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Tuition Assistance Policy Update – NAVADMIN and Fact Sheet

Posted on June 1, 2023 Updated on May 29, 2023

Here’s the portion of the Fact Sheet that is most relevant to this audience since it makes officers eligible:

“Officers with eight years of prior enlisted service may use TA/NCPACE upon commissioning. All other officers
become eligible upon promotion to O-3.”

Although, as far as I understand it, if you have a doctoral degree, you can’t use TA for a lesser degree, so you can’t use it to get an MBA or other master’s degree.

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NAVADMIN 112/23 
 
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SUBJ/TUITION ASSISTANCE UPDATE TWO// 
 
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AMPN/REF A IS NAVADMIN 214/21, TUITION ASSISTANCE POLICY UPDATE.// 
 
RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN updates Tuition Assistance (TA) and Navy 
College Program for Afloat College Education (NCPACE) management 
controls announced in reference (a) and provides guidance on Sailor 
enrollment with the U.S. Naval Community College (USNCC).  All prior 
controls not altered by this NAVADMIN remain in place. 
 
2.  The following management controls update reference (a) and are 
effective for all TA and NCPACE courses approved after the release 
of this NAVADMIN: 
a.  Active Duty and Training and Administration of Reserve 
enlisted Sailors with less than 16 years of Active service must have 
at least 6 months remaining from the course start date until their 
end of active obligated service or as extended. 
b.  Enlisted reservists must be on Active Duty orders and must 
have at least 6 months remaining from the course start date until 
the end date of their orders. 
c.  All TA or NCPACE funded courses must be completed while the 
member is on Active Duty. 
d.  Sailors may be enrolled in up to a maximum of two concurrent 
courses.  Required laboratory courses with unique course 
identification numbers are exempt from this limit.  The two course 
limit in line with fiscal quarter announced in reference (a) is 
rescinded. 
e.  Officers with a minimum of 8 years of prior enlisted Active 
Duty service (Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force, Coast Guard) including 
limited duty officers (LDO) and chief warrant officers (CWO) are 
eligible to use TA or NCPACE at all officer ranks.  All other 
officers become eligible upon promotion to O3. 
f.  Sailors may submit applications in the MyNavy Education 
portal (https://myeducation.netc.navy.mil/) between 7 and 120 days 
prior to the term start date. 
(1) Command Approval and application forwarding must occur 
at least seven days prior to the term start date. 
(2) It is the Sailor's responsibility to ensure timely 
submission and command approval of TA and NCPACE applications. 
(3) After command approval, vouchers may be authorized and 
funded by Naval Education and Training Professional Development 
Center (NETPDC), subject to funding availability. 
(4) Sailors must not begin a TA or NCPACE course prior to 
receiving an authorized and funded voucher. 
 
3.  The USNCC provides naval-relevant associate's degrees in 
Military Studies, Nuclear Engineering Technology, General Studies 
with Computer Studies Specialization, Cybersecurity and Information 
Assurance, Organizational Leadership, Aviation Maintenance, Data 
Analytics, Uncrewed Systems, and Logistics with a Maritime Focus. 
Interested Sailors should visit https://www.usncc.edu/ to learn more. 
 
4.  Policies pertaining to TA or NCPACE eligible Sailors with 
approved degree plans who also participate in USNCC courses: 
a.  TA or NCPACE course terms shall not overlap with USNCC 
course terms.  Command approvers must verify. 
b.  TA or NCPACE courses that transfer to USNCC will count 
toward the 120 semester hour career cap on TA and NCPACE. 
c.  Courses funded by USNCC do not count toward the 120 semester 
hour career cap on TA and NCPACE. 
 
5.  For questions regarding TA or NCPACE eligibility, degree plans 
or other education funding options, contact the Navy College Virtual 
Education Center (NCVEC) at 1-833-330-MNCC (6622).  Choose Option 3 
"Education and Training", then Option 1 "NCVEC."  Sailors may also 
submit an inquiry via the issue tracker feature in the MyNavy Education 
portal (https://myeducation.netc.navy.mil/), located on the top right of 
their record. 
 
6.  For questions concerning TA or NCPACE policy, contact Mr. Jim 
Johnson at (703)604-5256/DSN 664 or via e-mail at 
james.p.johnson.civ@us.navy.mil. 
 
7.  This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or canceled, 
whichever occurs first. 
 
8.  Released by Vice Admiral Richard J. Cheeseman, Jr., N1.// 
 
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