Download NowColleges Near MacDill Air Force
If mid-air refueling and special ops sounds interesting, your place is MacDill Air Force Base. Located eight miles from Tampa on Florida's west coast--population 343,890--MacDill AFB hosts the 6th Air Mobility Wing. Some 11,000 personnel provide air refueling, airlift and airbase support to the U.S. Central Command and the Special Operations Command, covering world hot spots--Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia.
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MacDill AFB: Colleges and Education Opportunities in the Area
If you decide to go back to school, MacDill Air Force Base colleges and other education opportunities are vast. The University of South Florida, the University of Tampa, and Hillsborough Community College are all right in Tampa, while Saint Leo University operates within MacDill Air Force Base. During your free time, you can jump in a canoe, deep-sea fish, scuba dive and bike or jog through what has been described as a year-round, outdoor enthusiast's paradise.
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National Aviation Academy is a nationally recognized Aviation Maintenance training school, headquartered in Clearwater, Florida. Our programs prepare students for certification by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A & P) Certification is required to perform maintenance and repairs on aircraft from small Cessna Props, to the largest jet airplanes. In simple terms, we are an airplane mechanic school, although we typically stick with the aviation mechanic school or aviation maintenance technician school terminology.
Ultimate Medical Academy (UMA) specializes in preparing students just like you for rewarding and challenging careers in Healthcare. While most schools teach many different subjects, UMA is exclusively focused on the healthcare field.
Cortiva Institute School of Massage Therapy's innovative program will help you learn the art of massage therapy and introduce you to a range of career opportunities. Through a holistic approach to education, you'll be well-trained to work in clinics, hospitals, health clubs, spas, with sport teams, or to start a private practice.
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Sunstate Academy is a Redken Premier School with qualified instructors who have Redken professional training and salon experience. At Sunstate Academy, a combination of theory and hands-on training teaches you what you need to know to begin a career as a professional stylist or manicurist. You'll receive instruction in the basics and then put your new knowledge to use at Sunstate Academy's Salon Solaris.
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Located just outside of Orlando, Florida, Full Sail University is an educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment industry. The school's on-campus programs provide students with an innovative and accelerated style of education geared toward career opportunities in media, entertainment and the arts.
Full Sail's unique curriculum emphasizes intensive, real-world education, using the latest industry equipment and production processes. Students develop their skills in world-class recording studios, spacious film soundstages, motion capture studio, and a professional performing arts hall, all housed in a 110+ studio, 190-acre multimedia complex.
Full Sail's unique curriculum emphasizes intensive, real-world education, using the latest industry equipment and production processes. Students develop their skills in world-class recording studios, spacious film soundstages, motion capture studio, and a professional performing arts hall, all housed in a 110+ studio, 190-acre multimedia complex.
The above schools represent only a portion of the schools that accept the GI Bill. A more complete list of schools: GI Bill Schools
