Courtesy Story | DoW, Military-Civilian Transition Office | 02.08.2021
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor has launched a new monthly series of career workshops to provide employment assistance to transitioning military spouses. Participation is free and classes are open to all transitioning military spouses. The launch follows a successful pilot program in October 2020. The workshops are part of the department’s Transition Assistance Program......
Courtesy Story | DoW, Military-Civilian Transition Office | 01.28.2021
FORT KNOX, Kentucky -- 2021 marks 30 years since the Army initiated the first ever program solely focused on transitioning Army Soldiers into civilian life. In 1991, just as the Berlin Wall hit the ground and as the first Gulf War ushered our Army into a new era, the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) was created. As TAP celebrates its 30th anniversary, we are going back-to-basics with......
Courtesy Story | DoW, Military-Civilian Transition Office | 09.22.2020
ARLINGTON, VA – The Department of Defense (DoD) Military-Civilian Transition Office (MCTO) has rolled out a new enterprise learning management system (LMS) for the Transition Assistance Program (TAP). The platform is set to completely replace the TAP curriculum on Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) by September 30, 2020....
Story by Lori Bultman | 502nd Air Base Wing | 07.24.2020
Transitioning out of the military, whatever the reason, can be an overwhelming process for service members and their families. To assist in making the process easier to navigate, Joint Base San Antonio has consolidated its multitude of resources into a newly activated Joint Transition Readiness Center at the Brooke Army Medical Center campus....
Story by Airman 1st Class Akeem Campbell | 366th Fighter Wing | 04.27.2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced a significant change in how some individuals and groups can continue to operate at their jobs. For retirees, this has become especially difficult. There is still help. Organizations such as the Military Personnel Flight’s Separations and Retirement section are making changes in order to support retiring Airmen, and in addition systems such as the......
Courtesy Story | DoW, Military-Civilian Transition Office | 03.31.2020
“Every service member eventually transitions,” said Mike Miller, director of Private and Public Engagement for the Defense Personnel and Family Support Center (DPFSC). “Denial is not a plan.” Miller and Katie Berland, Strategic Communications Lead* for the Military-Civilian Transition Office attended the Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) Career Summits in Okinawa, Japan February 24-27. HOH......
Courtesy Story | DoW, Military-Civilian Transition Office | 03.16.2020
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Department of Defense Military-Civilian Transition Office is closely monitoring impacts to Transition Assistance Program and Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program events as a result of the outbreak of the respiratory illness caused by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, known as COVID-19. COVID-19 continues to spread and is an increasing force health protection threat in areas......
Story by Airman Amanda Lovelace | 50th Space Wing | 02.20.2020
The John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 became effective Oct. 1, 2019 and brought changes to the Transition Assistance Program, designed to ease the transition from military to civilian life. The legislation added three additional requirements to the previous mandatory requirement, pre-separation counseling. To be compliant with the Veterans Opportunity to......
