Chris Largent, director of Home Base Operations at Rock Island Arsenal-Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (left), presents Charles Hender with an RIA-JMTC journeyman machinist certificate upon Hender’s graduation from the Machinist Apprentice Program in a ceremony Aug. 12. Hender, one of 10 new journeyman machinists of the August class of 2022, completed a four-year program requiring academic education and hands-on training in all operational aspects of the factory. Founded in 1910, the Machinist Apprentice Program provides skilled artisans to continue the factory’s mission of supportin


Chris Largent, director of Home Base Operations at Rock Island Arsenal-Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (left), presents Charles Hender with an RIA-JMTC journeyman machinist certificate upon Hender’s graduation from the Machinist Apprentice Program in a ceremony Aug. 12. Hender, one of 10 new journeyman machinists of the August class of 2022, completed a four-year program requiring academic education and hands-on training in all operational aspects of the factory. Founded in 1910, the Machinist Apprentice Program provides skilled artisans to continue the factory’s mission of supporting the warfighter. Rock Island Arsenal-Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center develops, manufactures and delivers readiness solutions through conventional and advanced manufacturing processes for the Army and Department of Defense systems globally.


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