2025 was another successful year of building connections between manufacturing employers and the military community across the nation. The Manufacturing Institute’s Heroes MAKE America (HMA) initiative, which bridges the gap between manufacturers and skilled, job-ready transitioning service members and veterans, continued to evolve and expand to new heights. Read on to…

The Manufacturing Institute’s recent Heroes MAKE America ‘Military to Manufacturing’ Career Fair at Fort Bragg in North Carolina highlighted Johnson & Johnson’s commitment to helping our nation’s heroes. What’s going on: The day’s event, which also comprised an employer spotlight…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 19) —This week, the Manufacturing Institute’s Heroes MAKE America initiative showcased Johnson & Johnson at its “Military to Manufacturing” Career Fair at Fort Bragg. National manufacturing leaders opened the career fair with a special presentation from Johnson…

Looking for committed, disciplined employees to add to your workforce? In honor of Veterans Day, we’ll be highlighting how recruiting military talent—whether transitioning service members, veterans, National Guard members, reservists or military spouses—can help manufacturers address structural workforce shortages. A…

The Manufacturing Institute’s Heroes MAKE America hasn’t let COVID-19 slow it down. To the contrary, it has expanded and added new features in 2021 in order to prepare more members of the military community for manufacturing careers. “The work we’re…

WASHINGTON — The Manufacturing Institute, the workforce development and education partner of the National Association of Manufacturers, announced today an ambitious new reskilling initiative that uses virtual reality to prepare transitioning service members, veterans and military spouses for careers in…

What can manufacturers do to attract and retain talented veterans? Samsung, the founding sponsor of The Manufacturing Institute’s Heroes MAKE America initiative, hosted a webinar to answer that question—with industry leaders, government officials and veterans themselves all weighing in.   The background: More than 200,000 men and women transition out of the…