Army Correspondence Courses & Promotion Points 2024

Army Correspondence Courses are self-paced, distance learning courses offered by the United States Army to its soldiers and civilian personnel.

Army correspondence courses help soldiers progress and increase their knowledge about the military.

These correspondence courses are available to soldiers on active duty, the reserve, the National Guard, and the Department of Army Civilians.

What topics do Army correspondence courses cover?

Army correspondence courses cover a variety of topics, such as:

• Military Knowledge: Military History, Customs, Traditions, Tactical and Strategic Planning
• Military Occupational Specialties (MOS): Technical Skills, Qualifications, and Certificates
• Physical Fitness and Health: Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT), Army PRT
• Leadership & Management: Problem-Solving, Leadership Styles, Decision Making, etc.
• Army Regulations and Policies: Army Promotion Points System, Uniform Regulations, Appearance Regulation

Do correspondence courses give you promotion points?

Many of the Army’s correspondence courses can be used to earn promotion points; soldiers can also use them to earn college credits and fulfill training requirements.

Do you need some promotion points? Army correspondence courses are the way to go.

We will also discuss the Army Correspondence Course Program or ACCP. 

The Army Correspondence Course Program (ACCP) is part of the broader Distributed Learning (DL) system, encompassing all forms of online training and education in the Army. 

The ACCP is a program built into the military where you do online training that earns you promotion points. 

All correspondence courses can be found in the Army Correspondence Course Program (ACCP).

The Army Learning Management System (ALMS) is the primary platform through which soldiers access and complete ACCP courses.

Army correspondence courses and promotion points

As I previously mentioned, Army correspondence courses are online training that equals Army promotion points and can be accessed through the ACCP program. 

Why do you need the ACCP program? For E4s to E5s, this is an additional 78 promotion points. And for E5s to E6, it bumps up to 84 promotion points. 

Now, how do you get 78 or 84 promotion points? It’s all about how many hours you put into the training. For every certificate completed, you will earn promotion points.

You get one promotion point for every five hours you spend on an online training course. So, for example, if you complete twenty hours of online coursework, you will get four promotion points. You can add that up very quickly. 

These promotion points are crucial for your promotion; these and all your other points will be listed in the Army promotion point worksheet.

How do you get these promotion points?

After you complete the online training and get the certificate, you will earn promotion points. 

Once you get that certificate, you will earn promotion points, which will be updated on your ERB and your promotion point worksheet after 48 to 72 hours.

Where do you do correspondence course training?

There are three different sites and sources to which you can go to complete these correspondence courses and earn promotion points.

 Army Learning Management System (ALMS)

• The Army Learning Management System (ALMS) is the primary location for most correspondence courses. 

Joint Knowledge Online (JKO)

• Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) is a web-based learning management system with various correspondence courses. It’s available for members of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, and other Department of Defense civilians.

Army Skill Port

• Army Skill Port, also called Army e-Learning, is an online learning management system (LMS) that the United States Army offers to its soldiers and civilian staff. It has a variety of correspondence courses that count towards your promotion points.

Correspondence Courses and ERB

Once you’ve completed some of those correspondence courses, you can check your ERB.

And there, in the middle of your ERB, just above the assignment information, you’ll be able to see your correspondence course total hours right here.

These correspondence course hours may fluctuate continuously as the Army determines which courses are still valid. So if you see some of those numbers come down, the Army is updating its list of valid courses.

Army Correspondence Courses List 2023

Army Correspondence Courses: A list of some of the available correspondence courses

Below is a comprehensive List of the Army Correspondence Course Program (ACCP) Program:

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George N. is the founder of ArmyPRT.com. While he never actually served in the United States Army, he has a passion for writing about military-related topics.

Born and raised in Bozeman, Montana, he graduated from George State University with an MBA in Actuarial Science. His hobbies include beach volleyball, hiking, fishing, and lifting weights

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