Military Credit Transfer

Military Experience

Muskegon Community College (MCC) will evaluate your military credits for possible award of transfer credits after your official transcript has been received and you have been admitted to the College.

  • Military transcripts will be evaluated within approximately six to eight weeks and may take an extended amount of time to be evaluated due to sending recommendations to departments for approval.
  • Muskegon Community College will try to award direct course equivalencies. When direct equivalencies are not available, an elective in an appropriate academic subject may be awarded. MCC is unable to grant credit for military specific credit.

Joint Services Transcript (JST)

JST is the Joint Services Transcript that has replaced the Coast Guard Institute Transcript, the Army/American Council on Education Registry Transcript (AARTS) and the Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript (SMART). JST is an academically accepted document approved by the American Council on Education (ACE) to validate a service member’s military occupation experience and training along with the corresponding ACE college credit recommendation. For additional information on Military Transcript Evaluation visit ACE | Military Programs and check out Joint Service Transcript (JST) Video.

Army

Email your inquires to usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.tagd-jst@mail.mil
Call Toll Free: 1 (888) 276-9472
Login at https://jst.doded.mil to order transcript

Veterans now have access to electronically submit their official JST to Muskegon Community College after they register for an account on the JST website (https://jst.doded.mil). The steps for submitting an official transcript via the JST website are listed below:

Step 1: Register for an account with JST, if you have not done so already via https://jst.doded.mil.

Step 2: Log into the JST system via https://jst.doded.mil

Step 3: Click on the ‘Transcripts’ tab at the top of the page, and then select the ‘Official Transcript request’ tab.

Step 4: Type in the institution name or part of the name and click ‘search’ or hit the enter key. For example instead of typing in the ‘Some Name University’ you could type in ‘Some Name’. You may need to scroll through the entire list to ensure you have the correct location.

*QUICK TIP: Do not use any punctuation when typing in the name of an institution. If you receive ‘no matches found’, try using a smaller part of the institution’s name.

Step 5: This will bring you to the order page that will show your name, rate/rank, etc., and the institution name. You will be asked if this is the institution you wish to have a transcript sent to. Please ensure you pay attention to the delivery method.

Please have your official military transcripts sent directly to:
Office of the Registrar
Transfer Evaluations, Room 100J
Muskegon Community College
221 S. Quarterline Road
Muskegon, MI 49442

Air Force

Please send a request to the College of the Air Force (CCAF) at
CCAF/RRR
130 West Maxwell Blvd
Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6613
https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Barnes/CCAF/

Coast Guard

To receive your Coast Guard Transcript, you must complete a for 1560/04e (Educational Assessment Worksheet.) If your Educational Assessment Worksheet has already been completed, please request your Coast Guard Transcript by sending your completed 1560/04e to:
USCG Institute
email: CGI-PF-ed_transcripts@uscg.mil
Fax: (405) 954-7249
Login at: HTTPS://JST.DODED.MIL to order your transcript

Navy/Marine Corps

Email your JST requests to:
JST Technology Operational Center
jst@doded.mil