CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — During a recent class at Maude Hall on the largest U.S. military base overseas, Spc. Ulises Alcalde listened to a lecture on employment fundamentals, part of his ...

WASHINGTON — A bill before Congress would jumpstart benefits for separating troops by authorizing accredited veterans organizations to place counselors in Defense Department transition assistance ...

Some of the biggest criticisms of mandatory Transition Assistance Program (TAP) classes offered on military installations is that they are too short and offer too much information in that short amount ...

Army leaders from Headquarters Battalion Command at at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall learn about each phase of the Transition Assistance Program in March 2022 so they can support their troops when ...

Headquarters Battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Tawonda Sanders, Operations NCOIC Sgt. 1st Class Edward Gonzalez, 1st Sgt. Michael King, and S1 NCOIC Master Sgt. Corey Perriman learned about each phase of ...

FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — Transitioning from the military can be quite overwhelming. Life in the military offers a stark contrast to life as a civilian, and the Transition Assistance Program exists to ...

FORT BUCHANAN, Puerto Rico– Service members from the different Department of Defense components on the island, participated in the installation Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Workshop at the ...

Federal programs used to help service members transition into civilian life are too focused on education and are not spending enough money and time working toward finding them employment -- and some ...

The Government Accountability Office recently found that a Defense Department program designed to aid certain service members transitioning to civilian life doesn’t have clear insight into who ...

More service members are attending military-to-civilian transition classes than ever before, but thousands are still falling through gaps in the separation process and missing out on help needed to ...

Each year, over200,000 U.S. military service members transition back into civilian life, a process that can prove daunting, particularly for those facing medical, financial, or career-related ...