Mike Rowe on Skilled Workers Needed: The Pentagon Needs 400,000 Welders and Electricians for Submarine Contracts Over the Next Eight Years

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ROWE: "If the Defense department Needs it WE NEED IT Right? This is all of us It’s... I’ve been at this 18 years and I talked to a lot of big companies who grapple with the skills gap internally from Ford, Caterpillar really all Of them. Today of course it’s Google And Meta Anybody whose trying build one Those things A data center That completely transformed The demands on workforce But even beyond that When you get into Department War You talk people At highest levels Pentagon See their They are nervous Laura they need 400,000 welders and electricians Just for the submarine contracts Over next 7-8 years It’s mind boggling And there all competing For your kid There looking to hire The same young person Who wants learn a skill that in demand To get busy So Yeah build freedom Is campaign just launched Which is funny I mean on micro level You know I went to Congress 15 years ago And pitch the campaign To reinvigorate The trades They got back To me Like Two months Ago Hey Mike Yeah They wrote a check For 10 million dollars To my foundation and Alot more money Is being spent Help spread Word Make More persuasive Case for these jobs It’s Good news"