About Walter Reed Army Medical Center - DCMilitary.com
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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”