Camp Pendleton Marines learn a trade p1 - Military Transition - Military Times EDGE

The first class of future union members graduated from training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., under the United Association’s Veterans In Piping Program in June. The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada now trains vets in two locations: Fort Lewis, Wash., and Camp Pendleton. The VIP program consists of 720 hours of training. The Camp Pendleton course included 16 weeks of accelerated welding instruction and two weeks of career and lifestyle training from two mobile training units.