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Navy Tuition Assistance Eligibility Requirements

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

In support of continued education for its service members, The Navy a number of programs to help them work towards a desired degree or certification, including 100 percent Tuition Assistance (TA) for college courses taken on their own time.

    Here is a brief summary of the procedures for using Navy TA:


  • Contact your Navy College Office to arrange for educational counseling. This can be done in person, by phone, or via e-mail. With the help of your Navy College Counselor, determine which courses will be requested for TA funding.

  • Next, complete a TA Application form. Check with your particular institution to confirm that the courses and fees you list on the application are accurate. Fees that are authorized for funding under TA are:

    • Fees that are directly required to sign up for a class may be combined with tuition. The Navy will cover the fees that are published, mandatory, and charged for course enrollment.

    • Mandatory, non-reimbursable fees that meet the above criteria may be paid for with TA. However, if a course is canceled, allowing for the refund of tuition, the student is held liable for payment of the non-reimbursable fee.

    • Sailors who ask for payment of fees with tuition when applying for TA are responsible for providing correct fee information to their Navy College Office.



  • After you have carefully read the second page of the TA Application and the TA Application Agreement carefully, fill in all of the requested information at the bottom of the page. By signing this form, you are indicating that you know the rules relating to TA funding. Finally, you will need to obtain command approval signature for course enrollment.

  • Take your command approved TA application to your Navy College Office (or Marine Corps Education Center) for processing.


    The Navy Tuition Assistance Form:

  • Once your application is received and authorized, your supporting office or center will prepare a TA Authorization Voucher which you will provide to the school you are attending. Be sure to keep a copy for your records.

  • TA participants may submit a copy of a grade report which is obtainable through their student account. If you send the report by e-mail (SFLY_TA.NAVY@NAVY.MIL) which is the easiest, wait seven days and then log on to smart.navy.mil to verify that the grade has been received and processed. You can also fax a copy of your grade.

  • If you should receive a failing grade (F or N), or an Incomplete (I), you will be asked to repay TA Accounting for the TA funded portion of the course. Or, if you fail to submit your grade(s) within 60 days following the completion of a course, your command will receive a letter stating that unless the grade is faxed, payment will be required for the funded portion. Payment must be in the form of a cashier’s check or money order, made out to the U.S. Treasury.


For more information, or to obtain a Navy Tuition Assistance Request form, log on to: www.navycollege.navy.mil.

*This article is based on publicly-accessible information and has not been reviewed or approved by any military branch.

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Pilot Program Has Navy Officers Working from Home

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

When most people think of service in the Navy, they think of sunsets at sea or duty stations in exotic ports like Hawaii or Japan, but for a select group of Navy officers they will soon be working from the not-so-exotic location of their homes.

The initiative is part of the Navy;s Virtual Command Pilot Program, which allows a select group of officers to work from home.

"This program will allow officers to fill career-enhancing billets without necessarily having to transfer to do so," said Capt. James Oakes, in the office of the chief of naval personnel (CNP) where the jobs will be located. "The pilot offers the opportunity to reduce permanent change-of-station costs for the Navy while providing stability for Navy families. It's a win, win."

The test program will initially be open to eight officer billets. The officers selected for these billets should be self-starters, capable of working independently and maintaining open lines of communication with their supervisors via phone and email. They must be able to travel periodically to their parent commands.

"It offers individuals the opportunity to work in high-impact positions while maintaining geo-stability to support personal and family needs," said Ferguson.

While the new pilot program is open only to select group of naval officers, Navy enlisted personnel shouldn;t fret because they can study right now for a civilian career that will help them work from home or work independently instead of being tied to an office or permanent location all day.

Enlisted Sailors can take advantage of Navy Tuition Assistance (TA) to train for a number of vocational careers where they can work from home or be their own boss.

Sailors interested in a medical career can enroll in a medical transcription program and train to work at home as a medical transcriptionist. This is a true "work-at home" career that provides an important service to doctors and medical centers.

Another position that will allow a Sailor to be free from having to work in an office all day is that of a real estate agent. And while it;s certainly true that the real estate market is down these days, it;s a sure bet that it will eventually pick up. Why not position yourself to be in a position to take advantage of it when it does pick up?

Sailors can also use Tuition Assistance to train for a career as a home inspector. These days very few people buy homes without hiring a home inspector – you can be the person that home buyers and real estate agents turn to when they need expert help.
Home inspectors work in the neighborhoods of America, meeting new people in a weekly basis and participating in an industry that affects millions of Americans. A home inspection career is a great bet for Sailors who enjoy working with their hands and are comfortable with tools and enjoy learning about the parts of a house.

In addition to the careers mentioned above, Sailors can also look into training for jobs like medical coder, licensed contractor, pharmacy technician or private investigator.

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Military to Civilian Transition Tip for Sailors: Go Medical!

Friday, October 5, 2007

Sailors considering what career to pursue during their military transition to civilian life, should take stock of their occupational specialty and see what civilian careers match up. For Sailors in the administrative field, their military transition will benefit from the growth of medical office careers. Jobs in the medical field are expected to increase substantially from now through the year 2014.

Sailors who've trained as office managers, office administrators, legal secretaries, administrative assistants or aircraft log clerks, for example, should be aware that their background - handling the administrative needs of 380,000 Sailors - positions them to take advantage of civilian medical office careers like medical administrative assistant, medical transcriptionist and medical biller.

The U.S. Department of Labor projects that medical jobs will grow 27% from now until the year 2014 as more baby boomers retire and the insurance end of the business grows more complex. Sailors who've spent time in the fleet helping their shipmates with their service records; legal and medical administrative needs; the maintenance of aircraft and engine logbooks or any specialty that involved working with logs, records, reports and computer programs - may find a medical administrative career to be a good fit.

Sailors are advised that they can use Navy Tuition Assistance (TA) to take Navy correspondence courses and civilian medical courses online while they are still on active duty. An excellent source for TA information is Allied School's website.

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