Dyess Digest

MPS
The 7th Force Support Squadron's military personnel section provides personnel services for about 5,100 active-duty members, 7,500 family members and 14,000 retirees. The section's primary focus is customer service, and we pride ourselves in providing top notch service every day. The MPS is the place to go for a host of personnel issues, such as readiness, assignments, promotions, performance reports, classification, retraining and casualty assistance. The customer service element serves as the focal point for all military personnel activities. Here, customers can receive general information and referrals to the appropriate offices, review their active duty records, receive counseling and complete applications for many programs, update Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System entries and obtain identification cards. The MPS is located at 417 Third St. Customer service hours are Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call (325) 696-5722.

Area Defense Counsel
The area defense counsel provides free, confidential legal defense for all military members. The attorney and paralegal are independent from the wing commander and investigators. They do not report to anyone in the local chain of command. The defense attorney is a licensed attorney who is admitted to practice before the supreme courts of one or more states. The area defense counsel and the defense paralegal provide zealous representation to clients facing judicial (courts-martial), non-judicial punishment and administrative matters adversarial to a military member. Call (325) 696-4233.

Education Services
The base education office, 425 Third St., has a wide variety of services and programs to assist with educational needs. These include general education and vocational counseling as well as counseling on the Community College of the Air Force, college courses and Air Force commissioning programs. Tutoring service for math is available at no cost. A wide variety of testing is available, including CLEP, DANTES and the scholastic aptitude test. In addition to the following college and university offerings, distance-learning opportunities are available. A baccalaureate degree in business administration can be completed at Dyess through McMurry University. In addition, on-base courses in general education are held during lunch hours or evenings. A variety of undergraduate programs are also available at the nearby campus. Both undergraduate and graduate programs are available at the local campus.On-base courses in law enforcement and fire protection are offered through Cisco Junior College. The Abilene campus offers associate of arts degrees in academic and technical fields. Texas State Technical College offers technical courses on base as well as vocational educational programs at the Abilene campus. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University offers on-base degrees at both the bachelor and master levels in support of aviation fields. Call (325) 696-5544.
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