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New Intelligence Courses Qualify For College Credit

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS100723-21
7/23/2010

By Dr. Bud Livers, Center for Naval Intelligence Learning Standards Officer

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) -- Navy intelligence professionals can now qualify for additional college credit as a result of Center for Naval Intelligence (CNI) course reviews by the American Council on Education (ACE) July 9.

This year, the ACE reviewing team recommended college credit hours for the newly developed Advanced Maritime Operational Intelligence Analysis Course (AMOC), taught in Virginia Beach, and the Expeditionary Warfare Intelligence Course (EWIC), taught in San Diego and available world-wide through the use of Mobile Training Teams.

"We know we are teaching quality courses here," said Frank Cubillo, executive director of the Center for Naval Intelligence, "but it is nice to be recognized for that by an outside accrediting agency like ACE. These recommended credits can be used by Sailors and Marines to apply toward college degrees at many colleges and universities, including those participating in the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOCNAV) program."

Center for Naval Intelligence courses now qualify for a total of 97 baccalaureate credits and six graduate-level credits. Upon course completion, recommended credits are automatically recorded in the service member's Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript (SMART).

Dating back to World War II, ACE is a nongovernmental organization contracted by the Department of Defense to review military schools, correspondence courses, occupations and training to determine the amount and appropriate level of college credit each should be awarded. Sailors can receive academic credit for most of their training, including boot camp and by using their SMART and ACE credits, save significant time in pursuit of a degree.

To take advantage of ACE recommended credits for their specific rating, Sailors should visit their nearest Navy College Office or Educational Service Officer to review their SMART transcript and develop an educational plan.

For further information on using ACE credits toward a college degrees, visit the Navy College website at https://www.navycollege.navy.mil .

For more information on the Center for Naval Intelligence, visit the CNI website at: https://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/cennavintel/.

For more news from Naval Education and Training Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/cnet/.