Any Tips On Doing Army Correspondence Courses?

Question

I want to max out my correspondence courses for promotion points but I dont have the time we work late and am responsible for a fire time. Any tips?

Oh yeah I have started the online correspondence courses

Answer 1

They take forever to do mind you I retired from personnel in 96 but there were worth 1 for every 5 points. So you had to do a million to get anywhere. When you get to correspondence course go directly to the test find the answer and go to the next do not read the entire book waste of time keep in and you can always go back.if your really interested in the subject. Ensure that you make copies of completed sub-course as they seem to get lost going to personnel (I worked there mine never made it) and when you get your total course completion also take that in. Take some of the easier ones first to start building. The go to the ones that has 200 or more they add up just keep doing them (Anyone can do them if the topic right like Pharmacy Asst) Hint

Answer 2

I used to just order them from the top of the list to the bottom, didn't matter to me what subject they were, just wanted to get the points. If it's taking you too long to read the books, ( have some discipline though ), just read the question and scan through the book until you get the answer and start again with the next question. Technical courses might actually need to be read and understood though, I had a hard time trying to find the answer flipping through the pages and not reading the book.
Good luck though bud, and stay alert... stay alive!!

Answer 3

Hey bro any more in the Army there are tons of CD's floating around with the testa and answers. I thought it was a sheep **** way of doing things too until my 1sg told me I might as well do it, everyone else does and nobody anymore actually learns the stuff. Its all about the number of points. who cares how you get them.

SGT. Grimes
former FAR soldier

Answer 4

If you have any senior friends in the military, You should be able to get ahold of a couple of CD's with the answers of the test to assist in the learning process.

Justin

Answer 5

kissing butt helps, don't screw up publicly, get married (you're more likely to be promoted because in most units because there's an unstated bias for people with families- more incentive for them not to take their talent to the civilian side where things are unknown), do more PT, volunteer for things (volunteering for a deployment is a biggie), getting a degree (even an associates in basket weaving is better than half way through a bs in biology). did I mention kissing butt and getting married?

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Use group study with other fellow soldiers. Another way is read the questions and look up the answer in the book.

Answer 8

I was in from 77-92 Army. I thought i was the only person who actually read those courses because I wanted to learn somthing. I guess thats todays NEW AND IMPROVED ARMY

Answer 9

Take the courses that are related to your field first. Then take the general ones like medical and such then go for the ones that are close to what you know. (11B takes squad tactics and whatnot, leave the transpo for the transportation guys) My two cents.