The Transition Assistance Program was started in 1989 as a joint effort between the Department of Defense and the Department of Labor. The program was designed to provide separating service members with information on services and the benefits associated with becoming a veteran of the United States Armed Forces. In 2005, after the program was utilized by over 261,000 members it seems secondary analysis changed it to a more formed program where they had specified curriculum called TGPS. .
TGPS which stands for Transition (Goals, Plans, Success) which is the redesigned program to assist military members and their families in phasing back to civilian life after the diffusion of military life. It is a seven day class which, according to www.taonline.com, contains two days of training on personal finances, family adjustments, VA benefits, and mentorship. Then the Department of Labor comes in to do an employment workshop, involving writing a resume, practicing job interviews, job search practice, and how to use social media for these purposes. The last two days are optional focusing on specific interest such as college: attaining financial aid and classroom adjustments, working: career technical training and certificate information, entrepreneur endeavors: such as small business startups. .
As I was getting ready to exit out of the Navy I was looking for different ways to prepare myself for reentry into life as I previously knew. Unlike life previously, it would be forever different because having had worked eighty hours plus for steady four years of my life onboard a nuclear powered submarine set a different sort of priorities in my mind. The only thing that I was informed of when getting out of the armed service by my immediate superiors was that we are "required" to go to TAPS. I was lucky in that I was injured doing PT or physical training that left me shore bound with plenty of time to prepare myself to get out of the navy or so I thought.
