FAQs

Active-duty military members, dependents, and Joint Base Andrews Department of Defense personnel take classes on the Base. Civilians may register for a class that meets at Andrews from the main Largo campus. All civilians need a Long Term Badge. 

Classrooms are about two miles from the Main Gate on the 4,300-acre Base, so driving is necessary. Persons may obtain permission to walk onto Joint Base Andrews. However, there is no bus service on the Base. The College is not responsible for your safety or transporting you to and from the Main Gate if you walk to class.

Mostly general education courses such as English, social sciences, mathematics, sciences, and humanities. Courses needed for a general studies degree are available at this location along with management, accounting, and criminal justice courses.

Our location dictates that we offer what active-duty military members need in support of their Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) degree. However, civilians are welcome to participate in our classes. Books can be purchased online or by visiting the Largo campus bookstore.

For more information on Joint Base Andrews' services, please call 301-546-0779.

Your class registration can be completed at any of the College's other locations or online via Owl Link. Please click on Base Access Procedures on this page for specific dates and times that Andrews staff will be on the Largo campus issuing Request for Long Term Badge forms to students who have paid their full bill. These dates and times are also published in the printed credit schedule of classes every semester.

If you are registered for an accelerated weekend class, staff is available at the Visitor Center on the first Friday night of your weekend class to assist you with the badge process and base access.

Once you have your Long Term Badge, you may access the base. A map of classroom locations and directions to Andrews' classrooms can be printed from this site by clicking on Directions.

This process begins at the Andrews Visitor Center, located just off Allentown Road inside the Main Gate. Once you have received your Request for a Long Term Badge form from one of the Andrews staff, bring the following to the Joint Base Andrews Visitor Center:

• Request for a Long Term Badge form.
• Paid tuition receipt.
• Driver's license.
• Car insurance and registration information.

After presenting these documents to Security Forces staff, your Social Security number will be run through the National Crime Information Center. Then, your photo will be taken, and your Long Term Badge will be processed. Your Long Term Badge does not allow you to bring people without badges on the base — it only works for yourself and the times and days designated on the badge. If you try to enter the base at any other time not designated, you will be asked to leave.

When you come to class, proceed through the Main Gate to the checkpoint, stop your car, roll down your window, and show your Long Term Badge to the Security Police. Then proceed to your class location.

Yes. However, you must be a permanent resident or a U.S. citizen to get access to the Base. You may be asked for more documentation by Security Forces.

If you are not a citizen or a permanent resident, we ask that you take your classes at another extension center or on the main Largo campus.

Security procedures are standard safety protocols. Everyone — including military personnel — is subject to random car searches. As long as you honor all base regulations, you will not experience any problems.

Initially, it may not be very comforting, but you will become accustomed to going through the security checkpoint. We can provide you with more information on base regulations upon request.

If you’re carpooling for a class, Joint Base Andrews prohibits entry unless you have a long-term pass or military badge. Only those civilians taking a class on base and their designated driver can get a Long-Term Badge.

With PGCC staff, arrangements are permitted for one designated driver. In lieu of this, you can arrange for a class member to pick you up outside the Allentown Road Main Gate if they have an active Long-Term Badge or military ID.