How do you turn your military credits from your Joint Service Transcript into civilian credits?

You can't turn them into credits, they're recommended credits. That means it's up to the school you select and the degree program to determine how many of those recommended credits they will grant you credit for.

Once you are enrolled in the college you plan on attending. Go to the JST website, login, then select request official transcript, you'll be able to select the school you want to send it to, then submit. Wait a month for your school to receive it and review them.

Yeah! You can fax them to your school's student office and they should be able to apply them as is. However, some schools do not accept them.

Turn the JST into your institution and they pick and choose those applicable to your program. Most of your military ed will take out a huge chunk of your electives.

SPC Stokes, see an education counselor on your post and let them know you are interested in earning an associates degree.
I earned my associates through Central Texas College and currently 3 semester hours away from my Bachelor’s with Excelsior College. If your profile is updated, you are in Alaska. Your Ed Center counselor there can point you in the right direction. Good luck in your studies!

Your Ed center will help out with this and make it simple. Basically, the credits count towards classes differently based on school and your degree plan.

I originally did a criminal justice at APU simply for promotion points and received 20, then when I started actually pursuing a degree in Aeronautical Science the JST counted towards more classes, giving me more credits.