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Benjamin Taylor helped organize the Clep-a-Thon at Landstuhl, where service members could take as many College Level Examination Program and DSST tests,\u00a0formerly known as\u00a0DANTES Standardized Subject\u00a0Tests,\u00a0as they wanted.<br\/><br\/>The idea came about after\u00a0University of Maryland University College Europe opened a national testing center at Landstuhl.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;That&#8217;s what kind of started the whole idea of hosting an event where soldiers, airmen, Marines, sailors and even civilians and their dependents can stop in and have walk-in testing services,&#8221; Taylor said.<br\/><br\/>The first weeklong Clep-a-Thon was held in June 2015\u00a0and the second in December, with\u00a0more than 300 test-takers showing\u00a0up total. About 482 exams were taken with a passing rate of more than half.\u00a0UMUC provided the facility and the front-desk personnel who checked in test-takers. \u00a0<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Normally service members have to contact the testing center and schedule an appointment, Taylor said. With the Clep-a-Thon, they could\u00a0just walk in, and there was no cap on how many tests someone could take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Soldiers would take a test, pass it, and get that confidence&#8221; to take the next, more difficult test, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Force Master Sgt. Tyler Szymanski, a clinical medicine flight chief at Landstuhl, said he passed 10 of the 12 tests he took, which earned him 30 credits. 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Tyler Hammett puts a star next to his unit after passing a CLEP test in June 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Benjamin Taylor\/Army<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor said the event helps knock out general-education classes. Between both events, 960 college credits were earned. Based on a full-time student workload of 30 credits, 960 college credits saved about 32 years of classroom time \u2014\u00a0nearly double that when you consider TA authorizes only\u00a016 credits per year. 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