Transition and Employment

The Transition Assistance Program is designed to make separation or retirement from service a well-planned, organized and thoughtful progression that empowers Service Members to make informed career decisions, be competitive in a global workforce and become positive contributors to their communities. The mandatory components of TAP are applicable to all Service Members who have at least 180 continuous days or more on active duty; this includes National Guard and Reserve. Transition activities must begin 365 days before transition and may begin as early as 24 months prior to retirement. Please call (719) 567-3920 to enroll.

Individualized Initial Counseling (IC) is the official start to the transition process. Separating and retiring service members need to schedule this appointment NLT 365 days before their transition date.  Retiring members are encouraged to schedule two years before retirement. During the IC session, members complete a personal self-assessment plan and begin to develop their individual Transition PLan to include a Track and Tier placement. The IC is an individual appointment being conducted in person. All documents must be completed prior to their appointment and emailed back to their counselor at least 24 hours in advance of their appointment. Dependents are welcome to attend. 

The Pre-separation Counseling commences once the IC session is complete and is also due no less than a year before a service member plans to officially leave the military. This workshop is packed with by-law information regarding various benefits, programs and services to assist transitioning service members to become familiar with the available resources. Dependents are welcome to attend. 

Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Workshop area multi-day workshops presented by the M&FRC, Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Veteran Affairs. The M&FRC topics include resiliency, managing your transition, military to civilian occupational specialty code and post-transition financial planning. The DOL will cover the Employment Fundamentals of Career Transition. The VA will present various programs and services available. Additional tracks are available to service members based on your transition goals and needs. These include employment, vocational, education, or entrepreneurship. They are provided by experts in these fields such as the Department of Labor, Education Center, and Small Business Association. Dependents are welcome to attend.

The final piece of the TAP process. At the Capstone Appointmet, the transition counselor will certify that the service members have completed all the Career Readiness Standards, ensuring the service member’s preparedness to successfully transition from military to civilian life. The Capstone must be completed no less than 90 days before the final out-processing date. Please call (719) 567-3920 to schedule Capstone.

*These CRS are in addition to the CRS previously listed if your plan is to pursue Higher Education*

• Completed an Individual Assessment Tool-Assesses aptitudes, interests, strengths, or skills to assist member to make decisions about selecting higher education and career technical training toward a desired future career field
• Completed comparison of higher education or career technical training institution options
  Completed application or received acceptance letter from a higher education or career technical training institution
• Confirmed one-on-one counseling with higher education or career technical training institution advisor via telephone, e-mail, or letter

The Capstone eform DD Form 2648 must be signed by the member and the Transition Counselor as well as the member’s squadron Commander to verify and approve that all TAP congressional mandates were complete and that the Career Readiness Standards were met prior to the member’s final out-processing appointment

Connects educated, trained, and qualified military spouses with thousands of employers who are committed to recruit, train, hire, promote and retain military spouses. Embedded through SECO, MSEP allows military spouses to access job listings, identify jobs mobile/high demand occupations, and obtain listings of upcoming Career Fairs & Hiring Events and more.
https://msepjobs.militaryonesource.mil/msep/home

Offers practical information and resources to military spouses pursuing educational goals and various careers by providing information on building upon skillsets, navigating labor market index, finding mobile careers, re-entering the workforce, spouse preference, telecommuting, and access to education and employment counselors.
http://www.militaryonesource.mil/

Workforce development program that provides up to $4,000 of tuition assistance to eligible military spouses to pursue licenses, certificates, certifications, or associate degrees in high demand, portable career fields. Eligibility requirements are as follows, Spouses of Active Duty Members pay grades of E1-E5, W1-W2, and O1-O2, who have successfully completed high school and spouses of National Guard and Reserve of the same pay grades are eligible as well
https://aiportal.acc.af.mil/mycaa/Default.aspx

The Air Force Aid Society in partnership with the Military & Family Readiness Center provides Spouse Employment Training, on an annual basis, to five spouses stationed at Schriever SFB. The grant program seeks to address the employment challenges military spouses face when PCSing. These grants will provide spouses with an opportunity to obtain training to assist in the pursuit of a mobile career. Information and applications are made available in late March as applicants are chosen in May. Previous opportunities have included Real Estate Broker Training, Medical Coding, Computer Software and more. Please call the Military & Family Readiness Center at 719.567.3920 for more information.

**Transitioning servicemembers and spouses search for employment opportunities have the option of being placed on our employment roster to receive email blasts for both state and national job postings as well as upcoming job fairs and hiring events for the local area**

The Air Force Wounded Warrior Program (AFW2) is a congressionally mandated and federally funded program that provides personalized care, services and advocacy to total force seriously wounded, ill and injured Recovering Service Members (RSMs). This program focuses on specific personal and family needs through personalized support and advocacy. AFW2 support includes Recovery Coordination Program, Family Liaison Officer Program (FLO), Caregiver Support Program, and Special Compensation for Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (SCAADL) Program, Emergency Family Member Travel Program (EFMT), Adaptive & Rehabilitative Sports Program, Recovering Airman Mentorship Program (RAMP), and Career Readiness Programs

Eligibility:

Active Duty members who have been:

Identified as SI/VSI on a Casualty Morning Report or by a Medical Authority, Airmen with highly complex medical conditions as provided by a Medical Authority, Medical diagnosis of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), or MST

Air Reserve Components (ARC) who are:

Retained for more than 6 months on Title 10 medical orders (Serious/Severe Conditions),

Returned to Title 10 orders for deployment related condition(s) (Serious/Severe Conditions)

**Those eligible for AFW2 will be connected with a local Recovery Care Coordinator**