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Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Madeline Eddy moved to Danville, Virginia, in early 2024 to study additive manufacturing at the Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing program. With a lifelong passion for art and design, Madeline was looking for hands-on career training that challenged her vocationally and allowed her to express her creativity. Before she graduates this June, we caught up with Madeline to ask about her experience at ATDM and learn more about her next move.

ATDM students are driven to succeed in all things manufacturing. But even when they’re not training on campus, they can still live life in the fast lane at a nearby Southside Virginia staple, the Martinsville Speedway.  

If you read Modern Machine Shop, you almost certainly know about the dreaded skills gap — the difference between the demand for skilled manufacturers and the number of people capable of filling those roles.

Moving to Danville to become part of a workforce pipeline program for the U.S. Navy was a seamless process for Rose Lopez, a veteran from Greensboro, North Carolina.

Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing Program's free scholarship for Veterans opens doors.

The Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing program (ATDM) in Danville, Virginia, provides training in high-demand skills that lead to well-paying jobs with military suppliers.

The U.S. Navy is constructing a Regional Training Center that will strengthen the workforce pipeline and national security.

Hiring and retaining a robust workforce is the key challenge the submarine industrial base must overcome to reach the Navy's desired production rate of one Columbia- and two Virginia-class submarines each year, according to a senior official.

Speaking Wednesday at the Naval Submarine League Symposium, Executive Director of Strategic Submarines Matt Sermon said two recent industrial base studies performed by the Pentagon’s cost assessment and program evaluation office indicate the submarine industrial base is “gated by workforce.”

The tenth episode of “Inside IALR” focuses on the Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing (ATDM) program. First, ATDM Director Dr. Debra Holley (00:09) provides an overview of the ATDM program based at IALR, highlighting why this is a unique training opportunity. She explains the significance of this program and outlines how it will scale to graduate 800-1000 students annually by 2025.