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Laguna Hills, Calif. - Feb. 11, 2008 - The challenges and stresses associated with longer and more frequent deployments are no secret to Air Force families.

For some Airmen and their families, there is the particular challenge of troubled finances as dollars are stretched and pennies are pinched. And while Airmen have been taking advantage military online correspondence courses to take both military and civilian courses for some time, many Airmen spouse advantage of this option to train for career while staying on-base in the U.S.

Many spouses are aware of the Air Force's Spouse Tuition Assistance Program (STAP), which provides partial military tuition assistance for Airmen spouses who live overseas with an active-duty Airmen. This is important tuition assistance for military spouses, but it limits the education to on-base offerings, and excludes spouses who remain in America.

What is currently transforming career training in America - from university degrees to certificate programs - is distance (online) learning, which allows students to study from anywhere in the world as long as they have a computer and an Internet connection. One of the great advantages of online military spouse education – even those caring for young children - is that many schools offer vocational training that preparers them for a career in months, not years. This means that while Airmen are away on a 12-month deployment, their spouses to complete career training, get hired and then begin earning an income even before their Airmen spouse returns home. And with military online education, this can all be done without ever leaving base housing.

The medical field is a growth industry now served by areas like medical transcription, medical coding and medical billing. The Department of Labor projects that jobs in the medical industry will grow at a rate of 27% through 2014, which means a steady paycheck for workers in this field. Medical transcription, for one, is a career that suits the military life of ever-changing duty stations.

Medical transcriptionists interpret oral dictation from doctors and other health care professionals into clear, accurate information for a patient's medical record. Increasingly, this work is being done outside of medical facilities. These days many medical transcriptionists work from home as contractors or even as proprietors of their own transcription businesses. Home-based medical careers help Airmen spouses, because they can maintain their income even when the Air Force moves the family from one duty station to another.

Many accredited online military distance learning schools offer discounts to spouses of active-duty military personnel. And when the military service member is already a student, schools will often offer a military spouse an even larger discount. For many Air Force families, quick career training and a second income will help ease the stress and pressures associated with repeated deployments. Airmen and their spouses are encouraged to plan for their family's financial success prior to deployments.

To learn more about military distance learning programs and military spouse education, please visit Allied Schools at www.education4military.com or call (888) 501-5221 to speak with a military admissions representative.

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