The Joint Education Center provides testing including Dantes/DSST tests, tuition assistance for active duty Marines and Sailors, as well as education workshops for everyone. The center's Lifelong Learning Program (LL) provides personal and professional learning opportunities within the Navy/Marine Corps Community. The LL Program focuses on voluntary off-duty academic programs in a traditional classroom setting. Access to LL for independent duty and deployed Sailors/Marines is facilitated through online enrollment and correspondence courses. Spouses and civilians who work aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii or reside in the nearby community may enroll in voluntary education courses on the Base. Priority is given to active duty military personnel.

JEC Staff Members

• Command Education Services Officer - Loretta Cornett-Huff
  DANTES Test Control Officer
• Counselor/Senior Education Specialist - Vacant
• Senior Educational Technician - Mimi Ogiba
  DANTES Alternate Test Control Officer
• Contract Education Specialist/Test Examiner - Maria Fullenwider
• Contract Education Specialist/Facilities - William Lowe
• Contract Education Specialist/USMAP - Craig Lockwood
• Contract Education Technician - Maria-Teresa Hawk

CLICK HERE
for the Roster of MCBH Unit Education Officers

CLICK HERE
to see JEC Site Map for Kaneohe Bay
to see JEC Classroom Map for Kaneohe Bay
to see JEC Classroom Map for Camp Smith

Troops to Teachers

To all MCNET Members:
With critical assistance from the IT staff, we created an Internet-based
guide that one may use to determine eligibility for the Troops to Teachers
Program.

Please follow these steps:

1. Go to ProudToServeAgain.Com
http://proudtoserveagain.com/
2. Click on the TTT home page.
3. From the blue and white menu on the left, select:
Information > Eligibility and click on Determine Your Eligibility

Bryan Miller is the new program coordinator for Troops to Teachers Hawaii. His office is located at the Dole Cannery Square, and his phone number is 587-5580 Ext. 409.

Education Know How

Sure, you've probably thought about going to college. But all of the paperwork, prerequisites and the overhaul of loans you need made you think twice. Go with your first thought-go to college. There is no better time to earn your degree to give you an edge on the workforce competition. Make it happen. The Joint Education Center is here for you!

Don't slam the door of education and opportunity, walk through it by attending the weekly one-hour College 101 held every Wed. at the Joint Education Center, Bldg. 220, classroom # G, at 11:35 a.m. College 101 is mandatory to attend as per MARADMIN 571/05.

With the aid of the Joint Education Center's professional staff, they'll walk you through the education maze and steer you in the right direction toward your goals.

History of Lifelong Learning
in the Marine Corps Summary*
Compiled by Clinton L. Anderson

The roots of Lifelong Learning in the U.S. Marine Corps can be traced back to 1839 at the Marine Barracks in Washington, DC, when the Barracks Commandant established a school for the general education of band apprentices. One of its most famous students was John Philip Sousa, who gave great credit to this school for his academic and musical education. But the philosophical underpinnings of Marine Corps "General Education" came from Josephus Daniels, the Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921. It was Secretary Daniels who observed that many sailors and Marines "were lacking in elementary education" and had spare time to remedy this deficiency. He was convinced that sailors and marines should not only have a chance to learn fundamental academic skills, but also the skills of a trade. Beginning in 1914, Daniels had young officers teaching reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, and history to enlisted Sailors and Marines. Attendance for those who needed these subjects was compulsory. This effort became known as "Navy University Afloat." Daniels wrote: "My ambition as Secretary of the Navy is to make the Navy a great University, with college extension, and primary extension all on board ship. Every ship should be a school, and every officer a school master."

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