“To provide for greater defense workforce integration, and for other purposes.”
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This section directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries concerned, to establish not later than one year after enactment a pathway for medically disqualified entry-level service members to enter civilian positions in the Department of Defense or its components for which they are qualified. Entry-level service members are regular or reserve Armed Forces members currently attending or ordered within 90 days to attend basic training, a technical school, a service academy, Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), or an officer accession program (e.g., officer candidate school). The Air Force’s Develop, Redistribute, Improve, Vault, Expose (DRIVE) program satisfies this requirement and may serve as a model for other military departments.
This section establishes a program within the Department of Defense to inform and refer individuals medically disqualified for military service to employment, apprenticeship, and training opportunities in (1) the defense industrial base; (2) cybersecurity or intelligence support roles; (3) research and development in defense technologies; (4) national emergency and disaster preparedness; or (5) other non-military opportunities in the national interest, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary must consult with defense industrial base entities, other federal agencies, and academic institutions to implement the program.
This section requires the Secretary of the Navy to provide all Navy personnel with information about career opportunities at the Military Sealift Command (MSC)—which operates Navy support ships primarily with civilian mariners—and workforce training programs for shipbuilders as part of the Transition Assistance Program process.
This section directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, not later than one year after enactment, a report describing implementation of sections 2 and 4 of this Act and section 996 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 3.