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Boeing, Lockheed Martin Join Campaign To Train Vets For Jobs

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, October 16th, 2012

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Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have joined other companies and organizations in an initiative announced yesterday to train military veterans and find them advanced jobs in the manufacturing sector. General Electric [GE] and Alcoa [AA] are also among the companies and think tanks supporting the Get Skills to Work initiative that will be managed by the Manufacturing Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers. The group’s goal is to train 100,000 former service members and match them…

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