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But due to a shift to a new model of distance learning courses, about 2,300 airmen are having to take their courses virtually back-to-back\u00a0\u2014 some returning to another round of\u00a0distance learning as little as a month after finishing their first course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior Master Sgt. Lee Hoover, spokesman for Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody, said in an email that the number will decline as the transition continues and more airmen finish the course. When the transition is completed, Hoover said, airmen will only take distance learning courses after they have been in the Air Force for seven years and for 12 years, giving them a five-year break in-between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoover said commanders can request an extension of the deadline if having\u00a0their airmen take back-to-back courses would hurt mission readiness, or if the airmen have extenuating circumstances in their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Air Force last year launched the latest version of the NCO course, called Course 15, following the launch of the SNCO version \u2014\u00a0originally called Course 14, Version 6 \u2014\u00a0in 2014. Hoover said <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">that <\/span>the Air Force enrolled airmen into Course 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We did that to ensure airmen who would later attend the in-resident portion had completed distance learning, which is a requirement,&#8221; Hoover said. &#8220;The in-resident portions build on what airmen learn in the distance learning course. It&#8217;s not duplicative, so it&#8217;s critical we provide the base-level knowledge needed for the in-resident portions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoover said that this year, the Air Force is only enrolling airmen in Course 15 and the SNCO Academy distance learning course if they meet the required time-in-service \u2014 at least seven years for Course 15, and 12 years for the SNCO course. 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