[Online classes for MBA/other Masters Program]

Bottom line: it's free money for education. Do with it as you please.

[Ex-Army guy going to UPT]

I am. Also a UPT nongraduate. I'm not going to pretend to know what it takes to graduate, but I certainly relate experiences that have a bearing on the subject at hand (in this case, ridiculous FAIPs).

6...but there there was the intro slide, an overview...

I am a former Nav and a newbie pilot fresh out of UPT. Two words for our former Army friend about to go through UPT: FLY NAVY! I was a former instructor nav in gunships and went through Whiting/Corpus. It's well worth it if you can swing it. The Navy scheduling mentality is ridiculous but it's a big boy program that is great for guys with prior experience. Stay humble and try not to hang yourself when they nickel and dime you. You're going to smoke it. Best of luck.