| Normally I'd say don't worry about ABET accreditation, but since you're looking into civil engineering and from your previous posts, it kind of seems like you're not interested in spending another few years in grad school once you're done with the Navy (if you *are* interested in grad school, you could just go to a grad school with an accredited program and it'd fulfill licensure requirements), I'd say that you'd be setting some roadblocks for yourself later on in terms of getting your PE license if you didn't go for the ABET-accredited degree now...
What you *could* do is call up Miami of Ohio's civ department and ask them what their plans are for future accreditation, and whether your degree would be accredited. If their mech program was recently accredited, it's possible that they've recently been reviewed for accreditation and are just waiting on the final confirmations from ABET, but even if they say that accreditation is just around the corner, might want to take that with a grain of salt... Still, it'd be something to ask them about if you're really in love with the school. | 
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