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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
This has changed from when I was in. My trade didn't have equivalence of civie street. This is a good change IMO. I was told the reasoning then was that there would be a manpower dump of people running to civilian jobs. Now it seems the thinking is, we would rather have the person 3-5 yrs than not at all.
I agree BTW, I tell all the younger people I know to join, some of my experiences can't be matched, anywhere.
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Oh, sorry, I meant that the military would pay for civilian training/certification such as professional project management, supply chain management, environmental and safety, etc. They will pay for a lot of courses if the courses relate to your current trade. They will even pay for courses that will set you up for second career training after the military. For example, a few in the office are taking courses in emergency management because they would like to work in that field when they retire.
Military vehicle mechanics, for example, will be granted civ journeyman status as far as I know as long as they achieved the equivalent level (QL5 is considered journeyman in the military) at the time of release.