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America’s maritime future depends on building our workforce today : Breaking Defense , June 23 , 2025

June 23, 2025

Breaking Defense

From the article: "This Friday, the Navy’s Maritime Industrial Base (MIB) Office will celebrate hundreds of new maritime workers at our National Signing Day in Washington, DC. These men and women represent America’s answer to perhaps the most critical national security challenge we face: rebuilding our maritime industrial engineering and skilled trades workforce through focused efforts to improve attraction, build and scale world-class training, and improve retention.

You won’t read about this challenge in most mainstream news headlines. It doesn’t directly involve hypersonic missiles or artificial intelligence. Yet this workforce crisis threatens America’s naval dominance more directly than many realize."

Authors - Sermon, Matt

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Human Resources

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Sermon, Matt

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Breaking Defense

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Link - https://breakingdefense.com/2025/06/americas-maritime-future-depends-on-building-our-workforce-today/

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