTES) and <strong>Army</strong> Personnel Testing section is available to<br />

service members and eligible civilians. Testing is administered<br />

on an appointment basis. The Credit-by-Examination program<br />

includes College Level Examination Program General and<br />

Subject Examinations, DANTES Subject Standardized Tests<br />

and Excelsior Exams. SAT and ACT examinations for undergraduate<br />

programs are also available. The Test Examiner also<br />

serves as a proctor for examinations for military personnel.<br />

Spouses and civilians are also encouraged to use the proctoring<br />

services provided. <strong>Army</strong> Personnel Testing is also available;<br />

this includes the Defense Language Proficiency Tests (DLPT),<br />

Armed Forces Classification Test (AFCT) and other MOS /<br />

reclassification tests.<br />

Computer Laboratory<br />

A 16-station <strong>com</strong>puter laboratory is available Monday<br />

through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. for all <strong>com</strong>munity members<br />

at no cost. The laboratory provides Internet access, many<br />

standard software applications and other <strong>com</strong>puter-based training<br />

for individual use. Computer specialists are available to<br />

help during regular duty hours.<br />

Digital Training Facilities<br />

The Digital Training Facilities (DTF) has 2 classrooms with<br />

16 workstations per room; each room is also equipped with a<br />

video conferencing system. The Digital Training Facilities<br />

manager provides onsite assistance for the workstations.<br />

Providing space availability, the DTF manager can provide<br />

support with <strong>Army</strong> e-Learning courses.<br />

These classrooms can also be reserved and used for training.<br />

Post-Secondary Programs<br />

On post academic representatives provide advice and enrollment<br />

assistance for all students. Traditional and non-traditional<br />

class settings are available, which leads to licensure, certification,<br />

undergraduate and graduate degrees. All institutions are<br />

members of the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC)<br />

and agree to be military-friendly in their policies, procedures<br />

and tuition prices.<br />

• Montgomery College provides general education requirements<br />

and other traditional courses leading to an associate's<br />

degree and certificate programs.<br />

• The University of Maryland University College offers<br />

online and traditional courses leading to an associates, bachelor's<br />

and graduate level degrees.<br />

• Old Dominion University offers non-traditional distance<br />

learning programming at the junior and senior levels for 17<br />

undergraduate and 10 graduate degree programs. It also offers<br />

the Military Career Transition Program leading to a master's<br />

degree and Virginia teaching credential.<br />

42 “Home of Warior Care and So Much More”

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