Some background. My nephew wants to join the Navy. He's 18, dropped out of school and left home at age 16. He passed the GED in January. Over the last few months he's completed 39 credits via CLEP and DSST exams using only InstantCert to prepare. He enrolled in the credit bank at Charter Oak State College and has had all his credits put on an official college transcript.

Here's the problem, the local navy recruitment education specialist refuses to accept the credits earned via DSST exams. She says the navy doesn't award credit for DSST. A strange story considering these exams are administered at every military testing center in the world. The scores are all well above passing and as mentioned are listed on an official COSC transcript. I've talked to 3 different recruiters and none can explain or understand why the education specialist is doing this but they have been unable to resolve this problem. It seems this minor paper pusher is making up her own rules and nobody local has the authority to over rule her.

My question, does anyone reading this have a suggestion as to who I could call or write to on my nephew's behalf to resolve this. I'm retired Army myself and know the military is a **big** advocate of non traditional education and credit by examination, so I'm sure this is just one person doing their own thing and not official policy. Thanks in advance for all your suggestions!