SOLID, LLC

05/20/2026

In the latest article in our Military Skills Series, SOLID CEO Lisa Lutz explores how military occupational analysis has evolved over the past several decades — from occupational crosswalks and academic credit recommendations to competency modeling, digital credentials, Learning and Employment Records (LERs), and skills-based workforce systems.

One key takeaway:
Skills matter, but context, validation, and trust matter too.
As workforce systems continue evolving, accurately translating and communicating military-acquired capabilities remains essential to building more connected, skills-based education and employment pathways.

Read Lisa’s article below.

I’m Lisa Lutz, CEO of SOLID, and I have spent more decades than I care to admit focused on how military learning, experience, and workforce capabilities can be better understood, translated, and valued beyond the boundaries of military service. As workforce systems, credentialing ecosystems, and d...

05/01/2026

🚀 Strong workforce pathways start early—and Registered Apprenticeships play a key role in connecting learning to opportunity.

For military-connected youth and future service members, highlights the value of structured training and credentialing in building long-term career pathways.

By making skills visible and portable, we can help the next generation:
✔ Understand the value of hands-on learning
✔ Connect education to real careers
✔ Navigate pathways with greater clarity

And the long-term impact is significant: workers who complete Registered Apprenticeships earn an average of $300,000 more over their careers than those who do not.

At SOLID, we’re proud to support efforts that strengthen these pathways—from military service to education and beyond.

04/30/2026

🎓 Registered Apprenticeships are helping realign education and workforce systems around skills.

For military-connected learners, demonstrates how structured training, on-the-job experience, and credentialing can work together to support both:
• Academic recognition (like CPL)
• Workforce readiness

At SOLID, we’re focused on helping bridge these systems by:
✔ Translating military learning into recognized skill signals
✔ Supporting alignment between education and employment
✔ Enabling more connected, interoperable pathways

When systems align around skills, learners benefit—and so does the workforce.

04/29/2026

🤖 AI is opening new possibilities for how we identify, translate, and connect skills—but it’s only part of the solution.

In Registered Apprenticeship programs like , technology can help surface connections between military training and civilian occupations. But ensuring those connections are accurate, meaningful, and trusted still requires expert analysis and validation.

At SOLID, we believe in a human-in-the-loop approach, where:
✔ AI accelerates insight
✔ Experts ensure quality and alignment

That combination is key to building skill signals that employers and educators can trust, and one we’ve proven can work at scale through our platform (MMF), where we’re translating military training into validated, portable skill signals.

04/28/2026

🏭 From manufacturing to logistics to advanced technologies, Registered Apprenticeships are fueling growth across critical industries.
For service members, programs like provide a direct bridge between military experience and industry-recognized credentials, helping employers tap into a highly skilled, proven talent pipeline.

At SOLID, we see firsthand how aligning military training with industry needs—through credentialing and skills translation—helps strengthen both:
• Workforce readiness
• Employer confidence

In fact, recent research shows employer sponsors report an average 44% return on investment from Registered Apprenticeship programs—highlighting their value for both talent development and business performance.

As industries evolve, apprenticeship models remain a powerful way to connect skills to opportunity at scale.

04/27/2026

🎖 Registered Apprenticeships have long been a foundation of workforce development, and they continue to play a critical role in building a skilled America.

As we look toward America at 250, programs like the United Services Military Apprenticeship Program ( ) are helping service members translate hands-on training into recognized credentials that support long-term career success.

At SOLID, we’re proud to support this work by helping ensure military-acquired skills are:
✔ Clearly documented
✔ Aligned to civilian occupations
✔ Recognized across systems

Registered Apprenticeships don’t just build skills, they build pathways, mobility, and opportunity.

03/31/2026

🎖 At CCME today? Join us this afternoon.

🗓 Advancing DoD’s Credentialing Ecosystem: Data, Pathways, and Quality Across the Military Lifecycle
⏰ 1:00 – 2:30 PM

SOLID’s Karen White and Taylor Davis will join leaders from COOL, USMAP, and MilGears to share how new data integrations, technologies, and quality standards are strengthening credentialing pathways across the military lifecycle.

This session will explore how:

✔ Integrated systems are improving pathway accuracy
✔ Credentialing standards are driving consistency across services
✔ Interoperability is helping make military learning more visible and portable
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👥 We’re on-site all week—let’s connect.

If you're working in credentialing, military education, or workforce alignment, we’d love to talk about how this work connects to your priorities.

👉 Message us to set up time at CCME

03/25/2026

🎖 Heading to CCME? Join us.

Learn how the translation of military training into recognized, trusted, and portable skill badges can complement credit for prior learning, strengthen advising, and better align with employer expectations.

🗓 Bridging Service, Education, and Employment: Making Military Skills Visible and Portable
⏰ 8:00 – 9:30 AM

SOLID’s Lauren Runco Bevilacqua, alongside Sytease Geib (The Manufacturing Institute) and Dave Wengel (iDatafy/SmartResume), will share how platforms like Map My Future translate military experience into verified, portable skill signals that connect to real opportunities.

👥 The SOLID team will be at CCME—we’d love to connect.
If you’re working to support:
✔ Recognition of military learning across education and transition pathways
✔ How skills-based approaches can complement M-CPL on your campus
✔ Credentialing, LERs, or digital records
✔ Skills-based hiring and employer alignment

Let’s talk about how SOLID can support your work—from human-in-the-loop skills translation to building trusted, interoperable digital credentials.
👉 Set up time to connect with us at CCME: [email protected]
🔗 See what SOLID and Map My Future can do: https://lnkd.in/ehsu-cxS
📩 Or send us a message here

02/23/2026

Four energizing days at the NASPA Military-Connected Symposium reminded us of one thing: collaboration is essential to improving outcomes for veterans in education.

We were proud to team up with Dallas Kratzer to discuss how institutions can rigorously and thoughtfully evaluate military learning for academic credit — ensuring student veterans apply credit meaningfully toward their degrees.

We also joined Wendy Lang and the Dixon Center for Veterans to explore advancing career pathways, including veteran entrepreneurship in trucking, and highlighted the role digital badges play in recognizing military-acquired skills.

Dr. Amy Morys participated in an important keynote conversation about the emotional labor involved in supporting student veterans — a topic that deserves continued attention.

We closed with a standing-room-only session on Map My Future - MMF, SOLID’s no-cost platform translating military training into digital badges. With 12,000+ badges issued, it’s helping service members clearly signal their skills to employers and institutions.

Grateful to be in community with leaders committed to strengthening outcomes for those who have served.

02/10/2026

Are you attending the 1EdTech Digital Credentials Summit? Don’t miss this important session!

🗓 Feb 19 | 8:30 AM
🎙 Featuring Lauren Runco Bevilacqua (SOLID) and Sytease Geib (The Manufacturing Institute)
🎖 Topic: How digital badges help service members turn military experience into civilian career opportunities.

Map My Future helps translate military skills into verified, employer-recognized badges—and it’s helping veterans connect directly with companies like Anheuser-Busch through the Manufacturing Readiness Project.

✅ Learn how it works
✅ See real impact
✅ Get tips to scale similar efforts

🔗 Register here: https://loom.ly/STtpNiQ