ACE not consistent

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As you can see, SMARTS is pretty strict on what you can put in your transcripts. Not meant for other colleges beyond military life. It was really designed to convert certain training into ace evaluated credits. Most military personell probably average around not more than a few credits unless they took on a high tech field or so. Or did college while in is when the service pays off. I was told you could submit PRE-MILITARY college courses in SMARTS or DURING military service which is what I did. I had some prior military college like a year, and finished it while in.


SMART CORRECTION/UPDATE PROCEDURES AND INFORMATION (MARINE CORPS)

Include your name, the last 4 digits of your SSN, and an email address on documents submitted.
The following items will NOT appear on SMART: Awards and local training that does not have military course identification numbers. Please DO NOT include this type of information, since it will not be added to your transcript.

When documentation is submitted, please wait approximately 15 days before logging into SMART to check your transcript for the change. Ater logging in, the ‘Transcript Update Status’ will let you know when the documents were received and current status.



I. Personnel Information (Originates from MCTFS)
Active Duty: Contact your Unit Diary/Admin Non Commissioned Officer (NCO). They will submit corrections to update MCTFS.

Veterans: Mail certified/notarized copy of DD Form 214 to the SMART Operations Center*. Send copies of all DD 214(s). DO NOT SEND YOUR ORIGINAL. Identify the issue that needs to be resolved.


II. Military Training/Courses:
Marine Corps Total Force System (MCTFS), Training Information Management System (TIMS) and Marine Corps Institute (MCI) are shown on the SMART transcript.

Active Duty: All courses must be entered into MCTFS prior to submitting SMART corrections. Provide dates and locations via a copy of the course completion certificate, service record page(s) or DD Form 295 and mail to the SMART Operations Center. All documents must be certified as true copies by the Unit Diary/Admin NCO or notary.

Veterans: Mail copies of course completion certificate, DD Form 214 or other documents from the service record to the SMART Operations Center. Identify issue or problem to be resolved (circle or send explanation), and include the date (month and year) completed, as well as the location where the course was taken. All documents must be certified or notarized as a true copy.


III. Military Experience: Military Occupational Specialty (MOS).

Active Duty: MOS codes must be added to MCTFS by the Unit Diary/Admin NCO.

Veterans: Mail copies of DD Form 214 or other documents from the service record to the SMART Operations Center. Identify issue or problem to be resolved (circle or send explanation). All documents must be certified or notarized as a "true copy of the original".


IV. College Degrees:
Only degrees earned prior to or during Marine Corps active duty will be included on your SMART. Credit Evaluations may NOT be sent in lieu of transcripts.

Active Duty and Veterans: Have an official transcript sent from the institution directly to the SMART Operations Center.

V. Academic Institution Courses:
College courses taken while on active duty. If TA or NCPACE they should automatically show up on SMART.

Active Duty and Veterans: TA/NCPACE issues should be sent to sfly_ta.marines@navy.mil

Other funded courses (i.e. CCAF, MGIB funded, etc) ( 3 Options)
Have official transcript mailed from institution to the SMART Operations Center.
Bring Official transcript to the Lifelong Learning Center to have certified and faxed to the SMART Operations Center.
Have Official Transcript certified or notarized and mail to the SMART Operations Center.
Contact Information:
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SMART Operations Center N615
6490 Saufley Field Road
Pensacola, FL 32509
Email: sfly_smart@navy.mil

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