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a. All officers are encouraged to further their branch or functional area education through appropriate courses of nonresident instruction. The successful completion of a given level of nonresident instruction is considered on an equivalent level of attainment to, but does not rule out, future attendance at a resident course of instruction. An exception is enrollment in the U.S. Army War College Distance Education Course, which does rule out attendance at a resident Senior Service College.

b. Equivalent level of attainment means that an officer who has reached a specific military education level through nonresident in­struction receives the same consideration in assignment, promotion and future schooling as an officer whose military education level was reached through resident instruction. Officers who do not have the opportunity to attend a resident course should complete the level of professional military education appropriate to their grade through nonresident instruction. There is no equivalent level of attainment for the OBC where resident participation is required.

c. Nonresident instruction allows officers to advance their profes­sional education and their careers, thereby enhancing their overall performance and potential. Military school courses available through correspondence, with and without a resident phase, are listed in DA Pam 351-20, ATRRS, the Total Army School System (TASS), and the TRADOC On-Line Library.

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Above information derived from Army Pamplet 600-3