Boots2Roots

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🛠️ MAINE DEFENSE INDUSTRY CAREER FIELD SPOTLIGHT: Advanced Manufacturing & Skilled Trades

Maine’s defense industry depends on people who can build, maintain, troubleshoot, lead, and deliver when the mission matters.

Sound familiar?

For many transitioning servicemembers, Veterans, and military spouses, the skills developed through military service translate directly into career paths across advanced manufacturing and skilled trades, including:

✅ Welding & fabrication

✅ Mechanical and electrical systems

✅ Industrial maintenance

✅ Quality assurance and safety

✅ Production operations

✅ Logistics and materials coordination

✅ Team leadership and supervision

These are not just jobs. They are mission-focused careers that help support national defense while offering the opportunity to build a future here in Maine.

Through our partnership with the Maine Defense Industry Alliance, Boots2Roots is helping military-connected talent discover career fields across Maine’s growing defense industry — and providing the one-on-one transition support to help make that next step successful.

Your next mission could start here in Maine.

Learn more:

boots2roots.org

mainedefenseindustryalliance.com

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