Training course for spouses rescheduled Published April 27, 2011 By Airman and Family Readiness Center Airman and family readiness center KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- June 3 is the deadline to register for the rescheduled spouse education course in Microsoft Excel and QuickBooks through Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The course, funded by the Air Force Aid Society, is 8 a.m. to noon July 18, 20, 25, 27 and Aug. 1-5 at the Applied Manufacturing and Technology Center, Seaway Road, Gulfport. "This combination of courses is not normally taught together," said Lana Smith, community readiness consultant at the airman and family readiness center. "The reason this program was chosen and 'created' by the college is because many employment announcements or employers from the recent area job fair state training in payroll applications is a plus or even required. With the tight local job market, our spouses need all the advantages possible." Application is open to spouses of Air Force members who aren't nonprior service technical training students in pay grades E-3 to E-8 and officers in pay grades O-3 to O-5. Applicants must be the non-military spouse of an active-duty Air Force member. Spouses of Guard or Reserve members called to active duty for the duration of the course assigned to a Keesler unit may also apply. Spouses of Air Force members assigned to the 366th Training Squadron at the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport are also eligible. Successful applicants must be able to use a computer; read, write, speak and understand English; and have a high school or General Educational Development diploma. Applicants with an outstanding debt with MGCCC must pay the debt before their applications are considered. Priority for selection is given to spouses whose military sponsor is not retirement-eligible and who are unemployed, need transferable job skills or have financial needs. Those selected must plan to attend all class sessions or repay the cost of tuition if they drop out before course completion. To apply, interested spouses turn in a completed application form to the airman and family readiness center, Room 110, Sablich Center, during duty hours with their spouse identification card and verification of status and identity. Spouses of Reserve or Guard members must submit a copy of the activation orders for duty through Aug. 6. For more information, call 376-8728.