Earning a degree entirely through military training, is it possible?

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You can't complete any degree with only military training because military doesn't give you the gen-eds required. CCAF comes close, but we still have to complete like 15 credits after all our PME (leadership schools) and everything else factored in.

Speaking of CCAF, the Air Force for the past few years now has the AU-ABC (Associate to Baccalaureate Cooperative) that is basically an articulation agreement between CCAF and partner colleges. The partners agree to accept the CCAF degree in full for 60 or 64 transfer credits towards a comparable 4-year degree in the same field. So you get halfway there right out of the gate. It's a pretty amazing deal, and unfortunately I know a lot of people in the AF who just don't realize how incredible they have it with CCAF and now AU-ABC making things so much easier for them. It's even more amazing when you realize CCAF only awards AAS degrees, which usually are only minimally transferable.

For the Army you should check out the new program y'all just started up. If you have a Combat Arms MOS then the Army has basically set up a combination of CCAF and AU-ABC, an agreement with 30-something schools to accept AARTS training towards a defined 2-year degree with minimal gen-eds required. The other services have long wanted a CCAF of their own, and it would be a great thing for them to have, but given all the red tape (money, accreditation, etc) involved they routed around the problem to get soldiers a true benefit.

Regardless, you still need the gen eds to finish even a 2 year degree. Military training alone won't get you there, even for us spoiled with CCAF.