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Veterans Transportation Career Center

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Transition Your Skills to the Civilian Workforce

The Department of Transportation (DOT) is partnering with the Department of Defense, Labor, Veterans Affairs and the Small Business Administration to help military personnel and veterans transition from military training and job specialty skills acquired in the service to exciting careers in the transportation industry. The information below highlights just a few of the exciting careers in the transportation industry which are most common in the military community.

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Veterans resources for training and certifications

You may be able to use veteran’s benefits to cover the cost of training or testing for specific certifications/licenses.  For more information about benefits to help support your costs visit:

Last updated: Friday, January 30, 2015