Any easy, cheap shake and bake online programs that allow GI Bill usage?

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So I'm an Army Medic and I've been one for 6 years. I've had a LOT more training than the quick, 4 month program the Army offers and I've done a LOT more studying on my own to be the best possible medic I can be. I've had the good fortune of being under good leadership with environments that have allowed for a wide range of experience. I've read all manners of big, fat books on paramedicine and wilderness medicine from front to back and have had a lot of hands-on experience with nearly everything under the scope of practice for a paramedic minus the cardiac stuff that not even the PA's and docs would let us touch. I've demonstrated these skills in the hospital and on deployment and have received several awards to show for it. I don't believe I'd have any trouble at all taking the NREMT-P.

Unfortunately autodidacticism and on-the-job experience doesn't matter when you're trying to get the NREMT-P, so what's the fastest route from point A to point B? I'm looking for something online preferably that I can complete while I'm still in, and after I transition out of the military I can go wherever I need to (preferably somewhere in Texas or here in Colorado) to complete my hands-on portion. I've had my fill of the military life and deployments and I can't wait to transition out, but I know I'd be miserable working as a Basic, driving a bus or recording after all the experience I've had and the scope of practice I've enjoyed.

I know you guys have to know something.
 
PERCOM. Its in Texas. 10k. Can't remember if GI bill works. Check them out. Not really shake and bake. But it is online except for the clinical.
 
I would second PERCOM. Online, self paced, easy if you know your stuff and can prove it through the tests and assignments. I'm a nursing student and am doing PERCOM over the summer. Even with what I have already learned in nursing school, I still find I am getting a lot out of the PERCOM coursework.
~$5466.40 (not including lodging if you go to Texas for clinicals)

You could also check out Pelham in Indiana. Pelham has a 104 day intensive program that takes EMT-B's to their NREMT-P - everything from classroom to clinicals to skills testing is done. The only thing you have to do is sit for the NR exam after the 104 days. Pelham is slightly more competitive but favors military medics in their admissions process. ~$10,000 not including lodging
 
Yeah I checked out PERCOM and no dice on the GI Bill. Their accreditation is no longer on the Department of Education's list so the GI Bill won't pay for it. I was a little butthurt about that since it would have worked out perfectly since I have family in Houston and Austin I could stay with while I knock out my clinical and ride-along hours. I might still go that path and just pay out of pocket if I can't find any other decent programs that are as convenient and will accept the GI Bill.
 
Look into NMETC, I think they take the GI bill....
 
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