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I offer a lot of my time for free trying to help veterans use their benefits, and they can even get DSST/CLEP reimbursed from the VA. Active duty really needs to save up vacation time before they ETS and use the last 1-2 months to test out of everything for free before they leave the military.

Also as above discusses make sure to use your companies school reimbursement program. I'm a TESU fan but there are several ways to your degree paid for if your smart and ask questions.

I agree. My brother is super smart and currently a Nuclear Electronics Technician in the Navy. He doesn't have any traditional college courses under his belt, but he does have three "5 scores" on AP tests and The Information Systems CLEP he got a 75 on with no studying (only took it because I told him to). I'm trying to encourage to earn a bunch more of credits for free. I think an undergraduate degree would be too boring for him anyways. After six years in the Navy, to waste time sitting in Math 101 seems silly.  Hopefully he could leave the Navy with all or most of a degree done. And it isn't just him, if you have knowledge why not test out of the course to save both time and money.

Also, assuming he's already finished all his initial nuclear training, his military joint service transcript will show that he has 80-100 credits. He could honestly finish all his gen Ed requirements for free through CLEP/DSST in a relatively short period of time.