MarineLink.com Contributor Joe Young - who serves as Senior Manager of Workforce Development at the American Welding Society (AWS) Foundation, that Uncle Sam wants you - to choose a career in welding.  The chronic shortage of qualified Welders has been well documented.  Currently, the U.S. needs 330,000 new Welding Professionals by 2028.  And while some may shrug at the shortage of Welders in the Offshore, Marine and Civil Fabrication Industries, the need for Welders to shore up the U.S. Defense Industrial Base is matter of national urgency.

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