The Long Blue Line (Spring 2024)

WORK-LIFE
TRANSITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Coast Guard Active-Duty and Reserve members and their spouses
transitioning back to civilian life and Retirees and/or caregivers
are highly encouraged to check-out and take full advantage of the
TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM at: https://tapevents.mil/
Every year, approximately 200,000 men and women leave U.S. military service and return to life as
civilians, a process known as the military to civilian transition. The Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
provides information, tools, and training to ensure Service members, their spouses and/or caregivers
are prepared for the next step in civilian life.
The Transition Assistance Program (TAP) is the result of an interagency partnership between the
Departments of Defense (DoD), Labor (DOL), Veterans Affairs (VA), Education (ED), Homeland
Security (DHS), Small Business Administration (SBA), and the Office of Personnel Management
(OPM), in conjunction with the Military Departments who execute TAP.
The TAP curriculum is an outcome-based curriculum that transforms the way the military prepares
Service members for transition back to civilian life. The curriculum is designed to provide service
members with the resources, tools, services, and skill-building training needed to meet Career
Readiness Standards (CRS). Shortly before departing the military, Service members demonstrate
achievement of these standards to their command through a verification process called Capstone. This
process includes an opportunity to connect Service members who may need additional assistance
to agency partners who provide them with additional support.
U.S. COAST GUARD RETIREE INFORMATION
Military to civilian transition occurs within a complex and dynamic network of relationships, programs,
services, and benefits, which includes transition planning and assistance efforts by individual Service
branches, the interagency TAP partnership, and community resources delivered through local
government, private industry, and nonprofit organizations.
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THE LONG BLUE LINE