Credit for Military or College Experience
FCCJ’S credit evaluation process for military students

Requesting transcripts from other schools

The schools you have previously attended will have their own procedures for obtaining an official transcript. You should contact each school to learn what those procedures are.

Requesting official transcripts from the military

Without exceptions, all official transcripts from all regionally accredited colleges and universities attended must be on file and evaluated before your military transcript evaluation process can begin.

To receive an evaluation of military credit you must:

• Declare a degree seeking program of study. (A.A., A.S., A.A.S., B.A.S.)
• Be currently enrolled in and paid for at least one college credit class at FCCJ.

Students should not request transcripts until all the requirements listed above are complete. Note: when students request their military transcripts via the online website they are sent the next day electronically. Please follow the links provided below to request your military transcripts.

	Air Force	Website: http://www.au.af.mil/au/ccaf/transcripts.asp
		Phone: 1.800.646.1858
	Army	Website: http://aarts.army.mil/
		Phone: 1.866.297.4427
	Coast Guard	Website: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cgi/forms/forms.asp
		Phone: 1.405.954.0072
	Marine Corps	Website: https://smart.navy.mil/smart/welcome.do
		Fax: 1.850.452.1909
		Tip: In the block where they ask for the institution name and address of where to send your SMART, write “SEND ELECTRONICALLY” in addition to the information they request and it will be here by the next morning!
	Navy	Website: https://smart.navy.mil/smart/welcome.do
		Fax: 1.850.452.1909
		Note: In the block where they ask for the institution name and address of where to send your SMART, write “SEND ELECTRONICALLY” in addition to the information they request and it will be here by the next morning!

Credit for military experiences will be granted according to the recommendations of the American Council on Education (ACE) as published in the latest edition of The Guide to the Evaluation of the Educational Experience in the Armed Services. Program Managers will determine whether or not military credits apply to specific programs. The college registrar makes the final determination of credit award.

• Credits will be awarded only when they apply to your degree
• FCCJ must offer a course comparable in content and credit value.
• Allow four weeks to complete evaluation from the date of receipt. 

It should be noted that most credits for military experience apply to the Associate in Science and Associate in Applied Science programs.

Important Resource: To help understand the military transcript and ACE credit recommendations, go to: http://www.acenet.edu/militaryprograms/transferguide and click on “Transfer Guide Now Available.”

If you have any questions concerning military transcripts, e-mail Clara Solomon at csolomon@fccj.edu.

Have your official military transcript and all postsecondary schools transcript mailed to:

Florida Community College
Student Records
940 North Main Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202