MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii -- Marines aboard MCB Hawaii have a new resource available for training and distance learning, and will have the capability to complete Marine Corps Institute courses online, with immediate completion credit.
The Distance Learning Center is located in Bldg. 221 across from the college registration offices, offers a wide variety of courses, and is scheduled to be operational Dec. 16.
The center is the first outside of the continental U.S., and offers a learning resource center with 40 workstations and a content delivery engine that will let Marines participate in courses from any workstation on the base network.
Within one month, Marines will be able to access the system from their home computers if they have Internet access.
The program has been rolled out at seven sites on the mainland, and is scheduled to be at every Marine Corps installation.
A joint project involving Marine Corps System Command and Training, and Education Command, the program allows Marines to complete MCI courses online and get immediate credit on the Marine Corps Total Force System.
There are a wide variety of other courses offered including basic marksmanship, motor vehicle operator, land navigation, terrorism awareness and personal finance management courses.
In addition to the basic courses, the system offers 300 information technology courses and 400 business and management skills courses all available to increase the knowledge of all Marines in a variety of specialties.
Brigadier General Jerry C. McAbee, commanding general, MCB Hawaii, is scheduled to visit the center today, and the complete system is scheduled to be operational by Monday.